Maryland House Bill 333 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing requirements related to the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by certain hospital patients who were eligible for free care, including requirements related to the consideration of data and the reporting and disclosure of certain information; authorizing the Commission to impose a fine of up to $50,000 per violation if a hospital fails to provide refunds to qualifying patients; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; etc.

Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement Process

Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]
Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]
Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]
Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

2023-04-05 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-15 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310
2023-04-05	House	Returned Passed
2023-04-05	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2023-03-31	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2023-03-31	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2023-03-16	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-15	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2023-03-14	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments {553423/1 Adopted
2023-03-13	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-02-13	House	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-25	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB404 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 311

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Commercial Law	13	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	19	214.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Tax - General	13	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0333?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0333f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0333t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_310_hb0333t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0333_55342301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0333_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0333_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0365.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0915.pdf