CHAPTER NUMBER: 503
File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Boutin
and Mandel, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue,
Elliott, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim,
Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph,
Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Prescription Drug Safety Act
Requiring prescriptions to be legible; providing that specified
penalties do not apply to a violation of the Act; and requiring the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a specified
workgroup and report to specified committees of the General Assembly
by November 1, 2004.
House Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/4
- Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/12
- Third Reading Passed (125-8)
- 4/4
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (133-6)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/26
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 503
Senate Action
- 3/15
- First Reading Finance
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Hearing cancelled
- 3/24
- Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DISCIPLINE
- DISCLOSURE
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- FORMS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- PATIENTS
- PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- REPORTS
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
- SIGNATURES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
21-220 ,
21-1215
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 586883/02 (PDF) Offered on: March 9, 2004 at:
10:33 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 594535/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 2004 at:
1:40 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 12, 2004: Third Reading Passed (125-8)
- April 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed (133-6)
- Senate
- April 4, 2004: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
