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Legislation


1999 Regular Session

Insurance - Health and Life (C3)

Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 63
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 43

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 602

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Standard Policy Provisions - Task Force to Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 46

    Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 57

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Goldwater , Pitkin, Barve, Bronrott, Kopp, Mandel, and Menes
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Annual Chlamydia Screening Test - Coverage
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 109

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 146

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Krysiak
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 139

    Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 71

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Penalties and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 167

    Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Conroy, Love, Pitkin, Rosso, Cadden, and Clagett
    Entitled
    Health Benefit Plans - Coverage for Chemotherapy Hair Prostheses for Hair Loss Resulting from Chemotherapy
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Governor Veto

    HB 168

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Boschert
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Coverage for a Prosthesis
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 182

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 120

    Sponsored By
    The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Goldwater, R. Baker, Bobo, Conroy, D. Davis, Edwards, Frush, Guns, Hecht, Hubbard, Hubers, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pitkin, Turner, Weir, K. Kelly, Barve, Brown, Busch, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, Kach, J. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Pendergrass, , Walkup, Barkley, Carlson, and Stern
    Entitled
    Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    HB 273

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Donoghue
    Entitled
    Life Insurers - Reserve Investments
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 279

    Status as of March 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Goldwater, Love, Barve, and Eckardt
    Entitled
    Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 280

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 617

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Goldwater and Gordon
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Reimbursements to Health Care Practitioners - Costs of Oncology Drugs
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    HB 283

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Eckardt and Donoghue
    Entitled
    Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 295

    Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Donoghue
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform Credentialing Form
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Governor Veto

    HB 345

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Donoghue
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    HB 346

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Donoghue
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    HB 425

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Krysiak
    Entitled
    Life Insurance and Annuities - Funding Pre-Need Contracts and Preneed Burial Contracts
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 476

    Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, R. Baker, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Carlson, Clagett, Cryor, D. Davis, Dembrow, Edwards, Franchot, Grosfeld, Kopp, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, V. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Shriver, Stern, and Turner
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Universal Coverage
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Governor Veto

    HB 486

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Barve, Gordon, and Kagan
    Entitled
    Charitable Gift Annuities - Issuance of Special Permits - Qualifications of Educational or Religious Organizations
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 572

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 255

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Barve and Goldwater
    Entitled
    Patient Protection Act
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 628

    Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Eckardt, Donoghue, Conway, and Bozman
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Provider Panels
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 639

    Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 472

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Goldwater, Barve, Benson, Bronrott, Brown, Eckardt, Hubbard, Love, Kopp, Nathan-Pulliam, and Pendergrass
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Payment of Claims
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 729

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 659

    Sponsored By
    Delegates McHale and Minnick
    Entitled
    Group Life Insurance
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 767

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 268

    Sponsored By
    Delegates McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Love, Kagan, and Rudolph
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    HB 798

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegates McHale and Minnick
    Entitled
    Life Insurers - Investments
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 813

    Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Barve, Kagan, Goldwater, Hurson, Petzold, Pendergrass, Turner, Krysiak, Moe, Frush, McHale, Hixson, Menes, Clagett, Healey, Morhaim, Vallario, Palumbo, Fulton, Nathan-Pulliam, and Donoghue
    Entitled
    Health Benefit Plans - Smoking Cessation Coverage
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 862

    Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 51

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Finifter, Zirkin, Morhaim, Pitkin, Barve, Brown, Donoghue, Fulton, Goldwater, Harrison, Hill, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McHale, Minnick, Moe, and Pendergrass
    Entitled
    Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1999
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 918

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 671

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Redmer, Mitchell, Love, McClenahan, Eckardt, Minnick, Glassman, Ports, and Morhaim
    Entitled
    Health Benefit Plans - Small Employers - Rates
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    HB 931

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Barve, Goldwater, Eckardt, Love, Donoghue, McClenahan, Pendergrass, and Bobo
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 987

    Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Taylor
    Entitled
    Task Force to Study Increasing Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in the Non-Group Health Insurance Market
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1005

    Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Morhaim
    Entitled
    Orthopedic Patient Safety and Convenience
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1022

    Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Conway, Cane, Bozman, Walkup, and McClenahan
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Interpreter Expenses for Hearing Impaired
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Governor Veto

    HB 1023

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Donoghue
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Health Care Regulatory Fund and Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions or Grievances
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1054

    Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Donoghue
    Entitled
    Utilization Review - Qualifications of Physicians Making Adverse Decisions
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1086

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 683

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Busch, Donoghue, Love, Mitchell, McHale, Eckardt, Goldwater, Barve, Krysiak, Harrison, Kirk, Hill, Brown, Moe, and Fulton
    Entitled
    Stop-Loss Insurance Policies
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1216

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 698

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Busch
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontracting of Health Care Providers' Contracts
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HJ 8

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 6

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Hubbard, Hurson, Guns, Busch, Hammen, Oaks, Rudolph, Morhaim, Billings, Goldwater, and Pitkin
    Entitled
    State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 67

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 139

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Extension of Benefits
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 101

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 145

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 109

    Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Coverage
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 135

    Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

    Sponsored By
    The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Green, Lawlah, Middleton, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
    Entitled
    Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 181

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 155

    Sponsored By
    Senator Dorman
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Coverage for a Prosthesis
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 189

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 529

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Life Insurers - Reserve Investments
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 250

    Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 162

    Sponsored By
    Senator Dorman
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 266

    Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 333

    Sponsored By
    Senators Ruben and Forehand
    Entitled
    Charitable Gift Annuities - Issuance of Special Permits - Qualifications of Educational or Religious Organizations
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 332

    Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senators Hoffman and Hollinger
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 350

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 554

    Sponsored By
    Senators Dorman, Astle, Exum, Hafer, Kelley, Roesser, and Teitelbaum
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 358

    Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senators Exum, Teitelbaum, Conway, Lawlah, and McFadden
    Entitled
    Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 383

    Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senator Dorman
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Coordination of Benefits
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 426

    Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senator Collins
    Entitled
    Health Benefit Plans - Adoption - Pregnancy-Related Services
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    SB 461

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Senator Della
    Entitled
    Group Life Insurance
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 483

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 569

    Sponsored By
    Senators Della, Roesser, and Dorman
    Entitled
    Life Insurers - Investments
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 506

    Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

    Sponsored By
    Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Della, and Teitelbaum
    Entitled
    Patient Protection Act
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 578

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 578

    Sponsored By
    Senator Kelley
    Entitled
    Life Insurance and Annuities - Funding Pre-Need Contracts and Preneed Burial Contracts
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 579

    Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senators Pinsky, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Hollinger, Kelley, Sfikas, Van Hollen, and Teitelbaum
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Universal Coverage
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 585

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 579

    Sponsored By
    Senators Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Dorman
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 602

    Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senators Roesser, Collins, and Hollinger
    Entitled
    Insurance Carriers - Compensation of Health Care Practitioners
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    SB 618

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 625

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 582

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 641

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 589

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform Credentialing Form
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 699

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 593

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Health Insurance - Health Care Regulatory Fund and Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions or Grievances
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 700

    Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Task Force to Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 774

    Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 50

    Sponsored By
    Senators Forehand, Kelley, and Teitelbaum
    Entitled
    Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1999
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 791

    Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Senators Stone and Astle
    Entitled
    Life Insurance - Lapse of Policy
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SJ 7

    Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 5

    Sponsored By
    Senators Hollinger and Bromwell
    Entitled
    State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
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