Ch. 93                                      2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 93

(Senate Bill 131)

AN ACT concerning

Task Force to Compare the Maryland Health Insurance Market to Adjacent

States

Maryland Health Care Commission and Maryland Insurance Administration
- Affordability of Health Insurance in Maryland - Study and

Recommendations

FOR the purpose of establishing a Task Force to compare the Maryland Health
Insurance Market to adjacent states; establishing the membership of the Task
Force; providing for staffing of the Task Force; providing that a member of the
Task Force is entitled to reimbursement for expenses; establishing the duties of
the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a
certain date; providing for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to
the Task Force to compare the Maryland Health Insurance Market to adjacent
states.

FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the
Maryland Insurance Administration to conduct a certain study certain studies;
requiring the Commission and the Administration to develop recommendations
on ways to make private health insurance more affordable for Maryland
residents; requiring the Commission and the Administration to submit certain
reports to the General Assembly on or before certain dates; providing for the
termination of this Act; and generally relating to a study studies and
recommendations about the affordability of health insurance in Maryland.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(a) There is a Task Force to compare the Maryland Health Insurance Market
to adjacent states.

(b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members:

(1) two members of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President
of the Senate;

(2) two members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of
the House;

(3)     a representative of a health insurance carrier providing health
insurance coverage in the State, appointed by the Governor;

(4)     two insurance producers who are licensed in the State, appointed by
the Governor;

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