File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1492
- Sponsored By:
-
The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Frosh,
Garagiola, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Exum,
Glassman, and Kelley
- Entitled:
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Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D
Coverage Gap and Sunset Extension
Requiring a specified nonprofit health service plan to transfer
$4,000,000 to the separate account for the Senior Prescription Drug
Assistance Program within the Maryland Health Insurance Plan;
authorizing the corporation not to make the transfer under specified
circumstances; requiring the Program to provide a subsidy for the
Medicare Part D coverage gap, subject to the availability of funds;
extending to December 31, 2010, the termination date of the Senior
Prescription Drug Assistance Program; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/19
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 2/22
- Re-referred Finance
- 2/25
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/13
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 3/30
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/14
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/19
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/26
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/27
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/22
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 557
Sponsored by:
- President, The
- Administration
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Barry Glassman, District 35
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator C. Anthony Muse, District 26
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
- Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
- Elderly Persons
- Federal Government
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Medical Assistance
- Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
- Sunset
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Insurance
- (
14-102 ,
14-106.2 ,
14-501 ,
14-501 ,
14-501 ,
14-504 ,
14-504 ,
14-512 ,
14-512 ,
14-513
)
- 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):
Senate
- Number: 677978/01 Offered on: March 11, 2008 at:
11:04 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 13, 2008: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
House
- March 27, 2008: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
