File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 674  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Garagiola, Astle, DeGrange, Glassman, Kelley, King, Kittleman, and
Klausmeier
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Insurance - Small Group Market Regulation - Modifications
 
Repealing the termination provision of specified provisions of law
relating to rating of specified health benefit plans; requiring the
Maryland Health Care Commission to maintain a specified application on
its website; requiring the Commission to update specified information
at least quarterly; applying specified provisions of law relating to
preexisting conditions to specified policies or certificates issued to
small employers; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/6
 - First Reading Finance
 - 2/11
 - Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 2/18
 - Hearing cancelled
 -      Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/26
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/27
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/28
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/10
 - Senate Concur - House Amendment
 -      Third Reading Passed (43-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/27
 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
 - 4/2
 - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
 -      Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/13
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 4/9
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/10
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-1)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/19
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 577
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
 - Senator Barry Glassman, District 35
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Nancy J. King, District 39
 - Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
 - Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Discrimination
 - Electronic Government
 - Examinations
 - Health -see also- Mental Health
 - Health Care Commission
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
 - Reports
 - Small Business
 - Sunset
 - Unfair Trade Practices
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-108.1 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 15-508 ,
 15-1205 ,
 15-1207 ,
 15-1208 ,
 15-1213 
)
 
- 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):
 Senate
- Number: 457670/01     Offered on: March 27, 2009      at:
11:37 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 336484/01     Offered on: April 13, 2009      at:
5:49 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 28, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 - April 10, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (43-0)
 
House 
- April 10, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (136-1)