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Legislation


2012 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 470

File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 540
Sponsored By:
Delegates Tarrant, Cullison, Hubbard, Krebs, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, and Reznik
Entitled:
Maryland Health Care Commission - Preauthorization of Health Care Services - Benchmarks

Synopsis:

Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to work with payors and providers to attain benchmarks for standardizing and automating the process required by payors for preauthorizing health care services; requiring the benchmarks to include, on or before specified dates, establishment or utilization of specified features; providing that the benchmarks do not apply to specified preauthorizations; requiring the Commission to establish by regulation a process through which a payor or provider may be waived from attaining benchmarks; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

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House Action
2/2
First Reading Health and Government Operations
Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
2/7
Hearing cancelled
2/8
Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
3/20

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/18
Favorable with Amendments {126481/3 Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/20
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
4/1
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Finance
3/27
Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
3/28
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
4/4
Favorable Report by Finance
3/29
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/30
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/22
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 535

Sponsored by:

Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Bonnie Cullison, District 19
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
Health -see also- Mental Health
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
Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
Notices
Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty
Pharmacy Benefits Managers
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Telecommunications and Information Technology

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General
( 19-101 , 19-108.2 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 126481/03     Offered on: March 21, 2012   at: 12:10 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Committee Votes :
House
Health and Government Operations
Senate
Finance
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 20, 2012: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
March 30, 2012: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
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