File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senator Hollinger (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental
Affairs Committee) and Senators Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Dyson,
Greenip, Grosfeld, Pinsky, Harris,
 and Kittleman
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Public Health - Medical Laboratories - Inspection, Information
Sharing, and Whistleblower Protection
 
Requiring that inspections of medical laboratories be unannounced;
authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct
announced inspections; authorizing employees of medical laboratories
to disclose specified information to the Secretary; requiring the
Secretary to develop and disseminate a document informing persons who
work in a medical laboratory of the manner in which to report;
requiring the posting of the document in a conspicuous place; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/26
 - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 -      Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 2/28
 
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/2
 - Third Reading Passed (45-0)
 - 4/9
 - Special Order later today (Senator Hollinger)  Adopted
 -      Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
 -      Senate Requests House Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Senators Conway, Britt, and Hollinger
 
House Action
- 3/3
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 3/9
 - Re-assigned Economic Matters & Health and Government Operations
 - 3/22
 - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/9
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 - 4/6
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/7
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
 - Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
 - Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
 - Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
 - Ed., Health, & Environmental Affairs Com, Chairman
 - Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
 - Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
 - Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
 - Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
 - Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - DAMAGES
 - DISCLOSURE
 - DISCRIMINATION
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - INSPECTIONS -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION
 - LABORATORIES
 - NOTICES
 - PENALTIES
 - PRIVACY
 - REPORTS
 - STATUTES OF LIMITATION
 - WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 17-202 ,
 17-202 ,
 17-202.2 ,
 17-202.3 ,
 17-202.4 ,
 17-216 ,
 17-217 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
 Senate
- Number: 164935/01 (PDF)     Offered on: February 28, 2005   at:
8:16 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 113595/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 9, 2005       at:
4:58 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 2, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (45-0)
 
House 
- April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (136-0)