2001 Regular Session

PATIENTS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 34

HB 6
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 135
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor, Busch, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Boutin, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, D'Amato, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Donoghue, Dypski, Eckardt, Elliott, Finifter, Frush,Fulton, Giannetti, Gladden, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hill, Hubbard, Hubers, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kach, J. Kelly, Kirk, Klausmeier, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, Mandel, McClenahan, McHale, McIntosh, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Schisler, Sher, Shriver, Stern, Stull, Swain, Turner, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled
Senior Prescription Drug Relief Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
HB 58
Status as of February 5, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Zirkin
Entitled
Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 223
Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Branch, Oaks, Phillips, Boutin, and Zirkin
Entitled
Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 422
Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 76
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Hospitals and Residential Treatment Centers - Inspections and Oversight
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 433
Status as of March 6, 2001: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Delegates Hecht, Boutin, Bronrott, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Dypski, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Hutchins, James, V. Jones, Kagan, Leopold, Marriott, McIntosh, Pitkin, Riley, Rzepkowski, and Valderrama
Entitled
Nursing Facilities - Electronic Monitoring
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 488
Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate McHale
Entitled
Health Insurance - Patient Rights - The No More Runaround Act of 2001
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 508
Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 485
Sponsored By
Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Bronrott, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hutchins, Kach, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Taylor, and Turner
Entitled
Victims' Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 591
Status as of February 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Weir
Entitled
Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Complaint and Hearing Procedures
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 636
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 251
Sponsored By
Delegates Cryor, Sher, Morhaim, Barkley, Benson, Boschert, Cane, Clagett, Conroy, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Glassman, Goldwater, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Kopp, La Vay, Love, Mandel, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Sophocleus, and Walkup
Entitled
Maryland Cancer Registry - Reporting of Central Nervous System Tumors
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 752
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 267
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg, Eckardt, Schisler, Goldwater, and Guns
Entitled
Mental Hygiene Law - Advance Directives
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 824
Status as of March 6, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Bobo, Frush, Hubbard, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Pitkin, and Turner
Entitled
Personal Medical Records - Ownership and Transfer of Records
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 863
Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Shriver and Donoghue
Entitled
Health Care Facilities - Pain Management
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 889
Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Bobo, Eckardt, Goldwater, Grosfeld, A. Jones, and Montague
Entitled
Labor and Employment - Nurses - Involuntary Overtime Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 940
Status as of February 13, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Murphy, Brinkley, Dembrow, Pendergrass, Montague, Snodgrass, Baldwin, Hecht, Kagan, Valderrama, Turner, Rosso, Marriott, Rzepkowski, La Vay, Pitkin, Riley, C. Davis, Menes, Greenip, Gladden, Grosfeld, Dewberry, Klausmeier, DeCarlo, Carlson, Kittleman, Hubers, and Redmer
Entitled
The Darrell Putman Compassionate Use Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1073
Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Marriott
Entitled
Transition to Community-Based Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1120
Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Pitkin, Branch, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Menes, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Rosenberg, and Valderrama
Entitled
Health Care Facilities - Pain Management - The "Fifth Vital Sign"
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1220
Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Renal Dialysis Treatments - Transportation Assistance
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1227
Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 546
Sponsored By
Delegates Oaks, Redmer, D. Davis, Mohorovic, Billings, Hammen, Elliott, Stull, Klausmeier, Boutin, Frush, Morhaim, Baldwin, Owings, Weir, Hubbard, Sher, Cane, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Medicaid Managed Care Organizations - Continuity of Care
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1274
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 318
Sponsored By
Delegates McHale Hammen, Shriver, and Donoghue
Entitled
Patients' Safety Act of 2001
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1376
Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Shriver and Donoghue
Entitled
Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2001
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1446
Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Murphy
Entitled
Crimes - Physicians - Medical Marijuana - Penalties
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
SB 42
Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 15
Sponsored By
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 139
Status as of March 16, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Violations of the Health - General Article - Notice to Affected Individuals
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 236
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 134
Sponsored By
Senators Miller, Bromwell, Sfikas, Astle, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Exum, Frosh, Green, Hafer, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Roesser, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Forehand
Entitled
Senior Prescription Drug Relief Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
SB 240
Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senator Stone (Task Force To Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Senators Colburn, Collins, Ferguson, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, Sfikas, and Van Hollen
Entitled
Victims' Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 269
Status as of January 31, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Health Insurance - Patient Rights - The No More Runaround Act of 2001
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 280
Status as of March 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Senator Hollinger
Entitled
Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Complaint and Hearing Procedures
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 289
Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Blount, Bromwell, Forehand, Hoffman, Kelley, Lawlah, Roesser, Ruben, and Sfikas
Entitled
Health Care - Programs and Facilities - Pain Management
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 490
Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Green, Collins, DeGrange, Hafer, Kelley, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 636
Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Hafer, Hooper, Hughes, Kasemeyer, Madden, Mitchell, Pinsky, and Sfikas
Entitled
Medicaid Managed Care Organizations - Continuity of Care
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
SB 705
Status as of March 6, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Currie, Exum, and Pinsky
Entitled
Marijuana - Exceptions for Medical Use
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 732
Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Dorman, Mitchell, Roesser, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Labor and Employment - Nurses - Involuntary Overtime Prohibition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 772
Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Health Care - Therapy Management Agreements and Cooperative Procedures
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 856
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 173
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Health Insurance - Appeals and Grievances Procedures - Modifications
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters