File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Pinsky, McFadden, Teitelbaum,
Kelley, Ruben, Frosh, Lawlah, DeGrange, Exum, and Green
- Entitled:
-
Health Benefit Plans - Smoking Cessation - Coverage
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance
organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for
specified smoking cessation programs under specified circumstances;
and requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health
maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide
coverage for prescription drugs to provide coverage for three quit
attempts for each enrolled or insured.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Finance
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/10
- Third Reading Passed (37-7)
House Action
- 3/13
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/22
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
- SMOKING -see also- CIGARETTES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-835
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 047876/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 8, 2000 at:
10:53 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- Senate
- March 10, 2000: Third Reading Passed (37-7)
