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Legislation


2007 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 579

File Code: Insurance - Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 427
Sponsored By:
Delegates Tarrant, Bromwell, Harrison, Hucker, Jones, Kirk, Lawton, Mathias, Rice, Riley, Walker, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled:
Health Insurance - Authorization of Additional Products and Small Group Administrative Discounts and Study

Synopsis:

Providing that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may authorize health insurance carriers to offer a preferred provider insurance policy that conditions the payment of benefits on the use of preferred providers if the health insurance carrier meets specified requirements; requiring specified insurers and nonprofit health service plans to offer an option to include preferred and nonpreferred providers as an additional benefit under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action
2/8
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/14
Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
3/20
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/18
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/19
Third Reading Passed (139-0)
4/1
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Finance
3/26
Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
4/2
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
3/30
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/31
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
4/24
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 243

Sponsored by:

Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18
Delegate James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38B
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Jay Walker, District 26
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Disclosure
Health Care Commission
Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Insurance Administration
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
Reports
Small Business
Work, Labor and Employment -see also- Col Barg; Holiday; etc

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Insurance
( 14-201 , 14-202 , 14-203 , 14-204 , 14-205.1 , 15-112 , 15-1104 , 15-1205 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
Number: 116586/01     Offered on: March 21, 2007   at: 10:44 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 347874/01     Offered on: April 3, 2007   at: 11:37 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 19, 2007: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
April 1, 2007: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Senate
March 31, 2007: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
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