File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 147  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Garagiola, Kelley, Astle, DeGrange, Exum, Forehand, Frosh,
Gladden, Jones, Kasemeyer, King, Kramer, McFadden, Miller, Peters, Raskin,
Robey, and Rosapepe
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred
Providers
 
Providing that the difference between specified coinsurance
percentages may not be greater than 20 percentage points under
specified circumstances; prohibiting provisions in a preferred
provider insurance policy from applying to specified on-call
physicians or hospital-based physicians; providing that an insured of
specified health insurers may not be liable to specified on-call
physicians or hospital-based physicians for specified services under
specified circumstances; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/27
 - First Reading Finance
 - 1/28
 - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/8
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/9
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Della) Adopted
 - 3/10
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Special Order 3/11 (Senator Della) Adopted
 - 3/11
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Della) Rejected (7-40)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected  (10-37)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Della) Rejected (7-40)
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/15
 - Third Reading Passed (37-9)
 - 4/9
 - Senate Concur - House Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (42-5)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/16
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 3/17
 - Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/12
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 4/6
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 -      Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day  (Delegate Pendergrass) Adopted (138-0)
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/20
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 537
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
 - Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
 - Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
 - Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
 - Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Nancy J. King, District 39
 - Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
 - Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
 - Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
 - Senator Douglas J. J. Peters, District 23
 - Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
 - Senator James N. Robey, District 13
 - Senator Jim Rosapepe, District 21
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Attorneys` Fees
 - Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
 - Disclosure
 - Emergencies
 - Forms
 - Health Care Commission
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
 - Insurance Administration
 - Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
 - Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
 - Notices
 - Patients
 - Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 - Reimbursement Rates
 - Reports
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Sunset
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Insurance
 - (
 14-201 ,
 14-205 ,
 14-205.2 ,
 14-205.3 ,
 15-304 
)
 
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:
 Senate
- Number: 213526/01     Offered on: March 11, 2010      at:
10:58 a.m.     Status: Rejected
 - Number: 537370/01     Offered on: March 11, 2010      at:
10:57 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 783328/01     Offered on: March 11, 2010      at:
11:21 a.m.     Status: Rejected
 - Number: 833627/01     Offered on: March 11, 2010      at:
11:44 a.m.     Status: Rejected
 
House 
- Number: 956385/01     Offered on: April 12, 2010      at:
2:16 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- 
Committee Votes :
 
 Senate
- Finance
 
House 
- Health and Government Operations
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 11, 2010: Floor Amendment (Della) {213526/1 Rejected  (7-40)
 - March 11, 2010: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {783328/1 Rejected  (10-37)
 - March 11, 2010: Floor Amendment (Della) {833627/1 Rejected  (7-40)
 - March 15, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (37-9)
 - April 9, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (42-5)
 
House 
- April 6, 2010: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Pendergrass) Adopted  (138-0)
 - April 6, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (140-0)