File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 637
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue,
Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery,
Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- 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.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/18
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/28
- First Reading Finance
- 3/31
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/5
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/19
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 578
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- 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 Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- 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:
- 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):
House
- Number: 236383/01 Offered on: March 28, 2009 at:
2:25 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 26, 2009: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
Senate
- April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed (47-0)