CHAPTER NUMBER: 657
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Guns, Hammen, and Cane
- Entitled:
-
Hospitals and
Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Quality of Care and
Performance Act
Authorizing the Health Care Access and Cost Commission to develop a
system to comparatively evaluate hospital and ambulatory surgical
facility quality of care outcomes and performance measurements on an
objective basis; authorizing the Commission to disseminate the
findings of performance measurements to consumers, hospitals,
ambulatory surgical facilities, and certain interested parties;
allowing the Commission to contract with a private entity to implement
the evaluation system; etc.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/17
- Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/12
- Third Reading Passed (138-1)
- 4/11
- Return Passed
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 657
Senate Action
- 3/15
- First Reading Finance
- 3/16
- Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/12
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 4/10
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/11
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CLINICS
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- PRIVATIZATION
- PROCUREMENT
- PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-1501 ,
19-1508
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 539397/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 9, 1999 at:
11:37 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 12, 1999: Third Reading Passed (138-1)
- Senate
- April 11, 1999: Third Reading Passed (45-0)