HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 83

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  HB 40

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Modifications and Clarifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 43

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 602

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Standard Policy Provisions - Task Force to Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 46

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 57

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater , Pitkin, Barve, Bronrott, Kopp, Mandel, and Menes

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Annual Chlamydia Screening Test - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 71

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 63

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)

  Entitled

  State Employee Benefits Program - Satellite Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 91

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow and Flanagan

  Entitled

  Personal Injury Claims - Subrogation - Reduction

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 109

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 146

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Krysiak

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 139

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 71

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Penalties and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 160

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 73

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - NE Md. Waste Disposal Authority)

  Entitled

  Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority - Participation in State Health and Welfare Benefits Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 167

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conroy, Love, Pitkin, Rosso, Cadden, and Clagett

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Coverage for Chemotherapy Hair Prostheses for Hair Loss Resulting from Chemotherapy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 168

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Boschert

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage for a Prosthesis

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 178

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 397

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Massage Therapists and Non-Therapeutic Massage Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 182

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 120

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Goldwater, R. Baker, Bobo, Conroy, D. Davis, Edwards, Frush, Guns, Hecht, Hubbard, Hubers, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pitkin, Turner, Weir, K. Kelly, Barve, Brown, Busch, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, Kach, J. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Pendergrass, , Walkup, Barkley, Carlson, and Stern

  Entitled

  Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 216

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 400

  Sponsored By

  Delegates K. Kelly and Vallario

  Entitled

  Evidence - Admissibility of Health Care Writings and Records and Paid Bills for Goods and Services - Notice of Service

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 218

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Arnick, Owings, Stull, Weir, Kach, Elliott, Finifter, Zirkin, and Bronrott

  Entitled

  Maryland Opticians Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 279

  Status as of March 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Love, Barve, and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 280

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 617

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater and Gordon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Reimbursements to Health Care Practitioners - Costs of Oncology Drugs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 283

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt and Donoghue

  Entitled

  Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 295

  Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform Credentialing Form

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 345

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 346

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 476

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, R. Baker, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Carlson, Clagett, Cryor, D. Davis, Dembrow, Edwards, Franchot, Grosfeld, Kopp, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, V. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Shriver, Stern, and Turner

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Universal Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 572

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 255

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Patient Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 628

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt, Donoghue, Conway, and Bozman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Panels

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 638

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Children and Families Health Care Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 639

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 472

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Barve, Benson, Bronrott, Brown, Eckardt, Hubbard, Love, Kopp, Nathan-Pulliam, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Payment of Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 727

  Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Stocksdale, Finifter, Leopold, Rzepkowski, Elliott, Cryor, Eckardt, O'Donnell, Parrott, Hubbard, Glassman, Boutin, Dypski, Pitkin, and James

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 767

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 268

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Love, Kagan, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 772

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Stocksdale, Finifter, Rzepkowski, Elliott, Cryor, Eckardt, O'Donnell, Parrott, Hubbard, Glassman, Boutin, Dypski, Pitkin, and James

  Entitled

  Inheritance Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 813

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Kagan, Goldwater, Hurson, Petzold, Pendergrass, Turner, Krysiak, Moe, Frush, McHale, Hixson, Menes, Clagett, Healey, Morhaim, Vallario, Palumbo, Fulton, Nathan-Pulliam, and Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Smoking Cessation Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 833

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Liability of Insurer for Costs and Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 856

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Billings, Grosfeld, Bobo, Cane, Dypski, Frush, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, McIntosh, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Stern, and Turner

  Entitled

  Carriers and Managed Care Entities - Health Care Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 862

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 51

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Finifter, Zirkin, Morhaim, Pitkin, Barve, Brown, Donoghue, Fulton, Goldwater, Harrison, Hill, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McHale, Minnick, Moe, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 884

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 128

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Cryor, DeCarlo, Finifter, Franchot, Grosfeld, Healey, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Kopp, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Moe, Morhaim, Owings, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, Turner, Frush, C. Davis, Montague, Hubers, Rawlings, Heller, Patterson, Palumbo, Busch, Gordon, Barve, Brown, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Goldwater, Harrison, Hill, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Pendergrass, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 918

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 671

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Mitchell, Love, McClenahan, Eckardt, Minnick, Glassman, Ports, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Small Employers - Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 922

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Redmer

  Entitled

  Children's Health Care - Pilot Program - Refundable Tax Credit for Employer Sponsored Health Benefit Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 931

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Goldwater, Eckardt, Love, Donoghue, McClenahan, Pendergrass, and Bobo

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 939

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Medical Records - Disclosure to Health Care Provider's Insurer or Legal Counsel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 980

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 676

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hurson

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Formulary Development Process - Accreditation Status

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 987

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Increasing Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in the Non-Group Health Insurance Market

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 995

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 702

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater and Taylor

  Entitled

  Health Care Regulatory Reform - Commission Consolidation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1019

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 277

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Busch

  Entitled

  Insurance Commissioner - Stay of Order - Exception

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1022

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Cane, Bozman, Walkup, and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Interpreter Expenses for Hearing Impaired

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1023

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Regulatory Fund and Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions or Grievances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1044

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 482

  Sponsored By

  Delegate A. Jones

  Entitled

  State Employee Benefits Program - State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1054

  Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Utilization Review - Qualifications of Physicians Making Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1086

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 683

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Busch, Donoghue, Love, Mitchell, McHale, Eckardt, Goldwater, Barve, Krysiak, Harrison, Kirk, Hill, Brown, Moe, and Fulton

  Entitled

  Stop-Loss Insurance Policies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1093

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McKee

  Entitled

  Insurance - Exemption from Regulation - Volunteer Fire Companies, Rescue Squads, and Ambulance Companies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1216

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 698

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Busch

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontracting of Health Care Providers' Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HJ 8

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 6

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Hurson, Guns, Busch, Hammen, Oaks, Rudolph, Morhaim, Billings, Goldwater, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  SB 67

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 139

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Extension of Benefits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 101

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 145

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 109

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 135

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Green, Lawlah, Middleton, Ruben, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 154

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Dorman, Exum, Hooper, Bromwell, Astle, Kelley, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Health Insurance Carriers - Termination of Providers - Notification and Appeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 156

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Collins, Dorman, Green, Jacobs, Blount, Lawlah, Ferguson, Sfikas, Stone, Conway, Colburn, Bromwell, Astle, Munson, Kelley, Forehand, Hooper, Teitelbaum, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Inheritance Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 157

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Collins, Dorman, Green, Jacobs, Blount, Lawlah, Ferguson, Hoffman, Sfikas, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Stone, Conway, Colburn, Bromwell, Astle, Kelley, Forehand, Hooper, Munson, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 181

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 155

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage for a Prosthesis

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 191

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Mitchell and Conway

  Entitled

  Procurement - Service Contracts - Standards for Privatization

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 250

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 162

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 261

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 332

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hoffman and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 350

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 554

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Astle, Exum, Hafer, Kelley, Roesser, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 358

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum, Teitelbaum, Conway, Lawlah, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 370

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 557

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Teitelbaum, Exum, Astle, Hooper, and Della

  Entitled

  Insurance - Premium Financing - Discrimination

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 383

  Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Coordination of Benefits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 426

  Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Adoption - Pregnancy-Related Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 506

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Della, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Patient Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 579

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Hollinger, Kelley, Sfikas, Van Hollen, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Universal Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 585

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 579

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 595

  Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Collins, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Middleton, Ferguson, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Practice of Dentistry - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 601

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Private Review Agents - Reimbursement to Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 602

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Collins, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Insurance Carriers - Compensation of Health Care Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 618

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 624

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 127

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Roesser, Astle, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 625

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 582

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 641

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 589

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform Credentialing Form

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 650

  Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Care Professionals - Freedom of Speech and Expression

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 653

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 590

  Sponsored By

  Senator Green

  Entitled

  Personal Injury Claims - Subrogation - Reduction

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 699

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 593

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Regulatory Fund and Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions or Grievances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 700

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 738

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 381

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Children and Families Health Care Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 774

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 50

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Kelley, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SJ 7

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 5

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger and Bromwell

  Entitled

  State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters