CHAPTER NUMBER: 579
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 931
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Dorman
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations -
Quality
Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios
Requiring a carrier that owns or contracts with a managed behavioral
health care organization to distribute to members an explanation of
services covered and specific exclusions, members' responsibilities,
the methodology for reimbursing providers, and the procedure for
obtaining services outside the provider network; requiring a carrier
to file a specified mental health expense ratio; providing for an
exception; establishing a specified task force; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Finance
- 2/9
- Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/22
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/23
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/8
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 579
House Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/24
- Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- DISCLOSURE
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT. ORGS
- MENTAL HEALTH
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-126
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 197164/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 18, 1999 at:
11:13 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 043388/2 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 1999 at:
10:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 8, 1999: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- House
- April 5, 1999: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
