File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 593  
- Sponsored By: 
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Delegates Reznik, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Costa, Dumais, Eckardt,
Elliott, Feldman, Gilchrist, Haddaway, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kullen, Manno,
Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Simmons, Smigiel, Sossi, Taylor,
Donoghue, Jenkins, Morhaim, Kach, Krebs, Oaks, Riley, and V. Turner
 
- Entitled: 
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Health Facilities - Freestanding Medical Facilities - Rates
 
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to pay specified
rates for specified hospital services; specifying that emergency
services include services provided at specified facilities for the
purposes of hospital rate setting; requiring the Health Services Cost
Review Commission to set rates for hospital services provided at
specified freestanding medical facilities; altering the circumstances
under which the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene must issue a
license to a freestanding medical facility; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/4
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 2/17
 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/9
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 4/2
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/3
 - Third Reading Passed (139-0)
 - 4/8
 - Returned Passed
 
Senate Action
- 4/6
 - First Reading Senate Rules
 - 4/10
 - Re-referred Finance
 - 4/12
 - Favorable Report by Finance
 - 4/8
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 -      Motion two readings same day  Const/Rule 24 (Senator Garagiola) Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (44-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/20
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 506
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
 - Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
 - Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
 - Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
 - Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
 - Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
 - Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
 - Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
 - Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
 - Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17
 - Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
 - Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
 - Delegate Charles A. Jenkins, District 3B
 - Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
 - Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
 - Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
 - Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
 - Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19
 - 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 Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
 - Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
 - Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
 - Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
 - Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
 - Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Clinics
 - Emergency Medical Services
 - Health Care Commission
 - Health Care Facilities -see also- Clinics; Hospices; etc
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Planning and Cost Review
 - Health Services Cost Review Commission
 - Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
 - Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers` Licenses
 - Managed Care Organizations -see also- Health Maint Orgs
 - Medical Assistance
 - Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
 - Reimbursement Rates
 - Reports
 - Rules and Regulations
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 15-105 ,
 19-114 ,
 19-131 ,
 19-201 ,
 19-201 ,
 19-211 ,
 19-3A-03 ,
 19-3A-07 ,
 19-3A-08 
)
 
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note:
 Available
 - Amendments:
 House 
- Number: 226483/01     Offered on: April 9, 2010       at:
11:36 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- 
Committee Votes :
 
 House 
- Health and Government Operations
 
Senate
- Finance
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- April 3, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (139-0)
 
Senate
- April 8, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (44-0)