CHAPTER NUMBER: 565
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1350
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Dyson, Middleton, and Miller
- Entitled:
-
Senior Assistance -
Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan
Establishing a prescription drug plan for specified Medicare Plus
Choice-eligible individuals residing in medically underserved counties
or portions of counties; requiring a carrier to provide the plan as a
condition of receiving a specified hospital rate differential;
creating a Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan Fund; requiring
that the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene adopt specified
regulations and issue a report jointly with the Maryland Insurance
Administration and the Health Services Cost Review Commission; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/23
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 2/25
- Re-referred Finance
- Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed (43-3)
- 4/10
- Returned Passed
- 5/18
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 565
House Action
- 4/8
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 4/10
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- 4/9
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Guns) Adopted (131-4)
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ALLEGANY COUNTY
- ASSESSMENTS
- CALVERT COUNTY
- CAROLINE COUNTY
- CARROLL COUNTY
- CECIL COUNTY
- CHARLES COUNTY
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
- DORCHESTER COUNTY
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- EXEMPTIONS
- FREDERICK COUNTY
- GARRETT COUNTY
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- KENT COUNTY
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY
- REPORTS
- REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SOMERSET COUNTY
- ST. MARY'S COUNTY
- SUNSET
- TALBOT COUNTY
- WASHINGTON COUNTY
- WICOMICO COUNTY
- WORCESTER COUNTY
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-601 ,
15-602 ,
15-603 ,
15-604 ,
15-605
)
- Insurance
- (
6-101 ,
15-606
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 037073/3 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 2000 at:
12:18 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 663725/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 2000 at:
12:21 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- April 8, 2000: Third Reading Passed (43-3)
- House
- April 9, 2000: Motion Rules Suspended 2rdgs same day (Guns) Adopted (131-4)
- April 9, 2000: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
