File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 906
- Sponsored By:
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The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hammen, Beitzel,
Benson, Bromwell, Busch, Costa, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach,
Kaiser, Kipke, Kullen, Manno, McDonough, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim,
Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley,
Rudolph, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled:
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Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D
Coverage Gap and Sunset Extension
Requiring a specified nonprofit health service plan to transfer
$4,000,000 to the separate account for the Senior Prescription Drug
Assistance Program within the Maryland Health Insurance Plan;
authorizing the corporation not to make the transfer under specified
circumstances; requiring the Program to provide a subsidy for the
Medicare Part D coverage gap, subject to the availability of funds;
extending to December 31, 2010, the termination date of the Senior
Prescription Drug Assistance Program; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/18
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 2/25
- Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- 2/27
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/12
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order 3/13 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
- 3/13
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/15
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- 3/28
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Finance
- 3/21
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/27
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/22
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 558
Sponsored by:
- Speaker, The
- Administration
- Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Michael E. Busch, District 30
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
- Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
- Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
- Elderly Persons
- Federal Government
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Medical Assistance
- Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
- Sunset
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Insurance
- (
14-102 ,
14-106.2 ,
14-501 ,
14-501 ,
14-501 ,
14-504 ,
14-504 ,
14-512 ,
14-512 ,
14-513
)
- 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: 676088/01 Offered on: March 12, 2008 at:
10:26 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 15, 2008: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Senate
- March 28, 2008: Third Reading Passed (45-0)