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S.B. 792 VETOES
their minimum package of child wellness services visits for the collection of adequate
samples for hereditary and metabolic newborn screening and follow-up between birth and
4 weeks of age.
House Bill 1498, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 26,
1994, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 792.
Sincerely,
William Donald Schaefer
Governor
Senate Bill No. 792
AN ACT concerning
Insurance - Postpartum Coverage—Disclosure Child Wellness Services
FOR the purpose of requiring insurers and nonprofit health service plans to disclose
managed care and cost control features of coverage for coverage of postpartum
hospital stays and certain postpartum visits involving a health care provider;
requiring insurers and nonprofit health service plans periodically to make a study
and certain disclosures of certain postpartum benefits; requiring insurers and
nonprofit health service plans to mail to an insured certain information at the time
of the first reimbursement for a prenatal care visit; requiring the State Advisory
Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders to prepare and. make available to
insurers and nonprofit health service plans certain educational materials; and
generally relating to disclosure of insurance coverage and other information
concerning postpartum health care requiring certain health insurers and nonprofit
health service plans issued or delivered in the State to include in the minimum
package of child wellness services certain visits for hereditary and metabolic
newborn screening and follow-up.
BY adding to
Article 48A—Insurance Code
Section 490W
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Health—General
Section 13-108
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-716
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