2024 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB728: Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act)
Legislative Summary
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program to facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified plans; providing that the operation and administration of the Program may include functions delegated by the Exchange to a third party; and providing that the implementation of the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application amendment.
Bill History
1/29/2024
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/2/2024
Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
2/19/2024
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/20/2024
Favorable with Amendments {683621/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
2/20/2024
Motion Special Order until 2/21 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
House of Delegates
2/21/2024
Floor Amendment {483422/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected (33-102)
House of Delegates
2/21/2024
Floor Amendment {143122/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Rejected (36-100)
House of Delegates
2/21/2024
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
2/23/2024
Third Reading Passed (101-34)
House of Delegates
2/26/2024
Referred Finance
Senate
3/28/2024
Favorable Report by Finance
Senate
3/29/2024
Favorable Adopted
Senate
3/29/2024
Second Reading Passed
Senate
4/3/2024
Third Reading Passed (34-13)
Senate
4/4/2024
Returned Passed
House of Delegates
5/16/2024
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 842
House of Delegates
Amendments
Floor Amendment 483422/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected (33-102)
Floor Amendment 483422/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected (33-102)
2/21/2024Not Adopted
Floor Amendment 143122/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Rejected (36-100)
Floor Amendment 143122/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Rejected (36-100)
2/21/2024Not Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 683621/1 Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 683621/1 Adopted
2/20/2024Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Third Reading Passed
4/3/2024
34
Yea
13
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
2/23/2024
101
Yea
34
Nay
1
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: PASSED
Floor Amendment 483422/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected
2/21/2024
33
Yea
102
Nay
1
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: FAILED
Floor Amendment 143122/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Rejected
2/21/2024
36
Yea
100
Nay
0
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: FAILED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(5/16/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 43
Primary Sponsor
Bonnie Cullison
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (42)
Gabriel Acevero
Democrat
Adrian Boafo
Democrat
Regina Boyce
Democrat
Lorig Charkoudian
Democrat
Elizabeth Embry
Democrat
Kris Fair
Democrat
Diana Fennell
Democrat
David Fraser-hidalgo
Democrat
Pam Guzzone
Democrat
Kevin Harris
Democrat
Anne Healey
Democrat
Anne Kaiser
Democrat
Ken Kerr
Democrat
Mary Lehman
Democrat
Robbyn Lewis
Democrat
Jeffrie Long
Democrat
Lesley Lopez
Democrat
Sara Love
Democrat
Ashanti Martinez
Democrat
Aletheia McCaskill
Democrat
Bernice Mireku-North
Democrat
Julie Palakovich Carr
Democrat
Edith Patterson
Democrat
Pamela Queen
Democrat
Sheila Ruth
Democrat
Karen Simpson
Democrat
Jared Solomon
Democrat
Ryan Spiegel
Democrat
Dana Stein
Democrat
Deni Taveras
Democrat
Jen Terrasa
Democrat
Veronica Turner
Democrat
Jennifer White Holland
Democrat
Nicole Williams
Democrat
Natalie Ziegler
Democrat
Tiffany Alston
Democrat
Heather Bagnall
Democrat
Harry Bhandari
Democrat
Terri Hill
Democrat
Steve Johnson
Democrat
Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Democrat
Samuel Rosenberg
Democrat