2006 Legislative Action - House Bills

Here you will find a running list of bills considered by MedChi's Legislative Committee, with positions taken by the committee and status of each. It is updated weekly during the legislative session (January 11-April 10, 2006) and derived from Legislative Committee Agendas.  Go to Legislative Action to sign up for up-to-the-minute e-mail alerts,  find and contact your legislators, write a letter to the media, or find biographical information on your legislators.

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HOUSE BILLS - 2006 SESSION

FINAL April 12, 2006
UPDATED June 12, 2008

The action indicated is the action of the Legislative Committee and not necessarily the final position of MedChi. All information is accurate as of publication date. Hearing dates are subject to change, call to confirm.

Key to Abbreviations:
SWA: Support with Amendments (legislative committee took no action on these bills)
NP No Position
HB House Bill
SB Senate Bill
POS: Position

2006 House Bills

Bill No. Title Position Status
HB 1 Maryland Stem Cell Research Act of 2006, The Speaker, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 30 Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving and Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving- Prohibitions, Delegate Arnick, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 31 Vehicle Laws - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Helmets and Eye-Protective Equipment for Minors, Delegate Arnick Favorable with amendment Bill Failed
HB 52 Public Health - Phthalates and Bisphenol-A - Prohibitions - Toys, Child Care Articles, and Cosmetics, Delegate Hubbard FYI Bill Failed
HB 58 Maryland Health Care Commission - Racial Variations - Health Care Disparities Policy Report Card, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam Support Signed, Chapter 450
HB 69 City of Annapolis- Drug Free Zones, Delegate Herb McMillan and Delegate Virginia Clagett FYI Bill Failed
HB 78 Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Health Care-Associated Infection Information, Delegate Pendergrass, et. al. No position vetoed, duplicative
HB 89 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Legal Immigrants - Pregnant Women and Children, Delegate Ramirez, et. al. Support Signed, Chapter 294
HB 97 Joint Legislative Task Force on Universal Access to Quality and Affordable Health Care - Extension and Modifications, Delegate Hubbard, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 107 Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury, Delegate Morhaim, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 121 State Board of Physicians- Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation, Delegate Hammen Bill Failed Bill Failed
HB 135 Prescription Drugs- Label with Audible Capability, Delegate Hixson, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 136 Public Health- Adult and CBE Stem Cell Research Program, Delegate Shewell, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 161 Creation of State Debt- Baltimore County- Mental Health Community Rehabilitation Center, Delegate Cardin et.al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 166 Workers' Compensation- Timing of Benefit Payments, Filing Issues, and Processing Claims, Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Workers' Compensation Commission) No position Signed, Chapter 159
HB 168 Children's Trust Fund, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) Support Signed, Chapter 80
HB 176 Health Insurance- Maryland Association Health Plan Act, Delegate Boschert, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 189 Healthy Air Act, Delegate Hubbard, et. al. Support Signed, Chapter 301
HB 192 Health- Clinical Trials Data Bank, Delegate Pendergrass, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 194 Creation of State Debt- Howard County General Hospital, Delegate Bobo, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 195 Maryland Program Evaluation Act - Maryland Health Care Commission and the State Health Services Cost Review Commission, The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services) Oppose Bill Failed
HB 200 Health Insurance- Coverage for Hospitalization After Mastectomy, Delegate Benson and Delegate Nathan-Pulliam No position Bill Failed
HB 211 Commercial Law- Health Clubs- Defibrillators, Delegate Morhaim, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 254 Courts - Interest Rate on Judgments, Delegate Rosenberg Support Bill Failed
HB 270 Private Review Agents - Treatment Plan Form - Form Mandated by Another State, Delegate Bromwell and Delegate Haynes No position Vetoed, duplicative
HB 306 Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, The Speaker (By Request - Administration), et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 319 Health - Advance Directives - Registry - Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards, The Speaker (By Request - Administration), et. al. Support the concept Bill Failed
HB 328 Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel Medical Center, Delegate Love, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 342 Disease Prevention - Hepatitis C Advisory Council, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et. al. No position Signed, Chapter 457
HB 364 Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims, Delegate Feldman Support with amendment Bill Failed
HB 375 Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006, Delegate Frush, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 394 Public Health - Mercury-Free Vaccines - Requirements, Delegate Kullen, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 428 Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's Hospital of St. Mary's County , St. Mary's County Delegation FYI Bill Failed
HB 433 Creation of a State Debt - Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Delegate Rosenberg, Delegate Carter and Delegate Oaks FYI Bill Failed
HB 441 Healthy Maryland Initiative , Delegate Hixson, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 492 State Board of Pharmacy - Registration of Pharmacy Technicians, Delegate Rudolph, et. al. No position Vetoed, duplicative
HB 496 Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Protective Headgear - Requirement, Delegates Bronrott, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 507 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Prenatal Dietary Supplement Distribution Program, Delegate Taylor, et. al. Oppose Signed, Chapter 328
HB 521 Creation of a State Debt - Northwest Hospital Center, Delegate Jones, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 523 Workers' Compensation - Accidental Personal Injury - Definition, Delegates Wood and Minnick No position Bill Failed
HB 549 Health Insurance - Private Review Agents - Emergency Inpatient Admission Determinations, Delegate Morhaim, et. al. Support with amendment Signed, Chapter 331
HB 568 Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities - Grant Program and Funding, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, et. al. Support with amendment Bill Failed
HB 574 Health Insurance - Recredentialing of Health Care Providers - Change in Tax Identification Number or Employer, Delegate Donoghue Support with amendment Vetoed, duplicative
HB 577 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Self-Employed Individuals and Sole Proprietors, Delegates Kullen, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 592 Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Selection of Health Care Agent and Treatment Preferences, Delegates Hubbard, Bobo, and Frush Oppose unless amended Bill Failed
HB 608 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Premium Rates, Delegate Kach Oppose Vetoed, duplicative
HB 613 Education - Public Schools - School Health Services Program Coordinator, Delegate Healey, et. al. No position Signed, Chapter 464
HB 626 Prescription Safety Act , Delegate Mandel, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 630 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act, Delegate Moe, et. al. Oppose unless amended Bill Failed
HB 647 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Report on Hospital Charges, Delegate Rudolph FYI Vetoed, duplicative
HB 670 Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - Carroll Hospice, Carroll County Delegation FYI Bill Failed
HB 677 Hospital Patient Safety and Awareness Act, Delegate Murray, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 695 Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Safe Operation of Motor Vehicles, Delegate Mandel, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 697 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Kidney Disease Program - Medicare Part D Eligibility, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) FYI Signed, Chapter 344
HB 702 Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) Support Signed, Chapter 345
HB 713 Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers, Delegate McHale, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 718 Health Insurance - Nonemergency Helicopter Transportation - Balance Billing Prohibited, Delegate Wood, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 719 Long-Term Care Inspection Program, Delegate Costa FYI Bill Failed
HB 722 Income Tax Credit for Services Donated by Health Care Professionals, Delegate Hixson, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 727 Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement for Motorcycle Riders - Exceptions, Delegate Conway, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 737 Health Insurance - Individual Health Benefit Plans - Pregnancy Coverage, Delegate Healy, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 749 Medical Records - Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease , Delegate Wood Oppose Bill Failed
HB 753 Petition for Guardianship of Disabled Person - Certificate of Competency by Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, Delegate McComas, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 771 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Therapeutic Behavioral Services - Rate Adequacy Study, Delegate Hubbard FYI Signed, Chapter 351
HB 789 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Certificates of Qualified Experts, Delegate Zirkin, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 790 Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility, Delegate Zirkin, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 816 Circuit Courts - Medical Injury - Medical Malpractice Administrative Review Board, Delegate Zirkin, et. al. Support with amendment Bill Failed
HB 822 Health - Maryland Medbank Program - Sunset Repeal, Delegate Donoghue Support Vetoed, duplicative
HB 828 Public Health - Licensed Pharmacists - Contraception Dispensing Program, Delegate Hubbard, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 831 Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Reportable Incidents of Injury, Delegate Costa Support Vetoed, duplicative
HB 843 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment, Delegate Gaines, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 848 Oral Health Safety Net Program, Delegates Oaks and Donoghue No position Bill Failed
HB 851 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Adult Sickle Cell Anemia - Study and Funding, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et. al. No position Signed, Chapter 851
HB 863 Prescription Drugs - Preferred Drug List - Price, Delegate Gilleland, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 868 Health Insurance - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontract of Health Care Provider Contract, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et. al. Support Signed, Chapter 476
HB 873 Consumer Protection - Protection of Personal Information from Security Breaches, Delegate Howard Oppose unless amended Bill Failed
HB 882 Health Insurance - Continuation of Coverage for Adult Children, Delegate Morhaim, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 896 Health Maintenance Organizations - Payment of Noncontracting Health Care Providers, Delegate Donoghue Support Bill Failed
HB 897 Health Insurance - Contracts of Carriers with Providers or Hospitals - Prohibited Provisions, Delegate Donoghue Support Vetoed, duplicative
HB 936 Health Care Malpractice - Damages - Periodic Payments, Delegate Morhaim, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 957 Maryland Polysomnography Act, Delegates Benson, Pendergrass, and Stocksdale No position and closely monitor Signed, Chapter 595
HB 958 Public Health - Abortion - Parental Notice, Delegate Bohanan, et. al. No position with letter Bill Failed
HB 966 Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program, Delegate Hubbard FYI Bill Failed
HB 989 Health - Medical Laboratories - Required Testing, Delegate V. Turner Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1003 Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Participation by Providers, Delegate Bromwell, et. al. Support Signed, Chapter 597
HB 1007 Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear for Motorcycle Riders - Required Warning, Delegate Cluster, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1015 Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificate of Need - Health Care Facilities, Delegate Pendergrass FYI Vetoed, duplicative
HB 1040 Task Force to Study Uncompensated Health Care in Maryland, Delegate McDonough No position Bill Failed
HB 1058 Civil Action Reform Act of 2006, Delegate Shank, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 1059 Health Care Malpractice - Emergency Medical Care - Standard of Proof for Liability, Delegate Shank, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 1061 Health Insurance - Disabled Individuals - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan, Delegate Hubbard, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 1080 State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, and Medication Technicians - Licensing and Regulation, Delegate Murray, et. al. FYI Signed, Chapter 481
HB 1081 Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims, Delegate Murray, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 1082 Workers' Compensation - Claims Adjusters and Medical Billing Entities , Delegate Muarry Support Bill Failed
HB 1118 Community Health Resources Commission Fund - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Delegate Hammen Support Signed, Chapter 378
HB 1121 Health Insurance Premium Subsidy Program, Delegate Elliott, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1124 Urgent Care Centers - Membership Programs - Regulation and Registration, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1127 Statewide Commission on the Shortage in the Health Care Workforce, Delegate Mandel, et. al. No position Signed, Chapter 379
HB 1136 Circuit Courts - Medical Malpractice Division - Task Force, Delegate Shank, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 1152 Maryland Universal Health Care Plan, Delegate Montgomery, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1164 Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement Rates - Grants, Delegates Rudolph and Donoghue No position Signed, Chapter 484
HB 1169 Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits, Delegates Barve and Donoghue Support Bill Failed
HB 1170 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act, Delegate Zirkin Oppose unless amended Bill Failed
HB 1190 Prescription Drug Safety Act, Delegate Stern, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 1200 High Schools - Automated External Defibrillators Program - Requirements, Delegate Lee, et. al. No position Signed, Chapter 203
HB 1209 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Small Employer - Size of Employee Group, Delegate Barve FYI Bill Failed
HB 1214 Health Care Malpractice - Emergency Medical Care - Good Samaritan Immunity, Delegate Zirkin, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 1226 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Tanning Facilities - Licensing and Regulation, Delegate Healey, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 1243 Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene - Local Health Department Volunteers, Delegate Elliott No position Bill Failed
HB 1287 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Delegate Kullen Oppose unless amended Vetoed, policy
HB 1295 Health Occupations - Cultural Competency Workgroup, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et. al. No Position Bill Failed
HB 1329 Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision, Delegate Hubbard Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1330 Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee - Membership, Staffing, and Reimbursement, Delegate Hubbard No position Signed, Chapter Signed, Chapter 40
HB 1389 Disclosure of Medical Records - Investigations - Fee, Delegate Barve Support with amendment Signed, Chapter 495
HB 1405 Health Insurance - Coverage for Part-Time Students With Disabilities, Delegate Heller No position Signed, Chapter 395
HB 1412 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Internet-Based Intermediary Pilot Program , Delegates Eckardt and Haddaway Support Bill Failed
HB 1416 Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2006, Delegate Smigiel Support with amendment Bill Failed
HB 1418 Public Schools - Student Health - Diabetes and Body Mass Index Screening and Nutrition Standards, Delegates Kaiser and Bozman Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1419 Medical Malpractice - Analysis of Information and Reports - University of Maryland and University of Maryland Baltimore County, Delegate Rosenberg Support with amendment Bill Failed
HB 1420 Health Facilities - Certificates of Need - Repeal, Delegate Smigiel No position Bill Failed
HB 1422 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal - Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care, Delegate Smigiel Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1425 Health Care Malpractice Actions - Payment of Future Damages, Delegate Donoghue, et. al. Support Bill Failed
HB 1440 Hospitals - Open Heart Surgery, Delegate Costa, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 1448 Education - Scoliosis Screening in Public Schools - Repeal, Delegate Heller, et. al. Support Signed, Chapter 619
HB 1455 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Cultural Competency and Health Outcomes - Pilot Program, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam Support Signed, Chapter 497
HB 1458 Maryland Compassionate Use Act, Delegate Oaks, et. al. No position Bill Failed
HB 1459 Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Return of Unfilled Prescriptions to Retail Customers - Required , Delegate Quinter, et. al. Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1462 Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2006, Delegate Haddaway, et. al. FYI Bill Failed
HB 1467 Maryland Cares, Delegates Hubbard, Rudolph, and Bobo Support Signed, Chapter 400
HB 1476 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Employed Providers - Voluntary Tax Withholding, Senator Exum, et. al. FYI Vetoed, duplicative
HB 1487 Procurement - Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy, Senator Lawlah, et. al. No position and closely monitor Bill Failed
HB 1497 Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Following a Mastectomy or Surgical Removal of a Testicle, Delegates Benson and Nathan-Pulliam No position Vetoed, duplicative
HB 1499 Income Tax - Credit for Medical Malpractice Insurance, Delegate Hixson Support Bill Failed
HB 1510 Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders, Delegate Hubbard Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1543 Task Force to Study the Maryland Medicaid Preferred Drug List Program, Delegates Murray, King, and Niemann Support with amendments Bill Failed
HB 1550 Involuntary Admission Hearings - Procedure, Delegate C. Harris Oppose Bill Failed
HB 1565 Health Insurance - Participation of Providers on Multiple Provider Panels, Delegate Barve Support Bill Failed
HB 1574 Medicaid State Plan and Medical Assistance Program - Amendments and Waiver Applications, Delegate Hubbard No position Signed, Chapter 501
HB 1604 Maryland Health Care Commission and Health Services Cost Review Commission - User Fees , Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) No position and closely monitor Signed, Chapter 107
HB 1625 State Government - Public Records - Personal Information About Individuals with Disabilities, Senator Exum No position Signed, Chapter 412
HB 1627 Task Force to Study the Quality of Health Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs in Maryland , Delegate Barve No position Bill Failed
HB 1689 Prescription Drug Repository Program , Delegate Rudolph Support Vetoed, duplicative
HB 1691 Maryland Health Care Commission - Racial Variations Data - Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam, et. al. Support Bill Failed

 


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