2005 Regular Session

DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 50

HB 54
Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By
Delegates Pendergrass, Goldwater, Hubbard, Madaleno, and Mandel
Entitled
Health - Clinical Trials Data Bank
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 65
Status as of February 3, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Franchot
Entitled
State Employees - Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
HB 76
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 353
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled
Agriculture - Animal Health - Administrative Penalties
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 90
Status as of March 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Burns, Haynes, Howard, Jones, Kach, Morhaim, Oaks, Parker, Taylor, V. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled
Department of Legislative Services - Fiscal Notes - Public Health System Impact Note
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 104
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 358
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled
Secretary of Agriculture - Animal Health - Reports
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 138
Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Costa, Boschert, Cadden, V. Clagett, Conway, Dwyer, Frush, Leopold, Love, Malone, McConkey, McHale, McMillan, Moe, Sophocleus, and Weir
Entitled
Firefighters - Blood Testing - Fowler Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 143
Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 196
Sponsored By
Delegates Healey, Boschert, Bozman, Cryor, C. Davis, Dumais, Gilleland, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Moe, Patterson, Ramirez, Ross, and Goodwin
Entitled
Education - Public Schools - Use of Asthma Drugs and Related Medication
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 147
Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 444
Sponsored By
The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
Entitled
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2005
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 148
Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
Entitled
Budget Reconciliation Act of 2005
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 199
Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Delegates Pendergrass, Hubbard, Ramirez, Barkley, Conroy, Donoghue, Dumais, Glassman, Goldwater, Gordon, Gutierrez, Heller, Kaiser, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Malone, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Oaks, Ross, Sossi, F. Turner, DeBoy, Gilleland, Howard, Boutin, McComas, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled
Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Healthcare-Associated Infection Information
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 216
Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 37
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
Entitled
State Athletic Commission - Hepatitis C Testing Requirement for Boxers and Kick Boxers
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 291
Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 532
Sponsored By
Delegates Bozman and Conway
Entitled
Ocean Pines Police Department
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 370
Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
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
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 434
Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 210
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled
Health General - Diseases Required to be Reported by Medical Laboratories - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 461
Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 553
Sponsored By
Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption - Montgomery County Correctional Officers MC 514-05
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 504
Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Oaks, Benson, Bromwell, Carter, C. Davis, Fulton, Gaines, Howard, Marriott, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Ramirez, V. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled
Maryland Prostate Cancer Research Fund - Income Tax Checkoff
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means
HB 709
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 390
Sponsored By
Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled
Secretary of Agriculture - Regulation of Poultry to Control Avian Influenza
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 827
Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Bozman, Cardin, Conway, Costa, Goldwater, Moe, Parrott, Stull, Zirkin, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled
Hospitals - HIV Testing - Consent and Public Safety Workers
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 893
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 400
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Benson, Boutin, Costa, Elliott, Goldwater, Hubbard, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Hixson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Frank, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled
Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Quality of Care Oversight
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1025
Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen and Frank
Entitled
State Board of Physicians - Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1060
Status as of March 7, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Rudolph, Bromwell, Conway, and Donoghue
Entitled
Cancer Drug Repository Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1069
Status as of March 26, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Wood and Krebs
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Presumptions
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1171
Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Sophocleus, Anderson, Cadden, Carter, Conroy, C. Davis, Dumais, Dwyer, Frush, Gilleland, Jameson, Jennings, Kelley, Kelly, Lee, Leopold, Love, Mayer, McComas, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Niemann, Parker, Petzold, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Shewell, Simmons, Smigiel, F. Turner, Vallario, and Zirkin
Entitled
Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Commission
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1210
Status as of March 22, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Dwyer, Boteler, and Impallaria
Entitled
Health - Immunizations - Exemptions from Immunization Requirements
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1265
Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By
Delegate Love
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease - Anne Arundel County Deputy Sheriffs
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1276
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 427
Sponsored By
Delegates Moe, Cardin, Costa, Glassman, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, McHale, Parrott, and Vaughn
Entitled
Public Safety Employees Killed in Performance of Duties - Death Benefits - Heart Attack or Stroke
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1323
Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By
Delegates Conway, Bozman, Cane, Elmore, Haddaway, Rudolph, Sossi, Walkup, Montgomery, Benson, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Hammen, Hurson, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, and V. Turner
Entitled
Task Force to Study Lyme Disease
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1326
Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By
Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Health - Hospitals, Related Institutions, and Housing Programs for Individuals in Need of Assistance
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1362
Status as of March 3, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Bates, Bohanan, Boschert, Boutin, Cadden, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Jennings, Krebs, McKee, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Shank, Shewell, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, and Wood
Entitled
Civil Actions - Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Latent Diseases or Injuries
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1416
Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 270
Sponsored By
Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
State Commission on Kidney Disease - Membership
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1494
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 437
Sponsored By
Delegates Goldwater, Bronrott, Lee, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hurson, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled
Task Force to Study the Impact of Autoimmune Disease in Maryland
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1519
Status as of March 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegate Hurson
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rare and Expensive Case Management Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HJ 2
Status as of February 1, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim and Leopold
Entitled
Maryland Victims of the 2001 Anthrax Attacks - Recognizing a Problem
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HJ 3
Status as of February 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Cane, Carter, Fulton, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Marriott, Menes, Morhaim, Oaks, and Paige
Entitled
Chronic Kidney Disease as a Health Disparity
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HJ 7
Status as of February 9, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Anderson, Benson, Burns, Cane, Carter, C. Davis, D. Davis, Gaines, Goodwin, Haynes, Howard, Jones, Kirk, Marriott, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Rosenberg, and Taylor
Entitled
Funding Treatment for Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
SB 127
Status as of February 23, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled
Budget Reconciliation Act of 2005
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 321
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 300
Sponsored By
Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled
Hospitals - HIV Testing - Public Safety Worker
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 355
Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Stone (By Request) and Senators Green and Kelley
Entitled
Hospital Infections Disclosure Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 491
Status as of February 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Astle, Hafer, and Kittleman
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Presumptions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 506
Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By
Senator Klausmeier
Entitled
Education - Information to Parents - Meningococcal Disease
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 596
Status as of April 5, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Senators Colburn, Dyson, Jacobs, Stoltzfus, Hollinger, Conway, Britt, Brochin, Greenip, Grosfeld, Harris, Kittleman, and Pinsky
Entitled
State Board of Physicians - Information Regarding Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Illness
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 649
Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Jacobs, Hafer, Kittleman, and Mooney
Entitled
Civil Actions - Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Latent Diseases or Injuries
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 681
Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By
Senators Brochin , Green, Britt, Conway, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Stone
Entitled
Health - Clinical Trials - Data Bank Information and Publication of Results
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 701
Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Kelley
Entitled
Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Quality of Care Oversight
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 718
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 330
Sponsored By
Senators Middleton, Britt, Colburn, Dyson, and Harris
Entitled
Hospitals - HIV Testing - Consent and Public Safety Workers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 779
Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 333
Sponsored By
Senators Lawlah, Astle, Britt, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Green, Greenip, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Munson, Pinsky, Ruben, Schrader, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Health Insurance - Human Papillomavirus Screening Test - Coverage
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 825
Status as of February 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By
Senators Colburn, Britt, DeGrange, Dyson, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Lawlah, McFadden, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Maryland Prostate Cancer Research Fund - Income Tax Checkoff
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Senate Rules
SB 838
Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Della, DeGrange, Giannetti, and Jimeno
Entitled
Public Safety Employees Killed in Performance of Duties - Death Benefits - Heart Attack or Stroke
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Economic Matters
SB 899
Status as of March 1, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Lawlah
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rare and Expensive Case Management Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 909
Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senator Britt
Entitled
Task Force to Study the Impact of Autoimmune Disease in Maryland
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations