You have voted HB-3220: Relating to the regulation of insurance holding company systems, including internationally active insurance groups; authorizing a fee..
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Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility for Benefits - Business Operation Closings [SB-17]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation to exempt employees of an employer that closes its business operation or part of its business operation for a definite period not exceeding 10 weeks for inventory, vacation, or another purpose from the requirement to actively seek work during that period to be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits; and providing that a specified exemption may be granted only with respect to a specific business operation closing.
SB-17: Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility for Benefits - Business Operation Closings
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 249 on 04/18/2017
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Insurance - Cancellation of Policy or Binder - Notice Requirements [SB-32]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring an insurer to file a copy of a specified notice of cancellation of a policy or binder of workers' compensation insurance with a specified designee of the Workers' Compensation Commission; clarifying that provisions of law requiring an insurer to take specified actions before canceling or refusing to renew coverage under a policy of worker's compensation insurance do not apply to the cancellation of the policy or binder during a specified 45-day underwriting period; etc.
SB-32: Insurance - Cancellation of Policy or Binder - Notice Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 39 on 04/11/2017
HB-3217: Relating to the use of clinical decision support software and laboratory benefits management programs by physicians and health care providers in connection with provision of clinical laboratory services to health benefit plan enrollees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Bonnen
Read First Time on 03/30/2017
You have voted HB-3217: Relating to the use of clinical decision support software and laboratory benefits management programs by physicians and health care providers in connection with provision of clinical laboratory services to health benefit plan enrollees..
You have voted SB-1418: Relating to a landlord's duty to maintain property and casualty insurance coverage for loss of or damage to a leased premises..
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Workers' Compensation - Tiered Rating Plans and Merit Rating Plans [SB-72]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing a workers' compensation insurer to develop a tiered rating plan that establishes discrete tiers based on risk attributes that are not arbitrary, capricious, or unfairly discriminatory and are reasonably related to the insurer's business and economic purposes; requiring a workers' compensation insurer to submit a tiered rating plan to the Insurance Commissioner at least 30 days in advance of the plan's use; authorizing a workers' compensation insurer to use a specified merit rating plan under specified circumstances; etc.
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Insurance - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act [SB-8]
[Insurance ]
[Finance ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring specified carriers to maintain a risk management framework for specified purposes; requiring specified carriers or specified insurance groups to conduct an own risk and solvency assessment regularly or at any time when there are significant changes to the carrier's or insurance group's risk profile; requiring specified carriers to submit to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner a specified report or reports on request or if the Commissioner is the lead state commissioner of a specified insurance group; etc.
SB-8: Insurance - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 36 on 04/11/2017
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Insurance - Surplus Lines Insurers, Surplus Lines Brokers, and Reinsurers [SB-19]
[Insurance ]
Altering the requirements an insurer must meet to be approved as a surplus lines insurer by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; providing for the expiration of a surplus lines insurer's approval; establishing a process for renewal of a surplus lines insurer's approval; clarifying that a requirement to report specified business subject to tax and pay the tax stated in the report at specified intervals applies only to surplus lines brokers that have transacted surplus lines business in the State during the reporting period; etc.
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Title Insurance Producers - Licensing of Business Entities and On-Site Reviews [SB-40]
[Insurance ]
Altering a specified prohibition on converting or misappropriating specified trust money; requiring specified controlling persons and specified trust money controllers to hold a license to act as a title insurance producer and, if applicable, a specified appointment; altering the requirements for a license as a title insurance producer if the applicant is a business entity; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to make a specified investigation under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-40: Title Insurance Producers - Licensing of Business Entities and On-Site Reviews
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 41 on 04/11/2017
SB-1406: Relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to request a state innovation waiver for certain small group health benefit plans of certain federal actuarial value and level of coverage requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles J. Schwertner
Signed By The Governor on 05/23/2017
You have voted SB-1406: Relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to request a state innovation waiver for certain small group health benefit plans of certain federal actuarial value and level of coverage requirements..
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Insurance - Charitable Gift Annuities - Special Permit Holders - Required Financial Statements [SB-15]
[Insurance ]
[Finance ]
Requiring a holder of a special permit needed to make agreements with donors for annuity payments to specified entities to submit to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner audited fiscal year-end financial statements of the holder instead of an annual report; requiring the financial statements to be audited by a certified public accountant and presented in a specified manner; authorizing the Commissioner to waive the requirement to submit the financial statements under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-15: Insurance - Charitable Gift Annuities - Special Permit Holders - Required Financial Statements
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 504 on 05/04/2017
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Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Covered Employment - Youth Sports Workers [SB-70]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that, under specified circumstances, work that is performed by qualifying youth sports workers for youth sports organizations is not covered employment under the unemployment insurance law.