2009 Regular Session
Insurance - Health (C3)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 70
HB 1
Status as of February 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Disability Insurance - Discrimination Based on Genetic Information or Tests - Prohibited
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Manno, Minnick, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Small Business Health Insurance Expansion Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 11
Status as of February 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Insurance - Violation of Genetic Nondiscrimination Laws - Private Cause of Action
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kullen
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Limitations on Preexisting Condition Provisions - Individual Health Benefit Plans
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Riley, Montgomery, Bronrott, Frick, Lee, Hammen, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Out-of-State Association Contracts - Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, V. Turner, Benson, Montgomery, Kullen, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Hospitalization and Home Visits Following a Mastectomy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Costa, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Preexisting Condition Limitation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Insurance - Insurer Provider Panels - Health Care Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Insurance - Antifraud Plans
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach and Boteler
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Dental Provider Panels - Provider Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant, Bromwell, Kullen, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Rescission of Contracts and Certificates - Restrictions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 272
Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, Bronrott, Donoghue, Frick, Frush, Hubbard, Ivey, Kullen, Lee, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Maryland Coverage Affordability and Revenue Efficiency Standards Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 273
Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Reznik, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kramer, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, Mathias, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Schuler, Shewell, Simmons, Sophocleus, Stein, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage of Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 318
Status as of March 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barkley, Montgomery, and Reznik
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage, Reimbursement, and Benefits - Counties, County School Systems, and State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Environmental Matters
HB 385
Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kaiser, Bates, Bronrott, Carr, Frick, Gutierrez, Holmes, Reznik, Taylor, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Insurance - In Vitro Fertilization Benefit - Definition of Successful Pregnancy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Levi, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Breast Cancer Screening
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Prompt Pay - Clarifications
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage of Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formula - Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Off-Label Use of Drugs - Standard Reference Compendia
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 468
Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Carr, Gutierrez, Waldstreicher, Ali, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Heller, Hixson, Hucker, Kramer, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Reznik, Rice, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Aumann, Barkley, Benson, Cane, Carr, Costa, Feldman, Frick, Guzzone, Hecht, Hubbard, Krysiak, Lafferty, Manno, McHale, Montgomery, Ramirez, Reznik, Robinson, Schuler, Tarrant, Taylor, and Rice
- Entitled
- Prosthetic Parity Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Use of Physician Rating Systems by Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kullen
- Entitled
- Long-Term Care Insurance - Annuity Contracts and Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Bona Fide Wellness Programs - Incentives
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- 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
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 697
Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McDonough
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Small Employer Health Benefit Plan Premium Subsidy Program - Local Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 718
Status as of March 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Transactions Within Insurance Holding Company Systems - Exemption
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 734
Status as of April 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant, Benson, Conaway, Costa, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, Robinson, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Participation by Hospitals on Provider Panels - Prohibited Rejections or Conditions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 860
Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hammen
- Entitled
- Healthy Maryland Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 951
Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Ali, Anderson, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hucker, Kirk, Manno, Oaks, Ross, F. Turner, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Health Care Affordability Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 972
Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kach
- Entitled
- Health Insurers - RBC Reduction Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Manno, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Definition of Coverage Decisions - Pharmacy Inquiries
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1089
Status as of March 24, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher, Mizeur, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage of In Vitro Fertilization Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1097
Status as of March 24, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kirk, Kramer, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, V. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Coverage of Mammograms
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1147
Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Physicians for Administrative Services - Required
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1280
Status as of April 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mizeur
- Entitled
- Gender Equity Health Coverage Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1295
Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mizeur
- Entitled
- Kids First Coverage Incentive Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
HB 1307
Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Gutierrez, Manno, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Health Insurance Requirements - Public Work Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Economic Matters
HB 1366
Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bromwell and Kipke
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1390
Status as of February 24, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sossi and Frank
- Entitled
- Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation - Maximum Liability
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health Insurance Plan)
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pendergrass, Hammen, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Hearing and Order - Impact of Law by Another State
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rudolph, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - High Deductible Plans and Limited Benefit Plans for Uninsured Individuals - Chesapeake Region Pilot Project
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Disability Insurance - Discrimination Based on Genetic Information or Tests - Prohibited
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Insurance - Violation of Genetic Nondiscrimination Laws - Private Cause of Action
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Reform
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Medicare Coverage and Continuation Coverage - Provisions That Relate to Federal Laws and Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Use of Prescription Information
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Exum, Forehand, Kelley, Lenett, Pugh, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Preexisting Condition Limitation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, Munson, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Garagiola, Glassman, Middleton, and Harris
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Hospitalization and Home Visits Following a Mastectomy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Della, Exum, Gladden, Glassman, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Raskin, Rosapepe, Garagiola, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Prosthetic Parity Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Pugh, and Robey
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage of Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Prompt Pay - Clarifications
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Middleton, Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Dental Provider Panels - Provider Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Healthy Maryland Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Madaleno, Forehand, Lenett, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Covers All Children Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Required Report and Repeal of Obsolete Provisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, DeGrange, Glassman, Kelley, King, Kittleman, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Small Group Market Regulation - Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Glassman, Kittleman, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Bona Fide Wellness Programs - Incentives
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, Kelley, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Use of Physician Rating Systems by Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Exum, Klausmeier, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Long-Term Care Insurance - Annuity Contracts and Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Transactions Within Insurance Holding Company Systems - Exemption
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Madaleno
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Coverage of Mammograms
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jones
- Entitled
- Health Care Affordability Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
SB 852
Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits - Notice and Report
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Definition of Coverage Decisions - Pharmacy Inquiries
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Off-Label Use of Drugs - Standard Reference Compendia
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Hearing and Order - Impact of Law by Another State
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
