Maryland House Bill 127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-5)
Status: Passed on April 30 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-30 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring certain health benefit plans and certain carriers to provide a special enrollment period during which individuals who become pregnant may enroll in a health benefit plan; establishing a 90-day duration for the special enrollment period beginning on the date a pregnancy is confirmed by a health care practitioner; establishing certain effective dates of coverage; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to report to certain legislative committees on the use of the special enrollment period by January 1, 2022; etc.

Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans - Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy

Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]
Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]
Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Ric Metzgar [R]
Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Sid Saab [R]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]
Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2019-03-24 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed 47-0 (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-03-11 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (138-0) (Y: 139 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-30	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355
2019-03-29	House	Returned Passed
2019-03-28	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2019-03-27	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2019-03-27	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-03-25	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2019-03-14	Senate	First Reading Finance
2019-03-14	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2019-03-12	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-12	House	Favorable with Amendments {656082/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-11	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2019-01-23	House	Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
2019-01-21	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0127?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0127f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0127t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_355_hb0127t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0007/hb0127_65608201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0007/hb0127.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0127_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/0436.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0127_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0858.pdf