2000 Regular Session

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 117

HB 2
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 16
Sponsored By
Delegate Taylor, the Speaker (Administration), and Delegates Busch, Guns, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, W. Baker, Barkley, Bobo, Bohanan, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, D'Amato, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hill, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Kirk, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosso, Rudolph, Sher, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Zirkin, and Benson
Entitled
Maryland Health Programs Expansion Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 7
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 551
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor, Shriver, Hurson, Busch, Dewberry, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Bobo, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Mitchell, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosso, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Weir, Zirkin, and Hubbard
Entitled
Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
HB 23
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Delegate Fulton
Entitled
Office of Planning - Annual Survey and Map of Group Homes
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 69
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Delegate D'Amato
Entitled
Imported Crab Meat - Restrictions
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 82
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Sophocleus
Entitled
Alcohol and Drug Abuse - Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Programs - Demonstration of Need Prior to Approval or Certification
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 83
Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Food Service Facilities - Closing for Deficiencies - Advertisement
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 84
Status as of January 26, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Food Service Facilities - Food Service Managers - Certification
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 89
Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Sophocleus
Entitled
Criminal Offenders - Contagious Disease or Virus Testing
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 227
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 580
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosso, Busch, Clagett, D'Amato, Frush, Giannetti, Healey, Hurson, Menes, Moe, Guns, Cadden, Sher, Leopold, Hecht, Love, Klausmeier, Weir, Sophocleus, Rzepkowski, Mohorovic, Boschert, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, and Bartlett
Entitled
Institutions of Higher Education - Students - Vaccination for Meningococcal Disease
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 293
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Hecht, R. Baker, Grosfeld, Turner, Rosso, Sophocleus, Shriver, Clagett, Mohorovic, and Hurson
Entitled
Agriculture - Interim Protection Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 295
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Turner, Grosfeld, Barkley, Dembrow, D'Amato, Pendergrass, Montague, Love, Bobo, Giannetti, Cole, Zirkin, Healey, Gladden, Valderrama, Menes, Proctor, Conroy, Frush, Cane, Phillips, Paige, Hubers, Marriott, Howard, Pitkin, Benson, V. Jones, Dobson, Petzold, Shriver, and James
Entitled
Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Disclosure of Identity of Deceased
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 300
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 513
Sponsored By
Delegates Hixson, Shriver, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Goldwater, Harrison, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Menes, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosso, Valderrama, Marriott, Turner, Franchot, Bobo, Kopp, Mandel, Hecht, Love, Hurson, Hammen, Sher, Mohorovic, Elliott, Weir, Guns, Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, Klausmeier, Owings, Cane, Stull, Morhaim, Baldwin, and Boutin
Entitled
State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 325
Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Boutin, Hammen, Nathan-Pulliam, and Klausmeier
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Sanctions and Penalties
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 360
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 367
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Goldwater, Zirkin, Oaks, Mohorovic, Weir, Owings, Hubers, Moe, Hammen, Boutin, Sher, Malone, Hurson, Klausmeier, Redmer, Cane, Eckardt, and Guns
Entitled
Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 363
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 258
Sponsored By
Delegates Mandel , Goldwater, Bobo, Boutin, Bronrott, Cane, Eckardt, Elliott, Heller, Klausmeier, Kopp, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Petzold, Sher, Stern, and Walkup
Entitled
Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 464
Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegate Finifter
Entitled
Estates and Trusts - Limitation Period for Refund Claim
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 502
Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Cadden, Kopp, Rosso, Sophocleus, Love, Leopold, Clagett, Heller, Conway, and McIntosh
Entitled
Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 515
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Delegates Stern, Benson, Bobo, Clagett, Goldwater, Grosfeld, V. Jones, Love, Morhaim, Hammen, Hubbard, D. Davis, Frush, Hurson, Boutin, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Maternal Mortality Review Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 543
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 537
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Guns, Weir, Baldwin, Boutin, Cane, D. Davis, Elliott, Frush, Hubbard, Hurson, Klausmeier, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Redmer, Sher, Stern, Stull, V. Jones, Hixson, Healey, Bartlett, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Finifter, Heller, Bohanan, McKee, Patterson, Phillips, Rosso, and Rudolph
Entitled
Education - Maryland Dent-Care Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 551
Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard and Owings
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Exempt Hospice Care from Managed Care Coverage
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 587
Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegate Vallario (Task Force To Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates Amedori, Arnick, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Cole, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Glassman, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kach, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Linton, Love, Mandel, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Moe, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Snodgrass, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, and Wood
Entitled
Victim's Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 605
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 397
Sponsored By
Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Police Officers and Fire Rescue Employees - Membership
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 632
Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Delegates Goldwater, James, Kopp, Bronrott, Hurson, and Stern
Entitled
Maryland Family Caregiver Support Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 634
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 488
Sponsored By
Delegates Boutin, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Hubbard, Frush, Morhaim, Mohorovic, Oaks, Sher, and Stern
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Sanctions and Penalties
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 658
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Hixson, Morhaim, Finifter, and Rosenberg
Entitled
Hearing Aid Assistance Program - Establishment and Operation
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 660
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubbard and Rosenberg
Entitled
Lead Functions - Transfer to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 685
Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Cane, D. Davis, Frush, A. Jones, Klausmeier, Oaks, Owings, and Stull
Entitled
Health - Assisted Living Programs - Regulation
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 747
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 217
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Klausmeier, Boutin, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Stern, Morhaim, Frush, Hubbard, Elliott, Schisler, Sher, Redmer, Mohorovic, Cane, Oaks, and Stull
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Quality Assurance
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 748
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 216
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Boutin, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Stern, Redmer, Hubbard, Elliott, Schisler, Frush, Stull, Morhaim, Cane, and Mohorovic
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Quality of Care Oversight
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 749
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Klausmeier, Boutin, Nathan-Pulliam, Frush, Hubbard, Owings, Stull, Morhaim, Cane, Mohorovic, and Sher
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Quality of Care - Inspections
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 784
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 213
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Klausmeier, and Boutin
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Staffing
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 798
Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Owings
Entitled
Hospitals - Credentialling Process - Health Care Practitioners and Physicians
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 813
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Elliott, Sophocleus, and Bozman
Entitled
Prescription Drugs - Substitution of Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs - Restrictions
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 864
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Delegates Klausmeier, Hubbard, and Frush
Entitled
Continuing Care Communities - Certificate of Need Exemption - Comprehensive Care Nursing Beds
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 896
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Elliott, Sophocleus, and Bozman
Entitled
Equitable Reimbursement for Prescription Drugs
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 901
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Kopp, Barve, Barkley, Bronrott, Brown, Goldwater, Heller, Hubbard, Mandel, Menes, and Stern
Entitled
Child Abuse and Neglect Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 922
Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague, Hubbard, and Cole
Entitled
Juvenile Law - Children in Need of Assistance - Mentally Handicapped Children
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 930
Status as of March 31, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Hecht, Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, and A. Jones
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Increased Hourly Wage for Certified Nursing Assistants
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 950
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 437
Sponsored By
Delegates D. Davis, R. Baker, Oaks, Nathan-Pulliam, and Cane
Entitled
Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Continuity of Care
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 985
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg and Taylor
Entitled
Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 996
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled
Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Adjustment of Asset and Income Levels and Copays
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1017
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Hurson
Entitled
Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Fairness Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1053
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Hixson, Healey, C. Davis, Howard, Bozman, and Shriver
Entitled
Income Tax Credit for Services Donated by Health Care Professionals
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 1104
Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate D. Davis
Entitled
Hepatitis C Education, Prevention, and Screening Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1122
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague and Cole
Entitled
Juvenile Justice - Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Monitoring Injuries at Juvenile Facilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1153
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Redmer, Ports, and Morhaim
Entitled
Nursing Home Improvement Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1160
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 671
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg, Branch, R. Baker, Pitkin, Flanagan, and Cadden
Entitled
Welfare Innovation Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
HB 1164
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg, Hubbard, Frush, and Morhaim
Entitled
In Vitro Services - Embryos and Gametes - Consent and Disposition
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1170
Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegate Rawlings
Entitled
State Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals - Revenues and Funding
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 1174
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates D. Davis, Taylor, and Owings
Entitled
Optometrists - Quality Eye Health Improvement Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1177
Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Busch, Guns, Donoghue, Kirk, Love, Pendergrass, Walkup, Goldwater, Kach, McClenahan, Brown, La Vay, J. Kelly, Moe, McHale, Eckardt, Minnick, Gordon, Krysiak, and Harrison
Entitled
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Community Health Coalition Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1184
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 308
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Montague, A. Jones, Branch, Paige, Dobson, Oaks, Cane, Patterson, Phillips, and V. Jones
Entitled
Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1205
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 675
Sponsored By
Delegates Gladden, Taylor, Hurson, Guns, Weir, Rawlings, Conway, Rosenberg, Edwards, R. Baker, Bozman, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, D. Davis, Cane, Klausmeier, Stern, Hammen, Pitkin, McClenahan, Frush, C. Davis, Moe, Griffith, Cole, McHale, Elliott, Stull, Getty, Brinkley, and Redmer
Entitled
Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership - S.T.O.P. Fund
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
HB 1221
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 677
Sponsored By
Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Rosenberg, Hammen, Hubbard, Klausmeier, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Education - Lead Poisoning Tests - Administering and Reporting
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1226
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 678
