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Legislation


2004 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 715

File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Sponsored By:
Delegates Dumais, Barkley, Bronrott, Cryor, Feldman, Franchot, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Heller, Kaiser, King, Madaleno, Mandel, Montgomery, Simmons, Taylor, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled:
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Maternity Patients - Shaken Baby Syndrome

Synopsis:

Requiring hospitals and health care facilities that provide maternity and obstetrical services to provide maternity patients with written information about shaken baby syndrome prior to the discharge of the patient's newborn or infant child; specifying that failure to meet the requirements of the Act may not be construed to create a private right of action; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/5
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/11
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
3/12
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/16
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/17 (Delegate Hurson) Adopted
3/17
Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/19
Third Reading Passed (141-0)
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Finance
3/24
Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
4/5
Unfavorable Report by Finance
Sponsored by:
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
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 Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
CHILD ABUSE
CLINICS
HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
LANGUAGE
PATIENTS
PREGNANCY
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
WOMEN
Bill affects the following Statute:
Health - General
( 19-308.7 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 446981/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2004   at: 11:24 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 796787/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 17, 2004   at: 10:32 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
House
March 19, 2004: Third Reading Passed (141-0)
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