File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Hecht, Billings, Boutin, Bronrott, Conroy, Conway,
Cryor, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Dypski, Franchot, Giannetti, Grosfeld,
Hutchins, James, V. Jones, Kagan, Marriott, McIntosh, Petzold, Pitkin,
Riley, Rzepkowski, and Valderrama
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Vera's Law
 
Creating an exception to the prohibition against willfully
intercepting a wire or electronic communication for a person who
intercepts wire, oral, or electronic communications in a related
institution under specified circumstances; requiring a related
institution to permit a resident or a resident's legal representative
to monitor the resident through the use of video cameras or other
electronic monitoring devices; etc.
House Action
- 2/7
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 2/12
 - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/11
 - Hearing cancelled
 -      Re-referred Environmental Matters
 - 3/18
 - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/23
 - Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
 
Senate Action
- No Action
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
 - Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
 - Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
 - Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
 - Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
 - Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
 - Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
 - Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
 - Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
 - Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
 - Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
 - Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
 - Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
 - Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28
 - Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
 - Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
 - Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
 - Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
 - Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 42
 - Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
 - Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
 - Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
 - Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
 - Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
 - ELDERLY PERSONS
 - ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE -see also- WIRETAPPING
 - EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
 - EVIDENCE
 - NOTICES
 - NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
 - PENALTIES
 - VIDEO
 - WIRETAPPING
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 10-402 
)
 -   Health - General
 - (
 19-343.1 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
 - Amendments:
None offered