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2008 Legislative Action - House Bills
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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 9-April
7, 2008) and derived from Legislative Committee Agendas. Go to
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HOUSE BILLS - 2008 SESSION
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29, 2008 FINAL |
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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.
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| SWA: |
Support with Amendments (legislative
committee took no action on these bills) |
| NP |
No Position |
| HB |
House Bill |
| SB |
Senate Bill |
| POS: |
Position |
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2008 House Bills
| Bill No. |
Title |
Position |
Status |
| HB 11 |
Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Hospice Center, Delegate Sossi |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 37 |
Medicare Part D "Donut Hole" Tax Assistance Act , Delegate Manno |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 50 |
Prescription Drugs - Marketing or Promotion - Use of Prescriber Identifying Information , Delegate Montgomery |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 57 |
Pediatric Cancer Molecular Database Research Grant - Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Matching Fund , Delegate Montgomery |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 62 |
Lead-Containing Products - Prohibition, Delegate Hubbard |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 483 |
| HB 69 |
Prosthetic Parity Act , Delegate Mizeur |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 81 |
Task Force to Study the Regulation of Artificial Trans Fat , Delegate Hubbard, Delegate Hammen |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 114 |
All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Headgea , Delegate Kullen, Delegate Levy, Delegate Proctor, Delegate Stull, Delegate Weldon |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 487 |
| HB 115 |
Medical Assistance Programs and Maryland Children's Health Program - Statements on State-Issued Checks, Delegates Tarrant, Barve, Braveboy, Cane, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Oaks, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Stukes, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker, and Weldon |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 251 |
| HB 116 |
Mental Hygiene - Emergency Evaluation Petitions - Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapists, Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 43 |
| HB 124 |
Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations , Delegates Hixson, Bartlett, Barve, Cardin, Elmore, Frick, George, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, McKee, Murphy, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 142 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Renaming and Review of Reports and Commissions, Delegate Morhaim |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 253 |
| HB 143 |
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, EPAMDs, and Motor Scooters - Rules of the Road, Delegates Cardin, Bobo, Bronrott, Feldman, Hammen, Hecht, Krysiak, Lafferty, Manno, McIntosh, Montgomery, Stein, and Waldstreicher |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 148 |
Garrett County - Tobacco Products - Distribution to Minors, Delegate Beitzel |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 254 |
| HB 151 |
Health - Reportable Conditions - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Delegate Hubbard |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 158 |
Creation of a State Debt - Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Delegates Tarrant, Carter, Conaway, Oaks, Robinson, and Rosenberg |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 168 |
Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Comparable Evaluation System - Outpatient Surgeries , Delegate Nathan Pulliam |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 172 |
Creation of a State Debt - Civista Medical Center, Inc., Charles County Delegation |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 197 |
Creation of a State Debt - Suburban Hospital, Delegates Bronrott, Frick, and Lee |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 199 |
Public Schools - Bullying and Cyber-Bullying - Policy and Disciplinary Standards, Delegates Rice, Cardin, Elmore, Gilchrist, Ivey, Stukes, Tarrant, Vaughn, and Walker |
Support with amendment |
- Signed, Chapter 489 |
| HB 206 |
Education - Student Bullying - State and School Policy, Delegates Riley, Norman, James, Jennings, McComas, and Smigiel |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| HB 207 |
Creation of a State Debt - Union Hospital of Cecil County, Cecil County Delegation |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 215 |
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Programs - Outcomes Evaluation, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 648 |
| HB 216 |
Hereditary and Congenital Disorders - Newborn Screening, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 256 |
| HB 220 |
Professional Counselors and Therapists - Definition of Appraisal, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 233 |
Physicians and Pharmacists - Therapy Management Contracts - Extension of Law, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 650 |
| HB 234 |
State Board of Acupuncture - Practice and Licensure, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 236 |
Life or Health Insurance Policies and Contracts - Discretionary Clauses - Prohibition, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 238 |
Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Status, Operation, and Regulation, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 259 |
| HB 250 |
Sales and Use Tax - Tanning Services, Delegates Morhaim, Healey, and Walker |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 251 |
Health Care Decisions Act - Disclosure by Health Care Facilities - Practices Related to Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures, Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, and Stein |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 271 |
Medical Review Committees, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Support with Amendments |
- Signed, Chapter 654 |
| HB 272 |
Medical Stop-Loss Insurance, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 264 |
| HB 277 |
Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Authority to Act in an Emergency, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 63 |
| HB 278 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Powers of the Secretary, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Support with amendments |
- Signed, Chapter 656 |
| HB 289 |
Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Extension, Delegate Pendergrass |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 265 |
| HB 292 |
Maryland False Claims Act , Delegates Smigiel, Aumann, Kelly, Kramer, Krebs, McComas, Shewell, and Sossi |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 295 |
Hepatitis C - Inmates - Annual Report, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Hubbard, Kullen, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Riley |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 302 |
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery General Hospital, Delegates Bates, Kaiser, Montgomery, Taylor, Ali, Barkley, Bronrott, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Heller, Kramer, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Reznik, and Waldstreicher |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 321 |
Transportation - Transit Vehicle Operators - Prohibition on Use of Wireless Communication Devices, Delegates Stukes, Cardin, Conaway, DeBoy, Elliott, Haynes, Kirk, McHale, Oaks, Rice, Tarrant, F. Turner, and Walker |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 343 |
Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Prescription Drug Substitution, Delegates Kipke, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, George, Hammen, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Kach, King, Kullen, Love, McDonough, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Sophocleus, and Weldon |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 204 |
| HB 359 |
Local Correctional Facilities - Inmate Health Care Expenses - Payment Rates to Health Care Providers, Delegates Conway, Barkley, DeBoy, Haynes, James, and Levy |
Oppose |
- Signed, Chapter 496 |
| HB 380 |
Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - Prohibition, Delegates F. Turner, Barve, Bates, Bobo, Glenn, Hixson, Howard, Jones, Kramer, Miller, Montgomery, Murphy, Olszewski, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rice, Simmons, Taylor, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, Walker, and Weldon |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 393 |
Communicable Diseases or Conditions - Reporting, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 270 |
| HB 394 |
State Postmortem Examiners Commission - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Postmortem Examiners Law, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 69 |
| HB 395 |
Health Insurance Carriers - Financial Reporting, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 70 |
| HB 400 |
Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect, Delegate Dumais |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 403 |
State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness - Obesity in School-Age Children, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bronrott, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kipke, Kullen, Lafferty, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Stein, Tarrant, and Weldon |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 413 |
Health Maintenance Organizations - Nonparticipating Providers - Billing of Enrollees and Subscribers for Covered Services, Delegates Costa and Kipke |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| HB 427 |
Health Occupations - Power of Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene - Regulatory Boards, Delegates Morhaim, Elliott, and Nathan-Pulliam |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 435 |
Pharmacists - Generic Drugs - Treatment of Epileptic Seizures, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Benson, Glenn, Barnes, Beitzel, Costa, Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 438 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information, Delegate Hubbard |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 450 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Behavioral Health, Delegates Hammen and Nathan-Pulliam |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 661 |
| HB 453 |
Advisory Committee to Coordinate the Public Health System and Drug Treatment Funded by the Medical Assistance Program, Delegates Hammen, McHale, and Nathan-Pulliam |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 459 |
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 505 |
| HB 460 |
Maryland Cancer Treatment Program, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Cane, Donoghue, Harrison, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Montgomery, Morhaim, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 462 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Self-Employed Individuals - Sunset Extension, Delegate Pendergrass |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 76 |
| HB 493 |
Health Insurance - Disabled Individuals - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan, Delegate Hubbard |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 494 |
Licensed Counselors and Therapists - Appraisal Activities - Training Requirements, Delegate Hubbard |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 508 |
| HB 499 |
Health Insurance - Primary Care Physicians - Reimbursement for Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Kach, Montgomery, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 503 |
Brian Moore Student Health and Fitness Act of Maryland, Delegates Walker, Cardin, Barnes, Beitzel, Benson, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conaway, Costa, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, George, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kach, King, Kipke, Kirk, Kullen, Laff |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 510 |
Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures, Delegates Pendergrass, DeBoy, Hammen, Love, and Morhaim |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 79 |
| HB 514 |
Maryland Medbank Program - Funding, Delegates Donoghue and Nathan-Pulliam |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 453 |
| HB 525 |
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Delegates Kullen, Beitzel, Donoghue, Gilchrist, Kaiser, Mizeur, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Stull, V. Turner, and Weldon |
Oppose |
- Signed, Chapter 276 |
| HB 527 |
Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies, Delegates Reznik, Beitzel, Bromwell, Donoghue, Hammen, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Schuler, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 439 |
| HB 531 |
Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Quarantine Orders - Arrest Without Warrant and Citations, Delegate Dumais |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 532 |
Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Duties, Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Branch, Conaway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Elmore, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Kirk, McComas, McHale, Oaks, Robinson, Rosenberg, Schuler, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 535 |
Morbidity, Mortality, and Quality Review Committee - Pregnancy and Childhood, Delegates Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and V. Turner |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 664 |
| HB 536 |
Public Schools - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - Passive Parental Consent, Delegate Dumais |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 405 |
| HB 539 |
Task Force to Study the Impact of Sleep Apnea on Children, Delegates Robinson, Anderson, Barkley, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conaway, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Griffith, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, Kaiser, Kirk, Manno, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rosenberg, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, V. Turner, Va |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 541 |
