House Bills
Passed Legislation as of 4/18/06 is shown bolded in italics!
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| 22 | Workers'
Compensation- Occupational Disease Cluster and Boteler |
Extending the presumption of a compensable occupational disease under workers' compensation law to include Baltimore County deputy sheriffs who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial or total disability or death under specified circumstances, etc. | Economic Matters |
First
Reading 1/11
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 125-10
SENATE |
| 30 |
Vehicle
Laws-Distracted Driving and Use of Wireless communication Devices While
Driving-Prohibitions Arnick, Bronrott, Mandel, Conroy and Pendergrass |
Establishing the offense of distracted driving; prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using a wireless communication device; prohibiting the holder of a learner's instructional permit who is 18 years of age or older from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless communication device; prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a wireless communication device; providing for exceptions to the prohibitions of the Act, etc. | Environmental Matters | First
Reading 1/11
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 37 |
Workers'
Compensation- Covered Employment- Exemption Stocksdale & Kach |
Providing that undocumented immigrants are not covered employees for the purpose of receiving workers' compensation benefits; and defining 'undocumented immigrant' | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/11
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
164 SUPPORT |
Motor
Vehicle Liability Insurance - Exclusion of Named Driver Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Clarifying the scope of specified provisions of law requiring specified insurers to exclude specified individuals from specified liability insurance policies; clarifying that specified insurers may offer to exclude specified individuals from specified policies of motor vehicle liability insurance that otherwise would be canceled, nonrenewed, or subject to a premium increase based on specified factors relating to specified individuals insured under the policies; etc. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/19 Hearing |
| 165 | Insurance
- Examination Reports Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to provide a copy of an adopted examination report to a specified person; requiring specified persons to present an adopted examination report to a specified board of directors at a specified time; altering the time at which the Commissioner must provide a copy of a proposed examination report to a specified person; prohibiting the Commissioner from adopting specified examination reports if a hearing has been requested until after specified actions occur; etc. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/19 Hearing
Favorable Report
Third Reading Passed SENATE Hearing 3/29-1PM Favorable Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 166 | Workers'
Compensation - Timing of Benefit Payments, Filing Issues, and Processing Claims Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By request Departmental-WCC |
Altering the timing of specified requirements for employers or insurers to pay specified benefits or contest claims; altering the time period after which the Workers' Compensation Commission may assess a fine against an employer or its insurer; altering the time period in which the Commission is required to deny or approve an award after it receives a claim; etc. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/19
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 140-0
SENATE Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 47-0 |
| 169 | Procurement
- Bid, Payment, and Performance Security Requirements Delegates Morhaim, Cane, Goodwin, Hubbard, Oaks, Shewell, and Weldon |
Expanding bid, payment, and performance security to include a bond provided or executed by an individual surety if the individual surety provides a security interest in specified assets at the time the bond is furnished and the individual surety pledges specified assets in an amount equal to or greater than the aggregate penal amounts of the bonds required by the solicitation; etc. | Health and Government Operations | First
Reading 1/19
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 138-0 SENATE
Hearing 3-30-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 45-0 |
| 191 | Workers
Compensation- Governmental Self-Insurance Group and Self-Insurance by Individual Employers Chairman Economic Matters Committee (By request-Departmental-WCC |
Increasing to $1,500 the maximum limits on the amount that the Workers' Compensation Commission may assess governmental self-insurance groups and self-insured employers for actuarial studies and audits. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/20
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 141-0 SENATE
Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 245 Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 63 OPPOSE |
Insurance
- Prior Approval Rating Law - Exempt Commercial Policyholders
Delegates Vaughn and Love |
Altering the annual property and casualty insurance premium dollar amount threshold above which specified insurance policy forms and endorsements issued to specified commercial policyholders are exempt from specified form filing requirements under prior approval insurance rating law; and altering the definition of "exempt commercial policyholder". | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/23 Hearing Favorable Report
Third
Reading SENATE 3-3 First Reading FINANCE Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 246 | Insurance
- Temporary Insurance Producer Licenses - Specified Types of Insurance
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Repealing provisions of law that authorize the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to issue a temporary insurance producer license for specified types of insurance based on the applicant's licensure in another state or the applicant's intention to become an insurance producer in the State and take a specified examination within 90 days after the temporary license is issued. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/23 Hearing
Favorable Report SENATE First Reading 2/27 Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 248 |
Insurance-Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund- Fund Producer Commissions Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By
Request-Departmental- |
Repealing provisions of law that require the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to pay commissions to fund producers at specified rates; and requiring the Fund to pay a fund producer a commission in an amount approved by the Fund. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/23 Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 249 |
Insurance-
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund- Use of Moneys and Property- Duties of Board of
Trustees
Chairman,
Economic Matters Committee (By Request-Departmental- |
Authorizing the use of moneys and property available to the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund for a specified plan; and requiring the Board of Trustees of the Fund to develop a plan for specified purposes. |
Economic Matters |
First
Reading 1/23 Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 271 | Life
Insurance- Insurable Interests- Trustees, Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and Limited
Liability Companies Delegates Bromwell and Haynes |
Providing that the trustee of a trust has an insurable interest in the life of an individual insured under a life insurance policy owned by the trustee if, on the date on which the policy is issued, specified conditions are met; providing that a partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company has an insurable interest in the life of an individual insured under a life insurance policy owned by the partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company if, on a specified date, specified conditions are met; etc. | Health & Government Operations | First
Reading 1/25
Hearing Favorable Report w/amendments Third Reading Passed 140-0 SENATE First Reading 3-6 FINANCE Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 285 | Homeowner's
Insurance- Underwriting, Cancellation and Refusal to Renew
Delegate Holmes |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to homeowner's insurance, from refusing to underwrite a risk or canceling or refusing to renew coverage based in whole or in part on claims filed by a previous owner of the property to be insured or that is insured unless the refusal to underwrite, cancellation, or refusal to renew is based on a physical inspection of the property or on inquiries by a policyholder or an insured that do not result in the payment of a claim. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/25 Hearing
Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 137-0 SENATE First Reading 3-21-FINANCE Hearing 3-31 Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 47-0 |
| 306 | Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act The Speaker (By Request- Administration) and Delegates Aumann, Bartlett, Bohanan, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Cryor, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, Leopold, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Morhaim, Myers, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Weir, Weldon, and Zirkin |
Requiring a certificate of a qualified expert for each defendant in specified causes of action; altering specified provisions relating to the amount of time an expert may devote to specified activities; allowing the introduction and consideration of specified evidence relating to damages under specified circumstances; requiring a court to appoint a neutral expert under specified circumstances; etc. | Judiciary | First
Reading 1/25
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 364 Crossfiled Prior Year |
Insurers
and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims Delegate Feldman |
Requiring an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to comply with prompt payment requirements, notwithstanding the fact that compensability under the workers' compensation law remains to be determined for the injury or medical condition treated; authorizing an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to seek reimbursement from a member, after workers' compensation is determined to be payable, for payments made; etc. | Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/26
Hearing |
| 489 |
Income Tax- Credit for
Long-Term Care Premiums- Modifications Delegates Stocksdale, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Bozman, Caden, V. Clagett, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Impallaria, etal. |
Removing limitations on an income tax credit for eligible long-term care premiums that provide that the credit may not be claimed more than once with respect to the same insured individual; lowering the amount of the income tax credit that may be claimed for eligible long-term care premiums; and providing for the application of the Act. | Ways & Means | First Reading 1/30
Hearing |
|
494 Prior Year |
Homeowner's Insurance-
Coverage for Mold and Mold Remediation Delegates F. Turner, Anderson, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Cane, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, etal. |
Requiring insurers that issue or deliver homeowner's insurance policies or contracts in the State to provide coverage for losses that result from mold or mold remediation under specified circumstances; providing that the aggregate coverage limit for mold and mold remediation may not be less than a specified amount for specified losses; prohibiting an insurer from charging an additional deductible for specified claims; providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to homeowner's insurance. | Economic Matters | First Reading 1/30 Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 523 Crossfiled SB394 |
Workers' Compensation-
Accidental Personal Injury- Definition Delegates Wood & Minnick |
Altering the definition of "accidental personal injury" under workers' compensation laws to include specified requirements; and providing for the application of the Act. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/1
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
543 Prior Year |
Workers' Compensation-
Permanent Partial Disability-Petition to Reopen
|
Providing that if a covered employee receives additional compensation for a disability on a petition to reopen a specified claim, the additional compensation may not increase the amount of compensation previously awarded and paid. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/1
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 570 MONITOR |
Insurance- Notice-
Cancellation, Nonrenewal and Premiums Delegates Feldman, Miller and Krebs |
Altering requirements relating to specified binders or insurance policies; making specified binders or insurance policies subject to an underwriting period; altering requirements for insurers to give notice in a specified manner of an intention to cancel or not to renew insurance policies; altering the time period in which an insurer is required to issue a policy or provide notice of cancellation of a binder; providing for a delayed effective date; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/1
Hearing Favorable Report w/amendments Third Reading Passed 136-0 SENATE Hearing 3-28-1PM Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 583
Crossfiled SB377 |
Surplus Lines
Insurance - Compliance with Filing Requirement - Electronic Transmission
Delegate Moe |
Providing that reports, affidavits, and returns required to be filed with regard to surplus lines insurance are in compliance with the filing requirement if they are transmitted electronically on or before the filing date in a manner approved by the Insurance Commissioner. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/2
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 141-0 SENATE Hearing 3-28-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 584 WITHDRAWN |
Long-Term Care
Insurance Premium-Increase- Refund of Premiums Paid Delegates Goldwater, Barkley, Bronrott, Dumais, Kaiser, King, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Montgomery, and Murray |
Authorizing the insured under a policy of long-term care insurance to surrender the policy to the insurer for cancellation if the insurer raises the premium; and providing that on written notice to the insurer the insured is entitled to a refund of all money paid in premiums but not used. | Health & Government Operations | First Reading 2/2
Hearing |
| 597 |
Insurance- Unfair
Trade Practices- Inducements to Financing an Insurance Contract Delegates Haddaway, D. Davis, Elmore, Impallaria, Krebs, McHale, Moe, Parrott, Smigiel and Walkup |
Prohibiting a person from accepting, directly or indirectly, any valuable consideration as an inducement to financing an insurance contract with a premium finance company. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/2
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 137-0 |
| 608 | Health Insurance -
Small Group Market Premium Rates
|
Altering the factors a carrier may use to adjust the community rate for health benefit plans offered in the small group market to include health status; establishing limitations on the use of health status in adjusting the community rate; prohibiting a carrier from increasing the premium rate on renewal of a health benefit plan by more than 25% of the rate charged in the preceding year; repealing a specified limit on the rate a carrier may charge based on adjustments to the community rate; etc. | Health & Government Operations | First Reading 2/2
Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 140-0 SENATE Hearing 3-31-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 47-0 |
| 630 Crossfiled |
Consumer Protection-
Personal Information Protection Act Delegates Moe, Anderson, Bobo, Carter, Conroy, Donoghue, Feldman, Frust, Gutierrez, Heller, Jameson, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Mandel, McHale, Menes, Nieman, Pendergrass, Petzold, Quinter, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Taylor, F. Turner and Vaughn |
Requiring a business to destroy or arrange for the destruction of records that contain specified personal information in a specified manner; requiring a business that compiles, maintains, or makes available specified personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices; requiring businesses that compile, maintain, or make available specified records to notify specified individuals of a breach of the security of a system under specified circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/2
Hearing |
| 661 WITHDRAWN |
Driving While Impaired
and Refusal to Take A Blood or Breath Test- Points Delegate Simmons |
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to assess 9 points against an individual for a conviction of a specified drunk or drugged driving offense in which a specified additional penalty for refusal to take a blood or breath test is imposed; providing for the assessment of 12 points for a drunk or drugged driving conviction for which a specified additional penalty was imposed for a second or subsequent time for refusing to take a blood or breath test; etc. | Judiciary | First Reading 2/3
Hearing |
| 665 |
Income Tax- Credit for
Long-Term Care Insurance Delegates Frank, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Bromwell, Boschert, etal. |
Increasing limits on the State income tax credit for employer-provided long-term care insurance from $100 to $300 per employee and from $5,000 to $15,000 total for each employer; etc. | Ways & Means | First Reading 2/3
Hearing |
| 701 |
Labor &
Employment- Vacation Leave- Compensation Delegates Murray, Branch, Carter, Franchot, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hixson, Hubbard, King, Kirk, Lawton, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, Oaks and F. Turner |
Requiring specified employers to provide specified compensation for unused or accumulated vacation leave or paid time off under specified circumstances; requiring specified employers to carry over a specified employee's unused or accumulated vacation leave or paid time off in a specified manner or transfer unused sick leave to apply as unused vacation leave or paid time off under specified circumstances; providing for the application of the Act; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/6
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 716 OPPOSE WITHDRAWN |
Motor Vehicle Insurance- Recovery of Costs for Rental Vehicle | Authorizing specified persons entitled to recover for damage to or destruction of a motor vehicle to recover the reasonable costs actually incurred in renting a comparable substitute motor vehicle under specified circumstances; providing that the rental period for which costs may be recovered may not exceed a specified time; providing that a specified provision of the Act does not relieve a person of the duty to mitigate damages; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/6
Hearing |
| 739
Crossfiled |
Insurance- Improper
Premiums and Charges - Bail Bonds- Civil Penalty Delegates Kelly, Mayer, O'Donnell, Rosenberg, Smigiel and Zirkin |
Establishing a civil penalty not exceeding $5,000 for collecting an improper premium or charge for insurance with regard to a bail bond. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/6
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 138-0 SENATE Hearing 3-23-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 31-2 |
| 749 Crossfiled |
Medical Records-
Permitted Disclosures- Work Related Injury or Occupational Disease Delegate Wood |
Requiring a health care provider to disclose a medical record without specified authorization to an employer, insurer, uninsured employer's fund, or a subsequent injury fund for the purpose of investigating the compensability or nature and extent of an alleged work-related injury or occupational disease. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/6
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 750 WITHDRAWN |
Health Insurance-
Insurance Producers that Sell Medicare Part D Prescripton Drug Coverage- Limitations on
Sale of Other Insurance Delegates Haynes, Cane, Kirk, Marriott, Murray and Paige |
Prohibiting an insurance producer that sells a Medicare Part D prescription drug policy to an individual from communicating with the individual by specified means, for 30 days after the date of the sale, for the purpose of selling to the individual any other kind of insurance that the insurance producer is licensed to sell in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to a communication made by an insurance producer to an individual at the individual's request. | Health & Government Operations | First Reading 2/6
Hearing |
| 751 |
Natural Resources-
Motorized Vessels- Insurance Delegates Mayer, Aumann, Boteler, Cryor, Lee, McComas, McConkey, Sophocleus, Stocksdale and Wood |
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from issuing a specified certificate of number to the owner of a vessel unless the owner of the vessel furnishes evidence satisfactory to the Department of a specified liability insurance policy on the vessel or specified coverage on the owner's homeowner's policy; requiring the insurance policy to provide for payment up to at least $10,000 for claims arising out of an accident for bodily injury, death, or damage to or destruction of the property of another; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/6
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 760 MONITOR |
Insurance- Private
Passenger Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance- Cancellations, Failures to Renew, Reductions
in Coverage and Premium Increases Delegates Feldman and Miller |
Providing that specified insurers may cancel, fail to renew, or reduce coverage under a binder or policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance under specified circumstances; altering the contents of a specified notice of proposed action; requiring an insurer's statement of actual reason for a proposed action to include a brief statement of the basis for the action; specifying the minimum contents of the statement; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/6
Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 137-1 SENATE Hearing 3-28-1PM Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
| 766 Prior Year MONITOR |
Consumer Protection-
Unsolicited Transmissions to a Facsimile Device- Private Actions Delegates Howard, Bobo, Cardin, Conroy, Kullen, Mandel, McKee, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pendergrass, Stern and V. Turner |
Authorizing a person that receives an electronic or telephonic transmission made to the person's facsimile device in violation of specified provisions of law to bring a specified action against a person that committed the violation; and authorizing the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and damages in a specified amount. | Economic Matters | First Reading 2/6
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 767 Crossfiled Prior Year |
Civil
Actions-Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages- Latent Diseases or Injuries Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Bates, Bohanan, Boschert, Boteler, Cadden, Cluster, DeBoy, etal. |
Establishing that, for purposes of a limitation on an award for noneconomic damages, a cause of action for personal injury in a latent disease or latent injury case arises on the earlier of a diagnosis or a manifestation of symptoms of a legally compensable injury or disease; and providing for the application of the Act. | Judiciary | First Reading 2/6
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 817 |
Vehicle Laws-
Commercial Vehicles- Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving- Prohibitions Delegates Kelley, Parker and V. Turner |
Prohibiting a driver of a school vehicle that is in motion and carrying passengers from using a wireless communication device; prohibiting a driver of a commercial motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a wireless communication device; establishing a $250 fine for a violation of the Act; authorizing a court to waive the fine under specified circumstances; etc. | Environmental Matters | First Reading 2/8
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 861 |
Delegate Davis |
Altering the filing requirements and registration fee for an initial registration by a premium finance company; altering the requirements for renewal of a registration; requiring a premium finance company to report specified changes within 30 days after a change occurs; requiring a premium finance company to file all changes to the form of the premium finance agreement used by the premium finance company and to specified fees and charges applied by the premium finance company; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8
Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 138-0 SENATE Hearing 3-8-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 138-0 |
|
952
Crossfiled |
Lead Poisoning- Risk Reduction Standards- ExceptionDelegates McKee, Cluster, Hogan, Sossi, Weir, Jennings, and Stull |
Exempting
outside surfaces of residential rental property from specified lead paint
risk reduction standards if the outside surfaces are lead-free and the owner
submits to the Department of the Environment a verified inspection report
that indicates that the outside surfaces were tested and are lead-free; etc.
|
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 138-0 |
|
956
Crossfiled |
Insurance- Waiver of Customer Liability Delegate Feldman |
Providing that a waiver of customer liability by specified utility providers in a specified agreement between the customer and the utility provider is not considered insurance for purposes of the Insurance Article. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 136-0 SENATE First Reading 3-25 FINANCE Hearing 3-29 Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
|
976 WITHDRAWN |
Motor Vehicle Insurance- Accident Prevention Courses- Discount for Seniors | Requiring an insurer to provide a reduction in rates for motor vehicle personal injury and property damage coverage to an insured who is at least 55 years old and who, within the last 2 years, has completed a course in accident prevention; providing that the rate reduction does not apply to an insured who attends a course in accident prevention under a court order or as required by the Motor Vehicle Administration; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt specified regulations. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing |
|
1018
Crossfiled |
Workers Compensation- Temporary Total Disability-
Exclusions Delegate Wood |
Providing that an employer is not liable for the payment of temporary total disability compensation under the workers' compensation law for specified employees to whom benefits would otherwise be due under specified circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1019
Crossfiled |
Workers' Compensation Commission- Stay of an Order Pending an Appeal | Authorizing the court to grant a stay of an order for specified accrued workers' compensation benefits under specified circumstances; authorizing the court to require specified types of collateral on a stay of a specified order; and providing that a specified order by the Workers' Compensation Commission must be stayed until the court has made a ruling on a specified appeal. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1035
Prior Year |
Uninsured Employers Fund- Liability of Corporate Officers and Limited Liability Company Members | Providing that a specified officer of a corporation that does not have sufficient assets to satisfy workers' compensation awards and assessments owed by the corporation is jointly and severally liable for those payments; and providing that a specified member of a limited liability company that does not have sufficient assets to satisfy workers' compensation awards and assessments owed by the company is jointly and severally liable for those payments. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 121-13 SENATE Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 28-18 |
|
1068 WITHDRAWN |
Homeowner's Insurance- Cancellation or Non-renewal of
Policies- Right to Protest Proposed Action Delegate McKee |
Providing that, if an insurer gives a specified notice to an insured that the insurer intends to cancel or not to renew a policy of homeowner's insurance, the notice shall state specified information in clear and specific terms; authorizing an insured to protest the proposed action of the insurer by signing a copy of the notice and sending it to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner within 30 days after the date of the notice; requiring the Commissioner to notify the insurer of the filing of the protest; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing |
| 1100 |
Consumer Protection- Consumer Reporting Agencies-
Consumer Reports - Security Freezes Delegates Quinter, Bobo, Lee, Moe, and Petzold |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on all or part of the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within a specified number of days after a request is received and to take specified actions within 3 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 1121 |
Health Insurance Premium Subsidy ProgramDelegates Elliott, Benson, Donoghue, Goldwater, Hammen, Hogan, Hubbard, Kohl, Krebs, Kullen, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rudolph, Shewell, Stocksdage, V. Turner and Weldon |
Establishing a Health Insurance Premium Subsidy Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing the purposes, eligibility requirements, and subsidy qualifications of the Program; specifying the responsibilities of the Department under the Program; establishing a Health Insurance Premium Subsidy Fund; establishing the sources and uses of funds in the Health Insurance Premium Subsidy Fund; imposing a surcharge on the income tax of specified individuals with specified income; etc. | Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing |
| 1136 |
Circuit Courts- Medical Malpractice Division- Task Force Delegates Shank, Frank, Kelly, McComas, McKee, Morhaim, Shewell, and Weldon |
Stating
the intent of the General Assembly that medical malpractice matters be
treated in a particular manner in the judicial system and that the Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals consider, based on a specified study, the
feasibility of establishing a medical malpractice court division in the
State; establishing the Medical Malpractice Division Task Force; providing
for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study the
feasibility of a medical malpractice division in circuit court; etc.
|
Judiciary |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1167 WITHDRAWN |
Consumer Protection- Identity Fraud- Blocking Information
in Consumer's Credit File Delegates Lee, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott etal |
Requiring a
consumer reporting agency to permanently block the reporting of specified
information in a consumer's credit file under specified circumstances.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing |
|
1170
Prior Year |
Consumer Protection- Personal Information Protection Act Delegate Zirkin |
Requiring a business to destroy or arrange for the destruction of a customer's records that contain specified personal information of the customer in a specified manner; requiring a business that owns or licenses specified personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices; requiring businesses that own, license, or maintain specified records to notify specified persons of a breach of the security of a system; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing |
|
1202
Prior Year |
Consumer Protection- Consumer Reporting Agencies- Credit
Report- Security Freezes Delegate Zirkin |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's credit report within a specified number of business days after a request is made and to take specified actions within 5 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's credit report; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 138-0 SENATE First Reading 3-25 FINANCE Hearing 3-30 Unfavorable Report |
|
1209 WITHDRAWN |
Health Insurance- Small Group Market- Small Employer-
Size of Employee Group Delegate Barve |
Altering the employee group size criteria a person must meet to be considered a small employer for purposes of participating in the small group health insurance market; and increasing the number of persons that qualify as small employers by increasing the number of eligible employees that a small employer may have. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing |
|
1216 MONITOR |
Insurance- Homeowner's Insurance and Motor Vehicle
Liability Insurance Policies- Notices of Cancellation and Non-renewal Delegate Marriott |
Requiring an insurer that issues a policy of homeowner's insurance or motor vehicle liability insurance in the State to send a specified notice of intention to cancel or not to renew the policy by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, under specified circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1251
Crossfiled MONITOR |
Insurance- Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund- Offers of
Coverage- Limitation Delegates McHale, Conroy, Harrison, Impallaria, Kirk, Krysiak, Miller, Minnick, Moe and Parrot |
Providing that, with respect to private passenger auto liability insurance, the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund may offer only specified insurance coverages; and providing that a specified provision of the Act does not prohibit the Fund from offering benefits in an amount that exceeds a specified minimum security. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1261
|
Homeowner's Insurance- Offer and Summary of Coverage Delegates D. Davis, Frush, Gaines, Healey, Moe, Parker, Ramirex, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner and Vaughn |
Requiring specified insurers to provide specified policyholders with specified annual written statements that summarize specified coverages and exclusions; requiring the statement to be clear and specific; describing the information that must be included in the statement; providing that the statement is not part of the policy or contract of insurance; requiring specified insurers or insurance producers to provide specified applicants with a specified notice regarding flood insurance; requiring the notice to be in a specified form; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Favorable Report w/ amendments 3/3-Special Order Adopted Third Reading Passed 137-1 SENATE Hearing 3-29-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 33-0 |
|
1288
Prior Year SUPPORT |
Credit Regulation- Loans Secured by Real Property-
Insurance Coverage Requirements Delegates Kullen, Cryor, Donoghue, Kohl, Love, Stull, Trueshler and F. Turner |
Prohibiting specified lenders and credit grantors from requiring a borrower, as a condition to receiving or maintaining specified loans, to provide or purchase insurance coverage in an amount exceeding the replacement cost of the improvements on real property; altering the manner in which specified lenders and credit grantors may determine the replacement cost of improvements on real property that secures specified loans made by the lenders and credit grantors; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 138-1 SENATE First Reading 3-25 Hearing 4-5-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 46-0 |
| 1371 |
Insurance- Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund-
Calculation and Use of Surplus Delegates Krysiak, Anderson, Conroy, Feldman, Kirk, McHale, Moe and Vaughn |
Requiring the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to calculate the surplus of the Fund by a specified date; providing that if the surplus exceeds a specified percent of net direct written premiums, the Fund shall file with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner for a reduction in specified premiums charged; providing that the reduction in premiums shall apply equally among specified policyholders; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1387 MONITOR |
Homeowner's Insurance- Premium Increase- Notice Delegate Burns |
Requiring insurers that intend to increase the premium for a policy of homeowner's insurance to notify the insured in a specified manner. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 136-0 SENATE Hearing 3-31-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 46-0 |
|
1394
Prior Year |
Lead-Based Paint Damages- Reimbursement by Manufacturer-
Market Share Liability Delegates Carter, Oaks, C. Davis, Gutierrez, McIntosh and Pugh |
Requiring a manufacturer of lead-based paint to reimburse specified persons for damages caused by lead-based paint; establishing the types of damages for which specified manufacturers of lead-based paint are required to pay reimbursement; providing that specified manufacturers of lead-based paint may be held liable under any legally recognized theory of liability including a market share theory of liability; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1416
Crossfiled |
Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2006 Delegate Smigiel |
Establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange in the Maryland Health Care Commission; requiring the Commission to oversee the administration of the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange; requiring the Commission to administer a Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Verifications System; requiring the Commission to appoint a director of the Exchange, with the advice and consent of the Governor; providing that the director of the Exchange is an employee of the Commission; etc. | Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 1425 |
Health Care Malpractice Actions- Payment of Future
Damages Delegates Donoghue, Barve, Kach, Rudolph, and Zirkin |
Requiring that if the verdict for future damages in a health care malpractice action exceeds $250,000, on motion of any party, the court shall appoint a neutral expert to evaluate whether all or part of the future damages should be paid in the form of annuities or other appropriate financial instruments or in periodic or other payments and, if the neutral expert makes a specified finding, to recommend how the payments should be structured; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing |
| 1446 |
Environment-Reducing Lead Risk in Housing- Risk Reduction
Standard Delegates Oak, Rosenberg, Carter, Dumais, Franchot, etal |
Clarifying
the requirements of specified lead risk reduction standards relating to
changes in tenant occupancy.
|
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing |
| 1450 |
Environment- Reducing Lead Risks in Housing- Penalties Delegates Oaks, Bobo, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, etal |
Increasing
the maximum administrative and civil penalty that may be imposed for
specified violations relating to reducing lead risk in housing.
|
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/10
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 138-0 SENATE First Reading 3-27 SENATE RULES/ Referred JUDICIAL Procedures Hearing 4-5 Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 47-0 |
| 1499 |
Income Tax- Credit for Medical Malpractice InsuranceDelegate Hixson |
Allowing a tax credit against the State income tax for medical malpractice insurance premiums under specified circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act. | Ways & Means |
First Reading 2/14
Hearing |
|
1505
Crossfiled |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund- Acceptance of Premiums on an Installment BasisDelegates Holmes, Benson, Conroy, Frush, Hubbard, Impallaria and Wood |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis; authorizing the Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis on specified policies in a specified manner on or after October 1, 2006; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to conduct a specified study on or after a specified date; authorizing the Fund to request approval of the Commissioner to offer to accept premiums on an installment basis on any policy issued in the State in a specified manner on or after a specified date; etc. | House Rules and Executive Nominations |
First Reading 2/15 |
| 1510 |
Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All MarylandersDelegate Hubbard |
Establishing a Small Business Health Care Incentive Program in the Department of Business and Economic Development; requiring the Department to administer the Program; establishing specified eligibility requirements for the Program; providing for specified grants to be awarded under the Program; establishing a specified priority for the award of specified grants under the Program; requiring the Secretary of Business and Economic Development to adopt specified rules and regulations; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2/15
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
1600
Crossfiled |
Insurance-Automobile Insurance, Automobile Insurance Fraud, and Automobile TheftDelegates Patterson, Goodwin, Benson, Branch, Conroy, Frush, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Moe, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Pugh, Ross, V. Turner, and Vaughn |
Requiring
specified insurers that use territory as a factor in establishing automobile
insurance rates to submit a statement to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner
certifying that the territories used by the insurers have been reviewed
within a specified time period and that use of the territories is
actuarially justified; requiring the Commissioner to submit a specified
report to the General Assembly; specifying the contents of the report; etc.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/23
Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 133-0 SENATE
Hearing
Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 36-0 |
| 1673 |
Workers
Compensation- Benefits- Cost of Living Adjustment Delegates Kach, Shewell, and Stocksdale |
Requiring a specified annual cost of living adjustment for compensation paid for claims arising from events occurring before a specified date. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 3/2
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| 63
Crossfiled OPPOSE |
Insurance-Prior
Approval Rating Law- Exempt Commercial Policyholders Astle |
Altering the annual property and casualty insurance premium dollar amount threshold above which specified insurance policy forms and endorsements issued to specified commercial policyholders are exempt from specified form filing requirements under prior approval insurance rating law; and altering the definition of 'exempt commercial policyholder'. | Finance | First Reading 1/13 Hearing 1/24 1PM Favorable Report by Finance Third Reading Passed 47-0 HOUSE
Hearing 3-22-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 134-0 |
| 67
|
Insurance Producers-
Licensing Requirements Chairman
Finance |
Altering education requirements for an insurance producer license; authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to waive specified requirements for an insurance producer license for applicants who have been conferred specified professional designations; altering the number of hours of continuing education that an insurance producer is required to receive in a renewal period; requiring an insurance producer to receive a specified number of hours of continuing education in ethics for each renewal period; eliminating specified exemptions; etc. | Finance | First Reading 1/13 Hearing 1/19 Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 42-4 HOUSE First Reading 3-17 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 3-29-1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
| 233 Prior Year Introduction As: SB 668/91 - FIN |
Insurance Commissioner
- Subsequent Employment Senator Della |
Prohibiting the Insurance Commissioner from accepting employment in the insurance industry for a period of 1 year immediately after leaving office as the Commissioner; and providing for the application of the Act. | Finance | First Reading 1/24 Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 251 | Insurance- Loans and
Advances Made to Stock Insurers and Mutual Insurers Senators Kelley and Gladden |
Repealing a specified limitation on the interest allowed on a specified loan or advance made to a stock insurer; providing that specified payments are subject to the approval of the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; and providing that a specified loan or advance and any interest on it made to a mutual insurer is payable only out of the surplus remaining after the mutual insurer provides for all reserves and other liabilities. | Finance | First Reading 1/25 Hearing Passed w/Amendments Third Reading Passed 43-0 HOUSE First Reading 2-15 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 3-22-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 135-0 |
| 261 | Maryland Automobile
Insurance Fund- Premium Rates- Prohibition of Subsidy Senator Exum |
Prohibiting the Insurance Commissioner from approving a premium rate filed by the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund that is not actuarially justified or that allows for a subsidy to one geographic region or territory. | Finance | First Reading 1/25 Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 275 | Premium Finance
Companies- Cancellation of Insurance Contract- Return of Unearned Interest Senator Exum |
Requiring a premium finance company, after an insurer returns to the premium finance company specified gross unearned premiums, to refund to the insured the amount of gross unearned interest, computed pro rata, and excluding specified fees or charges. | Finance | First Reading 1/25 Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 45-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-3 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 3-22 1PM |
| 300
Crossfiled |
Life Insurance-
Insurable Interests- Trustees, Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability
Companies Senators Kelley, Astle, Exum, Hafer, Hooper, and Klausmeier |
Providing that the trustee of a trust has an insurable interest in the life of an individual insured under a life insurance policy owned by the trustee if, on the date on which the policy is issued, specified conditions are met; providing that a partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company has an insurable interest in the life of an individual insured under a life insurance policy owned by the partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company if, on a specified date specified conditions are met; etc. | Finance | First Reading 1/26 Hearing Favorable Report w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 47-0 HOUSE First Reading 2-27 HEALTH & GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Hearing 3-30-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 136-0 |
| 303 Crossfiled Prior Year |
Insurers and Health
Maintenance Organizations- Prompt Payment- Workers Compensation Claims Senator Della
|
Requiring an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to comply with prompt payment requirements, notwithstanding the fact that compensability under the workers' compensation law remains to be determined for the injury or medical condition treated; authorizing an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to seek reimbursement from a member, after workers' compensation is determined to be payable, for payments made; etc. | Finance | First Reading 1/26 Hearing |
| 325 | Health Insurance-
Small Group Market- Premium Rates Senator Astle |
Altering the factors a carrier may use to adjust the community rate for health benefit plans offered in the small group market to include health status; establishing limitations on the use of health status in adjusting the community rate; prohibiting a carrier from increasing the premium rate on renewal of a health benefit plan by more than 25% of the rate charged in the preceding year; repealing a specified limit on the rate a carrier may charge based on adjustments to the community rate; etc. | Finance | First Reading 1/27 Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 46-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-17 HEALTH & GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Hearing 3-22 Favorable Report Third Reading passed 134-0 |
| 377 | Surplus Lines
Insurance- Compliance with Filing Requirement- Electronic Transmission Senator Astle |
Providing that reports, affidavits, and returns required to be filed with regard to surplus lines insurance are in compliance with the filing requirement if they are transmitted electronically on or before the filing date in a manner approved by the Insurance Commissioner. | Finance | First Reading 1/30 Hearing Favorable Report w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 47-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-27 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 3-22-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 136-0 |
| 378
|
Insurance- Improper
Premiums and Charges- Bail Bonds-Civil Penalty Senator Astle |
Establishing a civil penalty not exceeding $5,000 for collecting an improper premium or charge for insurance with regard to a bail bond. | Finance | First Reading 1/30 Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 42-3 HOUSE First Reading 3-26 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 136-0 |
|
393 Prior Year SB 828/05 Crossfiled HB543 |
Workers' Compensation
- Permanent Partial Disability- Petition to Reopen Senator Astle |
Providing that if a covered employee receives additional compensation for a disability on a petition to reopen a specified claim, the additional compensation may not increase the amount of compensation previously awarded and paid. | Finance | First Reading 2/1 Hearing |
|
394 Crossfiled HB523 Prior Year SB 490/05 |
Workers' Compensation-
Accidental Personal Injury- Definition Senator Astle |
Altering the definition of "accidental personal injury" under workers' compensation laws to include specified requirements; and providing for the application of the Act. | Finance | First Reading 2/1 Hearing |
|
451
Prior Year HB 1362/05 |
Civil Actions-
Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages- Latent Diseases or Injuries
|
Establishing that, for purposes of a limitation on an award for noneconomic damages, a cause of action for personal injury in a latent disease or latent injury case arises on the earlier of a diagnosis or a manifestation of symptoms of a legally compensable injury or disease; and providing for the application of the Act. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 2/2
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
| 463 | Title Insurers and
Title Insurance Producers Senator Gladden |
Establishing specified limitations on the examination of an authorized title insurer by the Insurance Commissioner; exempting employees or officers of an authorized title insurer from the licensing requirements for insurance producers; authorizing a licensed title insurance producer without an appointment, acting on behalf of another licensed and appointed title insurance producer, to provide escrow, closing, or settlement services that result in the issuance of a title insurance contract; etc. | Finance | First Reading 2/2
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 46-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-17 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 134-0 |
| 486 |
Consumer Protection -
Personal Information Protection Act Senators Teitelbaum, Britt, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Lawlah, Pinsky and Stone |
Requiring a business to destroy or arrange for the destruction of records that contain specified personal information in a specified manner; requiring a business that compiles, maintains, or makes available specified personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices; requiring businesses that compile, maintain, or make available specified records to notify specified individuals of a breach of the security of a system under specified circumstances; etc. | Finance | First Reading 2/2
Hearing |
| 487 |
Consumer Protection-
Consumer Reporting Agencies-Consumer Reports- Security Freezes Senators Teitelbaum, Britt, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Grosveld, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Lawlah, Pinsky and Stone |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on all or part of the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within a specified number of days after a request is received and to take specified actions within 3 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. | Finance | First Reading 2/2
Hearing |
| 534 | Act of Terrorism-
Determination Whether Criminal Act or Act of War Senator Hollinger |
Requiring the Governor in consultation with specified public officials to determine, within 30 days after an act of terrorism takes place, whether the act of terrorism is a criminal act or act of war for purposes of health insurance coverage. | Judicial Proceedings
Reassigned 2/9 Finance |
First Reading 2/3
Hearing Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 45-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-25 HEALTH & GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 135-0 |
| 631 |
Consumer Protection-
Freezes on Credit Reports and Protection of Personal Information Senator Forehand |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's credit report within a specified number of business days after a request is made and to take specified actions within a specified number of business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's credit report; etc. | Finance | First Reading 2/3
Hearing |
|
703 Prior Year |
Maryland Automobile
Insurance Fund - Acceptance of Premiums on Installment Basis Senator Gladden |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis; authorizing the Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis on specified policies in a specified manner on or after October 1, 2006; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to conduct a specified study on or after a specified date; authorizing the Fund to request approval of the Commissioner to offer to accept premiums on an installment basis on any policy issued in the State in a specified manner on or after a specified date; etc. | Finance | First Reading 2/3
Hearing |
| 800 |
Workers' Compensation
Commission- Stay of an Order Pending an Appeal Senator Kittleman |
Authorizing the court to grant a stay of an order for specified accrued workers' compensation benefits under specified circumstances; authorizing the court to require specified types of collateral on a stay of a specified order; and providing that a specified order by the Workers' Compensation Commission must be stayed until the court has made a ruling on a specified appeal. | Finance | First Reading 2/3
Hearing |
| 801 |
Workers' Compensation-
Temporary Total Disability - Exclusions Senator Kittleman |
Providing that an employer is not liable for the payment of temporary total disability compensation under the workers' compensation law for specified employees to whom benefits would otherwise be due under specified circumstances; and providing for the application of the Act. | Finance | First Reading 2/3
Hearing |
| 802 |
Medical Records-
Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease Senator Kittleman |
Requiring a health care provider to disclose a medical record without specified authorization to an employer, insurer, uninsured employer's fund, or a subsequent injury fund for the purpose of investigating the compensability or nature and extent of an alleged work-related injury or occupational disease. | Finance | First Reading 2/3
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 44-2 HOUSE First Reading 3-17 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 3-30-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 826 |
Insurance - Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund - Offers of Coverage - Limitation Senators Astle, Harris, Kelley, Kittleman, Kramer, Pipkin and Stone |
Providing that, with respect to private passenger auto liability insurance, the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund may offer only specified insurance coverages; and providing that a specified provision of the Act does not prohibit the Fund from offering benefits in an amount that exceeds a specified minimum security. | Finance | First Reading 2/7
Hearing |
|
862
Crossfiled MONITOR |
Insurance- Waiver of Customer Liability- Utility
Providers Senator Astle |
Providing that a waiver of customer liability by specified utility providers in a specified agreement between the customer and the utility provider is not considered insurance for purposes of the Insurance Article. | Finance |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 46-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-27 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 135-0 |
| 912 |
Commission to Study Homeowner's and Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance Rates
Senator Jones |
Establishing a Commission to Study Homeowner's and Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance Rates; specifying the membership of the Commission; requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House jointly to designate the chair of the Commission; providing for staff for the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving compensation as a member of the Commission; authorizing a member of the Commission to receive reimbursement for specified expenses; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/15
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
913
Crossfiled |
Insurance- Notice Cancellation, Nonrenewal and PremiumsSenator Astle |
Altering requirements relating to specified binders or insurance policies; making specified binders or insurance policies subject to an underwriting period; altering requirements for insurers to give notice in a specified manner of an intention to cancel or not to renew insurance policies; altering the time period in which an insurer is required to issue a policy or provide notice of cancellation of a binder; providing for a delayed effective date; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/15
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 46-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-27 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 135-0 |
|
947
Crossfiled |
Health Insurance- Small Group Market - Self Employed Individuals and Sole ProprietorsSenator Astle |
Altering the termination date for Chapter 347 of the Acts of 2005, which altered criteria for determining when an employee is considered an eligible employee for small group market health insurance, repealed provisions that established when an individual is considered to be a small employer under small group market health insurance, repealed a requirement that a carrier establish an open enrollment period for self-employed individuals, and authorized specified individuals to remain covered under a specified health benefit plan; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/20
Hearing Unfavorable Report |
|
948
Crossfiled |
Insurance- Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance- Cancellations, Failures to Renew, Reductions in Coverage, and Premium IncreasesSenator Astle |
Providing that specified insurers may cancel, fail to renew, or reduce coverage under a binder or policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance under specified circumstances; altering the contents of a specified notice of proposed action; requiring an insurer's statement of actual reason for a proposed action to include a brief statement of the basis for the action; specifying the minimum contents of the statement; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/20
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 47-0 HOUSE First Reading 3-27 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 136-0 |
|
975
Crossfiled |
Insurance- Automobile Insurance Fraud, and Automobile Theft
Senator Gladden |
Requiring specified insurers that use territory as a factor in establishing automobile insurance rates to submit a statement to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner certifying that the territories used by the insurers have been reviewed within a specified time period and that use of the territories is actuarially justified; requiring the Commissioner to submit a specified report to the General Assembly; specifying the contents of the report; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/23
Hearing Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 44-3 HOUSE First Reading 3-27 ECONOMIC MATTERS Hearing 4-4-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 138-0 |