1999 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 28, 1999 - 11:09 a.m.
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Current Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 83
HB 40 Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed Failed to Pass
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

HB 43 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 602 Passed Legislation
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

HB 46 Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 57 Passed Legislation
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

HB 71 Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 63 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)
Entitled State Employee Benefits Program - Satellite Organizations
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance

HB 91 Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
Sponsored By Delegates Dembrow and Flanagan
Entitled Personal Injury Claims - Subrogation - Reduction
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 109 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 146 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Krysiak
Entitled Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 139 Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 71 Passed Legislation
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

HB 160 Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 73 Passed Legislation
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

HB 167 Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
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

HB 168 Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
Sponsored By Delegate Boschert
Entitled Health Insurance - Coverage for a Prosthesis
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 178 Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 397 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Hubbard
Entitled Health Occupations - Massage Therapists and Non-Therapeutic Massage Practitioners
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 182 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 120 Passed Legislation
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

HB 216 Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 400 Passed Legislation
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

HB 218 Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates Morhaim, Arnick, Owings, Stull, Weir, Kach, Elliott, Finifter, Zirkin, and Bronrott
Entitled Maryland Opticians Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 279 Status as of March 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates Goldwater, Love, Barve, and Eckardt
Entitled Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 280 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 617 Passed Legislation
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

HB 283 Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
Sponsored By Delegates Eckardt and Donoghue
Entitled Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 295 Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate Donoghue
Entitled Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform Credentialing Form
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 345 Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
Sponsored By Delegate Donoghue
Entitled Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 346 Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
Sponsored By Delegate Donoghue
Entitled Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 476 Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
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

HB 572 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 255 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Barve and Goldwater
Entitled Patient Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 628 Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates Eckardt, Donoghue, Conway, and Bozman
Entitled Health Insurance - Provider Panels
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 638 Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled Children and Families Health Care Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 639 Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 472 Passed Legislation
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

HB 727 Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means Failed to Pass
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

HB 767 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 268 Passed Legislation
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

HB 772 Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means Failed to Pass
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

HB 813 Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
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

HB 833 Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate Elliott
Entitled Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Liability of Insurer for Costs and Damages
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 856 Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
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

HB 862 Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 51 Passed Legislation
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

HB 884 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 128 Passed Legislation
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

HB 918 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 671 Passed Legislation
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

HB 922 Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
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

HB 931 Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
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

HB 939 Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled Medical Records - Disclosure to Health Care Provider's Insurer or Legal Counsel
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 980 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 676 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Hurson
Entitled Health Maintenance Organizations - Formulary Development Process - Accreditation Status
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 987 Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
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

HB 995 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 702 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Goldwater and Taylor
Entitled Health Care Regulatory Reform - Commission Consolidation
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 1019 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 277 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Busch
Entitled Insurance Commissioner - Stay of Order - Exception
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HB 1022 Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegates Conway, Cane, Bozman, Walkup, and McClenahan
Entitled Health Insurance - Interpreter Expenses for Hearing Impaired
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 1023 Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
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

HB 1044 Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 482 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate A. Jones
Entitled State Employee Benefits Program - State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance

HB 1054 Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate Donoghue
Entitled Utilization Review - Qualifications of Physicians Making Adverse Decisions
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters

HB 1086 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 683 Passed Legislation
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

HB 1093 Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Delegate McKee
Entitled Insurance - Exemption from Regulation - Volunteer Fire Companies, Rescue Squads, and Ambulance Companies
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 1216 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 698 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Busch
Entitled Health Insurance - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontracting of Health Care Providers' Contracts
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance

HJ 8 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 6 Passed Legislation
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

SB 67 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 139 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
Entitled Health Insurance - Extension of Benefits
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SB 101 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 145 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Bromwell
Entitled Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SB 109 Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senator Bromwell
Entitled Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Coverage
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 135 Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed Failed to Pass
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

SB 154 Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
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

SB 156 Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation Failed to Pass
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

SB 157 Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation Failed to Pass
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

SB 181 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 155 Passed Legislation
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 Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Mitchell and Conway
Entitled Procurement - Service Contracts - Standards for Privatization
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 250 Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 162 Passed Legislation
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 Failed to Pass
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 Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Hoffman and Hollinger
Entitled Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 350 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 554 Passed Legislation
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 Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Exum, Teitelbaum, Conway, Lawlah, and McFadden
Entitled Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 370 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 557 Passed Legislation
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 Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senator Dorman
Entitled Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Coordination of Benefits
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 426 Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senator Collins
Entitled Health Benefit Plans - Adoption - Pregnancy-Related Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 506 Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Della, and Teitelbaum
Entitled Patient Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SB 579 Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance Failed to Pass
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 Passed Legislation
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 Failed to Pass
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

SB 601 Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Van Hollen and Teitelbaum
Entitled Private Review Agents - Reimbursement to Health Care Providers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 602 Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance Failed to Pass
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 by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Governor Veto
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 Passed Legislation
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 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Bromwell
Entitled Mandated Health Insurance Services - Cost Determination
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SB 641 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 589 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Bromwell
Entitled Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform Credentialing Form
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SB 650 Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senators Van Hollen and Teitelbaum
Entitled Health Care Professionals - Freedom of Speech and Expression
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 653 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 590 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Green
Entitled Personal Injury Claims - Subrogation - Reduction
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary

SB 699 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 593 Passed Legislation
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

SB 700 Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed to Pass
Sponsored By Senator Bromwell
Entitled Task Force to Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SB 738 Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 381 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Bromwell
Entitled Children and Families Health Care Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SB 774 Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 50 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Forehand, Kelley, and Teitelbaum
Entitled Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1999
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

SJ 7 Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 5 Passed Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Hollinger and Bromwell
Entitled State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters

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