CHAPTER NUMBER: 417
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 645/97 - FIN
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 860
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Forehand, Roesser, Dorman,
McFadden, and Sfikas
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance Carriers - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontracting of
Health Care Providers' Contracts
Prohibiting health insurance carriers from assigning, transferring, or
subcontracting a health care provider's contract with the carrier to
an insurer that offers personal injury protection coverage under a
motor vehicle liability insurance policy without first obtaining the
provider's consent; and prohibiting a carrier from terminating or
impairing the provider's contract because the provider refused to
agree to the assignment, transfer, or subcontract of the contract.
Senate Action
- 2/10
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 2/18
- Re-referred Finance
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/27
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 4/13
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Motion Reconsider Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/12
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 417
House Action
- 3/27
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/31
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 4/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/9
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-2)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE -see also- MD AUTO INSURANCE FUND
- PHYSICIANS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-124
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 407352/3 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1998 at:
12:34 p.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 273970/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1998 at:
3:59 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 27, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- April 13, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- House
- April 9, 1998: Third Reading Passed (132-2)