Sponsored By
Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, Hubers, and Cadden
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Assisted Living Facilities Grant Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1268
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 470
Sponsored By
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled
Mortality Review Committee - Deaths of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1269
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg and Oaks
Entitled
Task Force on Health Care and the Internet
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
HB 1318
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable 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 1330
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Eckardt, Cane, Walkup, Schisler, Guns, Conway, Mitchell, Rudolph, W. Baker, McClenahan, Donoghue, Wood, Owings, Shank, McKee, Bohanan, O'Donnell, and Edwards
Entitled
Maryland Senior Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1336
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Rudolph, W. Baker, Bohanan, Bozman, Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Guns, Hecht, James, K. Kelly, McClenahan, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Shank, and Walkup
Entitled
Pharmacies - Discounts for Medicare Beneficiaries
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1346
Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Guns and Hammen
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Funding for Dental Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1350
Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By
Delegates Guns, Taylor, Amedori, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Bartlett, Benson, Bohanan, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Conway, D'Amato, Dobson, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Frush, Fulton, Getty, Glassman, Hammen, Hecht, Howard, Hutchins, James, Kagan, K. Kelly, Linton, Marriott, McClenahan, McKee, Mitchell, Montague, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Parrott, Patterson, Phillips, Proctor, Rawlings, Riley, Rudolph, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Swain, Turner, Walkup, and Wood
Entitled
Senior Assistance - Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1353
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Marriott
Entitled
Individuals in Mental Health Facilities with Developmental Disabilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1403
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 197
Sponsored By
Delegate Turner
Entitled
Family Law - Access to Birth and Adoption Records - Disclosure Veto
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1424
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Swain, Benson, Fulton, Oaks, Paige, Dobson, Hill, and Patterson
Entitled
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Adult and Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Services for Minority Populations Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1425
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 17
Sponsored By
Delegates Rawlings, Busch, Hixson, Dewberry, Hurson, Rosenberg, Cane, Frush, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Conway, R. Baker, W. Baker, Branch, Cadden, Hubers, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Palumbo, Pitkin, Proctor, Stocksdale, and Turner
Entitled
Cigarette Restitution Fund Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program - Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations and Environmental Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
SB 7
Status as of February 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator DeGrange
Entitled
Criminal Offenders - Contagious Disease or Virus Testing
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 28
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Health - Reused Single-Use Medical Devices - Patient Consent Required
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 29
Status as of February 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator DeGrange
Entitled
Alcohol and Drug Abuse - Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Programs - Demonstration of Need Prior to Approval or Certification
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 54
Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Administrative Service Provider Contracts
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 201
Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Miller, Blount, Collins, Currie, DeGrange, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hoffman, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Mitchell, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled
Children's Health Program Expansion Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 287
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 512
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Blount, Conway, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Roesser, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 288
Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Frosh, Collins, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Hoffman, Bromwell, Forehand, and Astle
Entitled
Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility of Noninstitutionalized Spouses - Allowances
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 311
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 257
Sponsored By
Senator Hollinger
Entitled
Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 337
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Stone and Bromwell
Entitled
Sexually Violent Predators
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 359
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Exum, Bromwell, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Hooper, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Continuity of Care
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 373
Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Collins, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Sfikas, Astle, Middleton, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Practice of Dentistry - Definition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 403
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 274
Sponsored By
Senators Kasemeyer and Kelley
Entitled
Continuing Care Communities - Certificate of Need Exemption - Comprehensive Care Nursing Beds
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 422
Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Stone (Task Force To Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws)
Entitled
Victim's Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 435
Status as of March 31, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Teitelbaum, Astle, Conway, Exum, Mitchell, DeGrange, Dorman, Dyson, and Hollinger
Entitled
Nursing Home and Facility Inspections - Awards and Penalties
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 459
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 74
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Hoffman, Forehand, Lawlah, Conway, Kelley, and Ruben
Entitled
Maternal Mortality Review Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 487
Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Maryland Cancer Registry - Deaths Caused by Cancer
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 495
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Hoffman
Entitled
Child Abuse and Neglect Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 518
Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Pinsky, McFadden, Teitelbaum, Kelley, Ruben, Frosh, Lawlah, DeGrange, Exum, and Green
Entitled
Health Benefit Plans - Smoking Cessation - Coverage
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 519
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 536
Sponsored By
Senators Lawlah, Kelley, Mitchell, Blount, Bromwell, Kasemeyer, Hollinger, Hogan, Conway, and McFadden
Entitled
Education - Maryland Dent-Care Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 553
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger and Harris
Entitled
Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 555
Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Bromwell, Collins, Dorman, Hughes, and Kasemeyer
Entitled
Program for Hearing-Impaired Children - Hearing Aid Loaner Bank - Establishment and Operation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance and Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 564
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben, Forehand, Lawlah, and Dorman
Entitled
Alcohol- and Drug-Related Offenses - Penalties - Treatment
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 576
Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Della, Hooper, Dorman, Bromwell, Astle, Hafer, Mitchell, and Hughes
Entitled
Health - Assisted Living Programs - Regulation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 580
Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Currie and Hogan
Entitled
Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 600
Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Lawlah
Entitled
HealthChoice - Children's Dental Program - Actuarial Study
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 621
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 544
Sponsored By
Senator Sfikas
Entitled
Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Coverage Programs
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 649
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Middleton, Hogan, Neall, and Stoltzfus
Entitled
Pharmacies - Discounts for Medicare Beneficiaries
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 653
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senator Collins
Entitled
Institutions of Higher Education - Students - Vaccination for Meningococcal Disease
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 662
Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Della and Sfikas
Entitled
Nursing Home Improvement Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 671
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 550
Sponsored By
Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Lawlah, Currie, Middleton, Neall, Kasemeyer, McFadden, and Hollinger
Entitled
Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
House: Environmental Matters
SB 687
Status as of February 10, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Green, Bromwell, McFadden, Collins, Hooper, Pinsky, Astle, Blount, Colburn, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hughes, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Mitchell, Munson, Ruben, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled
School Health Programs - Smoking Prevention - A Nurse in Every School
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
SB 688
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 215
Sponsored By
Senators Collins, Hollinger, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Quality of Care - Inspections
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 689
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 219
Sponsored By
Senators Collins, Hollinger, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Sanctions and Penalties
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 690
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 218
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, and Collins (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Quality Assurance
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 698
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Collins (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Quality of Care Oversight
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 708
Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Pinsky
Entitled
Food Service Facilities - Food Service Managers - Certification
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 709
Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Pinsky and Exum
Entitled
Mosquito-Borne Diseases - Pesticides - Public Health
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 712
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senator McFadden
Entitled
Education - Lead Poisoning Tests - Administering and Reporting
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 743
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Neall, Blount, Hollinger, Hoffman, Van Hollen, Middleton, McCabe, Jacobs, Frosh, Collins, Sfikas, Conway, Dyson, Kasemeyer, Munson, Hogan, Ruben, Currie, Pinsky, and Stoltzfus
Entitled
Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership - S.T.O.P. Fund
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
House: Environmental Matters
SB 758
Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Hooper, Haines, Jacobs, Dyson, Stone, and Harris
Entitled
Abortion - Minors - Parental Notification
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 761
Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene - Disclosure of Information to Interested Persons
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 782
Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Lawlah, Sfikas, Forehand, Exum, McFadden, Mitchell, and Hughes
Entitled
Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Fairness Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 791
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 307
Sponsored By
Senators Lawlah, Kasemeyer, Middleton, Van Hollen, Hoffman, and Neall
Entitled
Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 794
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 212
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Collins, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled
Nursing Homes - Staffing
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 809
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Lawlah
Entitled
African American Male Oral Cancer Initiative
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 833
Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Green
Entitled
Juveniles - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Programs - Funding
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 855
Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 565
Sponsored By
Senators Dyson, Middleton, and Miller
Entitled
Senior Assistance - Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 863
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 15
Sponsored By
Senators Miller, Bromwell, and Van Hollen and the President (Administration)
Entitled
Maryland Health Programs Expansion Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 867
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Mitchell, Bromwell, Conway, McFadden, Blount, Hughes, Lawlah, Currie, Kelley, and Exum
Entitled
Task Force to Study Historic Providers of Health Care Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 896
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 18
Sponsored By
Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Bromwell, Miller, Lawlah, Neall, Kasemeyer, Madden, Middleton, Currie, Hogan, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program - Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening , and Treatment Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
House: Appropriations and Environmental Matters
SB 901
Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Blount, Conway, Currie, Exum, Hughes, Lawlah, McFadden, and Mitchell
Entitled
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Adult and Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Services for Minority Populations Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation