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Kumar Barve ( politician. He is a Delegate representing district 17 of the Maryland House Of Delegates in Montgomery County, Maryland , a district of more than 110,000 people. BIOGRAPHY Kumar Barve graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. degree in Accounting. First elected in 1990, and re-elected four times—in 1994,1998, 2002 and 2006, Delegate Kumar P. Barve is the Majority Leader in Maryland's state legislature and is the longest-serving elected official of Indian origin. LEGISLATIVE CAREER In the Maryland legislature, Barve is the Majority Leader and a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He previously chaired the Science & Technology Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Economic Matters. Barve introduced and helped enact the Patient Access Act—the first bill in the nation to regulate HMOs. It has since been copied by 34 states. The Act permits patients to see doctors outside of their HMO network, prohibited "gag" rules on health-care providers that jeopardized patient care, and prohibited financial incentives that curtailed and compromised care. Barve was, also, one of the architects of the Maryland law that banned insurance companies from using pre-existing conditions to deny coverage. Additionally, Barve authored Maryland's version of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). The Act both affirms the intellectual-property rights of software developers and provides unprecedented consumer protections to purchasers of computer equipment. In 1999, Barve's bill to define the powers of corporations in making certain gifts passed both houses and was signed by the governor. {Link without Title} Barve created the Technology Development Corporation of Maryland, which has become the central focal point for fostering high-technology development in Maryland. Legislative notes
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS Barve, currently the Majority Leader, was the Chairman of the Montgomery County delegation, the largest jurisdiction in the State of Maryland. He has received the Legislator of the Year Award from the Montgomery County Medical Society an unprecedented four times. The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun have endorsed Barve in past races. He won his last election by roughly 62%. NATIONAL STATUS Currently Barve, Satveer Chaudhary (D-MN), and Swati Dandekar (D-OH) are the only elected Hindus serving in state legislatures the United States of America, Barve was the first. [http://www.asianamerican.net/bios/Barve-Kumar.html |
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