| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| 14 | Health Insurance-Medically
Underserved Areas and Populations-Reimbursement for Covered Services
Rendered by Telemedicine Delegate Smigiel |
For the purpose of requiring certain health insurance carriers to reimburse a licensed health care provider for a covered service rendered by telemedicine to an insured or enrollee in a medically underserved area or population; requiring a covered service rendered by telemedicine to be reimbursed at a certain rate; making certain provisions of this Act applicable to health maintenance organizations; defining certain terms; providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to health insurance reimbursement for covered services rendered by telemedicine in medically underserved areas and populations. | Health and Government Operations | First Reading 1/12
Hearing 1/20-1PM |
| 15 | Health Insurance-Participation in
Health Insurance Systems and Plans-Freedom of Choice Delegate Smigiel |
For the purpose of establishing
that, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, a person has the right to
choose to participate in a private health insurance system or a private
health insurance plan; establishing that, notwithstanding certain provisions
of law and subject to a certain exception, a person has the right to pay for
lawful medical services without interference, and a penalty, tax, fee or
fine of any type may not be imposed on a person that declines to contract
for health insurance coverage or to participate in a particular health
insurance system or plan; providing for the construction of this Act; and
generally relating to participation in private health insurance systems and
plans. WITHDRAWN |
Health and Government Operations | First Reading 1/12 UNFAVORABLE REPORT
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40 Crossfiled SB1 2010 HB670
Vetoed by the Governor |
Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance
Oversight-Membership Delegate Feldman |
Expanding the membership of the Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight to include a representative from a self-insured local government entity. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/17 Hearing 1/26-1PM Senate |
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124 Crossfiled SB88
Vetoed by the Governor |
Maryland Insurance
Administration-Program Evaluation The Speaker (By
Request - Department of Legislative Services) |
Requiring that an evaluation under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act of the Maryland Insurance Administration and the statutes and regulations that relate to the Administration be performed on or before July 1, 2018. | Economic Matters & Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 1/24
Hearing 2/9-1PM
Senate |
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125 2010 HB1516 CHAPTER 320 5/10/2011 |
Vehicle Laws - Accidents Involving Self-Insured Vehicles - Required
Information Delegates Stukes, Alston, Anderson, Barnes, Boteler, Clippinger, Conaway, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, A. Miller, Murphy, B. Robinson, Ross, and Walker |
Requiring the driver of a self-insured vehicle involved in an accident to give evidence of self-insurance in the form required by the Motor Vehicle Administration to specified persons; requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations; and requiring the evidence of self-insurance to include specified information. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/8-1PM Senate |
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156 CHAPTER 104 4/12/2011 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Self-Employed Individuals - Sunset
Extension Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) |
Extending until the end of December 31, 2013, the termination date of
specified provisions of law relating to health insurance policies for
self-employed individuals in the small group insurance market.
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Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/10-1PM Senate |
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166 Crossfiled SB182 CHAPTER 2 4/12/2011 |
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2011 The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hammen, Hubbard, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Cullison, Dumais, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rosenberg, V. Turner, and Zucker |
Establishing the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange as an independent unit of
State government; establishing the purposes, powers, and duties of the
Exchange; establishing the Board of Trustees of the Exchange; providing for
the qualifications, appointment, term, and removal of members of the Board;
establishing the powers and duties of the Board; requiring the Board to
appoint an Executive Director of the Exchange, with the approval of the
Governor, and to determine the Executive Director's compensation; etc.
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Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/15-1PM Senate |
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170 Crossfiled SB183 CHAPTER 4 4/12/2011 |
Health Insurance - Conformity with Federal Law The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hammen, Hubbard, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Cullison, Dumais, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rosenberg, V. Turner, and Zucker |
Altering the circumstances under which a person has the right to a hearing
and the right to an appeal from an action of the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner; providing that specified provisions of federal law apply to
specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance
organizations; authorizing the Commissioner to enforce specified provisions
of law; altering the requirement that a specified notice be sent under
specified circumstances; etc.
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Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/15-1PM Senate |
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197 CHAPTER 108 4/12/2011 |
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Claims - Appeals - Finality of Order Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
Establishing that decisions relating to unemployment insurance benefits
claims that are appealed to the Lower Appeals Division or the Board of
Appeals in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation are final
after 10 days after specified notice has been delivered to the individual or
employer who appealed the determination of the unemployment insurance
benefits claim.
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Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/28 Hearing 3/1-1PM Senate |
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204 CHAPTER 111 4/12/2011 |
Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor Vehicles Engaged in Intrastate Commerce -
Minimum Security Requirements Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) |
Extending to for-hire vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce that exceed a
gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds and are designed to carry
property, the authority of the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt
regulations in conformance with federal standards establishing specific
minimum levels of required security for commercial vehicles.
MONITOR
|
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/28 Hearing 2/16-1PM Senate
Action |
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226 Crossfiled SB44 CHAPTER 9 4/12/2011 |
Insurance - Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program -
Reporting Delegates Cullison, Hammen, and Pendergrass |
Clarifying the scope of a specified report on the Qualified State Long-Term
Care Insurance Partnership Program.
|
Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 1/28 Hearing 2/10-1PM Senate
Action |
|
251 Crossfiled SB709 |
Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Cost-Sharing Obligations Delegates Nathan-Pulliam and Pena-Melnyk |
Prohibiting health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations from imposing a cost-sharing obligation for a
covered prescription drug that exceeds a specified dollar amount;
authorizing an increase in the cost-sharing obligation according to a
specified frequency and by a specified amount; providing for an exception;
etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 1/31 Hearing 2/10-1PM |
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319 Crossfiled SB689 CHAPTER 275 5/10/2011 |
Motor Vehicle Dealers - Issuance of Temporary Registration Plate - Lapsed
Security - Registration Delegate Frush |
Authorizing a licensed motor vehicle dealer to issue a temporary registration plate to a vehicle buyer who is subject to a penalty for lapsed security for another vehicle; and establishing an exception for specified vehicles to the prohibition against the Motor Vehicle Administration issuing a new registration if the vehicle owner is subject to a penalty for lapsed security. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/15-1PM Senate |
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392 Crossfiled SB568 CHAPTER 257 5/10/2011 |
Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Venue for Appeal Delegates Feldman, Barkley, and W. Miller |
Altering the venue available to individuals and employers appealing a
decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission; etc.
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Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/3 Hearing 3/1-1PM Senate |
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417 Crossfiled SB212 2010 HB1318 CHAPTER 436 5/19/2011 |
Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits - Dependency Delegates Jameson, Beitzel, Clagett, Davis, K. Kelly, and |
Altering the authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission to make specified determinations of dependency; altering the provisions relating to calculation of death benefits for individuals who are wholly or partly dependent; providing for the amount of death benefits to specified dependents who are neither a dependent spouse nor a dependent child; specifying that the Commission has continuing jurisdiction under specified circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/1-1PM Senate |
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496 Crossfiled SB255 CHAPTER 42 4/12/2011 |
Life Insurance-Definition Delegates A. Kelly, Hammen, and Pendergrass |
Expanding the definition of "life insurance" to include specified benefits; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to conduct a specified analysis and make a specified determination; and requiring the Administration to report on specified findings to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2011. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2/7 Hearing 2/17-1PM Senate
Action |
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516 Crossfiled SB107 |
Health Benefit Exchanges-Establishment & Operation Delegates Bromwell and Kipke |
Requiring a health benefit exchange to be established as a nonprofit entity;
prohibiting an exchange from being established as a governmental agency;
establishing the primary purpose of an exchange; requiring an exchange to
focus its efforts on carrying out specified exchange functions; prohibiting
an exchange from taking on specified functions, providing specified products
or services, or soliciting business from specified persons; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2/7 Hearing 2/15-1PM |
| 548 |
Homeowner's Insurance-Notice of Underwriting Standards Delegate Braveboy |
Altering an annual statement that an insurer that issues or delivers
policies of homeowner's insurance in the State must provide, to require that
the statement summarize the insurer's underwriting standards for insurance
eligibility; requiring the statement to include a disclosure that states
that the policyholder should communicate with specified persons for
additional information regarding the insurer's underwriting standards for
insurance eligibility; etc.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8 Hearing 2/16-1PM Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| 562 |
Income Tax-Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums Delegate Hubbard |
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; providing the credit may not be claimed for tax years beginning after December 31, 2015; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2010; etc. | Ways & Means |
First Reading 2/8 Hearing 3/3-1PM |
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574 Crossfiled SB483 2010 HB928 |
Punitive Damages-High-Risk Drunk Drivers Delegates Waldstreicher, Anderson, Barkley, Carr, Dumais, Glenn, Lee, Malone, Mitchell, Robinson, Simmons, Smiegiel and Washington |
Authorizing a finder of fact to determine that a person with a specified
alcohol concentration in the blood or breath who causes personal injury or
wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle was
acting with malice, and to award punitive damages under specified
circumstances; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Judiciary |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 3/2-1PM |
|
598 CHAPTER 132 4/12/2011 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund-Employee Compensation Delegate Davis |
Providing that employees of the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund are not subject to specified laws, regulations, or executive orders governing State employee compensation; clarifying that specified employees are not in the State Personnel Management System; and repealing a requirement that the Board for the Fund set compensation for its employees in accordance with the State pay plan. | Economic Matters and Appropriations |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 3/1-1PM Senate |
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637 Crossfiled SB790 CHAPTER 597 5/19/2011 |
Limited Liability Company Act Delegate Feldman |
Establishing the policy of specified provisions of law relating to limited liability companies; providing that a specified provision of law that may be changed by an operating agreement may also be changed by the terms of articles of organization; establishing that specified rights and conditions with regard to a limited liability company will be enforceable to the extent provided for in the operating agreement; authorizing an operating agreement to alter specified duties and liabilities; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 3/3-1PM Senate |
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647 Crossfiled SB317 CHAPTER 446 5/19/2011 |
Property and Casualty Insurance-Victims of Crimes of Violence-Discrimination
Prohibited Delegate Braveboy |
Prohibiting insurers from using information about an individual's status as a victim of a crime of violence to take specified actions relating to a policy of property and casualty insurance; providing that an insurer may not deny payment to an innocent coinsured under specified circumstances; limiting payment to an innocent coinsured under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to take specified actions on a finding of specified violations; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 2/16-1PM Senate |
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679 CHAPTER 138 4/12/2011 |
Real Property-Condominiums-Amendment to Bylaws to Require Unit Insurance
Coverage Delegate Stein |
Authorizing the council of unit owners of a condominium to amend the bylaws of the condominium, by at least 51% majority, for the purpose of requiring all unit owners to maintain condominium unit owner insurance policies on their units. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 3/3-1PM Senate |
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693 Crossfiled SB444 |
Labor and Employment-Employment Standards and Conditions-Definition of
Employer Delegates Barnes and Frush |
Adding a general definition of 'employer' to be used in interpreting provisions of law relating to employment standards and conditions; and altering or repealing specified definitions of 'employer' that are used in specified provisions of law relating to employment standards and conditions. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10 Hearing 3/8-1PM |
| 762 |
Insurance-Unfair Claim Settlement Practices-Refusal to Pay a Claim Delegate Braveboy |
Altering the circumstances under which it is an unfair claim settlement
practice and a violation of specified provisions of law for an insurer,
nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to refuse
to pay a claim. MONITOR |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10 Hearing 3/2-1PM |
|
763 Crossfiled SB571 CHAPTER 260 5/10/2011 |
Insurance-Delivery of Notices by Electronic Means-Authorized Delegate Feldman |
Authorizing any notice to an insured or a policyholder required under
specified provisions of law governing insurance policy cancellations,
non-renewals, premium increases, and reductions of coverage to be delivered
by electronic means under specified circumstances; providing that delivery
of a notice by electronic means shall be considered equivalent to the
delivery method required under specified provisions of law; requiring the
Act to be construed in a manner consistent with a specified federal law;
etc. MONITOR |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/10 Hearing 3/2-1PM Senate |
|
880 2010 HB603 |
Health Care Freedom Act of 2011 The Minority Leader et al |
Adding a new article to the Maryland Constitution to enact limits on the regulation of health care in the State; prohibiting a law from compelling, directly or indirectly, specified persons to participate in any health care system; prohibiting specified persons from being required to pay penalties or fines under specified circumstances; specifying that the purchase or sale of specified health insurance may not be prohibited by law; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
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889 Crossfiled SB413 |
Workers' Compensation-Temporary Total Disability Benefits-Termination Delegates Barkley, Barnes, Feldman, Hucker, Olszewski, and S. Robinson |
Prohibiting an employer or its insurer from terminating the payment of temporary total disability benefits before the end of a specified period unless the Workers' Compensation Commission has ordered a specified termination date; requiring the Commission to order an offset or credit of specified overpayments of compensation if the Commission orders the termination of a specified payment of compensation for a date earlier than the actual date that the payment of compensation was terminated by the employer or insurer; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/1-1PM |
|
911 Crossfiled SB694 |
Insurance - Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact
Delegate Rudolph |
Entering the State of Maryland in the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact; specifying the purposes of the Compact; providing for the creation of the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission as a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the compacting states; authorizing the Commission to adopt specified mandatory rules; providing that the Commission is solely responsible for its liabilities with specified exceptions; providing for venue for judicial proceedings; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/2-1PM |
|
921 CHAPTER 77 4/12/2011 |
Courts and Judicial Proceedings-Pre-litigation Discovery-Insurance Coverage Delegate Simmons |
Requiring a property and casualty insurer to disclose to a tort claimant the limits of coverage in any insurance agreement under which specified persons may be liable to satisfy all or part of the claim or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy the claim; and requiring disclosure of applicable limits of coverage within 30 days after receipt of a written request for documentation of coverage. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/2-1PM Senate |
| 924 |
Commission on State-Administered Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Delegate Mizeur |
Establishing the Commission on State-Administered Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance; providing for the composition, chair designation, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving compensation; providing that a member of the Commission may receive reimbursement for specified expenses; requiring the Commission to consider, make findings, and report on specified measures to provide insurance to specified physicians in the State under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; etc. | Economic Matters and Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/2-1PM |
| 929 |
Consumer Protection-Credit Resporting Agencies-Disclosures to Consumers and
Adverse Actions by Users of Consumer Reports Delegates Barve and Frick |
Requiring a consumer reporting agency, on request and proper identification
of a consumer, to provide to the consumer any credit score of the consumer
that was calculated by the consumer reporting agency or by another person
and furnished to the consumer reporting agency; prohibiting a consumer
reporting agency from imposing a fee for providing a credit score to a
consumer one time during a 12-month period; authorizing a fee for a
subsequent credit score under specified circumstances; etc. WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing Cancelled |
|
943 CHAPTER 608 5/19/2011 |
Boiler & Pressure Vessels-Special Inspector Commission-Insurance
Requirements Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request-Departmental-Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish by regulation insurance requirements that must be satisfied by an authorized inspection agency before a special inspector commission may be issued to an inspector employed by the agency; and generally relating to the inspection of boilers and pressure vessels. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/24-1PM Senate |
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959 CHAPTER521 5/19/2011 |
Insurance-Surplus Lines Delegate Davis |
Authorizing a surplus lines broker to place certain surplus lines insurance with certain insurers under certain circumstances; authorizing a surplus lines broker to place coverage with certain non-admitted insurers that meet certain qualifications; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to make a certain finding concerning certain non-admitted insurers based on certain criteria; authorizing the Commissioner to participate in a certain database; altering the authority of the Commissioner to allow a commercial insured to waive certain search requirements for surplus lines coverage for certain purposes; authorizing a surplus lines broker not to perform a diligent search when placing certain coverage with an exempt commercial purchaser under certain circumstances; providing that certain persons are not required to obtain a certificate of qualification to act as a surplus lines broker in the State under certain circumstances; altering the calculation and amount of premium receipts tax on certain surplus lines insurance premiums, etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/2-1PM Senate |
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961 2009 HB650 |
Vehicle Laws-Motor Scooters-Licensing, Titling, Registration and Insurance Delegate Olszewski |
Requiring a motor scooter in the State to be titled and registered by the MVA; requiring an operator of a motor scooter in the State to be licensed and insured; etc. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/1-1PM Referred for interim study |
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982 Crossfiled SB656 CHAPTER 515 5/19/2011 |
Property and Casualty Insurance-Certificates
of Insurance and Certificate of Insurance Delegate Rudolph |
Prohibiting a person from preparing or issuing or requiring the
preparation or issuance of a certificate of insurance unless the certificate
of insurance form has been filed with and approved by the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner; providing an exception; prohibiting a person from altering or
modifying a certificate of insurance form that has been approved by the
Commissioner or deemed approved; requiring the Commissioner to disapprove a
form or withdraw approval of a form under specified circumstances; etc.
SUPPORT This bill was introduced on our behalf by Delegate Rudolph. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FILING REQUIREMENTS DID NOT PASS THIS SESSION. |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11
Hearing 3/2-1PM
Senate |
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1003 Crossfiled SB537 |
Unemployment Insurance Benefits-Disqualification Delegates W. Miller and Bates |
Providing that an individual who is otherwise eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits is disqualified from receiving benefits if the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation finds that the individual's unemployment resulted from being discharged because the individual was no longer legally able to work in the United States. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/1-1PM |
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1015 2010 HB951 |
Health Insurance Carriers-Declinations of Applications for Coverage-Required
Reporting Delegates Carter, Anderson, Carr, Cullison, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Haynes, Oaks and S. Robinson |
Altering the information that health insurance carriers are required to submit to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner in a certain report to include the reason that an application for individual health insurance coverage was declined; requiring the Commissioner to post certain information on the Maryland Insurance Administration's website; requiring the Commissioner to compile a certain summary report of certain information and to make the report available to the public; requiring the Commissioner to adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to reporting information about applications for health insurance coverage. | Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
| 1029 |
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance-Information from Applicant Delegate Conaway |
Prohibiting an insurer or insurance producer from asking an applicant for
private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance about certain
information that is not directly related to certain criteria; providing for
the application of this Act; providing for a delayed effective date; and
generally relating to private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance. MONITOR |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| 1035 |
Maryland Health Security Act of 2011 Delegates Carter, Anderson, Barkley, et al |
Establishing a Maryland Health System; specifying the purposes of the Health System; stating a certain intention of the General Assembly; providing that certain residents of the State are members of the Health System and are eligible to receive certain benefits; prohibiting certain health care providers from using preexisting medical conditions to determine the eligibility of a member to receive benefits; prohibiting certain health care providers from refusing to provide services to a member on the basis of certain factors, etc. | Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
| 1058 |
Transportation-Required Security-Rental Vehicles Delegates Braveboy and Harrison |
Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a certain insurance requirement by maintaining a certain security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a certain notice to the renter of the rental vehicle; and generally relating to proof of insurance for the registration of certain rental vehicles. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/2-1PM |
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1071 Crossfiled SB782 |
Insurance-Certificates of Authority-Exemption Delegates Vaughn and Morhaim |
Exempting an insurer that engages in transactions that relate to individual
sureties lawfully written under specified provisions of State procurement
law or lawfully written for any private work in the State from the
requirement to have a certificate of authority issued by the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner.
EMERGENCY BILL OPPOSE LEVEL 1 |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/2-1PM |
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1083 2010HB708 |
Motor Vehicle Insurance-Use of Credit History in Rating Policies Delegates Carter, Alston and Anderson |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle
insurance, from rating a risk based, in whole or part, on the credit history
of an applicant or insured in any manner; repealing certain 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 certain limitations and requirements; making conforming and
clarifying changes; providing for the application of this Act; and generally
relating to rating policies of private passenger motor vehicle insurance. MONITOR |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
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1085 2008 HB236 CHAPTER 155 4/12/2011 |
Life or Health Insurance Policies and Annuity Contracts-Discretionary
Clauses-Prohibition Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Frank, Frick, Frush, etal. |
Prohibiting the use of certain clauses in certain life or health insurance policies or annuity contracts; providing that certain clauses in certain insurance policies or annuity contracts are void and unenforceable; defining a certain term; and generally relating to life or health insurance policies and annuity contracts. | Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/10-1PM Senate |
| 1129 |
Maryland Contributory Negligence Act Delegates Kramer, Bates, Beitzel, Bromwell, Carter, etal. |
Establishing that the common law doctrine of contributory negligence, as it
existed under its judicially determined meaning on a certain date, shall
remain an affirmative defense that may be raised by a party under certain
circumstances; defining certain terms; providing for the scope of this Act;
making this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to certain
actions for damages and contributory negligence. EMERGENCY BILL SUPPORT LEVEL 1 |
Judiciary |
First Reading 2/11 Hearing 3/2-1PM |
| 1157 |
Homeowner's Insurance - Cancellation or Nonrenewal - Water Proximity and
Storms Delegates Rudolph and Conway |
Prohibiting an insurer from canceling or failing to renew homeowner's
insurance on the basis of proximity to water or of specified storm risks;
prohibiting an insurer from issuing a notice of nonrenewal of homeowner's
insurance solely on those bases under specified circumstances; requiring
every cancellation or nonrenewal to be substantiated in a specified manner
subject to review by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; and providing for
the retroactive application of the Act.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/14 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| 1159 |
Homeowner's Insurance - Plan of Material Reduction - Limitations Delegates Rudolph and Conway |
Prohibiting an insurer from filing a plan of material reduction in homeowner's insurance on specified bases or in specified areas under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to approve the filing of a plan of material reduction under specified circumstances; authorizing an insurer to cancel or fail to renew homeowner's insurance policies under specified circumstances; altering the definition of "material reduction"; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/14 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
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1178 Crossfiled SB850 CHAPTER 301 5/10/2011 |
Health Insurance - Public Health Plans - Education and Disclosure
Requirements Delegates Tarrant, Kach, Bromwell, Krebs, Murphy, Reznik and Walker |
Requiring that, in the case of an applicant for a license as an insurance producer for health insurance, a specified program of studies shall include a course designed to familiarize the applicant with specified public health plans available to residents of the State; requiring specified applicants to pass a specified examination to determine the familiarity of the applicant with the public health plans; etc. | Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 2/16 Hearing 3/17-1PM Senate |
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1311 Crossfiled SB885
Vetoed by the Governor |
Motor Vehicle Insurers-Standards for Cancellation or Refusal of
Insurance-Driving While Impaired by Alcohol Delegates Jameson, Barkley, Kramer, Love, W. Miller, Schulz and Vaughn |
Establishing that a conviction for driving while impaired by alcohol is
among the standards that may be applied by an insurer for purposes of
canceling or refusing to underwrite or renew a particular insurance risk or
class of risk with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance;
etc.
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Economic Matters |
First Reading 3/2 Hearing 3/23-1PM Senate |
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
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1 Crossfiled HB40 CHAPTER 5 4/12/2011 |
Joint Committee on Workers'
Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight-Membership Senator Middleton |
For the purpose of increasing the membership of the Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight to include a certain member; repealing obsolete provisions; making stylistic changes; and generally relating to membership of the Joint Committee on Workers Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight. | Finance | First Reading 1/12
Hearing 1/18-2:30PM
House |
|
5 2010 SB402 |
Physicians-Professional Liability
Insurance Coverage-Notification and Posting Requirements Senators Klausmeier, Rosapepe and Stone |
For the purpose of requiring physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify patients in writing and on certain visits of certain information relating to professional liability insurance coverage; requiring a certain notification to be provided to a patient at a certain time; signed by a patient at a certain time, and retained by a physician as part of the physician's patient records; requiring certain physicians to post certain information in their place of practice; requiring the Board of Physicians to devise certain language for certain notification requirements; and generally relating to physicians and professional liability insurance. | Education Health & Environmental Affairs | First Reading 1/12
Hearing 2/3-2PM
House |
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19 Cross Filed HB103 CHAPTER 415 5/19/2011 |
Vehicle Laws - Gross Weight Limits - Farm Vehicles and Vehicles Carrying
Farm Products
Senator Colburn |
Allowing registered farm vehicles or specified vehicles that are carrying farm products, and that are loaded in a specified location, a specified gross weight limit tolerance; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 1/17 Hearing 2/1-1PM House |
|
43 2010 SB401 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Acceptance of Premiums on Installment
Basis Senators Pugh, Colburn, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, McFadden, Rasin, Robey 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 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 the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner to study the enforcement of eligibility criteria for coverage
in the Fund; etc. WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 1/17 UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
|
44 Crossfiled HB226 CHAPTER 8 4/12/2011 |
Insurance - Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program -
Reporting
Senator Middleton |
Clarifying the scope of a specified report on the Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program. | Finance |
First Reading 1/17 Hearing 1/25-1PM House |
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56 CHAPTER 11 4/12/2011 |
Health Insurance - Evaluation of Quality of Care and Performance of Health
Benefit Plans
Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) |
Altering the requirements for and purposes of a specified system that the
Maryland Health Care Commission is required to establish and implement;
requiring the system to comparatively evaluate the quality of care and
performance of specified health benefit plans; establishing that a purpose
of the system is to assist specified health insurance carriers to improve
care; requiring the system to solicit performance information from specified
enrollees; etc. |
Finance |
First Reading 1/17 Hearing 1/25-1PM House |
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59 CHAPTER 14 4/12/2011 |
Insurance - Company Action Level Events - Health Insurers Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Specifying when a company action level event occurs for a health insurer.
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Finance |
First Reading 1/17 Hearing 1/25-1PM House |
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60 CHAPTER 14 4/12/2011 |
Unemployment Insurance - Administration of Claims - Changes to Withholding
Status
Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation) |
Repealing the limitation on the number of times per benefit year a claimant
for unemployment insurance benefits may change a previously elected
withholding status. |
Finance |
First Reading 1/18 Hearing 1/25-1PM House |
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88 Crossfiled HB124 CHAPTER 418 5/19/2011 |
Maryland Insurance
Administration-Program Evaluation The President (By Request-Department of Legislative Services) |
Requiring that an
evaluation under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act of the Maryland
Insurance Administration and the statutes and regulations that relate to the
Administration be performed on or before July 1, 2018.
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Finance | First Reading 1/21
Hearing 2/1-3:45PM
House |
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107 Crossfiled HB516 |
Health Benefit Exchanges-Establishment and Operations Senator Astle |
Requiring a health benefit exchange to be established as a nonprofit entity; prohibiting an exchange from being established as a governmental agency; establishing the primary purpose of an exchange; requiring an exchange to focus its efforts on carrying out specified exchange functions; prohibiting an exchange from taking on specified functions, providing specified products or services, or soliciting business from specified persons; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1/21 Hearing 2/16-1PM |
| 113 |
Vehicle Laws-Child Safety Seats and Seat Belts-Penalty Senators King, Benson, DeGrange, Forehand, Garagiola, Montgomery, Peters, Ramirez, Robey and Zirkin |
Increasing the fine from $25 to $75 for a failure to secure a child in a
child safety seat or seat belt while transporting the child in a motor
vehicle.
WITHDRAWN |
Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 1/21 UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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136 Crossfiled HB457 |
Homeowner's Insurance-Coverage for Loss from Discharge of Water-Required
Notice Senator Stone |
Requiring an insurer that sells or negotiates homeowner's insurance in the State to provide to an applicant or insured, at the time of application or renewal, a written notice that states whether the insurer's standard homeowner's insurance policy provides coverage for loss that is caused by or results from specified discharges of water; requiring the notice to include a specified statement under specified circumstances; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/8-2PM |
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182 Crossfiled HB166 CHAPTER 1 4/12/2011 |
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2011
The President (By Request -
Administration) and Senators Middleton, Benson, Forehand, Frosh, King,
Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
Establishing the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange as an independent unit of State government; establishing the purposes, powers, and duties of the Exchange; establishing the Board of Trustees of the Exchange; providing for the qualifications, appointment, term, and removal of members of the Board; establishing the powers and duties of the Board; requiring the Board to appoint an Executive Director of the Exchange, with the approval of the Governor, and to determine the Executive Director's compensation; etc. | Finance & Budget and Taxation |
First Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/16-1PM House |
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183 Crossfiled HB170' CHAPTER 3 4/12/2011 |
Health Insurance-Conformity with Federal Law
The President (By Request - Administration)
and Senators Middleton, Benson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Klausmeier,
Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe
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Altering the circumstances under which a person has the right to a hearing
and the right to an appeal from an action of the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner; providing that specified provisions of federal law apply to
specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance
organizations; authorizing the Commissioner to enforce specified provisions
of law; altering the requirement that a specified notice be sent under
specified circumstances; etc.
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Finance |
First Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/16-1PM House |
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212 Crossfiled HB417 2010 SB953 CHAPTER 435 5/19/2011 |
Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits - Dependency Senators Klausmeier, Edwards, and Kittleman |
Altering the authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission to make specified determinations of dependency; altering the provisions relating to calculation of death benefits for individuals who are wholly or partly dependent; providing for the amount of death benefits to specified dependents who are neither a dependent spouse nor a dependent child; specifying that the Commission has continuing jurisdiction under specified circumstances; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1/27 Hearing 2/22-1PM House
Action |
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255 Crossfiled HB496 CHAPTER 41 4/12/2011 |
Life Insurance-DefinitionSenator Middleton
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Expanding the definition of "life insurance" to include specified benefits; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to conduct a specified analysis and make a specified determination; and requiring the Administration to report on specified findings to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2011. | Finance |
First Reading 1/28 Hearing 2/16-1PM House |
| 264 |
Common Ownership Communities - Fidelity
Insurance - Indemnification Senator Kelley |
Altering the scope of indemnification provided by fidelity insurance that the board of directors or other governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, council of unit owners or other governing body of a condominium, or board of directors or other governing body of a homeowners association is required to purchase; requiring a management company that provides specified services to a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to purchase specified fidelity insurance; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 1/31 Hearing 2/16-1PM House |
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269 Crossfiled HB453 2010 SB610 CHAPTER 45 4/12/2011 |
Workers' Compensation - Jurisdiction Pending
Appeal - Proposed Settlement Senators Kittleman and Klausmeier |
Expanding the circumstances under which the Workers' Compensation Commission retains jurisdiction pending an appeal of a Commission order to include a request for approval of a proposed settlement of all or part of a claim. | Finance |
First Reading 1/31 Hearing 2/22-1PM House
Action |
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317 Crossfiled HB647 CHAPTER 445 5/19/2011 |
Property and Casualty Insurance - Victims of
Crimes of Violence - Discrimination Prohibited Senators Pinsky and Brinkley |
Prohibiting insurers from using information about an individual's status as a victim of a crime of violence to take specified actions relating to a policy of property and casualty insurance; providing that an insurer may not deny payment to an innocent coinsured under specified circumstances; limiting payment to an innocent coinsured under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to take specified actions on a finding of specified violations; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/22-1PM House |
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388 2010 SB682 |
Maryland Health Security Act of 2011 Senators Pinsky, Benson, Forehand, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
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. | Finance |
First Reading 2/3 Hearing 3/9-1PM |
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394 2008 SB603 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund -
Acceptance of Premiums on Installment Basis Senators Pugh, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, and Stone |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an
installment basis.
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Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/22-1PM |
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413 Crossfiled HB889 |
Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total
Disability Benefits - Termination Senator Garagiola |
Prohibiting an employer or its insurer from terminating the payment of temporary total disability benefits before the end of a specified period unless the Workers' Compensation Commission has ordered a specified termination date; requiring the Commission to order an offset or credit of specified overpayments of compensation if the Commission orders the termination of a specified payment of compensation for a date earlier than the actual date that the payment of compensation was terminated by the employer or insurer; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/22-1PM |
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483 Crossfiled HB574 2010 HB928 |
Punitive Damages - High-Risk Drunk Drivers
Senators Forehand, Madaleno, Rosapepe, and Stone |
Authorizing a finder of fact to determine that a person with a specified alcohol concentration in the blood or breath who causes personal injury or wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle was acting with malice, and to award punitive damages under specified circumstances; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/23-1PM |
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514 Crossfiled HB450 CHAPTER 242 5/10/2011 |
Maryland Community Health Resources
Commission - Health Care Reform - Safety Net Providers Senators Middleton and Kasemeyer |
Authorizing the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to provide specified assistance to safety net providers; authorizing the Commission to examine specified issues and potential challenges to safety net providers in implementing specified health care reform; requiring the Commission to make recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2012; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/23-2PM House
Action |
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537 Crossfiled HB1003 |
Unemployment Insurance
Benefits-Disqualification Senator Kittleman |
Providing that an individual who is otherwise eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits is disqualified from receiving benefits if the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation finds that the individual's unemployment resulted from being discharged because the individual was no longer legally able to work in the United States. | Finance | First Reading 2/4 |
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568 Crossfiled HB392 CHAPTER 256 5/10/2011 |
Labor and Employment-Workers
Compensation-Venue for Appeal Senators Pugh and Kittleman |
Altering the venue available to individuals and employers appealing a
decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission; etc.
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Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/22-1PM House |
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571 Crossfiled HB763 CHAPTER 259 5/10/2011 |
Insurance-Delivery of Notices by Electronic
Means-Authorized Senator Pugh |
Authorizing any notice to an insured or a policyholder required under
specified provisions of law governing insurance policy cancellations,
nonrenewals, premium increases, and reductions of coverage to be delivered
by electronic means under specified circumstances; providing that delivery
of a notice by electronic means shall be considered equivalent to the
delivery method required under specified provisions of law; requiring the
Act to be construed in a manner consistent with a specified federal law;
etc.
MONITOR |
Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/1-1PM House |
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579 Crossfiled HB815 |
Health Insurance-Limit on Copayments Senator Rosapepe |
Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide covered benefits subject to a copayment from imposing a copayment that exceeds 50% of the allowed amount established for the covered benefit; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/23-2PM |
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599 CHAPTER 76 4/12/2011 |
Courts and Judicial Proceedings-Prelitigation
Discovery-Insurance Senators Raskin, Frosh, Manno, Miller, Ramirez and Zirkin |
Requiring a property and casualty insurer to disclose to a tort claimant the limits of coverage in any insurance agreement under which specified persons may be liable to satisfy all or part of the claim or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy the claim; and requiring disclosure of applicable limits of coverage within 30 days after receipt of a written request for documentation of coverage. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/23-1PM House |
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618 2010HB382 |
Income Tax-Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums Senator 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, 2012; etc. | Budget & Taxation |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
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656 Crossfiled HB982 CHAPTER 514 5/19/2011 |
Property & Casualty Insurance-Certificates
of Insurance and Certificates of Insurance Forms Senator Kelley |
Prohibiting a person from preparing or issuing or requiring the
preparation or issuance of a certificate of insurance unless the certificate
of insurance form has been filed with and approved by the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner; providing an exception; prohibiting a person from altering or
modifying a certificate of insurance form that has been approved by the
Commissioner or deemed approved; requiring the Commissioner to disapprove a
form or withdraw approval of a form under specified circumstances; etc.
