Maryland Senate Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 19 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-19 - Approved by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reimburse an ambulance service provider directly for covered services under specified circumstances; providing that an insured, a subscriber, or an enrollee of specified health insurance carriers may not be liable to specified ambulance service providers for specified services under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt regulations to implement provisions of the Act; etc.

Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Direct Reimbursement

Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Richard Colburn [R]	Sen. George Edwards [R]	Sen. Robert Garagiola [D]
Sen. Barry Glassman [R]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Allan Kittleman [R]

2011-04-08 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 134 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-08 - House - Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Pendergrass) Adopted (Y: 122 N: 5 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-08 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2011-03-23 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-19		Approved by the Governor
2011-04-08		Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0)
2011-04-08		Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Pendergrass) Adopted (122-5)
2011-04-08		Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2011-04-08		Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
2011-04-11		Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2011-03-24		Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2011-03-21		First Reading Health and Government Operations
2011-04-08		Passed Enrolled
2011-04-08		Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2011-04-08		Senate Concur - House Amendments
2011-03-23		Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2011-03-21		Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2011-03-21		Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
2011-03-18		Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2011-01-26		Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m.
2011-01-24		First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2011rs/billfile/SB0154.htm
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0154f.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0154t.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0154e.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_425_sb0154E.pdf
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/votes/senate/0499.htm
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/votes/senate/1257.htm
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/votes/house/1197.htm
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/votes/house/1198.htm