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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0945* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 945 |
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| 8 | 8 | | J5, J1 4lr0687 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 4lr0688 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Kelly |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Finance |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Individuals With 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Intellectual Disabilities – Study 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Insurance Administration jointly to conduct a study of Maryland Medical 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assistance Program and commercial health insurance coverage to measure the 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | number and percentage of individuals who have been denied health coverage for 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the treatment of an intellectual disability during a certain period of time; and 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | generally relating to a study of health coverage for individuals with intellectual 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | disabilities. 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND , 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | That: 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) The Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Insurance 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Administration jointly shall conduct a study of Maryland Medical Assistance Program 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and commercial health insurance coverage to measure the number and percentage of 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | individuals who have been denied health coverage for the treatment of an intellectual 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | disability from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025, both inclusive. 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) On or before December 1, 2025, the Maryland Department of Health and the 18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Maryland Insurance Administration jointly shall report their findings to the Governor 19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly. 20 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 1, 2024. 22 |
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