File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Cane, Conaway, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez,
Kipke, Lee, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data - Nondiscrimination
Authorizing specified entities that provide health insurance to make
an inquiry about race and ethnicity under specified circumstances, and
subject to specified limitations; prohibiting the use of specified
racial or ethnic information to deny or otherwise affect a health
insurance policy or contract; and making specified provisions of law
applicable to health maintenance organizations.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/14
- Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/9
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 3/28
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/12
- First Reading Finance
- 3/20
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/30
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/28
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/10
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 26
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40
- Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
- Delegate Cheryl Glenn, District 45
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Discrimination
- Ethnic Affairs
- Forms
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Insurance Administration
- Minorities -see also- Women
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
27-501 ,
27-501 ,
27-914
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 126489/01 Offered on: March 7, 2007 at:
10:47 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 9, 2007: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
- March 29, 2007: Third Reading Passed (47-0)