Reimbursement Rates

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 48

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  HB 39

  Status as of February 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McConkey, Barnes, Frush, and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County School Board - Student Member - Reimbursement of Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 101

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2008

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 210

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson (Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services)

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 235

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 651

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Transporters

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 243

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson, Costa, Elliott, Kipke, Krebs, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Choice of Pharmacy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 257

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 262

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Elliott, Kipke, Rudolph, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Hammen, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies and Pharmacists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 289

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 265

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 359

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 496

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Barkley, DeBoy, Haynes, James, and Levy

  Entitled

  Local Correctional Facilities - Inmate Health Care Expenses - Payment Rates to Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 453

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, McHale, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Advisory Committee to Coordinate the Public Health System and Drug Treatment Funded by the Medical Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 460

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Cane, Donoghue, Harrison, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Montgomery, Morhaim, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Maryland Cancer Treatment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 497

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Refuses to Recede

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Impallaria, Jennings, and McDonough

  Entitled

  Oil Discharge - Groundwater Contamination - Reimbursement for Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 498

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Impallaria, Jennings, and McDonough

  Entitled

  Groundwater Contamination - Level of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether - Notice and Cleanup

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 501

  Status as of May 21, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Anne Arundel County Delegation

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Environmental Health Monitoring - Reimbursement of Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 594

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 803

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Aumann, Branch, Bronrott, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Eckardt, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, James, Lafferty, Mizeur, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Robinson, Rudolph, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Weldon, and Wood

  Entitled

  Family Law - Foster Care - Payment Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 809

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 200

  Sponsored By

  Delegates James, McDonough, and Riley

  Entitled

  Nursing Facilities - Accountability Measures - Pay-for-Performance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

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  HB 815

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 673

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Donoghue, James, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Health Care Practitioners - Information Provided by Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 818

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 448

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Donoghue, Mizeur, Montgomery, Riley, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1059

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 573

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Gaines, Guzzone, Hucker, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Weldon, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Donoghue, Kach, McDonough, Mizeur, Morhaim, and Reznik

  Entitled

  Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date Extension and Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1081

  Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Love, Costa, Kipke, Morhaim, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services - Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1125

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Carr, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1175

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kach

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1176

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 535

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Braveboy, Carr, Healey, Holmes, Ivey, Kaiser, Krysiak, Mizeur, O'Donnell, Oaks, Reznik, Ross, Shank, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Riley, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Health - Committee on Childhood Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1219

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 688

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Elliott, Kipke, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, and Riley

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1284

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Appropriations Committee

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1454

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Braveboy, Burns, Costa, Jones, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Hospitals - Managed Care Organizations - Access and Health Care Disparities Elimination

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1505

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Preauthorized or Approved Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1522

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 329

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund - Allocations to and Disbursements from the Medical Assistance Program Account

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  SB 35

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County School Board - Student Member - Reimbursement of Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 91

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2008

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 225

  Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Local Correctional Facilities - Inmate Health Care Expenses - Payment Rates to Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 242

  Status as of January 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley (Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services) and Senators Astle, Conway, Gladden, Jones, Kasemeyer, Middleton, and Peters

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 305

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 572

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date Extension and Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 398

  Status as of May 21, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Environmental Health Monitoring - Reimbursement of Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 453

  Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Family Law - Foster Care - Payment Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 545

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 589

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee

  Entitled

  Health Care Funds - Transfers and Disbursements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations

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  SB 595

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 598

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle, Della, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 611

  Status as of April 2, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 665

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Compensation Program for Family Member Caretakers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 673

  Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Colburn, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Clammers - Clamming Appliances and Income - Compensation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 677

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 199

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Astle, King, Klausmeier, McFadden, Peters, Pugh, and Robey

  Entitled

  Nursing Facilities - Accountability Measures - Pay-for-Performance

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 725

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies and Pharmacists

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 726

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Choice of Pharmacy

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 744

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 447

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pugh

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 810

  Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Transportation - Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund - Transport by Privately Owned Helicopter

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 811

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 899

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Public Health - Task Force on Childhood Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 916

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 238

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement and Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations