1999 Regular Session

Public Health (J1)

Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 55

HB 62
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 390
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Menes
Entitled
Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs - Extension of Sunset and Time to Issue Final Report
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 64
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 203
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 65
Status as of February 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Mental Hygiene - Private Therapeutic Group Homes
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 94
Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate O'Donnell
Entitled
Parental Rights Act of 1999
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 163
Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Frush, Hubbard, D. Davis, Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Zirkin, Finifter, Bobo, Goldwater, Bronrott, Billings, McKee, Pendergrass, Kagan, Oaks, McIntosh, Pitkin, and Sher
Entitled
Tobacco Products - Sale by Vending Machines
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Senate Rules
HB 194
Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Hixson, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Goldwater, Harrison, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Menes, Moe, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosso, Valderrama, Marriott, Shriver, Turner, Franchot, Bobo, and Burns
Entitled
State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 219
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 217
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Consent to Mental Health Treatment - Minors
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 223
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Md. Inst. for Emer. Medical Serv. Sys.)
Entitled
Emergency Medical Services - Automated External Defibrillator Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 317
Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Cadden, Kopp, Heller, McIntosh, Conway, and Sophocleus
Entitled
Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 350
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 226
Sponsored By
Delegates Stern, Barkley, Bronrott, Brown, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, D'Amato, D. Davis, Dypski, Griffith, Grosfeld, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, V. Jones, Kopp, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Pitkin, Proctor, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Sophocleus, Valderrama, and Zirkin
Entitled
Task Force on Food Allergies and Restaurant Patrons
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 400
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hurson
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Stop Loss Reinsurance
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 460
Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate C. Davis
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 596
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Hurson, Pitkin, Hubbard, Montague, Morhaim, Moe, Sher, Petzold, Frush, Grosfeld, Mandel, Valderrama, Marriott, Hixson, Bronrott, Dypski, Healey, Nathan-Pulliam, and Boutin
Entitled
Maryland Tobacco Control Foundation
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 638
Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Children and Families Health Care Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 670
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Klausmeier
Entitled
Vital Records - Access and Fees
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 751
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 173
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg, Taylor, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Rawlings, and Vallario
Entitled
Cigarette Restitution Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 874
Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Morhaim, Goldwater, and D. Davis
Entitled
Food Service Facilities - Food Service Managers - Certification
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 884
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 128
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
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 922
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Redmer
Entitled
Children's Health Care - Pilot Program - Refundable Tax Credit for Employer Sponsored Health Benefit Plan
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 923
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 471
Sponsored By
Delegate Hammen
Entitled
Medical Assistance - Specialty Mental Health Services - Reimbursement
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 939
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled
Medical Records - Disclosure to Health Care Provider's Insurer or Legal Counsel
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 988
Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hurson
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Special Needs Children - Fee for Service
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 993
Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen and Taylor
Entitled
Health Planning - Certificate of Need - Home Health
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1016
Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Washington County Delegation
Entitled
Health - General - Nuisance Control - Washington County
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1058
Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Elliott, Sophocleus, and Bozman
Entitled
Medical Assistance - HealthChoice Program - Pharmacy Benefits
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1065
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Rzepkowski
Entitled
Health Care Providers - HIV Exposure - Patient Consent
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1197
Status as of March 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Taylor
Entitled
Local Health Services Funding - Amount - Cost of Living Adjustment
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HJ 9
Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, R. Baker, Benson, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Cane, C. Davis, Dobson, Eckardt, Finifter, Goldwater, Gladden, Grosfeld, Howard, Hubbard, A. Jones, Klausmeier, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Mohorovic, Montague, Oaks, Paige, Phillips, Proctor, Rawlings, Swain, and Zirkin
Entitled
Prevention of Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, and Heart Disease Through Obesity Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Treatment
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HJ 24
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Pitkin and Krysiak
Entitled
Task Force on Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education, and Research
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
SB 194
Status as of April 6, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By
Senators Haines, Jimeno, Stone, DeGrange, Dyson, Hooper, Harris, Mooney, Ferguson, Madden, Stoltzfus, Collins, Colburn, Hogan, McCabe, Jacobs, Hafer, Munson, and Roesser
Entitled
Partial-Birth Abortions - Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 206
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Senators Conway and Mitchell
Entitled
Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs - Extension of Sunset and Time to Issue Final Report
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 224
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, McFadden, Ruben, Madden, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Lawlah, Kelley, Roesser, Dyson, Blount, and Conway
Entitled
State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 257
Status as of February 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Green, Colburn, Hollinger, Hooper, Middleton, Hafer, Ferguson, Lawlah, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Task Force to Study the Tobacco Litigation Settlement Money to the State of Maryland
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 294
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 167
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Collins, Pinsky, Forehand, Conway, Van Hollen, Sfikas, and Blount
Entitled
Emergency Medical Services - Automated External Defibrillator Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 306
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Frosh
Entitled
Health Care - Surrogate Decision Making - Prohibitions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 322
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Harris, Roesser, Kelley, Hoffman, Dorman, and Hooper
Entitled
Tobacco Products - Sale by Vending Machines - Distribution of Tokens or Any Other Single Use Nonmonetary Mechanism to Minors
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 323
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Senators Harris, Jacobs, Dyson, Hooper, McCabe, and Conway
Entitled
Ambient Air Monitoring Data - Public Access
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 327
Status as of April 4, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Senators Currie, Hogan, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Ruben, and Van Hollen
Entitled
Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
House: Appropriations
SB 334
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 172
Sponsored By
Senator Green
Entitled
Cigarette Restitution Fund
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 394
Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben, Van Hollen, Forehand, Teitelbaum, and Frosh
Entitled
Maryland Tobacco Control Foundation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
SB 396
Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben , Forehand, Kelley, Dorman, and Hooper
Entitled
Tobacco Products - Vending Machines - Access by Minors
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 458
Status as of March 19, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Vital Records - Access and Fees
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 486
Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By
Senator Exum
Entitled
Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Continuity of Care
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 577
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Senator Kelley
Entitled
Medical Assistance Program - Federally Qualified Health Centers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 587
Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Middleton, Collins, Astle, Kelley, and Hoffman
Entitled
Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility of Noninstitutionalized Spouses of Residents of Inpatient Medical Facilities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 593
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 126
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Middleton, Collins, Astle, Kelley, and Hoffman
Entitled
Home and Community Based Services for Impaired Individuals - Medicaid Waiver
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 624
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 127
Sponsored By
Senators Bromwell, Roesser, Astle, and Dorman
Entitled
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 678
Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Madden
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Special Needs Children
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 738
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 381
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Children and Families Health Care Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 757
Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Madden
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Enrollees Under Age 21 - Therapy Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 760
Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Harris
Entitled
Tobacco Products and Paraphernalia - Minors - Prohibitions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 769
Status as of March 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Conway, Lawlah, Currie, Mitchell, Hughes, McFadden, and Exum
Entitled
African American Tobacco Relief Fund
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 772
Status as of March 19, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Mitchell, Lawlah, Conway, Hughes, Exum, McFadden, Currie, Blount, and Kelley
Entitled
Task Force to Study the Tobacco Litigation Settlement Money to the State of Maryland
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SJ 1
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By
Senators Baker, Green, Hollinger, Hoffman, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Van Hollen, Miller, Astle, Blount, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Della, Dorman, Dyson, Exum, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley, Madden, Mitchell, Mooney, Pinsky, Roesser, Sfikas, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
State Tobacco Settlement Funds - Medicaid Recoupment
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SJ 2
Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Frosh, Conway, Ruben, Hollinger, Sfikas, Currie, Teitelbaum, and Exum
Entitled
Public Health - Task Force on the Quality of Health Care
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance