File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Green, Hollinger, Dorman, Hafer, Madden, Teitelbaum,
and Van Hollen
- Entitled:
-
Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment and Benefit
Determinations - Liability and Utilization Review Complaint and
Appeal Processes and Procedures
Establishing the liability of specified carriers and managed care
entities for damages that an insured or enrollee suffers as a result
of a health care treatment decision of the carrier or managed care
entity; establishing specified defenses to liability; establishing a
health care benefit utilization review complaint and appeal process;
specifying the requirements of the utilization review process,
including the method by which complaints may be initiated by
enrollees, insureds and health care providers; etc.
Senate Action
- 8/7
- Pre-filed
- 1/14
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/4
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- DAMAGES
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LICENSES; DRIVERS' LIC
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT. ORGS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
3-2C-01 ,
3-2C-02 ,
3-2C-03 ,
3-2C-04 ,
3-2C-05 ,
11-108
)
- Health - General
- (
19-705.2 ,
19-705.3 ,
19-705.3 ,
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-112 ,
15-1601 ,
15-1602 ,
15-1603 ,
15-1604 ,
15-1605 ,
15-1606 ,
15-1701 ,
15-1702 ,
15-1703 ,
15-1704 ,
15-1705
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
