HOUSE BILL 4

Sponsored By:

Delegates Hurson, Taylor, Guns, Busch, Rosenberg, Dewberry, Rawlings, Curran, Vallario, Hixson, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Bonsack, Bozman, Branch, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Opara, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Poole, Proctor, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Wood, Workman, DeCarlo, Donoghue, McHale, Miller, Boston, Crumlin, Kirk, Eckardt, Mohorovic, Stup, Ciliberti, Klausmeier, D. Hughes, Hubbard, B. Hughes, and Exum

Entitled:

Children and Families First Health Care Act of 1998

Synopsis:

Establishing the Children and Families Health Care Program under which specified individuals who meet specified family income standards would be eligible for specified health benefits through an employer sponsored health benefit plan or the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; altering the eligibility requirements for specified individuals under the Health Care Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide expedited eligibility to specified individuals under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/14

First Reading Environmental Matters & Economic Matters

1/15

Hearing 1/21 at 2:00 p.m.

3/13

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters

3/16

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Floor Committee Amendment Adopted

Special Order 3/17 (Delegate Guns) Adopted

3/17

Floor Amendment (Morgan)

Laid Over (Morgan) Adopted

3/18

Floor Amendment (Morgan)

Floor Amendment (Morgan) Adopted (77-59)

Floor Committee Amendment

as amended Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Flanagan)

Laid Over (Delegate Flanagan) Adopted

3/19

Floor Amendment (Delegate Flanagan)

Motion vote previous question (Delegate Billings) Adopted

Floor Amendment (Delegate Flanagan) Rejected (63-71)

Floor Amendment (Delegate Hurson) Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/20

Third Reading Passed (133-2)

4/3

House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments

House Requests Senate Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Delegates Guns, Busch, and Klima

Senate Action

3/23

First Reading Finance

3/25

Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.

4/2

Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance

4/3

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/6

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)

4/9

Senate Refuses to Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Bromwell, Trotter, Madden

Sponsored by:

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25

Delegate Don B. Hughes, District 37A

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Ellen L. Willis Miller, District 5

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Clay C. Opara, District 41

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate D. Bruce Poole, District 2B

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ABORTION

AGENTS AND BROKERS

APPROPRIATIONS

BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGET

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS

MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT. ORGS

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

REPORTS -see also- RECORDS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SALARIES -see also- OVERTIME

SUNSET

TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER

WELFARE -see also- SOCIAL SERVICES

WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE; O.T.; SAL COMP.

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 15-101 , 15-103 , 15-301 , 15-301 , 15-301 , 15-302 , 15-303 , 15-304 , 15-305 , 20-504 , 20-505 , 20-506 )

Insurance

( 15-124 , 27-220 )

State Government

( 15-601 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 223803/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 19, 1998   at: 10:24 a.m.     Status: Rejected

Number: 349283/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 1998   at: 8:22 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 349988/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 18, 1998   at: 11:32 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 349988/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 18, 1998   at: 11:34 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 543801/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 19, 1998   at: 11:22 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 563508/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 18, 1998   at: 11:06 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 739085/5 (PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 1998   at: 8:12 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 097557/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 3, 1998   at: 11:46 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 18, 1998: Floor Amendment (Morgan) Adopted (77-59)

March 19, 1998: Floor Amendment (Flanagan) Rejected (63-71)

March 20, 1998: Third Reading Passed (133-2)

Senate

April 6, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-0)