SUPPORT LEVEL 3 This bill was introduced on our behalf by Senator Kelley. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FILING REQUIREMENTS DID NOT PASS THIS SESSION. |
Finance |
First Reading 2/4
Hearing 3/16-1PM
House |
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689 Crossfiled HB319 CHAPTER 274 5/10/2011 |
Motor Vehicle Dealers - Issuance of Temporary
Registration Plate - Lapsed Security - Registration Senator Middleton |
Authorizing a licensed motor vehicle dealer to issue a temporary registration plate to a vehicle buyer who is subject to a penalty for lapsed security for another vehicle; and establishing an exception for specified vehicles to the prohibition against the Motor Vehicle Administration issuing a new registration if the vehicle owner is subject to a penalty for lapsed security. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/10-1PM House |
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693 CHAPTER 276 5/10/2011 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund-Employee
Compensation Senator Middleton |
Providing that employees of the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund are not subject to specified laws, regulations, or executive orders governing State employee compensation; clarifying that specified employees are not in the State Personnel Management System; and repealing a requirement that the Board for the Fund set compensation for its employees in accordance with the State pay plan. | Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/22-1PM House
Action |
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694 Crossfiled HB911 CHAPTER 520 5/19/2011 |
Insurance-Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State
Compliance Compact Senators Kelley and Middleton |
Entering the State of Maryland in the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact; specifying the purposes of the Compact; providing for the creation of the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission as a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the compacting states; authorizing the Commission to adopt specified mandatory rules; providing that the Commission is solely responsible for its liabilities with specified exceptions; providing for venue for judicial proceedings; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/16-1PM House |
| 703 |
Income Tax-Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums Senators Klausmeier and Stone |
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a onetime $500 credit to an annual $200 credit; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. | Budget and Taxation |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
| 711 |
Transportation-Required Security-Rental
Vehicles Senator Klausmeier |
Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a specified insurance requirement by maintaining a specified security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a specified notice to the renter of the rental vehicle; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
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733 2010 SB397 |
Health Care Freedom Act of 2011 Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Kittleman, Shank, and Simonaire |
Adding a new article to the Maryland Constitution to enact limits on the
regulation of health care in the State; prohibiting a law from compelling,
directly or indirectly, specified persons to participate in any health care
system; prohibiting specified persons from being required to pay penalties
or fines under specified circumstances; specifying that the purchase or sale
of specified health insurance may not be prohibited by law; authorizing
persons to pay directly or accept direct payment for specified health care
services; etc.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT |
Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/9-1PM |
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782 Crossfiled HB1071 |
Insurance-Certificate of Authority-Exemption Senator Pugh |
Exempting an insurer that engages in transactions that relate to individual
sureties lawfully written under specified provisions of State procurement
law or lawfully written for any private work in the State from the
requirement to have a certificate of authority issued by the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner.
EMERGENCY BILL OPPOSE LEVEL 1 |
Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 3/1-1PM |
| 805 |
Workers' Compensation-Benefits-Dependency Senator Middleton |
Providing that specified death benefit provisions of the workers'
compensation law apply only to specified covered employees of a municipal
corporation or a county and their dependents; altering the authority of the
Workers' Compensation Commission to make specified determinations of
dependency; altering provisions relating to calculation of death benefits to
specified dependents who are neither a dependent spouse nor a dependent
child; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 2/4 Hearing 2/22-1PM |
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885 Crossfiled HB1311 CHAPTER 89 5/12/2011 |
Motor Vehicle Insurers - Standards for
Cancellation or Refusal of Insurance - Driving While Impaired by Alcohol Senator Garagiola |
Establishing that a conviction for driving while impaired by alcohol is among the standards that may be applied by an insurer for purposes of canceling or refusing to underwrite or renew a particular insurance risk or class of risk with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/21 Hearing 3/22-1PM House |
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895
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Medical Professional Liability Insurance for
Nonprofit Health Care Providers Senator Madaleno |
Requiring counties to provide specified minimum amounts of medical professional liability insurance for specified nonprofit health care providers; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2/21 Hearing 3/23-1PM |
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991 2010 SB 1044 |
Homeowner's Insurance-Coverage for Other
Structures Senator Stone |
Prohibiting an insurer that issues a policy of homeowner's insurance from
requiring the policy to include coverage for other structures such as sheds
or outbuildings if the policyholder does not have a shed or outbuilding on
the property.
OPPOSE LEVEL 3 |
Finance |
First Reading 3/18 Hearing 3/29-1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
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993 CHAPTER 312 5/10/2011 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund-Employee
Compensation Senator Middleton |
Providing that employees of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund are not subject to specified laws, regulations, or executive orders governing State employee compensation; repealing a requirement for the Executive Director of the Fund to determine the compensation of specified personnel of the Fund in accordance with the State pay plan; repealing a requirement for the Executive Director to submit specified changes to the Fund's salary plan to the Secretary of Budget and Management in a specified manner; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 3/18 Hearing 3/24-1PM Favorable w/amendments Third Reading Passed 46-0 House |