Maryland Senate Bill 540 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Passed on May 22 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-05-22 - Approved by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to work with payors and providers to attain benchmarks for standardizing and automating the process required by payors for preauthorizing health care services; requiring the benchmarks to include, on or before specified dates, establishment or utilization of specified features; providing that the benchmarks do not apply to specified preauthorizations; requiring the Commission to establish by regulation a process through which a payor or provider may be waived from attaining benchmarks; etc.

Maryland Health Care Commission - Preauthorization of Health Care Services -

Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Barry Glassman [R]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Allan Kittleman [R]
Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Jim Mathias [D]	Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]

2012-04-03 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 124 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2012-04-03 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-22 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-22		Approved by the Governor
2012-04-03		Third Reading Passed with Amendments (124-0)
2012-04-02		Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2012-04-02		Favorable with Amendments 146180/1 Report Adopted
2012-04-06		Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2012-03-28		Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
2012-03-24		First Reading Health and Government Operations
2012-04-03		Passed Enrolled
2012-04-03		Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2012-04-03		Senate Concur - House Amendments
2012-03-22		Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2012-03-19		Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2012-03-19		Favorable with Amendments 137778/1 Report Adopted
2012-03-22		Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2012-02-15		Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
2012-02-03		First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2012rs/billfile/SB0540.htm
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0540f.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0540t.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0540e.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/chapters_noln/Ch_534_sb0540E.pdf
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/votes/senate/0731.htm
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/votes/senate/1313.htm
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/votes/house/1268.htm