CHAPTER NUMBER: 678
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Hammen and Taylor
- Entitled:
-
Hospital Capacity and Cost Containment Act
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure that
payments for services provided by specified hospitals are reduced by
20% if the hospital fails to submit discharge data on specified
patients to a specified commission in a specified manner; providing
that a certificate of need is not required for specified purposes,
including moving an existing or previously approved but unbuilt health
care facility to another site or changing the type or scope of health
care services, under specified circumstances; etc.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/17
- Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/27
- Third Reading Passed (135-2)
- 4/6
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 678
Senate Action
- 3/29
- First Reading Finance
- 3/30
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-2)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BONDS -see also- COUNTY & BALTIMORE CITY BONDS; STATE BONDS.
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
- HEALTH AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- HEARINGS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LIC; DRIVERS' LIC
- NOTICES
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- PUBLIC DEBT -see also- STATE BONDS; CO. & BALT. CITY BONDS
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-103 ,
19-101 ,
19-115 ,
19-201 ,
19-301 ,
19-307 ,
19-307.1 ,
19-307.2
)
- Article - 43C Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority
- (
16A
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 019791/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 26, 1999 at:
10:45 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 097867/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 1999 at:
12:10 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 27, 1999: Third Reading Passed (135-2)
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
- Senate
- April 8, 1999: Third Reading Passed (45-2)
