File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 826
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V.
Turner
- Entitled:
-
HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment
Altering requirements for health care providers to obtain informed
consent for HIV testing; establishing procedures for referral for
treatment and supportive services for individuals who test positive;
requiring specified health care providers to notify pregnant women
that they will be tested for HIV infection as part of routine tests;
requiring specified health care providers to advise pregnant women
that they have the right to refuse the test for HIV infection without
penalty; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/13
- Hearing 3/11 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 (134-0)
- 4/4
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/3
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 223
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government
- AIDS
- Chemical Tests
- Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties
- Disclosure
- Forms
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Notices
- Nurses
- Patients
- Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
- Pregnancy
- Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
- Rules and Regulations
- Women
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
18-336 ,
18-338.2
)
- 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: 506187/01 Offered on: March 22, 2008 at:
11:48 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 20, 2008: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
Senate
- April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed (45-0)