Teenage Protection Pilot Program, Delegate George |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 546 |
Local Boards of Education - Harassment and Intimidation in Schools, Delegates Kaiser, Bartlett, Bronrott, Carr, Healey, Love, Manno, McComas, and Montgomery |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| HB 551 |
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority, Delegate Donoghue |
Oppose |
- Signed, Chapter 619 |
| HB 558 |
Home Health - Certificate of Need, Delegates Bromwell and Donoghue |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 578 |
Health Insurance - Coverage for Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formula, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Mizeur, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Feldman, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Heller, Kaiser, Kipke, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Rice, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Weldon |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 510 |
| HB 585 |
Nursing Homes - Safe Patient Lifting, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Griffith, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Robinson, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Weldon |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 80 |
| HB 586 |
Consumer Products Safety - Lead and Mercury Reduction Act, Delegates Kullen and Kipke |
Oppose |
- Signed, Chapter 169 |
| HB 594 |
Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services, Delegate Donoghue |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 602 |
Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund - Transfer of Moneys to the Rainy Day Fund, Delegate O'Donnell |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 603 |
Health Care Coverage - Institutions of Higher Education, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Barnes, Benson, Branch, Cane, Costa, Donoghue, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hammen, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Levi, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Reznik, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Tarran |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 606 |
Health Care Liability - Noneconomic Damages, Delegates Kelly, Dwyer, Frank, McComas, Myers, and Shank |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 607 |
Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility, Delegates Kelly, Dwyer, Frank, McComas, Myers, and Shank |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 609 |
Cigars - Sales of Less Than Five Per Package - Prohibited, Delegates Tarrant, Ali, Anderson, Barnes, Branch, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Hecht, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jameson, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Levi, Love, Manno, Mathias, McComas, McDonough, McHa |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 614 |
Sales and Use Tax - Elective Cosmetic Procedures, Delegate Ali |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 653 |
Schools - Early Intervention - Hearing and Vision Screenings, Delegate Hixson |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 427 |
| HB 665 |
Creation of a State Debt - Adventist Health Care, Delegates Barve, Gilchrist, and Simmons |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 666 |
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, Delegates Reznik and Hammen |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 687 |
Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Physicians Practicing in Shortage Areas, Delegate Rosenberg |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| HB 688 |
Insurance - Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland - Surplus, Delegate Simmons |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 695 |
Vehicle Laws - Use of Wireless Communication Devices by Young Drivers - Enforcement, Charles County Delegation |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 701 |
Health Insurance - Coverage for In Vitro Fertilization - Miscarriage, Delegates Kaiser, Bates, Bromwell, Carr, Frick, Hucker, Ivey, Love, Minnick, Mizeur, Montgomery, Reznik, Robinson, and Taylor |
Bill failed |
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| HB 709 |
Health Insurance - Special Services, Procedures, or Reports - Reimbursement, Delegates Costa and Kipke |
Support with amendment |
Bill failed - |
| HB 711 |
Motor Vehicles - School Bus Drivers - Prohibition on Use of a Wireless Communication Device While Driving, Delegates Barkley, Ali, Bates, Beidle, Bobo, V. Clagett, Gilchrist, Holmes, Hucker, Lafferty, Montgomery, Niemann, Stein, and Stull |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 726 |
Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights, Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 730 |
Health Occupations - Complementary Alternative Medicine Health Care Providers - Scope of Practice, Delegates Feldman, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Boteler, Dumais, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Rice, and Weldon |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 732 |
Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation - School Policy, Delegates Stein, Anderson, Cardin, George, Glenn, Jennings, Kach, Lafferty, Morhaim, Murphy, and Olszewski |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| HB 733 |
Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners, Delegate Hubbard |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 737 |
Health Care Coverage - Personal Responsibility, Delegates Elliott, Bartlett, Bates, Benson, G. Clagett, Donoghue, Hammen, Hecht, Hubbard, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McKee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Schuh, Stull, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 759 |
Creation of a State Debt - Franklin Square Hospital Center, Delegates Impallaria, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Frank, Jennings, McDonough, Minnick, Olszewski, Schuler, and Weir |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 766 |
Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Confidentiality, Delegate Malone |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 424 |
| HB 772 |
Pharmacists - Substitution of Generic Drugs or Device Products - Consent of Consumers or Authorized Prescribers, Delegates Robinson, Bates, Conaway, Haynes, Heller, and Love |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 773 |
Office of Health Care Quality - Provider Hotline, Delegates Robinson, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Kaiser, Kirk, McHale, Stukes, Tarrant, and Taylor |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 774 |
Establishment of the Provider Advocacy Group for Providers of Services to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, Delegates Robinson, Conaway, Glenn, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, and V. Turner |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 789 |
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland General Hospital, Delegates Haynes, Kirk, and Stukes |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 802 |
Women's Health - HIV Testing and Infant Mortality Reduction, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Glenn, Jones, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Tarrant, and V. Turner |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| HB 810 |
Task Force to Study Involuntary Outpatient Commitment, Delegates Hubbard and Pena-Melnyk |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 811 |
State Board of Dental Examiners Nomination and Disciplinary Processes - Task Force on the Discipline of Health Care Professionals and Improved Patient Care, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Harrison, Jones, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Weldon, and Stein |
Oppose unless amended |
- Signed, Chapter 212 |
| HB 814 |
Health Occupations - Personal Trainers - Licensing, Delegate Costa |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 815 |
Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Health Care Practitioners - Information Provided by Carriers, Delegates Tarrant, Donoghue, James, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, and Stukes |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 673 |
| HB 818 |
Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties, Delegates Tarrant and Hubbard |
Support with amendment |
- Signed, Chapter 448 |
| HB 856 |
Creation of a State Debt - St. Joseph Medical Center, Delegates Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Cardin, Frank, Jennings, Kach, Lafferty, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Schuler, Stein, and Weir |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 863 |
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Health Care for the Homeless, Delegates Stukes, Carter, Conaway, Haynes, Kirk, Oaks, and Robinson |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 872 |
Health Insurance - Public-Private Health Care Programs, Delegates Pendergrass, Bobo, DeBoy, Guzzone, Malone, and F. Turner |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 627 |
| HB 874 |
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Minors With Provisional License Transporting Minors - Enforcement, Charles County Delegation |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 876 |
State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services, Delegate Morhaim |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 906 |
Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act, Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McHale, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, and Shewell |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 214 |
| HB 910 |
Health Care Providers - Disclosure of Medical Records - Children in Need of Assistance Proceedings, Delegates Reznik, Barkley, Burns, Dumais, Frick, Ivey, Kaiser, Robinson, and Sossi |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 300 |
| HB 912 |
Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Community Free Clinic, Delegate Donoghue |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 942 |
Health Disparities - Institutions of Higher Education - Report, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 675 |
| HB 961 |
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Discipline of Licensees - Disclosure of Information, Delegates Stein, Morhaim, and Nathan-Pulliam |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 965 |
Child Abuse and Neglect - Additional Professions Required to Report, Delegates Anderson, Aumann, Barve, Branch, Braveboy, Busch, Cardin, G. Clagett, Conaway, DeBoy, Eckardt, Frank, Glenn, Levi, Malone, McConkey, McIntosh, Ramirez, Schuler, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Taylor, and Valderrama |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 969 |
Health Care Malpractice - Death - Noneconomic Damages, Delegates Waldstreicher and Valderrama |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| HB 991 |
HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment - Pregnant Women, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner |
Support |
- Signed, Chapter 223 |
| HB 1009 |
Income Tax Exemption - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce Shortage, Delegates Cardin, Beitzel, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Frank, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Manno, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Ramirez, Riley, Tarrant, Weir, and Weldon |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1037 |
Prince George's County Hospital Authority PG 410-08, Prince George's County Delegation |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1039 |
Prince George's County Hospital Authority PG 403-08, Prince George's County Delegation |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 680 |
| HB 1044 |
Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances, Delegates Frank, Hammen, Kipke, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Weldon |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1045 |
Department of Budget and Management - Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers, Delegates Gaines, Aumann, Barkley, Bronrott, DeBoy, Haynes, Healey, Jones, and F. Turner |
FYI |
- Signed, Chapter 407 |
| HB 1081 |
Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services - Claims, Delegates Love, Costa, Kipke, Morhaim, and Weldon |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1089 |
Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services, Delegate Donoghue |
No position |
- Signed, Chapter 196 |
| HB 1093 |
Health Care Coverage Fund - Tax on Health Insurance Premiums - Access to Health Care, Delegate Morhaim |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1095 |
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Prevention - Funding, Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Hubbard, Hucker, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Reznik, Ross, Taylor, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1099 |
Task Force to Increase the Enrollment of Students in Medicaid and the Maryland Children's Health Program, Delegates Tarrant, Hubbard, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Stukes, and V. Turner |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1104 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organization - Hospital Ancillary Services, Delegates Tarrant, Costa, Mizeur, and Stukes |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1110 |
Texting While Driving Ban of 2008, Delegates Waldstreicher, Eckardt, Frick, Haynes, Kramer, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Ross, Taylor, and Walker |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1124 |
Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury, Delegates Levi and Shank |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1125 |
Maryland Universal Health Care Plan, Delegates Montgomery, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Carr, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Taylor, V. T |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| HB 1132 |
Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility and Administration, Delegate Rosenberg |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
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