2006 Regular Session
HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 64
HB 23
Status as of February 28, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Public Power of Attorney - Health Care Decisions
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Goldwater, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Racial and Ethnic Variations - Health Care Disparities Policy Report Card
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pendergrass, Kaiser, Madaleno, Cryor, Trueschler, Dumais, Frush, Heller, Sossi, Ramirez, F. Turner, Bobo, Bronrott, Cadden, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Levy, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Health Care-Associated Infection Information
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo, Bates, DeBoy, Malone, Miller, Pendergrass, Quinter, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County General Hospital
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
HB 200
Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Hospitalization After Mastectomy
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Aumann, Bartlett, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Cryor, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, Kullen, Mayer, McComas, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Myers, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, Walkup, Weir, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health - Advance Directives - Registry - Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Eckardt, Aumann, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Cryor, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Gaines, Gilleland, Goldwater, Heller, Hubbard, Jameson, Jennings, Kaiser, Kelly, King, Kirk, Kohl, Krebs, Kullen, Leopold, Malone, McHale, McKee, Moe, Morhaim, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Parker, Parrott, Proctor, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, F. Turner, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, Zirkin, and Mandel
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Nurse Support Program Assistance Fund - Hospital Rates
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 375
Status as of February 28, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carter, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, D. Davis, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Goldwater, Goodwin, Gordon, Gutierrez, Harrison, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Jones, Kelley, King, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- St. Mary's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's Hospital of St. Mary's County
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Carter, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jones, Aumann, Burns, Cardin, Levy, Nathan-Pulliam, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Northwest Hospital Center
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kirk, Anderson, Bates, Branch, Carter, Doory, Edwards, Goodwin, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Krysiak, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Miller, Oaks, Paige, Pugh, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Report on Hospital Charges
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 677
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Murray, Carter, Franchot, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hixson, Hubbard, King, Kirk, Lawton, Madaleno, Marriott, Montgomery, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Stern, F. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Hospital Patient Safety and Awareness Act
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
HB 718
Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Wood, Bohanan, Bozman, Cane, Eckardt, Elmore, Jameson, Kullen, Levy, Mayer, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Nonemergency Helicopter Transportation - Balance Billing Prohibited
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph
- Entitled
- Emergency Management - Emergency Plans for Human Service Facilities
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Donoghue, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Contracts of Carriers with Providers , Ambulatory Surgical Facilities, or Hospitals - Prohibited Provisions
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson, Pendergrass, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Maryland Polysomnography Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 966
Status as of March 25, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1014
Status as of March 7, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners - Facilities with Needy Populations - Waiver of General Supervision Requirements
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Pendergrass
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificate of Need - Health Care Facilities
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Bartlett, Boteler, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Haddaway, Hogan, Kelly, McComas, McKee, Morhaim, Myers, Oaks, Shewell, Sophocleus, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Care Malpractice - Emergency Medical Care - Standard of Proof for Liability
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim , Hubbard, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Hammen, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Hospitals - Certificate of Need and Rate-Setting - High Performance Buildings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1152
Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Murray, Patterson, and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rudolph, Donoghue, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement Rates - Grants
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Barve, Bromwell, Costa, Jones, McComas, Moe, Morhaim, Oaks, Rudolph, Shewell, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Health Care Malpractice - Emergency Medical Care - Good Samaritan Immunity
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Medical Malpractice - Analysis of Information and Reports - University of Maryland and University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1420
Status as of March 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Health Facilities - Certificates of Need - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1422
Status as of March 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal - Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1440
Status as of March 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa, Boschert, Busch, Cadden, V. Clagett, Dwyer, Frush, Gilleland, Leopold, Love, McConkey, McMillan, Menes, Moe, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Hospitals - Open Heart Surgery
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Costa, Kullen, Mandel, Murray, Oaks, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Cultural Competency and Health Outcomes - Pilot Program
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Following a Mastectomy or Surgical Removal of a Testicle
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission and Health Services Cost Review Commission - Administrative Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1679
Status as of March 9, 2006: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haynes, DeBoy, Gilleland, Kirk, Love, Malone, Paige, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Atlantic C-PORT II Trial: Non-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1691
Status as of March 13, 2006: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Benson, Costa, Goldwater, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Racial Variations Data - Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Health Care Facilities and Laboratories - Accreditation Organizations and Deeming
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Claims
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Office of the Inspector General - Health Program Integrity and Recovery Act
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kasemeyer, Kittleman, and Schrader
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Howard County General Hospital
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Forehand, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola, Hooper, Hughes, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Health Care-Associated Infection Information
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hooper, Harris, and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Harford County - Injury Reports
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Colburn, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Lawlah, Mooney, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Donation - Educational Materials
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jacobs
- Entitled
- Cecil County - Injury Reports
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Kittleman, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Harris, Hogan, Hooper, Kramer, Lawlah, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Nurse Support Program Assistance Fund - Hospital Rates
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Forehand, Giannetti, Jacobs, Kittleman, Munson, and Schrader
- Entitled
- Health - Advance Directives - Registry - Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Ruben, Britt, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, McFadden, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Gladden, Haines, Harris, Hollinger, Klausmeier, and Stone
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Northwest Hospital Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Report on Hospital Charges
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Britt, Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Kelley, McFadden, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Currie, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal - Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Health Facilities - Certificates of Need - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 531
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson and Hollinger
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners - Facilities with Needy Populations - Waiver of General Supervision Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger and Gladden
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 657
Status as of March 22, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Giannetti, Green, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jimeno, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Health - Maryland Cord Blood Bank
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's Hospital of St. Mary's County
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hafer
- Entitled
- Air Ambulance Services - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificate of Need - Health Care Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement Rates - Grants
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Kasemeyer, DeGrange, Della, and Jimeno
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Atlantic C-PORT II Trial: Non-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 1043
Status as of April 5, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway and McFadden
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Racial and Ethnic Variations Data - Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Currie
- Entitled
- Revenue Stabilization Account - Fund Transfer - Prince George's County
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Contracts of Carriers with Providers , Ambulatory Surgical Facilities, or Hospitals - Prohibited Provisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
