File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 263
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Bromwell, Cardin, DeBoy, Donoghue, Hubbard, Malone, Oaks, and
Schuler
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists
Requiring a health insurance carrier to establish and implement a
specified procedure for referral to a nonphysician specialist who is
not part of a carrier's provider panel; providing that a specified
decision by a carrier constitutes an adverse decision under specified
circumstances; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and
health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or
after October 1, 2007.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/14
- Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/9
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- 4/4
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/12
- First Reading Finance
- 3/26
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/1
- Favorable
- Special Order 4/6 (Senator Harris) Adopted
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 142
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
- Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Patients
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Insurance
- (
15-830
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 566585/01 Offered on: March 7, 2007 at:
10:46 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 9, 2007: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
Senate
- April 3, 2007: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
