CHAPTER NUMBER: 324
File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
(By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled:
-
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Medical Laboratories -
Retests and Public Notification
Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to require
specified laboratories to notify physicians or other individuals of
specified erroneous or questionable test results and take specified
measures to reduce or eliminate specified threats; and establishing a
civil penalty of $1,000 per day, not to exceed $50,000, for
noncompliance.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/4
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/29
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/31
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/10
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 324
Sponsored by:
- Ed., Health, & Environmental Affairs Com, Chairman
- Departmental
- Health & Mental Hygiene, Department of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- DISCLOSURE
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- HEARINGS
- LABORATORIES
- NOTICES
- PATIENTS
- PENALTIES
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
17-210
)
- 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: 614533/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2005 at:
10:41 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 22, 2005: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- April 1, 2005: Third Reading Passed (137-0)