Maryland Senate Bill 790 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Passed on April 8 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-08 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to develop and make available a specified form for enrollees to use to request confidential communications from health insurance carriers in accordance with specified provisions of federal law; requiring carriers to accept a specified form for a specified purpose under specified circumstances; providing that a notice given by an insurer under specified circumstances is subject to specified provisions of federal law; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.

Health Insurance - Communications Between Carriers and Enrollees - Conformity With the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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

2014-03-28 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-0) (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-03-14 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-08	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72
2014-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2014-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2014-04-03	House	Second Reading Passed
2014-04-03	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2014-04-03	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2014-04-01	House	Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-03-28	House	Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
2014-03-20	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2014-03-19	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2014-03-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2014-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {677574/1 Report Adopted
2014-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2014-03-05	Senate	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-01-31	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0790?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0790f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0790t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/Chapters_noln/CH_72_sb0790t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0790_67757401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0790.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0790_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0790_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0790,s-0633&stab=02&ys=2014RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0790,h-1112&stab=02&ys=2014RS