MENTAL HEALTH

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 62

• 

  HB 98

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 295

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene Administration - Children's Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program - Study of Case Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 121

  Status as of January 18, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 161

  Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Morhaim, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Mental Health Community Rehabilitation Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

• 

  HB 162

  Status as of February 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goodwin and Pugh

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Old Goucher Area - Human Services Programs - Prior Approval Required

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 194

  Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Bates, DeBoy, Malone, Miller, Pendergrass, Quinter, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Howard County General Hospital

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

• 

  HB 203

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson

  Entitled

  Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 270

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell and Haynes

  Entitled

  Private Review Agents - Treatment Plan Form - Form Mandated by Another State

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 301

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Marriott (Chairman, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) and Delegates Bates, Benson, Conroy, Eckardt, Gaines, Hubbard, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Patterson, Sossi, Stocksdale, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, McKee, Myers, Ramirez, and Ross

  Entitled

  Children, Youth, and Family Services - Local Management Boards, State Coordinating Council, and Local Coordinating Councils - Services for Children With Special Needs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 302

  Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Bromwell, Conroy, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Kaiser, Lee, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Ramirez, and Simmons

  Entitled

  Courts - Gambling Treatment Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

• 

  HB 318

  Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, Kirk, Kohl, Krebs, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, McKee, Miller, O'Donnell, Parker, Parrott, Shank, Sossi, Stull, Weir, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Education Bridge to Excellence and Public School Construction Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 329

  Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway, Eckardt, Smigiel, Sossi, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - For All Seasons Mid Shore Center for Human Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

• 

  HB 348

  Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education) and Delegates Bartlett, Bozman, Cardin, Dumais, Heller, Kaiser, King, Patterson, Boschert, Cryor, Elmore, Gilleland, and Howard

  Entitled

  Education - Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 366

  Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Bromwell, Cadden, Conroy, Dumais, Gutierrez, Kaiser, Lee, Marriott, McHale, Menes, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Petzold, Ramirez, and Simmons

  Entitled

  State Lottery Proceeds - Problem Gambling Council of Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 405

  Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Niemann and Menes

  Entitled

  Gun Shops - Security Requirements for Regulated Firearms

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

• 

  HB 442

  Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell, Malone, and DeBoy

  Entitled

  Maryland Education Trust Fund - Video Lottery Terminals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 472

  Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love (Chairman, Anne Arundel County Delegation)

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Mental Health Advisory Committee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 549

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 331

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Taylor, Donoghue, Mandel, Pendergrass, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Private Review Agents - Emergency Inpatient and Residential Crisis Services Admission Determinations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 575

  Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate G. Clagett

  Entitled

  Public School Construction - Funding - Video Lottery Terminals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 713

  Status as of March 28, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, Anderson, Bobo, Eckardt, Frank, Griffith, Kullen, Marriott, Moe, and Montgomery

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

• 

  HB 770

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 472

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Emergency Management - Emergency Plans for Human Service Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 771

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 351

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Therapeutic Behavioral Services - Rate Adequacy Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 795

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 353

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• 

  HB 843

  Status as of April 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gaines, Benson, Bohanan, Bromwell, Costa, Eckardt, Frank, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Hubbard, Jones, Kullen, Madaleno, F. Turner, V. Turner, Goldwater, Barve, Donoghue, Elliott, Kohl, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

• 

  HB 901

  Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg and Branch

  Entitled

  Family Investment Program - Domestic Violence and Depression Screening Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

• 

  HB 970

  Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate C. Davis

  Entitled

  Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 988

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 367

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kaiser, Aumann, Bartlett, Bozman, Gilleland, Goldwater, Heller, Jones, King, Madaleno, McKee, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ross, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Boschert, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Marriott, Myers, Patterson, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• 

  HB 1118

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 378

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Community Health Resources Commission Fund - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1152

  Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Murray, Patterson, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1257

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 387

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, Anderson, Carter, Gutierrez, Kelley, Kelly, Lee, Mayer, McComas, Menes, Rosenberg, Shank, Shewell, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Juvenile Law - Competency - Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• 

  HB 1286

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health - General - Residential Treatment Centers - Required Notice

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1378

  Status as of February 17, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Appraisal - Defined

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1510

  Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1535

  Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Goodwin, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Gaudenzia at Woodland Avenue

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

• 

  HB 1550

  Status as of March 25, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate C. Davis

  Entitled

  Involuntary Admission Hearings - Procedure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1572

  Status as of March 31, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Quinter, Simmons, Shank, Kelly, McComas, McMillan, and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Sexual Offenders - Evaluation Before Sentencing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• 

  HB 1594

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 628

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Benefits and Services for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated or Institutionalized - Work Group Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1627

  Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Barve

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Quality of Health Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs in Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  SB 16

  Status as of January 11, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Sexually Violent Predators - Registration and Commitment to a State Facility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 17

  Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Brochin, and Kelley

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Mental Health Community Rehabilitation Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 49

  Status as of January 11, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator DeGrange

  Entitled

  Sexually Violent Predators - Registration and Commitment to a State Facility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 131

  Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kasemeyer, Kittleman, and Schrader

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Howard County General Hospital

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 142

  Status as of March 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Frosh, and Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Health Care Providers - Disclosures of Mental Health Records - Subpoenas

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 149

  Status as of March 29, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Brochin, Colburn, Hooper, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Lottery Proceeds - Compulsive Gambling Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 150

  Status as of April 6, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Colburn, Hooper, Lawlah, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Gambling Treatment Programs in Circuit Courts and the District Court

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 158

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 43

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Private Review Agents - Treatment Plan Form - Form Mandated by Another State

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 225

  Status as of March 15, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Giannetti, Jacobs, Kittleman, Schrader, and Stone

  Entitled

  Public Education Bridge to Excellence and Public School Construction Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 294

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 243

  Sponsored By

  Senator Garagiola (Chairman, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) and Senators Brinkley, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Grosfeld, Jacobs, Jones, Kramer, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Children, Youth, and Family Services - Local Management Boards, State Coordinating Council, and Local Coordinating Councils - Services for Children with Special Needs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 375

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 432

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della, Middleton, Astle, Exum, Gladden, Hafer, Hooper, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health - General - Residential Treatment Centers - Required Notice

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 376

  Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Anne Arundel County Senators

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Mental Health Advisory Committee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 381

  Status as of March 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Dyson, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Consent Provisions - Minors - Mental or Emotional Disorder

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 398

  Status as of March 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 410

  Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Britt, Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Kelley, McFadden, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 418

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 50

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 447

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 256

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lawlah, Della, Hafer, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Teitelbaum, and Garagiola

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations

• 

  SB 494

  Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Della, Exum, and Stone

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 552

  Status as of March 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 607

  Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Talbot County - For All Seasons Mid Shore Center for Human Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 748

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 438

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Psychiatric Residential Treatment Demonstration Waiver Application

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 807

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Giannetti, Green, and Jacobs

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 808

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Juvenile Law - Competency - Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 927

  Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hughes

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Gaudenzia at Woodland Avenue

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 960

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Benefits and Services for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated or Institutionalized - Work Group Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations