PATIENTS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 21

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  HB 235

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates C. Davis, Harrison, and Branch

  Entitled

  Health - Information Privacy - Disclosure of Medical Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 254

  Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Hospitals - HIV Testing - Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 261

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, Workman, Kopp, Barve, Bobo, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage - Mastectomies and Lymph Node Dissections

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 288

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Minimum Length of Hospital Stay - Catheter Insertion

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 289

  Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Quality of Care - Description of Benefits and Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 322

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Benefits Coverage - Inpatient Hospitalization for Mastectomy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 395

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Walkup

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage - Mastectomies and Lymph Node Dissections

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 661

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 253

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Guns

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Patient Referrals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 735

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cryor, Beck, Bozman, Dembrow, DeCarlo, Faulkner, Finifter, Heller, Kopp, Leopold, Mossburg, Stocksdale, Shriver, Turner, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights - Visitation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 834

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kelly, Baldwin, Bissett, Bonsack, Boston, Brinkley, M. Burns, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Ciliberti, Crumlin, Cryor, DeCarlo, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Exum, Faulkner, Fulton, Getty, Greenip, Heller, Holt, Jacobs, Kach, Klima, Leopold, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Mohorovic, Montague, Mossburg, D. Murphy, Muse, O'Donnell, Parker, Pitkin, Rosapepe, Rzepkowski, Schade, Stocksdale, Turner, Walkup, and Workman

  Entitled

  The Patients' Consent Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 64

  Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hafer

  Entitled

  Evidence - Medical Malpractice - Trauma Surgery

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 94

  Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 8

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Disease Prevention - Tuberculosis

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 117

  Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Trotter , Madden, Hollinger, Munson, Dorman, Hafer, Teitelbaum, Young, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage - Treatments for Breast and Testicular Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 165

  Status as of February 20, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Madden

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Minimum Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage - Mastectomies and Lymph Node Dissections

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 197

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Treatment Guidelines and Protocols - Length of Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 201

  Status as of February 20, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Inpatient Hospitalization Coverage - Treatments for Breast or Testicular Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 325

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 580

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger (Chairman, Health Subcommittee) and Senators Craig, Pinsky, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Medical Records - Maintenance, Disclosure, and Confidentiality

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 437

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Patient Referrals

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 529

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Physicians - Intractable Pain - Prescribing or Administering Controlled Dangerous Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 545

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 185

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Disclosure of Medical Records - Compulsory Process - Notice to Person in Interest

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 813

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della, Roesser, Derr, Trotter, and Hafer

  Entitled

  The Patients' Consent Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance