| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
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HB1 Crossfiled-SB2 |
Disability Insurance-Discrimination Based on Genetic Information or
Tests-Prohibited Delegate Manno |
Repealing an exemption for disability insurance policies from the scope of
provisions of law governing the use of specified genetic tests and the use
and disclosure of specified genetic information or the results of specified
genetic tests by an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health
maintenance organization in connection with health insurance policies and
contracts; and altering the definition of "genetic information".
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
Pre-filed First Reading 1/14 Hearing 1-27 2PM Unfavorable Report |
|
HB2 Crossfiled HB2 |
Life Insurance and Annuities-Genetic Tests, Information and
Services-Prohibited Acts Delegate Manno |
Prohibiting an insurer from requesting or requiring a genetic test or from
using a genetic test, the results of a genetic test, genetic information, or
a request for genetic services to deny or limit life insurance coverage or
benefits or to charge a different rate for the same coverage or benefits
under an annuity contract; defining terms; and providing for an exception if
the use is based on sound actuarial principles.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
Pre-filed First Reading 1/14 Hearing 1-27 2PM Unfavorable Report |
| HB4 |
Small Business Health Insurance Stimulus Act Delegate Manno |
Altering the subsidy requirements for small employers and the employees of small employers under the Small Employer Health Benefit Plan Premium Subsidy Program; and altering the eligibility requirements for small employers under the Program. | Health & Government Operations |
Pre-filed First Reading 1/14 Hearing 2-5 1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB11 Crossfiled SB57 |
Insurance-Violation of Genetic Nondiscrimination Laws-Private Cause of
Action Delegate Manno |
Authorizing an individual who is injured by an insurer's violation of
provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on genetic tests, the
results of genetic tests, or genetic information to recover specified
equitable relief, monetary damages, court costs, and attorney's fees in an
action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
Pre-filed First Reading 1/14 Hearing 1-27 2PM Unfavorable Report |
|
HB32 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 653 |
Health Insurance-Limitations on Preexisting Condition
Provisions-Applicability Delegate Kullen |
Expanding the applicability of specified provisions of law that limit the imposition of specified preexisting condition provisions by specified carriers to a policy or certificate issued to an individual; applying the Act to policies and contracts issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after October 1, 2009. | Health & Government Operations |
Pre-filed First Reading 1/14 Hearing 2-11 1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB39 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 654 |
Health Insurance-Out of State Association Contracts-Regulation Delegate Riley |
Requiring specified carriers that offer specified out-of-state association contracts to Maryland residents also to offer specified individual health insurance contracts to Maryland residents; requiring the carriers to make specified disclosures to a Maryland resident applying for coverage under an out-of-state association contract; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
Pre-filed First Reading 1/14 Hearing 2-11 1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB41 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 517 |
Health Insurance-Mandated Benefits-Hospitalization & Home Visits Following a
Mastectomy Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, V.Turner, Benson, Montgomery, Kullen and Pena-Melnyk |
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization coverage for a specified minimum length of time following a mastectomy that is performed for the treatment of breast cancer; prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing cost-sharing requirements or refusing reimbursement for services if the services do not occur within a specified time period; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
Pre-filed First Reading 1/14 Hearing 2-5 1PM
Senate Hearing 3/24 1PM |
| HB64 |
Unemployment Insurance - Exemption from Covered Employment - Continuing
Education Instructors
Delegates McConkey, Haddaway, Krysiak, Mathias, Miller, and Minnick |
Clarifying that a specified type of continuing education instruction
performed under specified circumstances is not covered employment for
purposes of unemployment insurance.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-16 Hearing 2-10 1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
HB72 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 195
|
Motor Vehicles-Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving-Prohibition Delegate F. Turner, etal |
Prohibiting a person from using a text messaging device to write, send, or read a text message while operating a motor vehicle. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1-19 Hearing 2-3 1PM
Favorable w/Amendments |
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HB75 Crossfiled SB135 |
Maryland Health Insurance Plan-Preexisting Condition Limitation Delegates Nathan-Ulliam, etal |
Prohibiting the Board of Directors of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan
from applying a preexisting condition limitation on Plan coverage; repealing
the authority of the Board to offer members an optional endorsement to
remove a preexisting condition limitation; and repealing a provision
prohibiting the Plan from applying a preexisting condition exclusion to a
specified individual who applies for coverage under the Plan within a
specified time period.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Governmental Operations |
First Reading 1-19 Hearing 2-5 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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HB142 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 372 |
Insurance-AntiFraud Plan Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - MIA) |
Requiring health maintenance organizations and third party administrators to institute and maintain a specified antifraud plan; allowing an insurer to require an insured who is receiving benefits under a workers' compensation insurance policy or a disability insurance policy to affirm periodically continued entitlement to the benefits; etc. | Health & Governmental Operations |
First Reading 1-23 Hearing 2-11
1PM
Senate Hearing 3/25 1PM |
| HB151 |
Real Property - Condominiums - Required Insurance Coverage
Delegate Kach
|
Clarifies that the council of unit owners of a condominium is responsible
for the repair or replacement of condominium units, exclusive of
improvements and betterments installed in the units by the unit owners, in
the event of damage to or destruction of the condominium; clarifies that the
council of unit owners is required to maintain certain insurance on a
condominium's common elements and units, exclusive of improvements and
betterments installed in units by the unit owners; makes stylistic changes
and relates to insurance coverage under the Maryland Condominium Act. WITHDRAWN |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1-23 Hearing 2/5 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
| HB155 |
Physicians - Licensure - Liability Insurance Coverage Delegates Kach & Boteler |
Requires physicians to maintain certain amounts of professional liability
insurance as a condition of licensure and notify the Board of Physicians
prior to cancellation of insurance; authorizes the Board to take certain
actions if proof of insurance is not provided within a certain time;
establishing minimum amounts of required coverage. IIAM SUPPORTS |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-23 Hearing 2-4 1PM
Favorable Report w/Amendments
Senate |
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HB160 Approved by Governor Chapter 133 |
Insurance-Fraudulent Acts-Insurance Producers & Adjusters Chair, Economic Matters (By Request-MIA) |
Altering the circumstances under which it is a fraudulent insurance act for
a person to act as or represent to the public that the person is an
insurance producer or adjuster in the State.
