CHAPTER NUMBER: 305
File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request
- Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) and
Delegates Benson, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott,
Goldwater, Hammen, Haynes, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Mandel, McDonough,
Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Redmer, Rosenberg,
Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Insurance Administration - Disability Benefits - Adoption of
Regulations
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt regulations
establishing a process to be used by specified insurers for handling
disability benefit claims under specified circumstances; requiring
specified insurers under specified circumstances to provide an insured
with a process to dispute an insurer's disability benefit decision;
providing that regulations establishing a process to be used by
insurers offering individual disability benefit policies may not take
effect until July 1, 2004; etc.
House Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/19
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/21
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 4/4
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/13
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 305
Senate Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Finance
- 3/25
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Chairman, Health & Government Operations Comm.
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Eric Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Bob A. Costa, District 33B
- Departmental
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Insurance
- (
15-1010
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 746480/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2003 at:
11:31 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 387278/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 2003 at:
3:15 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 21, 2003: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- April 4, 2003: Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- Senate
- April 4, 2003: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
