1999 Regular Session

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 99

HB 21
Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 55
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard and Oaks (Advisory Council on Environmental Justice)
Entitled
Advisory Council on Environmental Justice - Extension
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 40
Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Modifications and Clarifications
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
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 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 88
Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 64
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)
Entitled
Correctional Services Article - Cross-References and Corrections
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
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 117
Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 68
Sponsored By
Delegates Moe, R. Baker, Frush, Griffith, Healey, Menes, Patterson, Rudolph, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, and Malone
Entitled
Child Care - Regulations - First Aid and CPR
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 182
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 120
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Goldwater, R. Baker, Bobo, Conroy, D. Davis, Edwards, Frush, Guns, Hecht, Hubbard, Hubers, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pitkin, Turner, Weir, K. Kelly, Barve, Brown, Busch, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, Kach, J. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Pendergrass, , Walkup, Barkley, Carlson, and Stern
Entitled
Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 184
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 517
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Administration) and Delegate Rawlings
Entitled
The Joseph Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
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 216
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 400
Sponsored By
Delegates K. Kelly and Vallario
Entitled
Evidence - Admissibility of Health Care Writings and Records and Paid Bills for Goods and Services - Notice of Service
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 223
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
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 234
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Delegates Busch, Clagett, and D'Amato
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Community Health Center of Parole
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 243
Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Owings, Morhaim, Barve, Mohorovic, Hubers, DeCarlo, and Weir
Entitled
Practice of Medicine - Definition
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 287
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 408
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Goldwater, Klausmeier, Frush, Elliott, Hammen, Eckardt, D. Davis, Stull, Donoghue, Hubbard, Boutin, Owings, Weir, Cane, Baldwin, Malone, Moe and Stern
Entitled
Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
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 318
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 624
Sponsored By
Delegates Love, Sophocleus, Baldwin, Nathan-Pulliam, Rzepkowski, Owings, Hurson, Edwards, Hammen, Hubbard, and Krysiak
Entitled
Support Services - For-Hire Driving
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 331
Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Love, Rosso, and Pitkin
Entitled
Business Regulation - Industrial Hygiene Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 347
Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Prince George's County - Department of Corrections PG 312-99
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
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 435
Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Fulton and Marriott
Entitled
Alcoholic Beverage Tax - Substance Abuse Programs - Funding
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 445
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Hecht, W. Baker, Bartlett, Branch, Brinkley, Bronrott, Brown, Busch, Cadden, Conway, Dembrow, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Guns, Hammen, Heller, Hixson, Hurson, James, Kagan, K. Kelly, Kopp, Krysiak, McHale, McKee, Mitchell, Morhaim, Rawlings, Riley, Rudolph, Shank, Snodgrass, Stull, Turner, and Taylor
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
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 476
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, R. Baker, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Carlson, Clagett, Cryor, D. Davis, Dembrow, Edwards, Franchot, Grosfeld, Kopp, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, V. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Shriver, Stern, and Turner
Entitled
Health Insurance - Universal Coverage
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 484
Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled
Community Based Health Agencies - Licensure
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 582
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 433
Sponsored By
Delegate Vallario
Entitled
Evidence - Health Care Records and Writings
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 594
Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Frush
Entitled
Practice of Dentistry - Definition
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 615
Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By
Delegates Cryor, Barkley, Boutin, Brinkley, Cadden, Conroy, Dembrow, Dypski, Frush, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, Klausmeier, La Vay, Leopold, Marriott, Montague, Petzold, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Shriver, Stocksdale, Bronrott, and Kagan
Entitled
Potomac River Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 627
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 188
Sponsored By
Delegates Love, Kach, Donoghue, Pendergrass, Goldwater, Eckardt, McClenahan, Krysiak, Barve, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Kirk, Moe, Doory, Rosso, and Clagett
Entitled
Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement for Medical Screening, Assessment, and Stabilization Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
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 643
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 259
Sponsored By
Delegates D. Davis, Brown, and Griffith
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Rehabilitation, Therapy, and Educational Facility for People with Disabilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 654
Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Valderrama and Vallario
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Appeal Proceedings - Admissibility of Health Care Writings or Records
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 681
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 445
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg, Franchot, and Cadden
Entitled
Crime Prevention - Maryland Drug and Alcohol Grants Program Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 695
Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Harford County Delegation
Entitled
Harford County - Treatment and Prevention of Drug Abuse by Children
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 717
Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Redmer
Entitled
Home-Based Hospice Care - Deregulation
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 767
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 268
Sponsored By
Delegates McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Love, Kagan, and Rudolph
Entitled
Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 813
Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Barve, Kagan, Goldwater, Hurson, Petzold, Pendergrass, Turner, Krysiak, Moe, Frush, McHale, Hixson, Menes, Clagett, Healey, Morhaim, Vallario, Palumbo, Fulton, Nathan-Pulliam, and Donoghue
Entitled
Health Benefit Plans - Smoking Cessation Coverage
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 828
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Prince George's County - Correctional Officers - Workers' Compensation PG 316-99
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 841
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Barve, Goldwater, and Hubbard
Entitled
Public Health - Contingency Plan for Biological and Chemical Terrorism
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 856
Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Billings, Grosfeld, Bobo, Cane, Dypski, Frush, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, McIntosh, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Stern, and Turner
Entitled
Carriers and Managed Care Entities - Health Care Liability
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
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 911
Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Walkup
Entitled
Redeposit of Dredge Spoil - Conditions for Redeposit on Farm or Agricultural Use Land
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
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 941
Status as of February 17, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Hixson
Entitled
State Tobacco Tax - Maryland Automatic External Defibrillator Fund - Grants for State Police
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 953
Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Dewberry, Guns, Weir, McHale, Elliott, Stull, Malone, D. Murphy, and Sophocleus
Entitled
Open Heart Surgery Services - Demonstration Program For New Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 958
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 356
Sponsored By
Delegates Doory, Pitkin, Menes, Hixson, Grosfeld, Petzold, and Franchot
Entitled
Child Welfare - Citizen Review Panels and Child Fatality Review Teams
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
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 991
Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled
Health Resources Planning Commission - Certificate of Need - Obstetric Medical Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 995
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 702
Sponsored By
Delegates Goldwater and Taylor
Entitled
Health Care Regulatory Reform - Commission Consolidation
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 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
HB 1210
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 697
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor , Boutin, Cane, Frush, Hammen, Hubbard, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, and Weir
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical Director
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
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 16
Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor, Goldwater, Hubbard, J. Kelly, Boutin, Mohorovic, and Morhaim
Entitled
Task Force on Medical Record Confidentiality
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 61
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 315
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
Entitled
Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse Treatment - Inmates
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Judiciary
SB 108
Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Kasemeyer and Kelley
Entitled
Continuing Care Communities - Comprehensive Care Nursing Beds - Limitations
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 135
Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Green, Lawlah, Middleton, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 142
Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 516
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Currie, Lawlah, McFadden, and Middleton
Entitled
The Joseph Fund
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 196
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Jacobs, Hooper, and Collins
Entitled
Harford County - Treatment and Prevention of Drug Abuse by Children
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 206
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
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 261
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Green and Hollinger
Entitled
Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
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 307
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Frosh
Entitled
The Decisionally Incapacitated Research Subject Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 323
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
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 332
Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Hoffman and Hollinger
Entitled
Health Insurance - Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
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 338
Status as of April 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Dyson and Hollinger
Entitled
Business Regulation - Industrial Hygiene Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 359
Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Community Based Health Agencies - Licensure
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 360
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 174
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Community Health Center of Parole
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
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 464
Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 355
Sponsored By
Senators Baker and Colburn
Entitled
Child Welfare - Citizen Review Panels and Child Fatality Review Teams
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 499
Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Frosh
Entitled
Certificate of Need - Open Heart Surgical Program - Suburban Maryland Health Planning Area
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 549
Status as of March 4, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Colburn
Entitled
Retail Stores - Warning Signs on Antishoplifting Security Gates
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 579
Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Pinsky, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Hollinger, Kelley, Sfikas, Van Hollen, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Health Insurance - Universal Coverage
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 582
Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By
Senators Van Hollen, Frosh, Roesser, Sfikas, Hogan, Forehand, McCabe, and Pinsky
Entitled
Potomac River Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 589
Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Hollinger
Entitled
Patient Care Advisory Committees - Consultation and Evidentiary Use of Advice
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
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 594
Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Exum, Collins, Della, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Dyson, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Middleton, Ferguson, Pinsky, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Practice of Medicine - Definition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 595
Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Collins, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Middleton, Ferguson, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Practice of Dentistry - Definition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 618
Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic 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 629
Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 187
Sponsored By
Senators Bromwell and Dorman
Entitled
Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement for Medical Screening, Assessment, and Stabilization Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 654
Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Green
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Appeal Proceedings - Admissibility of Health Care Writings or Records
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
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 681
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Senators Currie, Lawlah, Dorman, Astle, Madden, and Exum
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Rehabilitation, Therapy, and Educational Facility for People with Disabilities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 734
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Ferguson and Mooney
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
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 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 789
Status as of March 31, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger and Bromwell
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical Director
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 791
Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Stone and Astle
Entitled
Life Insurance - Lapse of Policy
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
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
SJ 5
Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By
Senators Roesser and Della
Entitled
Task Force on Medical Record Confidentiality
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters