2008 Regular Session
Developmental Disabilities
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 31
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Benson (Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services)
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 248
Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Branch, Eckardt, Haynes, James, Jones, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Residential Child Care Programs - Behavior Management Intervention
- 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
- Delegates Hammen, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Behavioral Health and Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
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Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations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
HB 553
Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Robinson, Glenn, Kaiser, Stukes, Taylor, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Minority Participation in Contracts for Group Homes for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)
- Entitled
- Children, Youth, and Families - Local Coordinating Councils - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Bronrott, Frick, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Bohanan, Carr, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Heller, Hixson, Hucker, Jones, Kaiser, Kramer, Levy, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Simmons, Taylor, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Group Home Renovations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 773
Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Robinson, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Kaiser, Kirk, McHale, Stukes, Tarrant, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Office of Health Care Quality - Provider Hotline
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 774
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Robinson, Conaway, Glenn, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Establishment of the Provider Advocacy Group for Providers of Services to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stein, Ali, Beidle, Boteler, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, V. Clagett, Costa, Donoghue, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hubbard, Hucker, Kach, Mathias, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Stull, Tarrant, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Commission on Land Use at the Rosewood Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Weldon, Bates, G. Clagett, Hecht, Miller, Stull, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Procurement - Preferences - Employment Works Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Gaines, Guzzone, Hucker, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Weldon, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Donoghue, Kach, McDonough, Mizeur, Morhaim, and Reznik
- Entitled
- Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date Extension and Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kach
- Entitled
- State Residential Centers - Study - Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Feldman, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Benson, Braveboy, Bronrott, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kirk, Kullen, Lee, Levi, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rice, Ross, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Payment of Overtime - Exemptions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gutierrez, Carr, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - MacDonald Knolls Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 1532
Status as of March 20, 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
- Health - Direct Access of State Agencies to Criminal Background Checks Conducted by Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sossi, Smigiel, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Chesterwye Center
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Taylor, Ali, Barkley, Carr, Feldman, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hucker, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, Montgomery, Reznik, Rice, Simmons, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - The Arc of Montgomery County Group Homes
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Ramirez
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Children's Guild Multipurpose Room and Play Field
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Forehand, Garagiola, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Group Home Renovations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 240
Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Currie, Della, and Jones
- Entitled
- Residential Child Care Programs - Behavior Management Intervention
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley (Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services) and Senators Astle, Conway, Gladden, Jones, Kasemeyer, Middleton, and Peters
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services - Cost-of-Living Adjustment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date Extension and Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Procurement - Preferences - Employment Works Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee
- Entitled
- Spending Mandate and Revenue Dedication Relief Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 704
Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Human Services - Residential Child Care Facilities - Report Cards
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Madaleno
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - MacDonald Knolls Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Frosh, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - The Arc of Montgomery County Group Homes
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Queen Anne's County - Chesterwye Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Harrington
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Children's Guild Multipurpose Room and Play Field
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
