CHAPTER NUMBER: 331
File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Morhaim, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Murray,
Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Taylor,
Donoghue, Mandel, Pendergrass, and V. Turner
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Private Review Agents - Emergency Inpatient
and Residential Crisis Services Admission
Determinations
Requiring a private review agent, under specified circumstances, to
submit information to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner regarding
procedures and policies for making determinations for emergency
inpatient admissions, or admissions for specified residential crisis
services, for the treatment of a mental, emotional, or substance abuse
disorder; requiring a private review agent, under specified
circumstances, to make specified admissions determinations within 2
hours; etc.
House Action
- 2/1
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/10
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- 3/31
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/13
- First Reading Finance
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/29
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed (33-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/2
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 331
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- EMERGENCIES
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- MENTAL HEALTH
- NOTICES
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
10-615 ,
10-617
)
- Insurance
- (
15-840 ,
15-10B-05 ,
15-10B-06
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 196982/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 8, 2006 at:
10:17 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 10, 2006: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
Senate
- March 30, 2006: Third Reading Passed (33-0)
