2008 Regular Session
Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Substitute; Substance Abuse
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 41
HB 35
Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schuh, Love, Kipke, Dwyer, V. Clagett, George, King, McConkey, Costa, Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, Frush, Sophocleus, and Beidle
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Limitations on Methadone and Other Opioid Treatment Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Medicare Part D "Donut Hole" Tax Assistance Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 50
Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montgomery
- Entitled
- Prescription Drugs - Marketing or Promotion - Use of Prescriber Identifying Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bromwell, Benson, Costa, DeBoy, Elliott, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Reznik, Rudolph, Schuler, Shewell, Stocksdale, Weldon, Beitzel, Donoghue, Hammen, Kach, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Disclosures
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program - Special Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 243
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson, Costa, Elliott, Kipke, Krebs, and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Choice of Pharmacy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Elliott, Kipke, Rudolph, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Hammen, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies and Pharmacists
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kipke, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, George, Hammen, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Kach, King, Kullen, Love, McDonough, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Sophocleus, Weldon, Donoghue, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and Pendergrass
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Therapeutic Interchanges
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Elliott, Ali, Bartlett, Beitzel, Bromwell, Cane, Costa, DeBoy, Frush, George, Norman, Hammen, Hecht, Hubbard, Impallaria, Kach, King, Kipke, Kirk, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Riley, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stukes, Stull, V. Turner, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, Benson, and Donoghue
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Registration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
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
- Delegates Donoghue, Nathan-Pulliam, Beitzel, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Medbank Program - Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Beitzel, Donoghue, Gilchrist, Kaiser, Mizeur, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Stull, V. Turner, Weldon, Benson, Elliott, Hammen, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Oaks, and Riley
- Entitled
- Advisory Council on Prescription Drug Monitoring - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Mizeur, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Feldman, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Heller, Kaiser, Kipke, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Rice, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, Weldon, Beitzel, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Pendergrass, and Riley
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formula
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Costa, Davis, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kipke, Rudolph, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Kach, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen and Kipke
- Entitled
- Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations - Influenza Vaccines - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 616
Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Branch, Hecht, Love, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ramirez, F. Turner, Vallario, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Children With Anaphylactic Allergies - Reduction of Risk
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
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 Tarrant, Donoghue, James, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, and Stukes
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Health Care Practitioners - Information Provided by Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1125
Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Carr, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1188
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates DeBoy, Conway, Malone, Mathias, and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Public Health Work Group - Hospital Preparedness - Snakebite Antivenin
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Feldman and Harrison
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Internet Auction Sales
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- Mental Health - Psychiatric Medication - Administration Without Consent
- 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
HB 1429
Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate James
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Pharmacy Dispensing Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, V. Clagett, Beidle, Bromwell, Love, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Animal Control Facilities - License to Administer Scheduled Drugs to Animals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Busch, Costa, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Kullen, Manno, McDonough, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Rudolph, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap and Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Simonaire
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Limitations on Methadone and Other Opioid Treatment Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations - Influenza Vaccines - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Public Health - Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, or Phenylpropanolamine Purchases - Statewide Electronic Logbook
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
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 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
- Senators Klausmeier, Della, Exum, Garagiola, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Registration
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Therapeutic Interchanges
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier and Della
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Disclosures
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies and Pharmacists
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Choice of Pharmacy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- 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
- Senators Pugh, Middleton, Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Maryland Medbank Program - Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Frosh, Garagiola, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Exum, Glassman, and Kelley
- Entitled
- Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap and Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
