File Code: Health Maintenance Organizations
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Guns, Weir, Morhaim, Elliott, McHale, Hammen, Stup,
Nathan-Pulliam, Walkup, and W. Baker
- Entitled:
-
Health Maintenance Organizations - Quality of Care Standards -
Appointment Times
Requiring that health maintenance organizations provide certain
services to a member within a reasonable time after a member has
requested an appointment with a physician; requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene to take certain action by a certain date;
and providing for the effective date of the Act.
House Action
- 2/13
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/4
- Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (133-1)
Senate Action
- 3/27
- First Reading Finance
- 3/30
- Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
- Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- PATIENTS
- PHYSICIANS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-705.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- House
- March 26, 1998: Third Reading Passed (133-1)
