File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request -
Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Insurance - Insurer Provider Panels - Health Care Providers
 
Prohibiting an insurer from using an insurer provider panel if the
provider contract for the insurer provider panel requires a provider
to participate on the insurer provider panel as a condition of
participating on a health maintenance organization provider panel or a
non-health maintenance organization provider panel; requiring an
entity arranging an insurer provider panel to provide a schedule of
fees to a health care provider in writing or in electronic form at
specified times; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/23
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 1/29
 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/17
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/18
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/20
 - Third Reading Passed (134-0)
 - 4/3
 - Returned Passed
 
Senate Action
- 3/23
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/24
 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/6
 - Favorable Report by Finance
 - 4/3
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/4
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 4/14
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 131
 
Sponsored by:
- Health and Government Operations Committee, Chair
 - Departmental
 - Insurance Administration, Maryland
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
 - Disclosure
 - Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins
 - Motor Vehicle Insurance -see also- MD Auto Insurance Fund
 - Notices
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 - Reimbursement Rates
 - Workers` Compensation
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Insurance
 - (
 19-115 
)
 
- 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: 786585/01     Offered on: March 18, 2009      at:
10:40 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 20, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (134-0)
 
Senate
- April 4, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)