Historical Documents

The following events played a key role in our establishment as a public corporation and independent unit of state government.

Meeting: HCRCC Selects Essential Health Benefits Benchmark

The Health Care Reform Coordinating Council (HCRCC) recommended changes in the state’s Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark at its meeting on Dec. 17, 2012. The changes were intended to promote greater stability in the small group and non-group markets when essential health benefits went into effect on Jan.1, 2014, and to provide for enhancements to behavioral health and habilitative services benefits.

HCRCC recommendations:

Adopt the state’s largest small group plan (CareFirst BlueChoice HMO HSA Open Access plan) as Maryland’s base benchmark plan;
Import into EHB in the non-group market the state mandates not already covered by the small group plan;
Designate for the state’s behavioral health benefit a benefit that better achieves parity (GEHA Standard Option federal employee plan); and
Designate for the state’s habilitative services benefit the current state mandate up to age 19, with adoption of small group rehabilitative benefit as habilitative benefit for over age 19.

Final Summary of the Administration’s Recommendations on Stakeholder Amendments to Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013

MHPA of 2013 Administration’s Recommendations on Amendments
MHPA Administration’s Proposed Amendment Language
Summary of Administration’s Proposed Amendments

Final Summary of Stakeholder Proposed Amendments to the Maryland Health Progress

MHPA of 2013.Stakeholder Proposed Amendments

Summary of Stakeholder-proposed Amendments to the Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013

MHPA of 2013.Stakeholder Proposed Amendments 2.19.13

Stakeholder Meetings

On Jan. 28, 2013, the Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform (GOHR) and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown convened its first public meeting to discuss the Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013 (SB 274/HB 228). Two additional public meetings were held on Feb. 19 and Mar. 7.

The Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013 (SB 274/HB 228) constitutes the last step in the State’s three-year effort to establish its health benefit exchange.

House Bill 228, SB 274
Presentation