File Code: Insurance - Health and Life
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 117/97 - FIN
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hollinger, Munson, Hafer, Madden, Blount, Ruben,
Teitelbaum, Conway, Derr, Lawlah, Dorman, Kelley, Green, Jimeno,
Collins, Bromwell, Middleton, Trotter, Dyson, Roesser, and Van Hollen
- Entitled:
-
Health Benefit Plans - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage -
Treatments for Breast and Testicular Cancer
Requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations to provide a specified minimum length of
inpatient hospitalization coverage after a mastectomy or removal of a
testicle or lymph node dissection that is performed for the treatment
of breast or testicular cancer; requiring that insurers, nonprofit
health service plans, and health maintenance organizations provide
coverage for home visits under specified circumstances; requiring
specified persons to provide a specified notice; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Finance
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/9
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/10
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/12
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House Action
- 3/13
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/25
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator John W. Derr, District 3
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Gary Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
- Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28
- Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HOME HEALTH CARE -see also- RESPITE CARE
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- NOTICES
- SUNSET
- WOMEN
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706 ,
20-116
)
- Insurance
- (
15-826
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- Senate
- March 12, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
