PHYSICIANS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 52

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  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

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  HB 77

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen

  Entitled

  Physician Graduate Medical Education and Workforce Policy Committee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  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
  

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  HB 132

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Leopold, Owings, McIntosh, Rosso, Kittleman, Cadden, McKee, Shank, Hubbard, Glassman, Boschert, Parrott, Palumbo, Benson, Swain, Rawlings, Vallario, Montague, Howard, Giannetti, Slade, Edwards, Healey, Kagan, Turner, Hixson, James, Kopp, Proctor, Klima, Rosenberg, Branch, Heller, Franchot, W. Baker, R. Baker, A. Jones, Conway, Hecht, Hubers, Stocksdale, Pitkin, V. Jones, D'Amato, Brown, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Parking Access for Individuals with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  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

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  HB 212

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 398

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gordon and Owings

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disposition of Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 213

  Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory, Hurson, Love, Krysiak, and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Termination of Providers - Notification and Appeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 218

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Arnick, Owings, Stull, Weir, Kach, Elliott, Finifter, Zirkin, and Bronrott

  Entitled

  Maryland Opticians Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  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

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  HB 225

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 81

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Practice of Medicine - Licensure Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  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
  

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  HB 279

  Status as of March 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Love, Barve, and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 282

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Klausmeier, Owings, Hubbard, Redmer, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Related Institutions - Staff Use and Privileges - Nurses, Social Workers, and Chiropractors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 290

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 618

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow, Boschert, Turner, O'Donnell, Hutchins, and Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Estates and Trusts - Petition for Guardianship of Disabled Person - Certificates of Competency

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 321

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Barve, Bronrott, Eckardt, Grosfeld, V. Jones, Kopp, Love, Mandel, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Sher, Snodgrass, and Stull

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 576

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 644

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Continuity of Patient Care Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 610

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow and Montague

  Entitled

  Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Charitable Organizations - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 662

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 107

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McKee

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - License to Practice Medicine - Exemption from License Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 674

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 655

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Stull, Weir, Frush, Petzold, Owings, Dewberry, Mitchell, D. Davis, Malone, Dembrow, Fulton, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Patient Prescription Access - Limited Physician Delegation to Physician Assistants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 811

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Barve

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Expert Witness - Physician

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 849

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Administration - Special Registration Plates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 853

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Palumbo, Benson, Swain, Rawlings, Vallario, Montague, Howard, Giannetti, Slade, Edwards, Healey, Kagan, Cadden, Turner, Hixson, James, Kopp, Proctor, Klima, Rosenberg, Branch, Heller, Franchot, W. Baker, R. Baker, A. Jones, Conway, Hecht, Hubers, Stocksdale, Pitkin, V. Jones, D'Amato, Brown, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Parking Access - Persons with Disabilities - Parking Placards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 936

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Eckardt, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Walkup, and Hurson

  Entitled

  Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe Medications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 955

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Cane, D. Davis, Frush, Morhaim, and Stern

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Primary Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1005

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Orthopedic Patient Safety and Convenience

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1054

  Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Utilization Review - Qualifications of Physicians Making Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1062

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stern, Klausmeier, Hubbard, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, and D. Davis

  Entitled

  State Board of Cosmetologists - Powers - Prohibition of Equipment, Substances, and Products

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  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
  

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  HB 1107

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Flanagan

  Entitled

  Charitable Health Care Clinics - Volunteer Physicians - Medical Malpractice Insurance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1133

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Martial Art Competitions - Safety Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1200

  Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Barve

  Entitled

  Licensure of Physicians - Qualifications - Postgraduate Training

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 109

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  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

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  SB 154

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Dorman, Exum, Hooper, Bromwell, Astle, Kelley, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Health Insurance Carriers - Termination of Providers - Notification and Appeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 160

  Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Assisted Suicide - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 178

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Munson and Mooney

  Entitled

  Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Immunity - Insurance Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  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

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  SB 267

  Status as of March 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Exum, Ferguson, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  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

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  SB 302

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 338

  Sponsored By

  Senator Miller

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Physician Profiles - Disclosure to the Public

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 358

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum, Teitelbaum, Conway, Lawlah, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Benefits for Routine Gynecological Care - Obstetric/Gynecologic Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 431

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 564

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller, Astle, Forehand, Harris, Collins, Roesser, Hollinger, Currie, Bromwell, and Green

  Entitled

  Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Charitable Organizations - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 475

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman and Astle

  Entitled

  Continuity of Patient Care Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  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

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  SB 505

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 360

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen and Dorman

  Entitled

  Parking Access for Individuals with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 506

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Della, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Patient Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 528

  Status as of March 17, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Related Institutions - Staff Use and Privileges - Nurses and Social Workers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  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

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  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

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  SB 650

  Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Care Professionals - Freedom of Speech and Expression

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  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
  

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  SB 714

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Nursing Home Comparative Evaluation System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters