CHAPTER NUMBER: 281
File Code: Insurance - Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Middleton,
Astle, Della, Exum, Gladden, Hafer, Hooper, Kelley, Klausmeier, Pipkin,
and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Pharmacy Programs -
Modifications and Subsidies for Medicare Drug Benefits
Renaming the Senior Prescription Drug Program to be the Senior
Prescription Drug Assistance Program; altering the eligibility
requirements for and purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to
provide a State subsidy for the cost of a portion of Medicare Part D
or Medicare Advantage Plan premiums and deductibles; repealing the
Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/27
- First Reading Finance
- 1/28
- Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment (Finance) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/9
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/27
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 4/4
- Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- 4/5
- Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/8
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order later today (Delegate Hurson) Adopted
- Special Order next session (Delegate Hurson) Adopted
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order later today (Delegate Hammen) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- Substitute Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Hurson) Adopted (132-0)
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/10
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 281
Sponsored by:
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- NAMES -see also- PROPER NAMES
- NOTICES
- PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SUNSET
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-103 ,
15-124 ,
15-124.1 ,
15-124.3
)
- Insurance
- (
14-106 ,
14-504 ,
14-504 ,
14-510 ,
14-511 ,
14-512 ,
14-513 ,
14-514 ,
14-515
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
- Number: 727178/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 2005 at:
1:50 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 807374/02 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 2005 at:
1:46 p.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 376589/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
9:16 p.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 706685/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
9:17 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 28, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- April 9, 2005: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Hurson) Adopted (132-0)
- April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
