File Code: Public Health
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1284/04 - HGO
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Conway, Grosfeld, Kelley, and Pinsky
- Entitled:
-
Medical Decision Making Act of 2005
Establishing life partnerships in the State for specified purposes;
requiring individuals to register with the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene in order to enter into a life partnership; requiring
the Secretary to develop specified forms and make forms available at
specified locations; establishing procedures for applying for and
obtaining a certificate of life partnership; requiring the Secretary
to set specified fees; providing procedures to terminate a life
partnership; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 2/21
- Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/23
- Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Haines) Adopted
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Motion Special Order 3/24 (Senator Mooney) Rejected (16-29)
- Special Order later today (Senator Jacobs) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Withdrawn
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (31-16)
- 4/9
- Special Order later today (Senator McFadden) Adopted
- Motion limit debate (Senator McFadden) Adopted (30-17)
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (32-15)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/24
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/29
- Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order later today (Delegate Hurson) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/6
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Bromwell) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Trueschler)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Trueschler) Rejected (48-81)
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (82-46)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/20
- Governor vetoed - Policy
Sponsored by:
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
- AUTOPSIES
- CEMETERIES
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
- DISCLOSURE
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
- EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
- EMERGENCIES
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- FORMS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- HOSPICES
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- INTERSTATE AFFAIRS
- LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
- MARRIAGE
- NOTICES
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- ORGAN DONORSHIP
- PENALTIES
- PETITIONS
- PRIVACY
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Education
- (
5-219
)
- Estates and Trusts
- (
4-501
)
- Health - General
- (
1-101 ,
4-215 ,
4-215 ,
5-501 ,
5-501 ,
5-509 ,
5-509 ,
5-605 ,
5-605 ,
5-612 ,
6-101 ,
6-201 ,
6-202 ,
6-203 ,
6-204 ,
6-205 ,
6-206 ,
6-207 ,
6-301 ,
6-302 ,
6-401 ,
6-402 ,
10-807 ,
10-807 ,
19-310 ,
19-310 ,
19-343 ,
19-344 ,
19-344
)
- Health Occupations
- (
7-410 ,
7-410
)
- Real Property
- (
14-121
)
- 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: 564430/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 2005 at:
11:44 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 803324/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 2005 at:
12:27 p.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 923021/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 2005 at:
12:21 p.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 096887/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2005 at:
12:46 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 473927/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2005 at:
1:23 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 483926/02 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2005 at:
6:01 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 963020/03 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2005 at:
5:57 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 21, 2005: Motion Special Order until 3/24 (Mooney) Rejected (16-29)
- March 24, 2005: Third Reading Passed (31-16)
- April 9, 2005: Motion limit debate (McFadden) Adopted (30-17)
- April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (32-15)
House
- April 6, 2005: Floor Amendment (Trueschler) Rejected (48-81)
- April 6, 2005: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (82-46)