File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 380  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Costa, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell,
Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery,
Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers
 
Requiring health maintenance organizations to pay specified health
care providers for specified evaluation and management services no
less than a specified rate; requiring a health maintenance
organization to calculate a specified average rate in a specified
manner; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/29
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 2/18
 - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/10
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/11
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/13
 - Third Reading Passed (131-0)
 - 4/1
 - Returned Passed
 
Senate Action
- 3/16
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/18
 - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/2
 - Favorable Report by Finance
 - 4/1
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/2
 - Third Reading Passed (44-1)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/19
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 664
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
 - Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
 - Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
 - Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
 - Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
 - Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
 - Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
 - Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
 - Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
 - Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
 - Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
 - Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
 - Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
 - Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
 - Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
 - Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
 - Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
 - Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
 - Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 - Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Emergency Medical Services
 - Health Care Commission
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Insurance Administration
 - Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 - Reimbursement Rates
 - Reports
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Sunset
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-710.1 
)
 
- 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: 806788/01     Offered on: March 11, 2009      at:
12:16 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 13, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (131-0)
 
Senate
- April 2, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (44-1)