2008 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 393

CHAPTER NUMBER: 270
File Code: Public Health
Sponsored By:
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled:
Communicable Diseases or Conditions - Reporting

Synopsis:

Requiring a physician with reason to suspect that a patient has a condition or a disease, with specified exceptions, that endangers public health and that has been designated by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene as reportable, to submit a report to a specified county health officer; authorizing the Secretary to disseminate nonindividually identifiable information under specified circumstances; repealing the list of the diseases or conditions that are reportable by a medical laboratory director; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/28
First Reading Health and Government Operations
1/30
Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/19
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/20
Third Reading Passed (135-0)
3/31
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/26
Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
4/4
Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/1
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/2
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
4/24
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 270

Sponsored by:

Health and Government Operations Committee, Chair
Departmental
Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
Disclosure
Diseases -see also- AIDS; Rabies
Health -see also- Mental Health
Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
Hotels and Motels
Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
Laboratories
Patients
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Privacy
Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Safety -see also- Occupational Safety

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General
( 18-201 , 18-202 , 18-205 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
Number: 976085/01     Offered on: March 22, 2008   at: 11:44 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 20, 2008: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
Senate
April 2, 2008: Third Reading Passed (46-0)