CHAPTER NUMBER: 128
File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 624
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Hixson, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Cryor, DeCarlo,
Finifter, Franchot, Grosfeld, Healey, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, K.
Kelly, Klausmeier, Kopp, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Moe, Morhaim,
Owings, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, Turner, Frush, C. Davis,
Montague, Hubers, Rawlings, Heller, Patterson,
Palumbo, Busch, Gordon, Barve, Brown,
Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Goldwater, Harrison, Hill, Kirk, Krysiak, La
Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Pendergrass, and
Walkup
- Entitled:
-
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Altering the Program for Hearing-Impaired Infants to include a
universal newborn hearing screening component; altering the
composition and responsibilities of the Advisory Council for the
Program; requiring the Advisory Council to advise the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene on the implementation of universal hearing
screening of newborns; requiring hospitals to provide the results of
the universal hearing screening of a newborn to the Department as part
of the required birth event information; etc.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/17
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (135-1)
- 4/3
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (132-2)
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 128
Senate Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Finance
- 3/23
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
- Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
- Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
- Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Kerry Hill, District 26
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
- Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6
- Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
- Delegate Verna Jones, District 44
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
- Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
- Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
- Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
- Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
- Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
- Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
- Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DEAF PERSONS
- EXAMINATIONS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMO; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN. CARE ORGS
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT. ORGS
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
4-208 ,
13-601 ,
13-602 ,
13-603 ,
13-604 ,
13-605 ,
13-605 ,
15-103 ,
19-308.5 ,
19-705.1
)
- Insurance
- (
15-817
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 173189/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 17, 1999 at:
10:18 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 617263/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 1, 1999 at:
12:30 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 22, 1999: Third Reading Passed (135-1)
- April 3, 1999: Third Reading Passed (132-2)
- Senate
- April 2, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)