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AN ACT concerning Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act) FOR the purpose of altering the purpose for the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Fund to include the provision of funding for the establishment and operation of the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program; authorizing the use of federal pass-through funds for certain programs as approved under a certain waiver; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to make qualified plans available to qualified residents; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program to allow qualified residents to obtain coverage, facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified health plans, and, based on the availability of funds, provide premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions to qualified residents; providing that the implementation of subsidies under the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application amendment; requiring the Exchange to submit a certain report to the General Assembly within a certain period of time before implementing certain subsidies; and generally relating to the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Insurance Underlining indicates amendments to bill. Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by amendment. HOUSE BILL 588 Section 31-101(a) and 31-108(a) Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Insurance Section 31-101(u-1), 31-123, and 31-124 Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Insurance Section 31-107, 31-108(b)(1), and 31-115(b)(7) Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement)

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Bonnie Cullison (D)*,  Gabriel Acevero (D),  Tiffany Alston (D),  Heather Bagnall (D),  Harry Bhandari (D),  Adrian Boafo (D),  Lorig Charkoudian (D),  Nick Charles (D),  Elizabeth Embry (D),  Kris Fair (D),  Linda Foley (D),  David Fraser-Hidalgo (D),  Pamela Guzzone (D),  Kevin Harris (D),  Terri Hill (D),  Julian Ivey (D),  Steve Johnson (D),  Anne Kaiser (D),  Ken Kerr (D),  Robbyn Lewis (D),  Lesley Lopez (D),  Ashanti Martínez (D),  Bernice Mireku-North (D),  Julie Palakovich Carr (D),  Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D),  Scott Phillips (D),  Lily Qi (D),  Pam Queen (D),  Sandy Rosenberg (D),  Sheila Ruth (D),  Karen Simpson (D),  Vaughn Stewart (D),  Deni Taveras (D),  Jen Terrasa (D),  Veronica Turner (D),  Joe Vogel (D),  Jennifer White Holland (D),  Jamila Woods (D),  Natalie Ziegler (D), 

Referred Finance (on 03/16/2023)

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