HOUSE BILL 614

Sponsored By:

Delegates Doory, Donoghue, Goldwater, Krysiak, Workman, McKee, Poole, Hecht, Snodgrass, Stup, Brinkley, Stull, Getty, Stocksdale, DeCarlo, Minnick, Mohorovic, Klausmeier, E. Burns, Edwards, Nathan-Pulliam, Finifter, Frank, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Faulkner, Cryor, Shriver, Kopp, Kagan, Grosfeld, Hurson, Heller, Petzold, Hixson, Frush, Menes, Rosapepe, Healey, Palumbo, Conroy, Hubbard, Pitkin, Benson, Exum, Slade, Howard, Muse, Valderrama, Proctor, Vallario, Hutchins, Cadden, Love, Rzepkowski, Perry, Bonsack, Jacobs, Preis, Fry, Rudolph, W. Baker, Walkup, Eckardt, Bozman, Conway, Ciliberti, Marriott, Boston, Oaks, Rosenberg, Curran, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Branch, Harrison, Dypski, Hammen, Opara, Kach, Elliott, and Crumlin

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Postpartum Mothers and Infants - Hospital Stays and Home Visits

Synopsis:

Requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization coverage for a mother and newborn for a specified minimum length of time under certain circumstances; providing a specified exception; requiring specified home visits under specified circumstances; requiring specified private review agents and health maintenance organizations to authorize inpatient hospitalization coverage for a mother and newborn for a specified minimum length of time under specified circumstances; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

2/1

First Reading Economic Matters

2/14

Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.

3/13

Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Jean Cryor, District 15

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24

Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A

Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5

Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Sharon Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34

Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Mary Ann Love, District 32

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Clarence Mitchell, IV, District 44

Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A

Delegate Shane Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate D. Bruce Poole, District 2B

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate James C. Rosapepe, District 21

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

HOME HEALTH CARE -see also- RESPITE CARE

HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS

INSURANCE-HEALTH -see also- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

NOTICES

PREGNANCY

WOMEN

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-706 , 19-1305.4 )

Article - 48A Insurance Code

( 490FF )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available