2005 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 370

File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 321
Sponsored By:
Delegate Marriott (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Anderson, C. Davis, Doory, Hammen, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McIntosh, Paige, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled:
Hospitals - HIV Testing - Public Safety Worker

Synopsis:

Requiring designated hospital infectious disease/communicable disease officers to order tests to be conducted in a specified manner and in accordance with specified recommendations on blood samples or other body fluids of specified hospital patients for the presence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) under specified circumstances; requiring a public safety worker to give notice to a medical director under a specified circumstance; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/28
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/9
Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2/16
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 2/23 at 12:00 p.m.
3/14

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/15
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/17
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
4/5
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
4/10
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/18
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/7
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/6
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
4/8
Motion Recede (Senator Hollinger) Adopted
Floor Committee Amendment (Education Health and Environmental Affairs) Withdrawn
Senate Recede
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/26
Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed

Sponsored by:

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Baltimore City Administration
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

AIDS
CHEMICAL TESTS
DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
FIRE PROTECTION
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
NOTICES
PATIENTS
PRIVACY
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -see also- STATE EMPLOYEES
RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
RESCUE SQUADS -see also- AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERV.
SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health - General
( 18-338.3 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
Number: 306281/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 15, 2005   at: 11:21 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 004333/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 11, 2005   at: 6:34 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 17, 2005: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
April 6, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)