IIAM SUPPORTS |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-26 Hearing 2-4 1PM
Favorable w/amendments
First Reading Senate Finance 3-24
1PM |
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HB161 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 375 |
Insurance-Company Action Level Events-P/C Insurers Chair, Economic Matters (By Request-MIA) |
Specifying when a company action level event occurs for a property and casualty insurer. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-26 Hearing 2-4 1PM
Favorable Report
Senate Hearing 3/24 1PM |
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HB162 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 376 |
Insurance-Notice of Premium Increase for Commercial and Workers'
Compensation Insurance Chair, Economic Matters (By Request-MIA) |
Requiring an insurer to send a specified notice to the named insured and
insurance producer, if any, of any increase in the renewal policy premium
for commercial insurance and workers' compensation insurance policies.
IIAM HAS SOME CONCERNS |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-26 Hearing 2-4 1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB164 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 378 |
Automobile Liability and Homeowner's Insurance-Surcharges, Retiering, and
Removal or Reduction of Discounts Chair, Economic Matters (By Request-MIA) |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to automobile liability insurance and
homeowner's insurance, from imposing a surcharge, retiering a risk, or
removing or reducing a discount because of specified events that occurred
more than 3 years before the effective date of the policy or renewal.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-26 Hearing 2-4 1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB165 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 379 |
Insurance-Cancellation of Policies-Limitation on Midterm Cancellations Chair, Economic Matters (By Request-MIA) |
Prohibiting an insurer from canceling a policy of personal, commercial, or
private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance unless the insurer makes
a specified determination. Amendments were offered that would provide specific circumstances where an insurer would be permitted to cancel midterm (non-pay, change in exposure, etc.) Amendments |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-26 Hearing 2-4 1PM
First Reading Finance 3-24 1PM |
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HB242 Crossfiled Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 383 |
Unemployment Insurance Benefits - Determination Based on Severance or
Dismissal Payments
Delegates Harrison, Hucker, Robinson, Stukes, and Tarrant |
Altering a determination of unemployment insurance benefits for an individual who receives or is eligible to receive severance or dismissal payments under specified circumstances; providing that for each week an individual receives or is eligible to receive severance or dismissal payments, the individual is, based on the amount of specified payments, either disqualified from receiving specified benefits or may receive benefits reduced by the amount of the payments; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-29 Hearing 2-10
1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB246 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 572 |
Insurance Producers - Continuing Education - Exemption for Funeral Directors
and Morticians
Delegate Harrison |
Exempting licensed funeral directors and licensed morticians who sell only life insurance policies or annuity contracts for a specified purpose from continuing education requirements for insurance producers. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-29 Hearing 2-19
1PM
Senate Hearing 3/24 1PM |
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HB287 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 523 |
Real Property - Condominiums - Repair or Replacement of Unit by Council of
Unit Owners
Delegates Beidle, Healey, Holmes, King, Kipke, Lafferty, Love, Mathias, McConkey, and Niemann |
Clarifying that the council of unit owners of a condominium is responsible
for the repair or replacement of condominium units, exclusive of
improvements and betterments installed in units by unit owners other than
the developer, in the event of damage or destruction of the condominium;
providing that the owner of the unit where damage originated is responsible
for the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible up to $10,000;
etc.
IIAM SUPPORTS W/ AMENDMENT IIAM does not support the 'immediate shift' currently written into the legislation, which would allow the condominium association to assess the unit where damage originated for the deductible up to $5,000...without the by-laws addressing the assessment for the deductible. Currently, the change must be made to the by-laws (approved by the unit owners) before the deductible may be assessed to the unit owner where damage originated. |
Environmental Matters |
First Read 1-29 Hearing 2-26 1PM
Senate |
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HB310 Crossfiled Approved by Governor Chapter 6 |
Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility - Part-Time Work The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Feldman, Harrison, Jones, Manno, and Taylor |
Authorizing an individual who is able to work only part time to be deemed eligible for specified benefits under specified circumstances; clarifying that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation may not use disability as a reason to find an individual is not available for work, actively seeking work, or eligible for benefits; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Read 1-29 Hearing 2-24
1PM
Senate Hearing 4/1 1PM |
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HB345 Crossfiled SB297 |
Workers' Compensation-Sole Proprietors-Coverage Delegates Love & Beidle |
Establishes that a certain sole proprietor is a covered employee under
workers' compensation law unless the sole proprietor makes a certain
election on a certain form; altering the requirements for submission of a
certain form; eliminating the circumstances under which an individual is
presumed to be a sole proprietor who is not a covered employee; and
generally relating to covered employment for a sole proprietor. WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-30 Hearing 2-24
1PM |
| HB406 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Acceptance of Premiums on Installment
Basis Delegates Holmes, Ali, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Boteler, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Gutierrez, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Lafferty, Rice, Robinson, Ross, Shewell, Sossi, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker, Walkup, and Weir |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an
installment basis under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner to ensure specified provisions of the Fund's
installment payment plan; prohibiting the Fund from discriminating among
insureds in a specified manner; prohibiting the Fund from paying a higher
commission to specified producers; requiring specified written and
electronic communications to include a specified statement under specified
circumstances; etc.
SEE SB419 |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-2 Hearing 3-5 1PM |
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HB440 Crossfiled Approved by Governor Chapter 67 |
Health Insurance - Prompt Pay - Modifications and Clarifications
Delegate Bromwell
|
Requiring an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to comply with specified requirements when reprocessing a claim; clarifying that, notwithstanding compliance with specified notice requirements, if an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization fails to pay a clean claim or otherwise violates specified provisions of law, the insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization shall pay interest on a specified amount; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-3 Hearing 2-19
1PM
Senate Hearing 3/24 1PM |
| HB505 |
Health Care Malpractice-Noneconomic Damages Senator Gladden |
Increasing specified limitations on noneconomic damages for a personal injury action and a wrongful death action concerning health care malpractice for a cause of action arising on or after October 1, 2009 | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2-4 Hearing 2-17 1PM |
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HB552 Crossfiled Approved by Governor Chapter 144 |
Maryland Homeowners Association Act - Closed Meetings of Homeowners
Association
Delegates Hucker & Sossi |
Repealing a specified condition on which a meeting of the board of directors
or other governing body of a homeowners association or a committee of a
homeowners association may be held in closed session.
See also HB553 and SB171 |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2-5 Hearing 2-19
1PM
Senate Action |
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HB590 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 598 |
Long-Term Care Insurance - Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance
Partnership - Revisions Delegate Kullen |
Repealing the requirement that an outline of coverage for long-term care insurance contain a specified statement about a policy or contract of long-term care insurance; and altering a specified statement about a policy or contract of long-term care insurance that must be included in a certificate that is issued under group long-term care insurance. | Health & Government Operations |
First Read 2-6 Hearing 3-3 1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB610 Approved by Governor Chapter 682 |
Health Insurance - Discrimination or Rebates - Bona Fide Wellness Programs
Delegate Morhaim |
Altering the conditions under which it is not discrimination or a rebate for an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, a health maintenance organization, or a dental plan organization to provide reasonable incentives for participation in a bona fide wellness program; providing that it is not discrimination or a rebate for a carrier to provide reasonable incentives for participation in a bona fide wellness program if the bona fide wellness program satisfies specified requirements; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
First Read 2-6 Hearing 2-26
1PM
Senate Hearing 3/25 1PM |
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HB647 Crossfiled SB455 |
Insurance Producers-Limited Lines License-Sale of Insurance Products by
Licensed Morticians or Licensed Funeral Directors Delegate Harrison |
Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to issue a limited lines
license to a licensed mortician or licensed funeral director to sell life
insurance or an annuity product to fund a pre-need contract or the payment
of benefits for funeral goods or services.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-9 Hearing 2-19
1PM |
| HB649 |
Labor & Employment-Independent Contractor-Definition Delegates Carr, Feldman, Krebs, Myers, Taylor, Waldstreicher, and Walkup |
Defining "independent contractor" as an individual who is not an employee
for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act, based on application of the 20 factors set forth in a
specified Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling.
IIAM HAS CONCERNS & IS MONITORING |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-9 Hearing 3-3 1PM |
| HB659 |
Vehicle Laws-Federally Compliant Identification Cards-Issuance Delegates Gutierrez, etal. |
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a federally compliant identification card to any individual who meets specified requirements; requiring the Administration, in determining what documentation is acceptable to show proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States, to comply with the requirements of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 and specified amendments and regulations; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 2-25 1PM |
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HB674 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 578 |
Health Insurance-Small Group Market Regulation-Modifications Delegate Morhaim |
Repealing the termination provision of specified provisions of law relating to rating of specified health benefit plans; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to maintain a specified application on its website; requiring the Commission to update specified information at least quarterly; applying specified provisions of law relating to preexisting conditions to specified policies or certificates issued to small employers; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-9 Hearing 2-26
1PM
Senate Action |
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HB687 Crossfiled SB541 Approved by Governor Chapter 78 |
Common Ownership Communities-Fidelity Insurance Delegate Braveboy |
Requiring specified governing bodies of a cooperative housing corporation, a condominium, or a homeowners association to purchase fidelity insurance not later than the time of the first conveyance of a unit to a person other than the developer and to keep the insurance in place each year thereafter; requiring the fidelity insurance to provide for the indemnification of the common ownership community against loss resulting from specified acts or omissions of specified persons; etc. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2-9 Hearing 2-19 1PM
Senate Action |
| HB697 |
Health Insurance - Small Employer Health Benefit Plan Premium Subsidy
Program - Local Funds
Delegate McDonough |
Authorizing funding for the Small Employer Health Benefit Plan Premium
Subsidy Program from local funds; authorizing a county to provide local
funds to be used for subsidies of small employer health benefit plan
premiums; and establishing conditions for the use of the local funds.
|
Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-9 Hearing 2-26 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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HB740 Approved by Governor Chapter 288 Crossfiled SB576 |
Unemployment Insurance - Maximum Benefit - Increase
Delegates Harrison, Taylor, Anderson, Branch, Braveboy, Conaway, Glenn, Haynes, Kirk, Love, McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Stukes, and Tarrant |
Increasing the amount of the weekly unemployment insurance benefit up to a specified maximum weekly benefit over a specified amount of time. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-10 Hearing 3-10
1PM
Senate Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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HB819 Crossfiled SB909 |
Workplace Fraud Act of 2009
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Glenn, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kelly, Kirk, Kramer, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Love, Malone, Manno, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher |
Prohibiting specified employers from failing to properly classify individuals who perform work for remuneration paid by the employer; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to initiate an investigation under specified circumstances to determine whether specified violations occurred; requiring the Commissioner to enforce specified provisions; establishing the method of determining whether an employer-employee relationship exists for purposes of proper classification under specified circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-11 Hearing 3-3 1PM Favorable w/ amendments
Senate Action |
| HB857 |
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Disclosure of Coverage
Delegates Smigiel, Dwyer, and Riley |
Requiring insurers under specified motor vehicle liability insurance policies to disclose information about specified coverage or policies and excess coverage to plaintiffs and their counsel on notification of potential litigation concerning motor vehicle accidents involving specified insureds. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-12 Hearing 3-5
1PM |
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HB868 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 317 Crossfiled SB792 |
Property and Casualty Insurance - Portable Electronics Insurance -
Regulation
Delegates Love and Krysiak |
Prohibiting the issuance of portable electronics insurance unless specified materials are available to prospective customers at a specified location and in a specified manner; providing for the materials to include a summary of coverage, a disclosure about other insurance coverage, a statement about required enrollment in coverage, a description of the process for filing a claim, a disclosure about employees evaluating other insurance coverage, and a statement about canceling the insurance; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-12 Hearing 3-5 1PM Favorable w/Amendments
Senate Action
House Concur Senate Amendments, Third |
| HB991 |
Automobile Insurance - Use of Territory in Rate Making - Limitation
Delegate Conway |
Limiting the number of territories an insurer may use in establishing automobile insurance rates under provisions of law governing prior approval rate making and competitive rating; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt regulations establishing the territories an insurer may use in establishing automobile insurance rates; and requiring the territories established to include an urban territory and a rural territory. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-5
1PM |
| HB1005 |
Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability Benefits - Credit
Delegate Miller |
Providing a credit for an employer or insurer for specified payments to a
covered employee for temporary total disability benefits under specified
circumstances and during a specified period.
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-10
1PM Senate Hearing 4/1 1PM |
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HB1056 Crossfiled SB995 |
Professional Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act Delegate Vaughn |
Prohibiting a person from engaging in the business of providing specified
professional employer services in the State unless the person is registered
as a professional employer organization, except under specified
circumstances; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
to maintain a list of professional employer organizations and to make the
list available to the public on the Internet; providing for the application
procedures for registration as a professional employer organization; etc.
4-11-09: Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-17 1PM |
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HB1070 Crossfiled SB912 |
Labor and Employment - Misclassification of Employees as Independent
Contractors
Delegate Davis |
Prohibiting employers from misclassifying employees as independent
contractors under specified circumstances; allowing the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry to investigate alleged employee misclassification under
specified circumstances; establishing specified penalties that may be
imposed in specified proceedings relating to employment standards and
conditions, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and income tax
payment and withholding; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-3 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
| HB1156 |
Baltimore City Lead Poisoning Recovery Act of 2009
Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, Carter,
Conaway, Glenn, McHale, Oaks, Robinson, and Stukes |
Requiring specified manufacturers of lead pigment to reimburse specified persons for damages caused by lead-based paint in residential buildings in Baltimore City; establishing the types of damages caused by the presence of lead-based paint in residential buildings in Baltimore City for which manufacturers of lead pigment are liable to specified persons; creating the Lead Paint Restitution Fund; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-18 1PM |
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HB1157 Crossfiled SB882 |
Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and
Posting Requirements
Delegates Schuler and Bromwell |
Requiring physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify
patients in writing and on each visit of specified information relating to
professional liability insurance coverage; requiring physicians to maintain
records of the signed patient notification and post specified information in
their place of practice; authorizing the Board of Physicians to establish
specified language for the notification; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-13 UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
| HB1162 |
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premium Delegate Manno |
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible
long-term care premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same
insured individual; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December
31, 2008; etc. WITHDRAWN |
Ways & Means |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-19 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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HB1186 Crossfiled SB881 |
Maryland Health Security Act of 2009
Delegates Montgomery, Manno, Hucker,
Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, V. Clagett,
Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Lafferty, McIntosh,
Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Riley,
Robinson, Rosenberg, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and
Waldstreicher |
Establishing the Maryland Health System; requiring the Health System to provide health care services to all residents of the State under a single system that is not dependent on employment; authorizing a member of the Health System to choose any participating health care provider; requiring the Health System to reimburse a member who receives health care services from an out-of-state health care provider under specified circumstances; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-19 1PM |
| HB1199 |
Unemployment Insurance - Benefits - Backdated Claims Delegate Carr |
Requiring the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to backdate a claim for unemployment insurance benefits for claimants for up to 6 weeks if the claimant is determined to be eligible for benefits under the unemployment insurance law and files a complete and corrected initial claim as requested by the Secretary; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-10
1PM |
| HB1205 |
Vehicle Laws - Required Security - Minimum Amounts Delegates Barnes & Manno |
Increasing the minimum amounts of the required security for motor vehicles for the payment of claims for bodily injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident from $20,000 to $30,000 for one person and from $40,000 to $60,000 for two or more persons. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-5
1PM |
| HB1235 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Rate Filing Delegate Krysiak |
Requiring the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to file with the Commissioner of the Maryland Insurance Administration all rates, supplementary rate information, policy forms, and endorsements that the Fund proposes to use; authorizing the Commissioner to approve or disapprove rates proposed by the Fund; subjecting the Fund to specified provisions of the Insurance Article; repealing specified prohibitions against the Commissioner issuing a specified order to the Fund; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-3
1PM
First Reading Finance 3-24 1PM |
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HB1270 Crossfiled |
Corporations and Associations - Address and Principal Office - Definitions Delegates Stukes and Cardin |
Altering the definition of "address" for business entities; requiring entities to state a specified location in the address; altering the definition of "principal office" to include a specified "address"; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-11
1PM |
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HB1317 Crossfiled SB949 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Eligibility for Insurance Coverage -
Take-Out Program
Delegate Feldman |
Establishing a take-out program of insurance coverage for specified persons insured under the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; providing that specified provisions of law relating to the authority of the Fund to sell, issue, and deliver a specified policy of insurance, and relating to entitlement to continuation of coverage from the Fund, are subject to specified provisions of the Act; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, instead of the Fund, to certify the eligibility of a person for insurance from the Fund; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-16 Hearing 3-19
1PM |
| HB1320 |
Insurance Payment Fee Prevention Act Delegate Ali |
Prohibiting an insurer that issues, sells, or delivers a motor vehicle liability insurance policy in the State from charging or collecting an installment fee. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-17 Hearing 3-19
1PM |
| HB1341 |
Vehicle Laws - Uninsured Motorists - Waiver of Right to Noneconomic Damages
Delegate Kipke |
Establishing that an individual driving a motor vehicle that is not covered by insurance is considered to have waived the right to recover noneconomic loss damages under specified circumstances; exempting specified individuals from the waiver under specified circumstances; creating a rebuttable presumption that an individual knows or has reason to know that the motor vehicle is not covered by insurance under specified circumstances; defining "noneconomic damages"; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-18 Hearing 3-19 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
| HB1390 |
Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation - Maximum Liability
Delegates Sossi and Frank |
Altering, for life insurance death benefits, health insurance benefits, and the present value of annuity benefits, the maximum amounts of specified contractual obligations of impaired insurers or insolvent insurers for which the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation may become liable under specified circumstances. | House Rules & Executive Nominations | First Reading 2-24 |
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HB1436 Crossfiled |
Workers' Compensation Commission - Authority - Employer Compliance
Delegate Krysiak |
Clarifying the authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission to conduct specified investigations and take other actions to determine whether an employer has complied with requirements regarding workers' compensation insurance; establishing penalties; requiring the Commission to notify specified employers that licenses or permits may be suspended under specified circumstances; prohibiting specified employers from entering into a contract with a public body under specified circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-26 Hearing 3-24 1PM Favorable w/Amendments
Senate Action-Finance |
| HB1516 |
Homeowner's, Fire, Farmowner's, and Dwelling Insurance Policies - Claims for
Additional Payments Delegate Stein |
Requiring each policy of homeowner's, fire, farmowner's, or dwelling insurance issued, sold, or delivered in the State that provides property coverage for a dwelling or personal property to contain a provision that allows an insured to file a claim for additional payments, on a replacement cost basis, for the repair or replacement of the dwelling or personal property for at least 2 years after the date of loss. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 3-5 Hearing 3-26 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
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SB1 Crossfiled HB2 |
Life Insurance and
Annuities-Genetic Tests Senator Forehand |
Prohibiting an insurer from requesting or requiring a genetic test or from
using a genetic test, the results of a genetic test, genetic information, or
a request for genetic services to deny or limit life insurance coverage or
benefits or to charge a different rate for the same coverage or benefits
under an annuity contract; defining terms; and providing for an exception if
the use is based on sound actuarial principles.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 Hearing 2-12
1:30PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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SB2 Crossfiled HB1 |
Disability
Insurance-Genetic Testing Senator Forehand |
Repealing an exemption for disability insurance policies from the scope of
provisions of law governing the use of specified genetic tests and the use
and disclosure of specified genetic information or the results of specified
genetic tests by an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health
maintenance organization in connection with health insurance policies and
contracts; and altering the definition of "genetic information".
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 Hearing 2-12
1:30 PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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SB8 Approved by Governor Chapter 9 |
Insurance-Unfair
and Deceptive Practices-Limit on Offer, Promise or Gift of Valuable
Consideration Not Specified in a Contract Senator Haines |
For the purpose of
altering the limit on the value of certain items that an insurer may offer,
promise, or give that is not specified in a certain contract; and generally
relating to insurance and unfair and deceptive practices. (Increases
from $10 to $25) IIAM SUPPORTS |
Finance | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 Hearing 2-4
2:30PM
House Hearing 4/2 1PM |
| SB27 2007-SB184 |
Vehicle
Laws-Drivers' Licensing of Illegal Aliens-Restrictions Senators Greenip, Haines, Harris, Munson, Pipkin, Kittleman, Colburn, Glassman & Edwards |
Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from issuing a new driver's license to an individual who cannot provide specified documentation certifying that the individual is lawfully present in the United States in accordance with federal law, except under specified circumstances; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 |
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SB57 Crossfiled HB11 |
Insurance-Violation of Genetic Nondiscrimination Laws-Private Cause of
Action Senator Forehand |
Authorizing an individual who is injured by an insurer's violation of
provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on genetic tests, the
results of genetic tests, or genetic information to recover specified
equitable relief, monetary damages, court costs, and attorney's fees in an
action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 Hearing 2-12
1:30 PM |
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SB79 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 509 |
Health
Insurance-Reform Chair, Finance (By Request MIA) |
Expanding the applicability of specified limitations on the imposition of preexisting condition provisions by specified carriers to a policy or certificate issued to an individual; altering loss ratio requirements for specified health benefit plans and Medicare supplement policies; etc. | Finance | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 Hearing 2-12
1:30 PM
House Action |
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SB85 Approved by Governor Chapter 23 |
Insurance-Notice
of Cancellation or Non-renewal-Mailing Address Chair, Finance (By Request MIA) |
For the purpose of
requiring certain notices of cancellation or nonrenewal to be sent to the
named insured at a certain address; and generally relating to the notices of
cancellation or nonrenewal. IIAM SUPPORTS |
Finance | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 Hearing 1-22
2:30PM
House Hearing 3/26 1PM |
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SB86 Approved by Governor Chapter 361 |
Title Insurance
Producers-Regulation and Requirements Chair, Finance (By Request MIA) |
Specifying that only a licensed title insurance producer may have control over or custody of money received or held in escrow or in trust; increasing the amount of the fidelity bond and the surety bond or letter of credit that specified applicants for a title insurance producer's license must file with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; etc. | Finance | Pre-filed First Reading 1-14 Hearing 2-3 2PM
House Hearing 3/26 1PM |
| SB108 |
Commercial Law - Consumer Reporting Agencies - Credit Scores
Senators Stone & Della |
Requiring a consumer reporting agency, on request and proper identification
of a consumer, to provide the consumer with specified information about the
consumer's credit score; requiring a consumer reporting agency to provide
the consumer with the same credit score that the consumer reporting agency
provides to the users of the credit score; prohibiting a consumer reporting
agency from charging a fee for a first request within a 12-month period for
specified information; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 1-15 Unfavorable Report |
| SB109 |
Real Property - Residential Leases - Required Mold Assessment and
Remediation
Senator Stone |
Requiring a landlord, at the request of a tenant, to perform a mold assessment of the tenant's dwelling unit under specified circumstances; requiring a landlord to carry out mold remediation measures under specified circumstances; authorizing a tenant to deposit rent in an escrow account with a specified court under specified circumstances; providing for defenses in an action for rent escrow under the Act; providing for the release of money deposited in an escrow account under the Act; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 1-15 Hearing 1-28 1PM |
| SB123 |
Unemployment Insurance Benefits - Determination Based on Severance or
Dismissal Payments
Senator Kelley |
Altering a determination of unemployment insurance benefits for an individual who receives or is eligible to receive severance or dismissal payments under specified circumstances; providing that for each week an individual receives or is eligible to receive severance or dismissal payments, the individual is, based on the amount of specified payments, either disqualified from receiving specified benefits or may receive benefits reduced by the amount of the payments; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1-16 Hearing 2-17 1PM
House Hearing 3/31 1PM |
| SB130 |
Health Insurance - Use of Prescription Information
Senator Forehand |
Providing that specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations may only exhibit, discuss, or reveal any part of the contents of a prescription to specified persons; and prohibiting specified carriers from denying, canceling, or refusing to renew an individual health policy solely because of the prescription drug history of an insured. | Finance |
First Reading 1-16 Hearing 2-12
1:30 PM |
| SB135 |
Maryland Health Insurance Plan-Preexisting Condition Limitation Senators Klausmeier, Exum, Forehand, Kelley, Lenett, Pugh & Rosapepe |
Prohibiting the Board of Directors of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan from applying a preexisting condition limitation on Plan coverage; repealing the authority of the Board to offer members an optional endorsement to remove a preexisting condition limitation; and repealing a provision prohibiting the Plan from applying a preexisting condition exclusion to a specified individual who applies for coverage under the Plan within a specified time period. | Finance |
First Reading 1-19 Hearing 2-12
1:30 PM |
| SB143 |
Vehicle Laws-Use of Wireless Communication Devices While
Driving-Prohibitions Senators Lenett etal |
Prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using wireless communication devices; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit or provisional driver's license who is 18 years of age or older from driving a motor vehicle while using wireless communication devices; prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use wireless communication devices; providing exceptions to the prohibitions; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 1-19 Hearing 2-10 1PM |
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SB161 Approved by Governor Chapter 204 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund-Board-Term Limits Senator Middleton |
Altering the limits on terms that may be served by a member of the Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to allow two full terms or up to 10 years. | Finance |
First Reading 1-20 Hearing 2-10 2PM
House Hearing 3/31 1PM |
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SB173 Crossfiled HB41 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 516 |
Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Hospitalization and Home Visits
Following a Mastectomy
Senators Kelley, etal |
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide inpatient hospitalization coverage for a specified minimum length of time following a mastectomy that is performed for the treatment of breast cancer; prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing cost-sharing requirements or refusing reimbursement for services if the services do not occur within a specified time period; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1-21 Hearing 2-12
1:30 PM
House Hearing 3/31 1PM |
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SB201 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 522 |
Real Property - Condominiums - Required Insurance Coverage
Senators Kelley, Currie, Middleton, and Stone |
Clarifying that the council of unit owners of a condominium is responsible
for the repair or replacement of condominium units, exclusive of
improvements and betterments installed by unit owners, in the event of
damage to or destruction of the condominium; and clarifying that a council
of unit owners is required to maintain specified insurance on a
condominium's common elements and units, exclusive of improvements and
betterments installed in units by unit owners.
IIAM SUPPORTS |
Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 1-23 Hearing 2-25 1PM
House Hearing 4/9 1PM |
| SB208 |
Vehicle Laws-Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards-Lawful Presence in the United StatesSenators Brinkley & Pipkin |
Adding the requirement to provide documentation certifying that an individual is either a United States citizen or is lawfully present in the United States in accordance with federal law to the requirements for the issuance of a driver's license or an identification card; limiting the effective term of a driver's license or identification card issued to specified individuals; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 1-23 Hearing 3-18 1PM |
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SB270 Approved by Governor Chapter 5 |
Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility -
Part-Time Work
The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Kelley and Middleton |
Authorizing an individual who is able to work only part time to be deemed eligible for specified benefits under specified circumstances; clarifying that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation may not use disability as a reason to find an individual is not available for work, actively seeking work, or eligible for benefits; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1-23 Hearing 2-17 1PM
House Hearing 3/31 1PM |
| SB282 |
Income Tax-Credit for Long-Term Care Premium Senator Stone |
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2008; etc. | Budget & Taxation |
First Reading 1-27 Hearing 2-11
1:30PM |
| SB297 |
Workers' Compensation - Sole Proprietors -
Coverage
Senator Exum |
Establishing that a specified sole proprietor is a covered employee under
workers' compensation law unless the sole proprietor elects to be exempt
from coverage; altering specified requirements for submission of a specified
form; and eliminating the circumstances under which an individual is
presumed to be a sole proprietor who is not a covered employee. WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 1-28 Hearing 2-10 2PM |
| SB419 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund -
Acceptance of Premiums on Installment Basis
Senators Pugh, Conway, Currie, Forehand,
Frosh, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton,
Miller, Pinsky, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Stone |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an
installment basis under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner to ensure specified provisions of an installment
payment plan; prohibiting the Fund from discriminating among insureds in a
specified manner; prohibiting the Fund from paying a higher commission to
specified producers; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to study
the enforcement of eligibility criteria for coverage in the Fund; etc.
IIAM SUPPORTS |
Finance |
First Reading 2-2 Hearing 2-24 1PM |
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SB439 Approved by Governor Chapter 66 |
Health Insurance - Prompt Pay - Modifications
and Clarifications Senator Middleton |
Requiring an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to comply with specified requirements when reprocessing a claim; clarifying that, notwithstanding compliance with specified notice requirements, if an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization fails to pay a clean claim or otherwise violates specified provisions of law, the insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization shall pay interest on a specified amount; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-2 Hearing 2-12 1:30 PM Favorable w/Amendments
House Hearing 4/2 1PM |
| SB455 |
Insurance Producers - Limited Lines License -
Sale of Insurance Products to Fund Pre-Need Contracts
Senator Glassman |
Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to issue a limited lines
license to a licensed mortician or licensed funeral director to sell life
insurance or an annuity product used solely to fund a pre- need contract.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 2-4 UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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SB541 Approved by Governor Chapter 77 |
Common Ownership Communities - Fidelity
Insurance
Senator Kelley |
Requiring specified governing bodies of a cooperative housing corporation, a condominium, or a homeowners association to purchase fidelity insurance not later than the time of the first conveyance of a unit to a person other than the developer and to keep the insurance in place each year thereafter; requiring the fidelity insurance to provide for the indemnification of the common ownership community against loss resulting from specified acts or omissions of specified persons; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2-5 Hearing 2-25
1PM
House Hearing 4/2 1PM |
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SB576 Approved by Governor 287 Chapter 287 |
Unemployment Insurance - Maximum Benefit -
Increase Senators Middleton, Exum, Kelley, Della, and Pugh |
Increasing the amount of the weekly unemployment insurance benefit up to a specified maximum weekly benefit over a specified amount of time. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-10
1PM
House Hearing 3/31 1PM |
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SB616 Crossfiled HB246 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 571 |
Insurance Producers - Continuing Education -
Exemption for Funeral Directors and Morticians Senator Glassman |
Exempting licensed funeral directors and licensed morticians who sell only life insurance policies or annuity contracts for a specified purpose from continuing education requirements for insurance producers. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-4
1PM
House Action |
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SB637 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 577 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market
Regulation - Modifications
Senators Garagiola, Astle, DeGrange, Glassman, Kelley, King, Kittleman, and Klausmeier |
Repealing the termination provision of specified provisions of law relating to rating of specified health benefit plans; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to maintain a specified application on its website; requiring the Commission to update specified information at least quarterly; applying specified provisions of law relating to preexisting conditions to specified policies or certificates issued to small employers; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-11
1PM
House Action |
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SB638 Crossfiled HB610 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 683 |
Health Insurance - Discrimination or Rebates
- Bona Fide Wellness Programs Senators Garagiola, Glassman,
Kittleman, and Klausmeier |
Altering the conditions under which it is not discrimination or a rebate for an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, a health maintenance organization, or a dental plan organization to provide reasonable incentives for participation in a bona fide wellness program; providing that it is not discrimination or a rebate for a carrier to provide reasonable incentives for participation in a bona fide wellness program if the bona fide wellness program satisfies specified requirements; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-4
1PM
House Action |
| SB642 |
Workers' Compensation- Temporary Total
Disability Benefits-Credit Senator Kittleman |
Providing a credit for an employer or insurer for specified payments to a covered employee for temporary total disability benefits under specified circumstances and during a specified period. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 2-24
1PM House Action |
| SB665 |
Vehicle Laws - Required Security - Increase
in Minimum Amounts
Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Lenett, Miller, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stone, and Zirkin |
Increasing the minimum amounts of required security for the payment of
claims for bodily injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-10
1PM |
|
SB716 Crossfiled HB590 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 597 |
Long-Term Care Insurance - Qualified State
Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership - Revisions
Senators Kelley, Exum, Klausmeier, and Pugh |
Repealing the requirement that an outline of coverage for long-term care insurance contain a specified statement about a policy or contract of long-term care insurance; and altering a specified statement about a policy or contract of long-term care insurance that must be included in a certificate that is issued under group long-term care insurance. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-12
1PM
House Hearing 3/31 1PM |
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SB751 2008-SB553 Approved by Governor Chapter 97 |
Insurance - Slavery Era Insurance Policies -
Reporting Senator Gladden |
Requiring specified insurers to provide the Maryland Insurance Commissioner with a report of specified information about specified slaveholder insurance policies issued during the slavery era; authorizing a specified holding company to designate an insurer to be a reporting insurer on behalf of the member insurers of the holding company; requiring the Commissioner to adopt regulations that specify the form and content of a specified report; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-10
1PM
House Hearing 4/2 1PM |
| SB756 |
Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act
of 2009
Senator Pipkin |
Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from applying for
specified waivers or expanding a specified program except under specified
circumstances on or after a specified date; 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; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance and Budget & Taxation |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing |
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SB768 Crossfiled HB648 Approved by Governor Chapter 98 |
Commercial Insurance and Workers'
Compensation Insurance - Renewals of Policies - Transfers of Policyholders
Between Insurers
Senator Astle |
Providing that, with respect to commercial insurance policies and workers' compensation insurance policies, the transfer of a policyholder between admitted insurers within the same insurance holding company system is a renewal under specified circumstances; providing that, with respect to commercial insurance and workers' compensation insurance, the issuance by an insurer of a new policy to replace an expiring policy issued by that insurer is a renewal; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-10
1PM
House Hearing 4/2 1PM |
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SB792 Approved by the Governor 5/7 Chapter 316 Crossfiled HB868 |
Property and Casualty Insurance - Portable
Electronics Insurance - Regulation
Senator Klausmeir |
Prohibiting the issuance of portable electronics insurance unless specified materials are available to prospective customers at a specified location and in a specified manner; providing for the materials to include a summary of coverage, a disclosure about other insurance coverage, a statement about required enrollment in coverage, a description of the process for filing a claim, a disclosure about employees evaluating other insurance coverage, and a statement about canceling the insurance; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-10 1PM Favorable w/Amendments
House Action |
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SB797 2008-SB866 |
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Credit
History in Rating Policies
Senator Della |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle
insurance, from rating a risk based, in whole or in part, on the credit
history of an applicant or insured in any manner; repealing provisions of
law authorizing an insurer to use the credit history of an applicant or
insured to rate a new policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance
subject to specified limitations and requirements; etc.
IIAM HAS CONCERNS & IS MONITORING |
Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-10
1PM |
|
SB813 Crossfiled HB951 |
Health Care Affordability Act of 2009
Senator Jones |
Establishing a Maryland Institute for Clinical Value; establishing the purpose of and requirements for the Institute; establishing a Value-Based Advisory Committee in the Institute; establishing the purpose and composition of the Committee; establishing a Citizens Advisory Council in the Institute; establishing the purpose, composition, and responsibilities of the Council; establishing a Maryland Prevention Trust for Health Promotion in the Institute; establishing the purpose and responsibilities of the Trust; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 3-18 1PM |
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SB863 Crossfiled HB899 Approved by Governor 5/19 Chapter 616 |
Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits for
Partially Dependent Individuals - Payment
Senator Edwards |
Requiring an employer or insurer to continue specified payments under specified circumstances to specified individuals who were partially dependent at the time of the covered employee's death or who were wholly dependent at the time of the covered employee's death and became partially self-supporting; altering the total amount of compensation payable to an individual who was partially dependent at the time of the covered employee's death or became partially self-supporting after the covered employee's death; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-6 Hearing 2-24
1PM
House Action |
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SB899 Crossfiled HB358 |
Vehicle Laws - Driver Improvement Programs -
Deduction of Accumulated Points
Senator Haines |
Authorizing an individual who has accumulated 2 or more points on the
individual's driving record to request the Motor Vehicle Administration to
deduct 2 points from the individual's driving record if the individual
attends a specified driver improvement program or driver safety program;
prohibiting the Administration from deducting more than 2 points from an
individual's driving record in a 2-year period; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2-11 Hearing 3-25
1PM |
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SB909 Approved by Governor 5/7 Chapter 188 Crossfiled HB819 |
Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Kelley, Raskin, Currie, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Stone |
Prohibiting specified employers from failing to properly classify individuals who perform work for remuneration paid by the employer; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to initiate an investigation under specified circumstances to determine whether specified violations occurred; requiring the Commissioner to enforce specified provisions; establishing the method of determining whether an employer-employee relationship exists for purposes of proper classification under specified circumstances; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-12 Hearing 3-12
1PM House
Action |
|
SB912 Crossfiled HB1070 |
Labor and Employment - Misclassification of
Employees as Independent Contractors
Senators Conway, Pugh, Astle, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, and Rosapepe |
Prohibiting employers from misclassifying employees as independent
contractors under specified circumstances; allowing the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry to investigate alleged employee misclassification under
specified circumstances; establishing specified penalties that may be
imposed in specified proceedings relating to employment standards and
conditions, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and income tax
payment and withholding; etc. WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 2-13 Hearing 3-12 1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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SB949 Crossfiled HB1317 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund -
Eligibility for Insurance Coverage - Take-Out Program
Senators Kelley, Astle, and Middleton |
Establishing a take-out program of insurance coverage for specified persons
insured under the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; providing that
specified provisions of law relating to the authority of the Fund to sell,
issue, and deliver a specified policy of insurance, and relating to
entitlement to continuation of coverage from the Fund, are subject to
specified provisions of the Act; requiring the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner, instead of the Fund, to certify the eligibility of a person
for insurance from the Fund; etc. WITHDRAWN |
Senate Rules |
First Reading 2-18 UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
|
SB959 Approved by Governor Chapter 336 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Regulation
and Status
Senator Middleton |
Requiring the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to be an authorized insurer; requiring the Insurance Commissioner to issue and renew specified certificates of authority; providing that the Fund is subject to specified laws and must be regulated in a specified manner; providing that a specified laws control in the event of a specified conflict; specifying the role and mission of the Fund; requiring the Commissioner, as part of a specified examination, to determine whether specified rate making practices produce actuarially sound rates; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-20 Hearing 3-10
1PM
House Action |
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SB987
Crossfiled |
Workers' Compensation Commission - Authority
- Employer Compliance
Senators Exum and Kittleman |
Clarifying the authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission to conduct specified investigations and take other actions to determine whether an employer has complied with requirements regarding workers' compensation insurance; establishing penalties; requiring the Commission to notify specified employers that licenses or permits may be suspended under specified circumstances; prohibiting specified employers from entering into a contract with a public body under specified circumstances; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-25 Hearing 3-18
1PM
House Action |
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SB995 Crossfiled HB1056 |
Professional Employer Organization
Recognition and Registration Act Senator Garagiola |
Prohibiting a person from engaging in the business of providing specified professional employer services in the State unless the person is registered as a professional employer organization, except under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to maintain a list of professional employer organizations and to make the list available to the public on the Internet; providing for the application procedures for registration as a professional employer organization; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-26 Hearing 3-17 1PM |
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SB1006 Crossfiled |
Labor and Employment - Independent Contractor
- Definition
Senator Garagiola |
Defining "independent contractor" as an individual who is not an employee for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, based on application of the 20 factors set forth in a specified Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling | Finance | First Reading 2-27 |