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Introduced
02/08/2019
02/08/2019
In Committee
04/05/2019
04/05/2019
Crossed Over
03/16/2019
03/16/2019
Passed
04/08/2019
04/08/2019
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/13/2019
05/13/2019
Introduced Session
2019 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Establishing the Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program to improve data collection on uninsured individuals and to maximize enrollment of eligible uninsured individuals in affordable insurance programs; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish a Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program Advisory Workgroup; requiring the Comptroller to include a certain checkoff, to indicate whether an individual is interested in obtaining minimum essential health coverage, on certain State income tax forms; etc.
AI Summary
This bill establishes the Maryland Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program to improve data collection on uninsured individuals and maximize enrollment of eligible uninsured individuals in affordable insurance programs. It requires the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish an advisory workgroup, the Comptroller to include a checkoff on state income tax forms allowing uninsured individuals to indicate interest in obtaining coverage, and the Exchange and Department of Health to determine eligibility and facilitate enrollment for those individuals. The bill also establishes a Maryland Health Insurance Option Fund to cover administrative costs and stabilize the individual insurance market. It allows for automatic enrollment in certain zero-additional-cost plans for eligible uninsured individuals.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (76)
Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D)*,
Gabriel Acevero (D),
Vanessa Atterbeary (D),
Heather Bagnall (D),
Ben Barnes (D),
Darryl Barnes (D),
Erek Barron (D),
Sandy Bartlett (D),
Kumar Barve (D),
Regina Boyce (D),
Tony Bridges (D),
Ben Brooks (D),
Alice Cain (D),
Alfred Carr (D),
Mark Chang (D),
Lorig Charkoudian (D),
Nick Charles (D),
Frank Conaway (D),
Charlotte Crutchfield (D),
Bonnie Cullison (D),
Debra Davis (D),
Kathleen Dumais (D),
Eric Ebersole (D),
Jessica Feldmark (D),
Diana Fennell (D),
Wanika Fisher (D),
Jim Gilchrist (D),
Cheryl Glenn (D),
Andrea Harrison (D),
Keith Haynes (D),
Anne Healey (D),
Shelly Hettleman (D),
Terri Hill (D),
Marvin Holmes (D),
Julian Ivey (D),
Michael Jackson (D),
Jay Jalisi (D),
Steve Johnson (D),
Adrienne Jones (D),
Ariana Kelly (D),
Ken Kerr (D),
Marc Korman (D),
Carol Krimm (D),
Mary Lehman (D),
Jazz Lewis (D),
Robbyn Lewis (D),
Brooke Lierman (D),
Mary Ann Lisanti (D),
Lesley Lopez (D),
Sara Love (D),
Eric Luedtke (D),
Maggie McIntosh (D),
David Moon (D),
Nick Mosby (D),
Julie Palakovich Carr (D),
Edith Patterson (D),
Shane Pendergrass (D),
Elizabeth Proctor (D),
Lily Qi (D),
Kirill Reznik (D),
Mike Rogers (D),
Sandy Rosenberg (D),
Sheree Sample-Hughes (D),
Stephanie Smith (D),
Jared Solomon (D),
Dana Stein (D),
Vaughn Stewart (D),
Charles Sydnor (D),
Jen Terrasa (D),
Veronica Turner (D),
Kris Valderrama (D),
Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D),
Alonzo Washington (D),
Ron Watson (D),
Karen Young (D),
Pat Young (D),
Last Action
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423 (on 05/13/2019)
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