File Code: Health Occupations
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Munson, and Harris
- Entitled:
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Task Force to Review Physician Shortages in Rural Areas
Creating a Task Force to Review Physician Shortages in Rural Areas;
requiring the Task Force to study recruitment and retention of primary
care physicians in rural areas, funding of programs to encourage
physician practice in rural areas, federal and State programs relating
to physician geographic distribution, and financial and tax incentives
for specified physicians, and to make recommendations; requiring the
University of Maryland School of Medicine to develop a Rural Residency
Track Pilot Program; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/20 at 2:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/4
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 182
Sponsored by:
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator George C. Edwards, District 1
- Senator Barry Glassman, District 35
- Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 7
- Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Medical Schools
- Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
- Reports
- State Universities and Colleges
- Sunset
- 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):
Senate
- Number: 784734/01 Offered on: March 21, 2008 at:
10:46 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 566788/01 Offered on: April 4, 2008 at:
11:09 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 22, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
House
- March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed (138-0)