2007 Regular Session
Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 70
HB 8
Status as of January 10, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haynes and Kirk
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Atlantic C-PORT II Trial: Non-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, and McHale
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 55
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - User Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 56
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - User Fee Assessments
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stukes, Haynes, and Kirk
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Bon Secours Hospital
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 132
Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Busch, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kullen, McIntosh, Morhaim, Rosenberg, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 338
Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim and Shank
- Entitled
- Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barkley, Ali, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, N. King, Rice, and Simmons
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Adventist HealthCare
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Maryland Fetal and Infant Mortality Review
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Beitzel and Hammen
- Entitled
- Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 400
Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Cane, V. Clagett, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rice, Taylor, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Shore Health System
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County Hospital Authority PG 430-07
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 678
Status as of February 8, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- University of Maryland Medical System - Acquisition of Prince George's County Hospital System PG 418-07
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hammen, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Goldwater, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, N. King, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Levi, Love, Manno, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, Weir, Lee, Valderrama, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Children and Working Families Health Care Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Cane, and Mathias
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Atlantic General Hospital
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haynes, DeBoy, Kirk, Malone, and Stukes
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - St. Agnes HealthCare
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate James
- Entitled
- Bay Restoration Fund - Wastewater Treatment Facilities Upgrades - Reporting Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pendergrass, Barve, Bates, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Costa, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Guzzone, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Hubbard, Hucker, Kach, Kelly, Kipke, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Love, Manno, Miller, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Stukes, F. Turner, Weldon, Beitzel, McDonough, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Health Information Exchange Pilot Project
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Walker, V. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Fort Washington Medical Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 1070
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1074
Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Haddaway, McComas, Shank, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1076
Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, Shank, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1104
Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Hospital Ancillary Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Allegany County Delegation
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Western Maryland Health System
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Griffith, Ivey, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1161
Status as of February 19, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Task Force on Funding Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HB 1219
Status as of April 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sossi, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, George, Haddaway, Kach, Mathias, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sophocleus, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Queen Anne's County - Health Care Facilities Regulation - Licensing of Freestanding Medical Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1222
Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Benson, Dumais, Hecht, Hubbard, N. King, Kipke, Kramer, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Mizeur, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1265
Status as of February 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Physicians - Delegation Agreement - Supervision of Physician Assistants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Bohanan, Frush, Hammen, Hecht, James, McHale, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland HIV/AIDS Reporting Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1361
Status as of April 4, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Robinson, Anderson, Benson, Carter, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Jones, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Health Care and Personal Care Services - Abusive Employee Database
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Washington County - Zoning and Land Use - Actions Concerning Hospitals and Medical Campuses - Bonds and Other Security
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Della
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - User Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - User Fee Assessments
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jones
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - St. Agnes HealthCare
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 149
Status as of March 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Exum, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, Pugh, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Middleton, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data - Nondiscrimination
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jones
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Bon Secours Hospital
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Fort Washington Medical Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Atlantic General Hospital
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hogan and Forehand
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Adventist HealthCare
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Shore Health System
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Gladden, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 645
Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus (By Request)
- Entitled
- Radiologist Assistants - Certification
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Exum
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 718
Status as of March 30, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee
- Entitled
- Health Services Cost Review Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Della, Edwards, Hogan, Jacobs, and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Queen Anne's County - Health Care Facilities Regulation - Licensing of Freestanding Medical Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Western Maryland Health System
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris and Zirkin
- Entitled
- No-Fault Cerebral Palsy Insurance Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Della and Exum
- Entitled
- Medical System Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hooper, Colburn, Harris, Jones, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Public Health - Injury Reports - Workgroup
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Maryland HIV/AIDS Reporting Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
