MD SB625 | 2010 | Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill 625 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-09 - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring health insurance carriers to establish and implement a procedure for providing to an enrollee or a health care provider on behalf of an enrollee an estimate of specified payments for covered services; requiring the estimate to include specified payments and terms; requiring a carrier that uses a provider panel to provide an estimate of specified amounts, if a specified health care provider does not participate in the provider panel; requiring a carrier to provide on its website a specified explanation; etc.

Title

Health Insurance - Payment and Fee Disclosure

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-09		Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2010-02-05		First Reading Finance

Subjects

Disclosure
Electronic Commerce
Health Insurance
Health Maintenance Organizations
Health Occupations
Insurance Administration
Patients
Physicians
Prices
Rules and Regulations

Maryland State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2010rs/billfile/SB0625.htm
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/sb/sb0625f.pdf