HOUSE BILL 295

Sponsored By:

Delegate Donoghue

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform Credentialing Form

Synopsis:

Requiring a carrier or its credentialing intermediary to accept the uniform credentialing form established by regulation as the sole application of a health care provider to be credentialed or recredentialed by the carrier or its credentialing intermediary for participation on a provider panel of the carrier; requiring a carrier or its credentialing intermediary to make available the uniform credentialing form to a health care provider that is to be credentialed or recredentialed; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/4

First Reading Economic Matters

Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.

2/5

Hearing cancelled

Hearing 2/18 at 2:00 p.m.

3/2

Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

FORMS

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

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS

INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION

PENALTIES

REPORTS -see also- RECORDS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Insurance

( 15-112.1 )

Documents:

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

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered