Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 130

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  HB 30

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 528

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Donoghue, Rosenberg, Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Oral Health Safety Net Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 40

  Status as of January 31, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Cardin, Doory, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, Krebs, Olszewski, Rice, Stukes, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 48

  Status as of February 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Aumann, Barve, Frank, Minnick, Oaks, Shank, and Stein

  Entitled

  Circuit Courts - Medical Injury - Medical Malpractice Administrative Review Board

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 56

  Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - User Fee Assessments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 70

  Status as of February 13, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Nomination of Board Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 100

  Status as of March 13, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Benson, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Donoghue, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Jones, Kullen, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Cultural Competency Workgroup

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  

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  HB 119

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 377

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt and Haddaway

  Entitled

  Health - Laboratory Examination Reports - Invasive Diseases

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 138

  Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Busch, Haynes, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 141

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 378

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Sending Renewal Notices by Electronic Means

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 144

  Status as of February 13, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Pharmacist Rehabilitation Committee - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 147

  Status as of February 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Barve, Cardin, Jones, Shank, and Stein

  Entitled

  Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 156

  Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Minnick, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Frank, Jennings, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Schuler, Stein, and Weir

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Community College of Baltimore County Dental Education Facility and Clinic

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 236

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 385

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Eckardt, Hubbard, Morhaim, and Oaks

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Nurses - Dispensing Methadone

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 274

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 387

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kaiser, Barkley, Bohanan, Cane, Donoghue, Feldman, George, Gutierrez, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, N. King, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, Lawton, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Riley, Shewell, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Study Commission to Explore the Expanded Application of State Stipends for National Certification of Teachers

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 282

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  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
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 315

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 598

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Benson, Eckardt, Lee, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  State Board of Nursing - Licensing, Certification, and Reinstatement Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 326

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 391

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 330

  Status as of February 1, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 338

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Shank

  Entitled

  Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
  

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  HB 357

  Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Maryland Fetal and Infant Mortality Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 358

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 235

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Mizeur, V. Turner, Pena-Melnyk, Oaks, Montgomery, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Certified Social Workers-Clinical - Practice - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 361

  Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Bronrott, Donoghue, Kullen, Lee, Nathan-Pulliam, and Riley

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 372

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 175

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Beitzel and Hammen

  Entitled

  Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 386

  Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 32

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love

  Entitled

  Professional Corporations - Physical Therapists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 400

  Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Cane, V. Clagett, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rice, Taylor, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 445

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 545

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Levy, Bartlett, Bromwell, Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Eckardt, Hubbard, Kipke, Oaks, Taylor, Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Kach, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  State Board of Nursing - Advanced Nurse Practitioners - Membership and Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 457

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 186

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Ali, Hammen, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Funeral Director Licenses

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 474

  Status as of February 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Dental Hygiene - Administration of Local Anesthesia

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 485

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 495

  Status as of March 17, 2007: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson and Smigiel

  Entitled

  Action or Claim for Medical Injury - Attesting Experts - Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 515

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 612

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 519

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 142

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell, Cardin, DeBoy, Donoghue, Hubbard, Malone, Oaks, and Schuler

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 524

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 412

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bronrott, Burns, Costa, Donoghue, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pendergrass, Proctor, Stein, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, Kipke, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Workgroup on Cultural Competency and Workforce Development for Mental Health Professionals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 532

  Status as of April 2, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Davis

  Entitled

  Maryland Automobile Insurance Fraud Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 579

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 243

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Bromwell, Harrison, Hucker, Jones, Kirk, Lawton, Mathias, Rice, Riley, Walker, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Authorization of Additional Products and Small Group Administrative Discounts and Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 594

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 244

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, and Riley

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Long-Term Care Services for Cognitive and Functional Impairments - Study and Analysis

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 672

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 250

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas, Aumann, Bartlett, Braveboy, Elmore, McConkey, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Petition for Guardianship of Disabled Person - Certificate of Competency by Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 682

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 251

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Care Decisions Act - Emergency Medical Services "Do Not Resuscitate Orders" - Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 734

  Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph and Elliott

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 735

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Boteler, Bromwell, DeBoy, Elliott, Haddaway, Holmes, Hucker, Kullen, Malone, Mathias, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rudolph, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration, and Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 736

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Job Classifications and Grades for Staff

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 751

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 165

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Supervised Practice - Dental Hygienist

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 769

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, Oaks, Robinson, Stukes, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Disease Prevention - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 793

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 435

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Braveboy, Cane, Conaway, Costa, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Kipke, Lee, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, Hammen, Morhaim, Bromwell, V. Turner, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Weldon, Riley, Kach, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Sickle Cell Disease - Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 800

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 627

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 820

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boteler and Kach

  Entitled

  Health Occupation Boards - Determination of Job Classifications and Grades for Staff

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 847

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 629

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bromwell

  Entitled

  Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 849

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bohanan

  Entitled

  Patient Referrals - Group Practice - Radiology Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 891

  Status as of April 5, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Myers, Bates, Beitzel, Kelly, McKee, Shank, Stull, and Donoghue

  Entitled

  Postmortem Examiners Commission - Rate for the Transportation of a Body

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 934

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Committee on Dental Hygiene - Recommendations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 947

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 169

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Providers - Reimbursement and Charges

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 949

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 441

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stein, Beitzel, Bromwell, Costa, Kach, Kipke, Malone, Mizeur, Oaks, Riley, Tarrant, Hammen, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Military Health Care Personnel - Staffing Initiative

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 979

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 262

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Barve, Bates, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Costa, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Guzzone, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Hubbard, Hucker, Kach, Kelly, Kipke, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Love, Manno, Miller, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Stukes, F. Turner, Weldon, Beitzel, McDonough, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Health Information Exchange Pilot Project

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 980

  Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Kullen, Mizeur, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  HIV Testing, Education, and Treatment for Inmates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 988

  Status as of May 15, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Technical

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Program Evaluation and Licensee Protection

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1040

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Anderson, Carter, Glenn, McIntosh, Rosenberg, and Smigiel

  Entitled

  Maryland Compassionate Use Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1054

  Status as of February 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kach

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1071

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 264

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson, Glenn, Kirk, and Krysiak

  Entitled

  Child Fatality Review Teams - Access and Disclosure of Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1082

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 452

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Managed Care Organizations - Retroactive Denial of Claims and Applicability of State Laws

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1083

  Status as of March 13, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell, Cardin, and Hucker

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1098

  Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Professional Counselors and Therapists - Definition of Appraisal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1124

  Status as of February 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Risk of Abuse or Neglect

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1137

  Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 57

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Griffith, Ivey, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1177

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 205

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Bates, DeBoy, Eckardt, Griffith, Haynes, Heller, Nathan-Pulliam, Robinson, Stocksdale, and Taylor

  Entitled

  State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Administrators - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1179

  Status as of February 20, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Uniform Credentialing Form

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1222

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Benson, Dumais, Hecht, Hubbard, N. King, Kipke, Kramer, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Mizeur, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1230

  Status as of March 30, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Simmons

  Entitled

  Physicians - Cosmetic Medical Procedures and Treatments - Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1231

  Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Krysiak

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Medical Records - Authorized Disclosures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1253

  Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 97

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Schuler

  Entitled

  HIV Testing - Prohibited Exposure - Forensic Scientists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1265

  Status as of February 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bromwell

  Entitled

  Physicians - Delegation Agreement - Supervision of Physician Assistants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1361

  Status as of April 4, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Robinson, Anderson, Benson, Carter, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Jones, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Health Care and Personal Care Services - Abusive Employee Database

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1371

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Gaines

  Entitled

  Quality and Stability in the Personal Care Workforce Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1410

  Status as of April 4, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Harrison

  Entitled

  State Board of Morticians - Family Security Trust Fund and Pre-Need Contract Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  SB 48

  Status as of January 19, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Certificate of Illness or Disability - Medical Technicians and Signatures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 58

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Britt, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Study Commission to Explore the Expanded Application of State Stipends for National Certification of Teachers

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 72

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - User Fee Assessments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 84

  Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 107

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 505

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators DeGrange, Garagiola, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Middleton, Miller, Peters, Rosapepe, Astle, Kelley, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 118

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Nursing - Licensing, Certification, and Reinstatement Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 181

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 527

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Oral Health Safety Net Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 238

  Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Brochin, Haines, Harris, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Community College of Baltimore County Dental Education Facility and Clinic

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 241

  Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum, Conway, Dyson, Gladden, Hooper, and Lenett

  Entitled

  Education - Alcohol and Drug Testing for Pupils in Public or Private Schools

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 255

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 539

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 258

  Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Britt, Dyson, and Harris

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 262

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 140

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier and Della

  Entitled

  Consent Provisions - Minors - Mental or Emotional Disorder

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 263

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 141

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Astle, Exum, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 266

  Status as of March 12, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lenett and Madaleno

  Entitled

  Prescription Privacy Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 286

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 320

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Maryland Dent-Care Program - Participants and Award Amounts

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 309

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 324

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Civil Actions or Claims - Reports - Dismissal - Limitations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 323

  Status as of March 5, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 340

  Status as of April 3, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Britt, Dyson, Lenett, Pinsky, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 348

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Child Fatality Review Teams - Access and Disclosure of Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 349

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 146

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Disease Prevention - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 378

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 544

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson, Conway, and Middleton

  Entitled

  State Board of Nursing - Advanced Nurse Practitioners - Membership and Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 427

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton and Astle

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Authorization of Additional Products and Small Group Administrative Discounts and Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 474

  Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Gladden, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 483

  Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 31

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Professional Corporations - Physical Therapists

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 490

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Britt

  Entitled

  Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 531

  Status as of March 8, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Dental Hygiene - Administration of Local Anesthesia

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 542

  Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Currie, Della, Forehand, Madaleno, Pugh, and Robey

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Visits After Diagnostic or Surgical Procedure Using Anesthesia - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 557

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Garagiola

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 568

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 164

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Supervised Practice - Dental Hygienist

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 584

  Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senators Britt, Harris, Hooper, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 596

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 599

  Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kittleman

  Entitled

  Health - Disclosure of Medical Records - Cases Before the Workers' Compensation Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 600

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 167

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kittleman

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation Commission - Authorization for Release of Medical Information - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 601

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 168

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kittleman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Health Care Providers - Reimbursement and Charges

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 610

  Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Physicians - Delegation of Duties - Nonphysician Surgical Assistants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 642

  Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Raskin

  Entitled

  Courts - Health Care Malpractice - Certificate of a Qualified Expert

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 645

  Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stoltzfus (By Request)

  Entitled

  Radiologist Assistants - Certification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 651

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 174

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 677

  Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Edwards

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 718

  Status as of March 30, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Finance Committee

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

• 

  SB 723

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Dyson, and Kelley

  Entitled

  Certified Social Workers-Clinical - Practice - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 740

  Status as of February 19, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson and Middleton

  Entitled

  Patient Referrals - Group Practice - Radiology Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 749

  Status as of April 6, 2007: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 756

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 185

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Funeral Director Licenses

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 757

  Status as of February 16, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Maryland Compassionate Use Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 781

  Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Morticians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 791

  Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Favorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Mental Health - Incarcerated Individuals with Mental Illness

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 792

  Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Risk of Abuse or Neglect

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 851

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 359

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lenett, Colburn, Dyson, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Britt, DeGrange, Hooper, Jones, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Physicians - Unauthorized Practice of Medicine - Penalty

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 866

  Status as of April 1, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Professional Counselors and Therapists - Definition of Appraisal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

• 

  SB 879

  Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 56

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 881

  Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Harris and Zirkin

  Entitled

  No-Fault Cerebral Palsy Insurance Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 937

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 204

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Administrators - Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 938

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 206

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hooper, Colburn, Harris, Jones, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Public Health - Injury Reports - Workgroup

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 968

  Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Quality and Stability in the Personal Care Workforce Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 993

  Status as of April 2, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier and Hooper

  Entitled

  State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration, and Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 1013

  Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Job Classifications and Grades for Staff

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance