2008 Regular Session
Health Occupations (J2)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 62
HB 220
Status as of February 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Professional Counselors and Therapists - Definition of Appraisal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Physicians and Pharmacists - Therapy Management Contracts - Extension of Law
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 234
Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- State Board of Acupuncture - Practice and Licensure
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- State Board of Nursing - Powers and Duties - Licensing, Certification, and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Medical Review Committees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Issuance of Temporary Licenses - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 384
Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary License - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 427
Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Elliott, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Power of Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene - Regulatory Boards
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 435
Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Benson, Glenn, Barnes, Beitzel, Costa, Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Pharmacists - Generic Drugs - Treatment of Epileptic Seizures
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
- Entitled
- State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)
- Entitled
- State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, V. Turner, Donoghue, Montgomery, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Licensed Counselors and Therapists - Appraisal Activities - Training Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 542
Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Robinson, Barkley, Conaway, Doory, Dumais, Glenn, Heller, Howard, Kaiser, Manno, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Database for Terminated Health Occupation Licensees and Employees Who Provide Services to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Minimum Age Requirement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 730
Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Feldman, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Boteler, Dumais, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Rice, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Complementary Alternative Medicine Health Care Providers - Scope of Practice
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 772
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Robinson, Bates, Conaway, Haynes, Heller, and Love
- Entitled
- Pharmacists - Substitution of Generic Drugs or Device Products - Consent of Consumers or Authorized Prescribers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Harrison, Jones, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Weldon, and Stein
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners Nomination and Disciplinary Processes - Task Force on the Discipline of Health Care Professionals and Improved Patient Care
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 814
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Personal Trainers - Licensing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 919
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Costa, Kipke, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Dental Hygienists - Nomination Process for State Board of Dental Examiners - Advisory Committee Composition - Practice in Private Dental Offices
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Elmore, Barkley, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Bohanan, Boteler, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Costa, Dumais, Eckardt, Frank, Frick, Gaines, George, Gilchrist, Haddaway, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Levy, Mathias, McComas, McConkey, Murphy, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Norman, Rice, Schuh, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stifler, Stukes, Stull, Walker, and Walkup
- Entitled
- State Board of Nursing - Temporary Licenses and Temporary Practice Letters - Extensions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 961
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Morhaim, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Discipline of Licensees - Disclosure of Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Benson
- Entitled
- Polysomnographic Technologists - Education and Licensing Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim and Harrison
- Entitled
- State Board of Morticians - Family Security Trust Fund and Pre-Need Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1091
Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Funeral Establishment Licensing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Eckardt, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Nurse Practitioners - Authority to Certify
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1142
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Benson, Bohanan, Costa, Elliott, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Tarrant, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates V. Turner, Barnes, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Gaines, Hammen, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Riley, Tarrant, Valderrama, Beitzel, Donoghue, Mizeur, Reznik, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Health Dental Hygiene Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1334
Status as of March 20, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Elliott, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Health Regulatory Boards - Additional Powers and Duties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1364
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Sossi
- Entitled
- Medical Records - Disclosure - Blood Alcohol Concentration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1381
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mizeur
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Optometrists - Therapeutic Contact Lenses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Costa, Davis, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Benson, Hammen, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Reznik, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Board of Pharmacy - Remote Automated Medication Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Pena-Melnyk, and Ivey
- Entitled
- Birth Options Preservation Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1414
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ali, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Stull, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Patient Referrals for Radiation Therapy Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1469
Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1500
Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boteler, Aumann, Bromwell, Frank, Impallaria, and Kach
- Entitled
- Health Occupations Boards - Investigators - Confidentiality of Medical Information and Records
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Respiratory Care Practitioners, Radiation Therapists, Radiographers, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, and Radiologist Assistants - Various Changes
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure of Massage Therapists
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 433
Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Currie, Exum, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Peters
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Permit Holders - Signs for Reporting Incorrectly Filled Prescriptions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 443
Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Conway, and Dyson
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Munson, and Harris
- Entitled
- Task Force to Review Physician Shortages in Rural Areas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)
- Entitled
- State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 489
Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary License - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
- Entitled
- State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton and Conway
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Dental Hygiene Students - Exception From Licensure Requirements While Participating in Approved Educational Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 580
Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Colburn, Lenett, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Radiation Oncology/ Therapy Technologists, Medical Radiation Technologists, Radiologist Assistants, and Nuclear Medicine Technologists - Licensure
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 708
Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Colburn, Lenett, Middleton, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 709
Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Optometrists - Therapeutic Contact Lenses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners Nomination and Disciplinary Processes - Task Force on the Discipline of Health Care Professionals and Improved Patient Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Board of Pharmacy - Remote Automated Medication Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Residential Child Care Programs - Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Astle, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Edwards, Forehand, Garagiola, Glassman, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, Harrington, and Lenett
- Entitled
- Public Health Dental Hygiene Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- State Board of Social Work Examiners - Membership - Qualifications
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Certified Professional, Associate, and Supervised Counselors-Alcohol and Drug - Qualifications
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 884
Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola and McFadden
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Complementary Alternative Medicine Health Care Providers - Scope of Practice
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Nurse Practitioners - Authority to Certify
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure of Massage Therapists
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SJ 3
Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Brochin, and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Establishing Nurse Anesthetists Week
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
