EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance
Administration, Maryland) and Senators Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman,
Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Pugh
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Conformity with Federal Law - Mental Health Benefits,
Medical and Surgical Benefits for Mastectomies, and the Federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
Providing that it is not discriminatory, under provisions of law
prohibiting specified health insurance policies, contracts, or
certificates from discriminating against a person with a mental
illness or an emotional, drug, or alcohol abuse disorder, if the
benefits for partial hospitalization and outpatient expenses under
group contracts covering employees of one or more large employers are
covered in a specified manner; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 9/24
- Pre-filed
- 1/13
- First Reading Finance
- 1/6
- Hearing 1/20 at 2:00 p.m.
- 2/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 2/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/15
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/5
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 2/16
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/17
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/13
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 17
Sponsored by:
- Finance Committee, Chair
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
- Departmental
- Insurance Administration, Maryland
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Barry Glassman, District 35
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Discrimination
- Diseases -see also- AIDS; Rabies
- Federal Government
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Insurance Administration
- Mental Health
- Substance Abuse
- Sunset
- Women
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-703.1 ,
19-706 ,
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-134 ,
15-135 ,
15-802 ,
15-815
)
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: 787275/01 Offered on: February 11, 2010 at:
11:27 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 346582/01 Offered on: April 7, 2010 at:
10:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
-
Committee Votes :
Senate
- Finance
House
- Health and Government Operations
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- February 15, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 5, 2010: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House
- April 1, 2010: Third Reading Passed (140-0)