Maryland House Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)
Status: Passed on May 8 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-05-08 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for instruction by a licensed health care provider on fertility awareness-based methods; prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from applying a copayment, coinsurance requirement, or deductible to coverage for the instruction on fertility awareness-based methods, except with respect to a certain grandfathered exception; etc.

Health Insurance - Coverage for Fertility Awareness-Based Methods

Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Eric Bromwell [D]
Del. Angela Angel [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Sen. Antonio Hayes [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Marice Morales [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Andrew Platt [D]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]
Sen. Chris West [R]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2018-03-24 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-02-23 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (131-0) (Y: 132 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 13) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-08	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437
2018-03-29	House	Returned Passed
2018-03-28	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2018-03-27	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2018-03-27	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2018-03-26	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2018-03-22	Senate	Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-26	Senate	First Reading Finance
2018-02-23	House	Third Reading Passed (131-0)
2018-02-21	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2018-02-21	House	Favorable with Amendments {166386/1 Report Adopted
2018-02-20	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2018-02-07	House	Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-01-19	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0249?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0249f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0249t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/Chapters_noln/CH_437_hb0249t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0249_16638601.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes/House/0004.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0009/hb0249.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb0249_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes/House/0144.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb0249_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes/Senate/0867.pdf