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2008 Legislative Action - Senate 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 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.
Full text and status of each bill is available by clicking
on the bill number listed in the following chart. (You will need to be
able to view RTF documents.)
There is also a wealth of knowledge about the Maryland
General Assembly available at their homepage. To send an e-mail to
a delegate or senator, click
here. To determine which delegate or senator serves a particular district,
click
here.
Contact MedChi's Annapolis
Office for more information.
2008 Bill Signing Dates
Tuesday, April 24 10:00 am
Tuesday, May 13 10:00 am
Thursday, May 22 10:00 am
Please note the above dates and times for the Governor's Bill Signings.
All signings are held in the Governor's Reception area on the second floor of
the State House. If you are interested in a particular bill, and when it
will be signed, please call the Med Chi Legislative Office.
A final newsletter will be distributed following the May 22 signing.
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SENATE BILLS - 2008 SESSION |
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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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| Key to Abbreviations: |
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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 Senate Bills
| Bill No. |
Title |
Position |
Status |
| SB 2 |
Vehicle Laws - Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving - Prohibitions , Senator Lenett |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 23 |
Teenage Protection Pilot Program , Senator Simonaire, Senator Greenip |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 28 |
All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Headgear , Senator Forehand |
Support |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 65 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Coverage of Child Dependents , Senator Brochin |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| SB 97 |
Lead-Containing Products - Prohibition , Senators Pugh, Conway, Della, Exum, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Raskin, and Stone |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 98 |
Prosthetic Parity Act , Senators Pugh, Conway, Della, Exum, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, and Raskin |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| SB 102 |
Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program , Senator Gladden |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 110 |
Creation of a State Debt - Suburban Hospital , Senators Frosh, Forehand, Garagiola, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 127 |
Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Staphylococcus Infections - Reporting, Senator Gladden |
Support with amendments |
- Bill failed |
| SB 135 |
Creation of a State Debt - Civista Medical Center, Inc., Senators Middleton and Dyson |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 171 |
Creation of a State Debt - Sinai Hospital of Baltimore , Senator Pugh |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 192 |
Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Application of Insurance Fraud Law , Chair, Finance Committee |
No position |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 215 |
Maryland False Health Claims Act, Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 225 |
Local Correctional Facilities - Inmate Health Care Expenses - Payment Rates to Health Care Providers, Senator Middleton |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 243 |
Child Abuse and Neglect - Additional Professions and Failure to Report - Penalty, Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Jacobs, Jones, Lenett, Middleton, and Stone |
Oppose unless amended |
- Bill failed |
| SB 286 |
Public Health - Antibiotic-Resistant Infection Prevention Campaign, Senator Gladden |
Support |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 304 |
Consumer Products Safety - Lead and Mercury Reduction Act, Senator Middleton |
Oppose |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 345 |
Vehicle Laws - Minor Holding Provisional Driver's License - Passenger Restrictions, Senator Dyson |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| SB 355 |
Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures, Senator Lenett |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| SB 440 |
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland General Hospital, Senator Jones |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 443 |
State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services, Senators Frosh, Conway, and Dyson |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 459 |
Task Force to Review Physician Shortages in Rural Areas, Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, and Munson |
Support with amendments |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 461 |
Vehicle Laws - Use of Wireless Communication Devices by Young Drivers - Enforcement, Senators Middleton and Dyson |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 469 |
Health Insurance - Special Services, Procedures, or Reports - Reimbursement, Senator Della |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 473 |
Public Schools - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - Passive Parental Consent, Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, Pugh, and Robey |
Support |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 476 |
Department of Budget and Management - Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers, Senator Madaleno |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 513 |
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Prevention - Funding, Senators McFadden, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 531 |
Courts - Immunity from Liability - Leaving Unharmed Newborn - Time Period, Senators Muse and Forehand |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 543 |
Creation of a State Debt - Union Hospital of Cecil County, Senators Jacobs and Pipkin |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 545 |
Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds, Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee |
Support with amendment |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 550 |
Health Care Malpractice - Death - Noneconomic Damages, Senator Gladden |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 566 |
Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners, Senator Garagiola |
No position |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 578 |
Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Confidentiality, Senator Forehand |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 580 |
Radiation Oncology/ Therapy Technologists, Medical Radiation Technologists, Radiologist Assistants, and Nuclear Medicine Technologists - Licensure, Senators Conway, Colburn, Lenett, and Stoltzfus |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 595 |
Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services, Senators Astle, Della, and Klausmeier |
Support |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 598 |
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery General Hospital, Senators Kramer, Frosh, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 600 |
Schools - Early Intervention - Hearing and Vision Screenings, Senators Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, Middleton, Muse, and Stone |
Support |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 602 |
Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services, Senator Pinsky |
No position |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 611 |
Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers, Senator Pipkin |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 631 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - Educational Publication, Senators Jacobs and Kittleman |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 660 |
Family Support Act, Senator Kelley |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 661 |
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Minors with Provisional License Transporting Minors - Enforcement, Senators Middleton and Dyson |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 686 |
Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies, Senators Rosapepe, Conway, and Lenett |
No position |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 707 |
Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Community Free Clinic, Senator Munson |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 708 |
Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation, Senators Dyson, Colburn, Lenett, Middleton, and Zirkin |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| SB 709 |
Health Occupations - Optometrists - Therapeutic Contact Lenses, Senator Lenett |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 717 |
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority, Senator Klausmeier |
Oppose |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 719 |
Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Standards for Availability of Health Care Providers, Senator Klausmeier |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| SB 723 |
Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Prescription Drug Substitution, Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh |
No position |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 730 |
Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury, Senator Harris |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 731 |
Creation of a State Debt - Franklin Square Hospital Center, Senator Harris |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 744 |
Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties, Senator Pugh |
Support with amendment |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 747 |
Creation of a State Debt - St. Joseph Medical Center, Senator Brochin |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 764 |
State Board of Dental Examiners Nomination and Disciplinary Processes - Task Force on the Discipline of Health Care Professionals and Improved Patient Care , Senator Conway |
Oppose unless amended |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 766 |
Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act, Senator Conway |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 774 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organization - Hospital Ancillary Services, Senator Pugh |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 775 |
Maryland Medbank Program - Funding, Senator Pugh |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 785 |
Health - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Minor Passenger, Senators Lenett, Jones, Madaleno, McFadden, and Muse |
Support with amendment |
- Bill failed |
| SB 789 |
Vehicle Laws - Child Safety Seats - Age and Weight Requirements, Senator Forehand |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 802 |
Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Hospice Center, Senator Pipkin |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 811 |
Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts, Senator Pipkin |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 815 |
Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights, Senators Exum and Kelley |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 818 |
Public Health Dental Hygiene Act, Senators Middleton, Astle, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Forehand, Garagiola, Glassman, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Simonaire |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 826 |
HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment - Pregnant Women, Senator Conway |
Support |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 828 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information , Senator Conway |
FYI |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 845 |
Maryland False Claims Act, Senator Lenett |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 852 |
Health Insurance - Public-Private Health Care Programs, Senators Kasemeyer, Kittleman, and Robey |
No position |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 857 |
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, Senator Lenett |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 861 |
Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances, Senators Conway and Exum |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 865 |
Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses and Learners' Instructional Permits - Minors, Senator Dyson |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 884 |
Health Occupations - Complementary Alternative Medicine Health Care Providers - Scope of Practice , Senators Garagiola and McFadden |
Oppose |
- Bill failed |
| SB 889 |
Nurse Practitioners - Authority to Certify, Senator Dyson |
Oppose |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 897 |
Workers' Compensation Commission - Medical Fee Guide Committee - Membership, Senators Exum and Kittleman |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| SB 899 |
Public Health - Task Force on Childhood Obesity, Senator Rosapepe |
Support |
- Bill failed |
| SB 916 |
Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement and Grants, Senator Middleton |
Oppose unless amended |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 917 |
Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Quarantine Orders - Arrest Without Warrant and Citations, Senator Forehand |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SB 955 |
Brian Moore Student Health and Fitness Act of Maryland, Senator Harrington |
Support |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 965 |
Comptroller - Eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Program , Senators Conway, Dyson, and Gladden |
No position |
- Bill failed |
| SB 974 |
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Averted Uncompensated Care - Assessment, Senator Middleton |
No position |
- Bill passed; awaiting Governor’s action |
| SB 1007 |
Prince George's County Hospital Authority, Senators Currie, Exum, Harrington, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, and Rosapepe |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
| SJ 3 |
Establishing Nurse Anesthetists Week , Senators Klausmeier, Brochin, and Kittleman |
FYI |
- Bill failed |
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