File Code: Insurance - Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 661
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Costa and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Use of Physician Rating Systems by Carriers
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to approve a specified
entity to be a physician rating system examiner under specified
circumstances; providing that an entity that has a specified program
approved by a specified consortium is deemed to be a ratings examiner;
prohibiting specified health insurance carriers from using a physician
rating system unless the system is approved by a ratings examiner;
requiring a specified annual report; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/18
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/23
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 4/6
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (136-1)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/27
- First Reading Finance
- 3/31
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/19
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 586
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
- Computers -see also- Electronic Commerce; Electronic Govmnt.
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Disclosure
- Electronic Commerce -see also- Electronic Funds Transfer
- Health Care Commission
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Insurance Administration
- Notices
- Patients
- Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
- Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
- Public Information
- Reports
- Rules and Regulations
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-142 ,
19-143 ,
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-1701 ,
15-1702 ,
15-1703 ,
15-1704 ,
15-1705
)
- 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: 116082/01 Offered on: March 25, 2009 at:
10:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 397970/01 Offered on: April 9, 2009 at:
12:04 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 23, 2009: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
Senate
- April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
