2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 543

CHAPTER NUMBER: 537 File Code: Higher Education Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 519
Sponsored By:
Delegates Hammen, Guns, Weir, Baldwin, Boutin, Cane, D. Davis, Elliott, Frush, Hubbard, Hurson, Klausmeier, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Redmer, Sher, Stern, Stull, V. Jones, Hixson, Healey, Bartlett, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Finifter, Heller, Bohanan, McKee, Patterson, Phillips, Rosso, and Rudolph
Entitled:
Education - Maryland Dent-Care Program

Synopsis:

Establishing the Maryland Dent-Care Program to provide education loan assistance grants to dentists who agree that 30% of their patients treated for a 3-year period will be Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; requiring the State Scholarship Administration to administer the Maryland Dent-Care Program with the assistance of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Oral Health; establishing requirements for receiving a grant under the Program; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/7
First Reading Ways and Means
2/9
Hearing 2/24 at 11:00 a.m.
3/13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/14
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/17
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
3/31
Returned Passed
5/18
Signed by the Governor Chapter 537
Senate Action
3/20
First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
3/30
Favorable Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
3/31
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/1
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Robert C. Baldwin, District 33
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGETS
DENTISTS
GRANTS
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
HIGHER EDUCATION -see also- COMM COLLEGES; MED SCHOOLS; etc.
LOANS -see also- MORTGAGES
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PATIENTS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Education
( 18-2401 , 18-2402 , 18-2403 , 18-2404 , 18-2405 , 18-2406 , 18-2407 , 18-2408 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 485567/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 14, 2000   at: 11:04 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 17, 2000: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Senate
April 1, 2000: Third Reading Passed (44-0)