CHAPTER NUMBER: 111
File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Dorman,
Bromwell, Green, Kelley, Madden, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Health Insurance - Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions and
Grievances
Requiring a carrier to establish a specified internal grievance
process for its members; requiring a carrier to file a copy of the
grievance process with the Insurance Commissioner and the Health
Education and Advocacy Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection of
the Office of the Attorney General; requiring a carrier to send
written notice of an adverse decision or grievance decision to
specified individuals; transferring responsibility for investigating
complaints about HMOs to the Insurance Commissioner; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/20
- Hearing cancelled
- Re-referred Finance & Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Della) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments
- 3/23
- Special Order 3/24 (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (44-0)
- Floor Committee Amendment (Finance) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 4/9
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Bromwell, Dorman, and Madden
- 4/11
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- 4/8
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/28
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 111
House Action
- 3/26
- First Reading Economic Matters & Environmental Matters
- 4/1
- Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (133-1)
- 4/5
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Busch, McClenahan, and McHale
- 4/8
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (136-1)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- ATTORNEY GENERAL
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- DISCIPLINE
- DISCLOSURE
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
- INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INSURANCE; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
- INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
- LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LICENSES; DRIVERS' LIC
- NOTICES
- PENALTIES
- PHYSICIANS
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SUNSET
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
13-4A-02 ,
13-4A-04
)
- Health - General
- (
19-705.2 ,
19-706 ,
19-708 ,
19-728 ,
19-729 ,
19-730 ,
19-1301 ,
19-1305.1 ,
19-1305.2 ,
19-1305.3 ,
19-1305.4 ,
19-1306 ,
19-1311.1 ,
19-1312 ,
19-1313
)
- Insurance
- (
2-104 ,
2-104 ,
2-112.2 ,
2-112.3 ,
2-114 ,
15-112 ,
15-1001 ,
15-10A-01 ,
15-10A-02 ,
15-10A-03 ,
15-10A-04 ,
15-10A-05 ,
15-10A-06 ,
15-10A-07 ,
15-10A-08 ,
15-10A-09 ,
15-10B-01 ,
15-10B-01 ,
15-10B-03 ,
15-10B-04 ,
15-10B-05 ,
15-10B-05 ,
15-10B-06 ,
15-10B-06 ,
15-10B-07 ,
15-10B-07 ,
15-10B-08 ,
15-10B-09 ,
15-10B-09 ,
15-10B-10 ,
15-10B-10 ,
15-10B-11 ,
15-10B-12 ,
15-10B-13 ,
15-10B-14 ,
15-10B-16 ,
15-10B-17 ,
15-10B-17 ,
15-10B-18 ,
15-10B-18 ,
15-10C-01 ,
15-10C-02 ,
15-10C-03 ,
15-10C-04 ,
27-303 ,
27-304
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 377757/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 1998 at:
10:37 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 707358/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 1998 at:
10:52 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 613276/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 1998 at:
10:25 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 833205/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1998 at:
3:54 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 013209/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1998 at:
3:54 p.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 24, 1998: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (44-0)
- March 26, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- April 11, 1998: Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- House
- April 4, 1998: Third Reading Passed (133-1)
- April 8, 1998: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
