CHAPTER NUMBER: 605
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 323
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Teitelbaum, Roesser, Van Hollen, McFadden, Sfikas,
Blount, Kelley, and Conway
- Entitled:
-
Health Maintenance Organizations -
Reimbursement to Hospital Emergency
Facilities and Providers
Requiring a health maintenance organization to reimburse a hospital
emergency facility and provider, less any applicable co-payments, for
medical assessment and stabilization services rendered to meet the
requirements of the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active
Labor Act; authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to issue specified
orders for specified violations; and altering a specified penalty.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/11
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/21
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 605
House Action
- 3/26
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 4/1
- Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-2)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- EMERGENCIES -see also- AMBULANCES; RESCUE SQUADS
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- PATIENTS
- PENALTIES
- PHYSICIANS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-712.5 ,
19-729 ,
19-730
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 117552/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 1998 at:
12:36 p.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 643873/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 1998 at:
10:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 26, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 11, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- House
- April 5, 1998: Third Reading Passed (135-2)
