CHAPTER NUMBER: 71
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance
Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Penalties and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices
Authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to impose penalties against
health maintenance organizations for certain violations; providing
that the refusal to pay for a claim for an arbitrary or capricious
reason is an unfair claims settlement practice; and providing for the
application of the Act.
House Action
- 1/27
- First Reading Economic Matters
- Hearing 2/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/23
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- 2/24
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 2/26
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 3/31
- Return Passed
- 4/13
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 71
Senate Action
- 3/1
- First Reading Finance
- 3/5
- Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable Report by Finance
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Chairman, Econ. Matters Comm.
- Departmental
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- PENALTIES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-728 ,
19-729 ,
19-730 ,
19-731 ,
19-732 ,
19-733
)
- Insurance
- (
4-113 ,
27-304 ,
27-305
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 26, 1999: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Senate
- April 2, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
