EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance
Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Medicare Coverage and Continuation Coverage - Provisions
That Relate to Federal Laws and Programs
Requiring a carrier that issues health benefit plans to small
employers in accordance with specified provisions of law to allow an
individual an extended election period for specified continuation
coverage under specified circumstances; requiring the extended
election period to continue for a specified period of time under
specified circumstances; altering the minimum benefits a Medicare
supplemental policy must provide; making the Act an emergency measure;
etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 9/30
- Pre-filed
- 1/14
- First Reading Finance
- 1/12
- Hearing 1/21 at 3:00 p.m.
- 1/23
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 1/27
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 3/30
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 1/28
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/18
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/25
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/14
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 22
Sponsored by:
- Finance Committee, Chair
- Departmental
- Insurance Administration, Maryland
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental
- Elderly Persons
- Federal Government
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
- Small Business
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-409.1 ,
15-906 ,
15-909
)
- 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: 506587/01 Offered on: March 27, 2009 at:
12:28 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- January 27, 2009: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- March 30, 2009: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- March 25, 2009: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
