2010 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1564

CHAPTER NUMBER: 173
EMERGENCY BILL File Code: Insurance - Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 1125
Sponsored By:
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health Insurance Plan) and Delegates Benson, Donoghue, Hammen, Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
Entitled:
Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Administration of National High Risk Pool Program

Synopsis:

Authorizing the Board of Directors for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to elect for the Plan to administer a specified national high risk pool program for the State; authorizing the Board to enter into any agreements necessary for the Board to administer the program; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
3/22
First Reading Health and Government Operations
Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Delegate Hammen) Adopted (139-0)
Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Delegate Hammen) Adopted (139-0)
Referred Health and Government Operations
3/25
Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
3/27
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/24
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order later today (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Cane) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (43-96)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/25
Third Reading Passed (103-35)
3/31
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/27
First Reading Finance
3/30
Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
4/5
Favorable Report by Finance
4/1
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/2
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (20-27)
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
4/13
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 173

Sponsored by:

Health and Government Operations Committee, Chair
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Departmental
Health Insurance Plan
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
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 Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Assessments
Federal Government
Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
Health Services Cost Review Commission
Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
Legislative Services, Department of
Notices
Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Insurance
( 14-501 , 14-505 , 14-505 , 14-505 , 14-505 , 14-505 , 14-508 )

Documents

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: 453622/01     Offered on: March 27, 2010   at: 2:01 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 926883/02     Offered on: March 27, 2010   at: 12:26 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 863126/01     Offered on: April 6, 2010   at: 11:20 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Committee Votes :
House
Health and Government Operations
Senate
Finance
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 22, 2010: Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Hammen) Adopted (139-0)
March 22, 2010: Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Hammen) Adopted (139-0)
March 24, 2010: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) Rejected (43-96)
March 25, 2010: Third Reading Passed (103-35)
Senate
April 2, 2010: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {863126/1 Rejected (20-27)
April 2, 2010: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {863126/1 Rejected (20-27)
April 2, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
April 2, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)