MENTAL HEALTH

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 35

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  HB 64

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 203

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 65

  Status as of February 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene - Private Therapeutic Group Homes

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 219

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 217

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Consent to Mental Health Treatment - Minors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 276

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 221

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Shank, and McKee

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Washington County Hospital Association

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 317

  Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cadden, Kopp, Heller, McIntosh, Conway, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 318

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 624

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Love, Sophocleus, Baldwin, Nathan-Pulliam, Rzepkowski, Owings, Hurson, Edwards, Hammen, Hubbard, and Krysiak

  Entitled

  Support Services - For-Hire Driving

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 459

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Conroy, Owings, W. Baker, Benson, Hubbard, Dewberry, Cadden, Cane, Heller, McKee, Hurson, and Shriver

  Entitled

  Education - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Workforce Tuition Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 465

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Minnick (Baltimore County Administration) and Delegates Finifter, Morhaim, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Hannah More School

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 489

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Menes, Hixson, Healey, Benson, Carlson, C. Davis, Frush, Howard, Hubbard, Kopp, Marriott, Patterson, Proctor, and Shriver

  Entitled

  Education - Suspension and Expulsion - Behavioral or Mental Health Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 534

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 249

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Menes, Moe, and Giannetti

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Regional Hospital

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 621

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 437

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Professional Counselors - Licensing and Certification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 692

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 446

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Grosfeld, and Love

  Entitled

  Juvenile Justice - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Screening and Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 800

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg and Oaks

  Entitled

  Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 886

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Grosfeld, R. Baker, Frush, Hubbard, Menes, Moe, Petzold, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund - Time Periods - Compensation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 923

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 471

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance - Specialty Mental Health Services - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 931

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Goldwater, Eckardt, Love, Donoghue, McClenahan, Pendergrass, and Bobo

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 936

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Eckardt, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Walkup, and Hurson

  Entitled

  Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe Medications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1054

  Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Utilization Review - Qualifications of Physicians Making Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1190

  Status as of March 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rawlings

  Entitled

  State Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals - Revenues and Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules
  

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  SB 4

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Sexually Violent Predators

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 213

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 159

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Hannah More School

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 285

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman and Madden

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Regional Hospital

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 306

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Health Care - Surrogate Decision Making - Prohibitions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 327

  Status as of April 4, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Currie, Hogan, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Ruben, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 332

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hoffman and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 340

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 550

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Blount, Teitelbaum, Mitchell, Kelley, and Munson

  Entitled

  Education - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Workforce Tuition Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 368

  Status as of February 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Education - Suspension and Expulsion - Behavioral or Mental Health Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 401

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Munson and Mooney

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Washington County Hospital Association

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 411

  Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green and Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Juvenile Justice - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Screening and Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 448

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 566

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 508

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Professional Counselors - Licensing and Certification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 585

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 579

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 588

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 44

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Mental Health Care Providers - Patient's Violent Behavior - Duty to Predict, Warn, or Take Precautions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 650

  Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Care Professionals - Freedom of Speech and Expression

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 698

  Status as of April 7, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Education - Suspension and Expulsion - Behavioral or Mental Health Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means