File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Mizeur, Hammen, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Gutierrez, Hixson,
Howard, Ivey, Kipke, Lafferty, McIntosh, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk,
Pendergrass, Reznik, Schuh, Bromwell, Costa, Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Oaks,
V. Turner, Weldon, Hucker, Bartlett, Barve, Cardin, Doory, Elmore, Frick,
George, Gilchrist, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, Murphy, Olszewski, Rice, Ross,
Serafini, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Kids First Act
 
Requiring the Comptroller to send a notice regarding eligibility for
the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's
Health Program to a taxpayer with a dependent child if income reported
on a tax return for tax year 2007 does not exceed a specified income
eligibility standard; requiring that the notice be developed by the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring a taxpayer to
report on the income tax return the presence or absence of health care
coverage for each dependent child; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/8
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations & Ways and Means
 - 2/13
 - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.  (Health and Government Operations)
 - 3/26
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/22
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/23
 - Third Reading Passed (128-10)
 - 4/4
 - House Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (132-7)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/24
 - First Reading Senate Rules
 - 4/1
 - Re-referred Finance
 -      Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.  (Finance)
 - 4/5
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 4/2
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/3
 - Special Order later today (Senator Garagiola)  Adopted
 -      Floor Committee Amendment (Finance) Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (39-8)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/22
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 692
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20
 - Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
 - Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
 - Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
 - Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
 - Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
 - Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
 - Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
 - Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
 - Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
 - Delegate Ron George, District 30
 - Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17
 - Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
 - Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
 - Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
 - Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
 - Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
 - Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
 - Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
 - Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
 - Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
 - Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
 - Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
 - Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
 - Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
 - Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
 - Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
 - Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
 - Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28
 - Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
 - Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
 - Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
 - Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
 - Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
 - Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
 - Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
 - Delegate Steven R. Schuh, District 31
 - Delegate Andrew A. Serafini, District 2A
 - Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
 - Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 - Delegate Jay Walker, District 26
 - Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Comptroller
 - Exemptions
 - Health Care Commission
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
 - Income Tax
 - Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins
 - Medical Assistance
 - Medical Malpractice
 - Minors -see also- Age of Majority; Youth
 - Notices
 - Public Information
 - Reports
 - Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Sunset
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Insurance
 - (
 15-1301 
)
 -   Tax - General
 - (
 10-211 ,
 10-211.1 
)
 
- 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: 166788/01     Offered on: March 25, 2008      at:
11:27 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 247877/01     Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
11:40 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 683525/01     Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
4:31 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 23, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (128-10)
 - April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (132-7)
 
Senate
- April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed with Amendments  (39-8)