Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Direct Reimbursement [HB-83]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reimburse an ambulance service provider directly for specified covered services under specified circumstances; providing that an insured, a subscriber, or an enrollee of specified health insurance carriers may not be liable to specified ambulance service providers for specified services under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-83: Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Direct Reimbursement
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011 [HB-72]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
Altering or repealing required appropriations; altering the distribution of revenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use of specified funds; altering for a specified fiscal year a specified percentage used to determine eligibility for and the amount of State grants to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering the amount of a surcharge imposed for recording specified instruments for specified fiscal years; etc.
HB-72: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Health - Abortion - Transport of Patient [HB-20]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Providing that a patient requiring transport during an abortion procedure may be transported if the physician performing the abortion determines that transporting the patient is necessary to protect the life or health of the patient and that the patient shall be transported by ambulance; defining "ambulance"; etc.
HB-20: Health - Abortion - Transport of Patient
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael D Smigiel
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/25/2011
Vehicle Laws - Red Light and Speed Monitoring Systems - Emergency Vehicles [HB-1172]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that specified images of an emergency vehicle recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system, a speed monitoring system, or a work zone speed control system may not be the basis for a civil penalty or the issuance of a citation under specified provisions of law; etc.
HB-1172: Vehicle Laws - Red Light and Speed Monitoring Systems - Emergency Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/17/2011
You have voted SB-901: Relating to approval from the Department of State Health Services for disposal of ambulances purchased with certain grant funds..
Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Assignment of Benefits [SB-745]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reimburse an ambulance service provider directly for covered services under specified circumstances; providing that an ambulance service provider is entitled to direct reimbursement under specified circumstances; providing that an insured, a subscriber, or an enrollee of specified health insurance carriers may not be liable to specified ambulance service providers for specified services under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-745: Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Assignment of Benefits
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/12/2010
Higher Education - Death of Police Officer or Firefighter - Edward T. Conroy [SB-639]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
Waiving the tuition for any child of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty in the State; requiring the Governor to provide in the annual budget a specified amount for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program under specified circumstances; requiring postsecondary institutions to allow specified students, upon acceptance, after meeting enrollment requirements, to enroll in specified programs and attend classes for credit; etc.
SB-639: Higher Education - Death of Police Officer or Firefighter - Edward T. Conroy
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
Garrett County - Volunteer Fire Departments and Rescue Squads - Emergency [SB-615]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering specified taxes on specified real and personal property in Garrett County that are to be paid to specified volunteer fire departments; requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County to make specified payments to volunteer fire departments and rescue squads at specified times; providing that the amounts paid to volunteer fire departments in Garrett County shall be equivalent; specifying how specified funds received by volunteer fire departments and rescue squads in Garrett County may be used; etc.
SB-615: Garrett County - Volunteer Fire Departments and Rescue Squads - Emergency
Sponsored by: Sen. George C Edwards
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010
Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Approaching Emergency or Police Vehicle - Duty to Change [SB-49]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances or to reduce the speed of the vehicle to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or the police vehicle under specified circumstances.
SB-49: Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Approaching Emergency or Police Vehicle - Duty to Change
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard F Colburn
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/29/2010
Motor Vehicles - Approaching Emergency Vehicles and Personnel [SB-324]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring drivers approaching an emergency vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the emergency vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for specified existing conditions under specified circumstances.
SB-324: Motor Vehicles - Approaching Emergency Vehicles and Personnel
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy Jacobs
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act [SB-159]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances and to slow to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty; etc.
SB-159: Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew P Harris
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/29/2010
Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act [HB-745]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty; etc.
HB-745: Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles E Barkley
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/15/2010
Garrett County - Volunteer Fire Departments and Rescue Squads - Emergency [HB-733]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering specified taxes on specified real and personal property in Garrett County that are to be paid to specified volunteer fire departments; requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County to make payments to specified volunteer fire departments and rescue squads at specified times; providing that the amounts paid to volunteer fire departments in Garrett County shall be equivalent; specifying how specified funds received by volunteer fire departments and rescue squads in Garrett County may be used; etc.
HB-733: Garrett County - Volunteer Fire Departments and Rescue Squads - Emergency
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell R Beitzel
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Motor Vehicles - Approaching Emergency Vehicles and Personnel [HB-499]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring drivers approaching an emergency vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the emergency vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for specified existing conditions under specified circumstances.
HB-499: Motor Vehicles - Approaching Emergency Vehicles and Personnel
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution of Money to Companies Outside [HB-1555]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
Altering the entities to which money from the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund may be distributed to include fire, rescue, and ambulance companies located outside the State under specified circumstances; altering the volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies to which grants or loans may be awarded under the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund to include companies located outside the State under specified circumstances; and making the Act an emergency measure.
HB-1555: Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Funds - Distribution of Money to Companies Outside
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman H. Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Direct Reimbursement [HB-1524]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to reimburse an ambulance service provider directly for covered services; and providing that an ambulance service provider is entitled to direct reimbursement under specified circumstances.
HB-1524: Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Direct Reimbursement
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell R Beitzel
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2010
Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act [HB-1006]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty; etc.
HB-1006: Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/15/2010