2007 Regular Session
Medical Assistance
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 65
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Donoghue, Rosenberg, Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Oral Health Safety Net Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Bromwell, Busch, Costa, Feldman, Haynes, Hubbard, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Nursing Facilities - Quality Assessment - Medicaid Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 132
Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Busch, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kullen, McIntosh, Morhaim, Rosenberg, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 202
Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Montgomery, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Expansion
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 288
Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, N. King, Kirk, Krysiak, Lafferty, Lawton, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Simmons, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, and Walker
- Entitled
- Healthy Maryland Initiative
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
HB 313
Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Costa, Eckardt, Frush, Haynes, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Lee, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Cancer Treatment Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Costa, Gaines, Kullen, Taylor, Hammen, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Kipke, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Money Follows the Person Grant - Report
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 329
Status as of March 20, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Pendergrass
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Day Care - Reimbursement Rates
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 336
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Gaines, Gutierrez, Hucker, Kirk, Lee, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Oaks, Stukes, Taylor, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Dwyer, Hubbard, Morhaim, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Primary Adult Care Program - Enrollment in a Managed Care Organization
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 400
Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Cane, V. Clagett, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rice, Taylor, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Elliott, Benson, Donoghue, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Krebs, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Shewell, Stull, Tarrant, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Personal Responsibility - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, and Riley
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Long-Term Care Services for Cognitive and Functional Impairments - Study and Analysis
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hammen, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Goldwater, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, N. King, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Levi, Love, Manno, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, Weir, Lee, Valderrama, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Children and Working Families Health Care Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
HB 796
Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Mizeur, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Community Choice Program Excluded Populations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Hubbard, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Atypical Antipsychotic Medication
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 924
Status as of March 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson, Barkley, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kirk, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Rice, Riley, Ross, Schuler, Taylor, F. Turner, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Health Care Disclosure Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 935
Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Disabled Individuals - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 997
Status as of February 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Valderrama, Ali, Ivey, Kramer, Lee, and Rice
- Entitled
- Maryland Children's Health Program - Expansion of Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1052
Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Beidle, Benson, Bromwell, Hixson, Hubbard, Ivey, N. King, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Young Adult Coverage Expansion Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1060
Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Aumann, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Stocksdale, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Medicaid Transparency Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1061
Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, Kipke, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Eliminating Barriers to Enrollment Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1070
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Manno, Hammen, Hubbard, and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Medicare Part D "Donut Hole" Tax Assistance Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Managed Care Organizations - Retroactive Denial of Claims and Applicability of State Laws
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1104
Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Hospital Ancillary Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1238
Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mizeur
- Entitled
- Health Coverage Appeals Fairness Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1279
Status as of March 30, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kach
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Public Health Plans - Education and Disclosure Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Hammen, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mizeur
- Entitled
- Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Modifications and Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Gaines
- Entitled
- Quality and Stability in the Personal Care Workforce Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HJ 1
Status as of March 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Elliott, Benson, Hubbard, Kullen, Mizeur, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rudolph, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Negotiated Prices for Medicare Part D Drugs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Medicaid Managed Care Pilot Program - Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Hogan, Middleton, and Miller
- Entitled
- Nursing Facilities - Quality Assessment - Medicaid Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
SB 149
Status as of March 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Exum, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, Pugh, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Astle, Britt, Conway, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Hooper, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Lenett, Middleton, Pugh, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Day Care - Reimbursement Rates
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Oral Health Safety Net Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Garagiola, and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility for Long-Term Care Services - Individuals with Substantial Home Equity
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Healthy Maryland Initiative
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Astle, Conway, Currie, Della, Forehand, Garagiola, Hogan, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pinsky, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Money Follows the Person Grant - Report
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Gladden, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Britt, Lenett, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Disabled Individuals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators McFadden, Britt, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Della, Exum, and Kelley
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Community Choice Program Excluded Populations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky and Britt
- Entitled
- Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Atypical Antipsychotic Medication
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Exum, Britt, Della, Kelley, and Stone
- Entitled
- Health Care Disclosure Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Della, Edwards, Hogan, Jacobs, and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Queen Anne's County - Health Care Facilities Regulation - Licensing of Freestanding Medical Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Health Care Expansion Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Modifications and Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Raskin
- Entitled
- Medicare Part D "Donut Hole" Tax Assistance Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris and Zirkin
- Entitled
- No-Fault Cerebral Palsy Insurance Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Astle, Della, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Public Health Plans - Education and Disclosure Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton (By Request)
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Quality and Stability in the Personal Care Workforce Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Extension of Sunset
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SJ 1
Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Conway, Dyson, Hogan, Pugh, Astle, Della, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Federal Legislation Regarding Medicare Part D and Pharmacy Assistance Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
SJ 2
Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Astle, Currie, Dyson, Hogan, McFadden, Pugh, Della, Edwards, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Federal Reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
SJ 8
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Astle, Brochin, Dyson, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Federal Legislation Regarding Medicare Part D
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
