HOUSE BILL 734

Sponsored By:

Delegates Tarrant, Benson, Conaway, Costa, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, Robinson, and V. Turner

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Participation by Hospitals on Provider Panels - Prohibited Rejections or Conditions

Synopsis:

Prohibiting specified health insurance carriers from rejecting a hospital for participation on a carrier's provider panel or conditioning a hospital's participation on a carrier's provider panel based on whether a health care provider who has privileges at the hospital participates on the carrier's provider panel; making a violation of specified provisions of the Act an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action

2/10

First Reading Health and Government Operations

2/25

Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.

4/10

Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40

Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A

Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40

Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations

Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals

Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Unfair Trade Practices

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-706 )

Insurance

( 15-112 , 15-112 , 27-223 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments: None offered