2006 Regular Session

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 38

HB 22
Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By
Delegates Cluster and Boteler
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease - Baltimore County Deputy Sheriffs
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Senate Rules
HB 37
Status as of March 13, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Stocksdale and Kach
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Covered Employment - Exemption
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 166
Status as of April 25, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 159
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Workers' Compensation Commission)
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Timing of Benefit Payments, Filing Issues, and Processing Claims
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 191
Status as of April 25, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 163
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Workers' Compensation Commission)
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Governmental Self-Insurance Group and Self-Insurance by Individual Employers
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 209
Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 563
Sponsored By
Delegate Rudolph
Entitled
Cecil County - Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 364
Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Feldman
Entitled
Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 486
Status as of March 13, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Allegany County Delegation
Entitled
Lawyers - Solicitation of Clients - Prohibition on Written Communications
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 523
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Wood and Minnick
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Accidental Personal Injury - Definition
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 543
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Wood and Minnick
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Petition to Reopen
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 627
Status as of April 6, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Delegates Krysiak, Harrison, McHale, Moe, and Conroy
Entitled
Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight - Membership
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 713
Status as of March 28, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates McHale, Anderson, Bobo, Eckardt, Frank, Griffith, Kullen, Marriott, Moe, and Montgomery
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 749
Status as of March 25, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Wood
Entitled
Medical Records - Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 868
Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 476
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Jones, Kullen, and Morhaim
Entitled
Health Insurance - Participation of Health Care Providers on Provider Panels - Workers' Compensation Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1005
Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 369
Sponsored By
Delegates Wood and Minnick (Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee) and Delegates Bohanan, Jameson, Levy, Malone, Mayer, and Weir
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Civil Defense Volunteers - Emergencies
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1018
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Wood
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability - Exclusions
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1019
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Wood
Entitled
Workers' Compensation Commission - Stay of an Order Pending an Appeal
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1035
Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 601
Sponsored By
Delegates Simmons and Feldman
Entitled
Uninsured Employers' Fund - Liability of Corporate Officers and Limited Liability Company Members
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1053
Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Goodwin
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1081
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Murray, Costa, Hubbard, King, Nathan-Pulliam, and Rudolph
Entitled
Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1082
Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegate Murray
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Claims Adjusters and Medical Billing Entities
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1144
Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 605
Sponsored By
Howard County Delegation
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Howard County Deputy Sheriffs Ho. Co. 21-06
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1673
Status as of March 28, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Kach, Shewell, and Stocksdale
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Cost of Living Adjustment
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 1738
Status as of March 19, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By
Delegate Kelly
Entitled
State Retirement and Pension System - Benefits - State Workers' Compensation Commission
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
SB 250
Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Exum, Della, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Selection of Health Care Provider - Employee's Choice
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 303
Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 393
Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Petition to Reopen
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 394
Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Astle
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Accidental Personal Injury - Definition
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 412
Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By
Senators Conway, Gladden, Hughes, Jones, and McFadden
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City - Feasibility Study
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 494
Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Conway, Della, Exum, and Stone
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 554
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Exum
Entitled
Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 555
Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed
Sponsored By
Senators Exum, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Health Insurance - Participation of Health Care Providers on Provider Panels - Workers' Compensation Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 765
Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 270
Sponsored By
Senator Colburn
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Presumptions - Lyme Disease
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 800
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Kittleman
Entitled
Workers' Compensation Commission - Stay of an Order Pending an Appeal
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 801
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Kittleman
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability - Exclusions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 802
Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Senator Kittleman
Entitled
Workers' Compensation Commission - Authorization for Release of Medical Information - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 806
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Exum
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Claims Adjusters and Medical Billing Entities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 849
Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By
Senator Exum (Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee) and Senators Della, Gladden, Hooper, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Workers' Compensation - Civil Defense Volunteers - Emergencies
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 980
Status as of April 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Hafer
Entitled
Lawyers - Solicitation of Clients - Prohibition on Written Communications
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings