Insurance - Health (C3)

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  HB 29

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 632

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Manno, Riley, Pena-Melnyk, Montgomery, Kipke, Morhaim, Reznik, V. Turner, Kullen, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Long-Term Care Insurance - Prohibited Acts - Genetic Tests, Genetic Information, or Genetic Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 69

  Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Mizeur

  Entitled

  Prosthetic Parity Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 115

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 251

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Barve, Braveboy, Cane, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Oaks, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Stukes, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance Programs and Maryland Children's Health Program - Statements on State-Issued Check Stubs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 236

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Life or Health Insurance Policies and Contracts - Discretionary Clauses - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 238

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 259

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Status, Operation, and Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 272

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 264

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Medical Stop-Loss Insurance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 289

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 265

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 395

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 70

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance Carriers - Financial Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 462

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 76

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Self-Employed Individuals - Sunset Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 493

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Disabled Individuals - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 499

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Kach, Montgomery, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Primary Care Physicians - Reimbursement for Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 578

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 510

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Mizeur, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Feldman, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Heller, Kaiser, Kipke, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Rice, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, Weldon, Beitzel, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Pendergrass, and Riley

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage for Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formula

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 594

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 603

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Barnes, Benson, Branch, Cane, Costa, Donoghue, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hammen, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Levi, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Reznik, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker

  Entitled

  Health Care Coverage - Institutions of Higher Education

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  

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  HB 701

  Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kaiser, Bates, Bromwell, Carr, Frick, Hucker, Ivey, Love, Minnick, Mizeur, Montgomery, Reznik, Robinson, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage for In Vitro Fertilization - Miscarriage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 709

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Costa and Kipke

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Special Services, Procedures, or Reports - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 737

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Elliott, Bartlett, Bates, Benson, G. Clagett, Donoghue, Hammen, Hecht, Hubbard, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McKee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Schuh, Stull, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Care Coverage - Personal Responsibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 815

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 673

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Donoghue, James, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Health Care Practitioners - Information Provided by Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 872

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 627

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Bobo, DeBoy, Guzzone, Malone, F. Turner, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Public-Private Health Care Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1081

  Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Love, Costa, Kipke, Morhaim, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services - Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1093

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Care Coverage Fund - Tax on Health Insurance Premiums - Access to Health Care

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1100

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 441

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Barkley, Barnes, Branch, Donoghue, Hubbard, McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Ramirez, Ross, Stukes, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, Benson, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Insurance Producers - Life and Health Insurance Examinations - Annual Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1161

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Standards for Availability of Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1175

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kach

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1219

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 688

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Elliott, Kipke, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, and Riley

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1379

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ivey, Barkley, Beidle, Benson, Branch, V. Clagett, Doory, Gilchrist, Harrison, Lee, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rice, Valderrama, and Walker

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Waiver for Older Adults Expansion Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1391

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 692

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur, Hammen, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Kipke, Lafferty, McIntosh, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Schuh, Bromwell, Costa, Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Oaks, V. Turner, Weldon, Hucker, Bartlett, Barve, Cardin, Doory, Elmore, Frick, George, Gilchrist, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, Murphy, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Serafini, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Kids First Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1434

  Status as of March 14, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Barkley, Carr, and Lee

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Conversion from Group to Individual Policy - Preexisting Conditions While Under Group Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1468

  Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - Elimination of Tiered Copayments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1492

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 558

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Busch, Costa, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Kullen, Manno, McDonough, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Rudolph, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap and Sunset Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1505

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Preauthorized or Approved Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1522

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 329

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund - Allocations to and Disbursements from the Medical Assistance Program Account

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1540

  Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson, Hucker, Bobo, Glenn, Heller, Holmes, Ivey, Levi, Love, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Ramirez, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Health Care Reform Act of 2008

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  SB 65

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Brochin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Coverage of Child Dependents

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 98

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Conway, Della, Exum, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Prosthetic Parity Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 192

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 25

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Application of Insurance Fraud Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 215

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland False Health Claims Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 469

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Special Services, Procedures, or Reports - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 595

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 598

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle, Della, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 611

  Status as of April 2, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 701

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 440

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jones, Astle, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Insurance Producers - Life and Health Insurance Examinations - Annual Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 719

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Standards for Availability of Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 811

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 852

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 626

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kasemeyer, Kittleman, and Robey

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Public-Private Health Care Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 906

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 557

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Frosh, Garagiola, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Exum, Glassman, and Kelley

  Entitled

  Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap and Sunset Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 918

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 631

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Long-Term Care Insurance - Prohibited Acts - Genetic Tests, Genetic Information, or Genetic Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations