File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 470  
- Sponsored By: 
- 
Senators Astle, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mathias,
Middleton, and Pugh
- Entitled: 
- 
Maryland Health Care Commission - Preauthorization of Health Care Services -
Benchmarks
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.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
For explanation of terms 
click here.
Senate Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Finance
- 2/15
- Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments {137778/1 Report Adopted
-      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/3
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
-      Third Reading Passed (46-0)
-      Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments {146180/1 Report Adopted
-      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (124-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/22
- Approved by the Governor
-      - Chapter 534
Sponsored by:
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Barry Glassman, District 35
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
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 
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
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- Bill Text:
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
 Available
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 137778/01     Offered on: March 22, 2012      at:
12:23 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 - House 
- Number: 146180/01     Offered on: April 7, 2012       at:
10:13 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- 
Committee Votes :
 
- Senate
- Finance
 - House 
- Health and Government Operations
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 2012: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)
- April 3, 2012: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)
 - House 
- April 3, 2012: Third Reading Passed  (124-0)
 
 
 
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