Great Legislative News!

About 8:30 this evening [4/4/08] the Maryland General Assembly’s House of Delegates unanimously passed House Bill 578 – a bill requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formulas. Once the Governor’s places his signature on the bill it will become law. I have been told the Governor may want to have a “signing ceremony” which is where the Governor officially signs the bill with invited guests present. The Governor has until Tuesday May 27^th to sign the bill. However, I do not believe he will wait that long. If there is a signing ceremony I will send around an email to the Maryland families (and those in VA/DC who are insured in MD) so that they can attend. I always add this disclaimer - In politics nothing is ever final until “its final” – but I can say with very little doubt - and barring any completely unforeseen circumstances – House Bill 578 will become law.

I believe the full text of the bill will be on the internet tomorrow [4/5/08]. Once it’s posted, to view the final language please go here: http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/HB0578.htm Then, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the word “Enrolled”

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