Public Health (J1)

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  HB 114

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson

  Entitled

  Health Care Consumers' Bill of Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 115

  Status as of January 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson

  Entitled

  Community-Based Health Networks - Technical and Financial Assistance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 132

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bissett

  Entitled

  Smoking in the Workplace - Exemption - For-Profit Bingo Establishments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 136

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Billings, Barve, Bobo, Conroy, Cryor, Eckardt, Flanagan, Genn, Goldwater, Hubbard, Hurson, Kagan, Mandel, Morhaim, Petzold, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Local Government - Sales of Tobacco Products

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 163

  Status as of February 28, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Recovery of Payments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 191

  Status as of March 6, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, Eckardt, Nathan-Pulliam, Frush, Kirk, Walkup, Grosfeld, and Kopp

  Entitled

  Osteoporosis Community Education and Prevention Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 276

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 202

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Cholesterol Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 323

  Status as of March 6, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Grosfeld and Marriott

  Entitled

  Vital Statistics - Certificate of Birth - Reissue After a Change of Sex

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 331

  Status as of March 29, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Arnick, Taylor, Owings, Mossburg, Krysiak, Curran, Harrison, Minnick, Snodgrass, Schisler, Mohorovic, Hammen, DeCarlo, Bozman, V. Mitchell, Conway, D. Hughes, Bissett, Slade, Redmer, McClenahan, Linton, Hutchins, Ports, O'Donnell, McHale, T. Murphy, C. Davis, C. Mitchell, Wood, Dewberry, Stup, Klausmeier, and Weir

  Entitled

  Cigarette Vending Machines - Restrictions and Liabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  HB 426

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 684

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Perry, Owings, Donoghue, Jacobs, Nathan-Pulliam, Clagett, Stup, E. Burns, D. Murphy, Stull, Elliott, Brinkley, Preis, Petzold, Pitkin, Rzepkowski, Dembrow, Cadden, M. Burns, and McKee

  Entitled

  Disease Prevention - Rabies - Ferrets

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 474

  Status as of March 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow, Genn, D. Hughes, Redmer, Kagan, and Montague

  Entitled

  Terminal Illness - Physician Aid in Dying

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 505

  Status as of April 9, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 62

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Kidney Disease Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 506

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 235

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Cancer Registry

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 522

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen

  Entitled

  Residential Service Agencies - Branch Licensure Fee - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 557

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kelly, Boston, M. Burns, Crumlin, Cummings, Donoghue, Dypski, Eckardt, Exum, Kach, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Minnick, McClenahan, V. Mitchell, Mossburg, Redmer, Schade, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Medical Care Data Base Collection - Notice and Informed Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 620

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 671

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Morhaim, Hecht, Parker, E. Burns, Frush, Benson, Marriott, Crumlin, Stull, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Doory, Pitkin, Menes, Perry, Shriver, Dypski, Muse, Opara, and C. Mitchell

  Entitled

  Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment - Inmates - State Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 678

  Status as of February 14, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg and Oaks

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medicaid Waiver - Managed Care Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 761

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 267

  Sponsored By

  Howard County Delegation

  Entitled

  Howard County - Mental Health Authority Ho. Co. 23-96

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 768

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Howard County Delegation

  Entitled

  Howard County - Sales of Tobacco Products Ho. Co. 3-96

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 770

  Status as of March 15, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Walkup

  Entitled

  Medical Examiner - Autopsies - Body Transportation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 797

  Status as of March 15, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 981

  Status as of April 3, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dembrow

  Entitled

  Transfer of Duties of Local Health and Social Services Departments to Counties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 998

  Status as of March 22, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Heller, Muse, Benson, R. Baker, Cryor, Eckardt, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hubbard, Hutchins, Frush, Mandel, Walkup, Workman, Montague, T. Murphy, Parker, Patterson, McHale, Howard, Nathan-Pulliam, Hecht, Menes, Bobo, and Preis

  Entitled

  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Preventive Services Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1030

  Status as of February 14, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Eckardt, McIntosh, Exum, Krysiak, Campbell, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Collection of Data - Self-Pay Patients

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1031

  Status as of February 14, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Rosenberg, Eckardt, McIntosh, Krysiak, Campbell, Exum, Nathan-Pulliam, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Collection of Data

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1046

  Status as of February 14, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hurson

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Plans - Provision of Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1051

  Status as of April 4, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) , and Delegates McHale, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Redmer, Hammen, Hurson, Fulton, Elliott, Hubbard, Frush, Stull, Morhaim, Oaks, Stup, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1067

  Status as of March 15, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Muse, R. Baker, Beck, Benson, Branch, Cadden, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Doory, Exum, Frush, Harrison, Heller, Howard, B. Hughes, Kagan, Marriott, C. Mitchell, T. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, O'Donnell, Opara, Parker, Patterson, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosapepe, Shriver, Valderrama, and Wood

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Effect of the Drug Ritalin on School Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1096

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 691

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stull, Beck, D. Hughes, Snodgrass, Morhaim, Stup, Nathan-Pulliam, Elliott, Frush, and Fulton

  Entitled

  Milk Products - Sell-By Period

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1128

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Women, Infants, and Children Program - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1166

  Status as of April 6, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conroy, Cummings, Donoghue, Montague, Flanagan, Hurson, Heller, Mandel, Hixson, Pitkin, Klima, Branch, Dewberry, Preis, Hecht, Cadden, Conway, Slade, McKee, W. Baker, Owings, Workman, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Community Programs - Reimbursement Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1229

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Tissue Banks

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1302

  Status as of February 16, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hurson

  Entitled

  Capitated Payments to Managed Care Plans or Organizations - Condition of Payment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1333

  Status as of March 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Owings

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Acute Pain Management

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1356

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1422

  Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Fulton

  Entitled

  Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing by Employers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1458

  Status as of March 27, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, W. Baker, Schisler, Bozman, D. Hughes, Eckardt, Walkup, and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Working Dogs - Quarantine - Working Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HJ 4

  Status as of February 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Eckardt, Pitkin, Petzold, Grosfeld, Walkup, Nathan-Pulliam, Frush, Kirk, Bobo, and Kopp

  Entitled

  Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HJ 9

  Status as of January 31, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, D. Hughes, Morhaim, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Nursing Homes - Alzheimer's Disease - Special Care Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 59

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 365

  Sponsored By

  Senator Munson

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Requirements - Mammography Educational Materials

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 104

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 102

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Prescription Drugs - Generic Substitutions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 105

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 103

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Reporting of Communicable Diseases

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 106

  Status as of April 3, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Confidential Records - Foodborne Outbreak Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 107

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 104

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Control of Communicable Tuberculosis - Treatment of Infected Persons

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 108

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 105

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Public Laboratories

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 131

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Hoffman, Kelley, Teitelbaum, Sfikas, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  AIDS - Pregnant Women - Counseling and Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 157

  Status as of February 12, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Mental Health Records - Disclosure to Primary Caregivers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 272

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 670

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Blount, Collins, Pinsky, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Frosh, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment - Inmates - State Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 395

  Status as of April 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pica

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Nursing Facilities - Disproportionate Share Payment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 467

  Status as of February 23, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Residential Service Agencies - Branch Licensure Fee - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 471

  Status as of March 22, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Frosh, Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Pinsky, Boozer, Kelley, Madden, Trotter, Young, Lawlah, and Ruben

  Entitled

  Tobacco Products - Placement of Vending Machines

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 523

  Status as of March 14, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Compulsive Gambling

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 529

  Status as of March 5, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Collection of Data

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 530

  Status as of March 5, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Collection of Data - Self-Pay Patients

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 573

  Status as of March 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Preventive Services Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 598

  Status as of April 3, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hoffman, Amoss, Boozer, Cade, Currie, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Ruben, Van Hollen, Astle, Bromwell, Della, Derr, Dorman, Hafer, Madden, Pica, Roesser, Trotter, and Young

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Community Programs - Reimbursement Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 659

  Status as of March 14, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Madden

  Entitled

  Copies of Medical Records - Dissolution of Physician Groups - Charges

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 662

  Status as of March 6, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Recovery of Benefits - Tobacco-Related Illnesses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 665

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Green

  Entitled

  Public Safety Employees - Contagious Diseases - Testing and Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 695

  Status as of February 7, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Stoltzfus, Hafer, McCabe, Colburn, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Partial-Birth Abortions - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 696

  Status as of February 7, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Colburn, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Women's Right to Know Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 702

  Status as of March 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell , Young, Derr, Dorman, Hafer, Hollinger, Madden, Pica, and Trotter

  Entitled

  Medical Records - Medical Care Data Base Collection and Disclosure of Medical Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 709

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 416

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Mammography Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 717

  Status as of February 8, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health - Benefit and Evaluation Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules
  

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  SB 750

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 352

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SJ 3

  Status as of February 29, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger and Collins

  Entitled

  Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes - Alzheimer's Disease - Special Care Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance