Kumar P. Barve

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Majority leader Del. Kumar Barve of Maryland's District 17

Kumar Barve is an American politician. He is a Delegate representing the Montgomery County in the Maryland General Assembly.

1 Biography
2 Career achievements
3 Awards and Honors
4 Personal

[edit] 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, age 48, is the Majority Leader in Maryland's state legislature and is the longest-serving elected official of Indian origin. He represents a district with a population of 110,000 in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Barve is married to Ms. Maureen Quinn, an attorney. Currently she is a member of the Maryland Workers Compensation Commission.

[edit] Career achievements

In the Maryland legislature, Barve is the Majority Leader. He previously chaired the Science & Technology Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Economic Matters. Examples follow of his legislative work:

1) He 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.

2) Long before the federal government got involved, Barve was one of the architects of the Maryland law that banned insurance companies from using pre-existing conditions to deny coverage.

3) 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.

4) Barve created the Technology Development Corporation of Maryland, which has become the central focal point for fostering high-technology development in Maryland.

[edit] Awards and Honors

Barve, currently the Majority Leqader, 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%.