2008 Regular Session

Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 59

HB 158
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Tarrant, Carter, Conaway, Oaks, Robinson, and Rosenberg
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 168
Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Comparable Evaluation System - Outpatient Surgeries
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 172
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Charles County Delegation
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Civista Medical Center, Inc.
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 197
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Bronrott, Frick, and Lee
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Suburban Hospital
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 207
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Cecil County Delegation
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Union Hospital of Cecil County
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 228
Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 58
Sponsored By
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
Entitled
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Hospital Inspections
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 249
Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, Griffith, Lafferty, and Stein
Entitled
Motor Vehicles - Accident Reports - Access
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 251
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, and Stein
Entitled
Health Care Decisions Act - Disclosure by Health Care Facilities - Practices Related to Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 278
Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 656
Sponsored By
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Powers of the Secretary
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 302
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Bates, Kaiser, Montgomery, Taylor, Ali, Barkley, Bronrott, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Heller, Kramer, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Reznik, and Waldstreicher
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery General Hospital
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 393
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 270
Sponsored By
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled
Communicable Diseases or Conditions - Reporting
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 438
Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 525
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 276
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
HB 733
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled
Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 759
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Impallaria, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Frank, Jennings, McDonough, Minnick, Olszewski, Schuler, and Weir
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Franklin Square Hospital Center
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 789
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Haynes, Kirk, and Stukes
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland General Hospital
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 856
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Cardin, Frank, Jennings, Kach, Lafferty, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Schuler, Stein, and Weir
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - St. Joseph Medical Center
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 984
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Benson, Boteler, Bronrott, Cane, Carr, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Costa, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hecht, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, James, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Levy, Manno, Mathias, McDonough, McHale, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Taylor, and V. Turner
Entitled
Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Mental Health Pilot Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1037
Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Prince George's County Hospital Authority PG 410-08
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1039
Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 680
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Prince George's County Hospital Authority PG 403-08
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1089
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 196
Sponsored By
Delegate Donoghue
Entitled
Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1104
Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Tarrant, Costa, Mizeur, and Stukes
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organization - Hospital Ancillary Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1124
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Levi and Shank
Entitled
Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
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 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
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
HB 1224
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegate Nathan-Pulliam (By Request) and Delegates Benson, Bobo, Branch, Donoghue, Hucker, Lafferty, Levy, Malone, McDonough, Montgomery, and V. Turner
Entitled
Hospitals - Nursing Care Committees, Staffing Plans, and Commission on Nursing Acuity
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1387
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 216
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 1395
Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 693
Sponsored By
Delegates Tarrant, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council - Chronic Care Management Plan
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1454
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Braveboy, Burns, Costa, Jones, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Hospitals - Managed Care Organizations - Access and Health Care Disparities Elimination
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1503
Status as of March 20, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Kent County Delegation
Entitled
Certificate of Need - Hospital Closure
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1517
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 328
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
HB 1587
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 245
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Beitzel, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Averted Uncompensated Care - Assessment
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1610
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Delegate Walkup
Entitled
Certificate of Need - Hospital Purchase, Merger, or Closure
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 102
Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Gladden
Entitled
Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 110
Status as of January 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Frosh, Forehand, Garagiola, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Suburban Hospital
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 127
Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Gladden
Entitled
Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Staphylococcus Infections - Reporting
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 135
Status as of January 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Middleton and Dyson
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Civista Medical Center, Inc.
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 171
Status as of January 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Pugh
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 355
Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Lenett
Entitled
Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 440
Status as of January 31, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Jones
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland General Hospital
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 543
Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Jacobs and Pipkin
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Union Hospital of Cecil County
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 566
Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 590
Sponsored By
Senators Garagiola and Kelley
Entitled
Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 598
Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Kramer, Frosh, Lenett, Madaleno, and Raskin
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery General Hospital
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 602
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 195
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 631
Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Jacobs and Kittleman
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - Educational Publication
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
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 731
Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Harris
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - Franklin Square Hospital Center
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 747
Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Brochin
Entitled
Creation of a State Debt - St. Joseph Medical Center
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 765
Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Conway (By Request)
Entitled
Hospitals - Nursing Care Committees, Staffing Plans, and Commission on Nursing Acuity
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 767
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 215
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
SB 774
Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Pugh
Entitled
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organization - Hospital Ancillary Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 828
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 224
Sponsored By
Senator Conway
Entitled
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 872
Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By
Senators Peters, Astle, Della, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pugh, and Colburn
Entitled
Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Mental Health Pilot Program
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 916
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 238
Sponsored By
Senator Middleton
Entitled
Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement and Grants
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 946
Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 641
Sponsored By
Senator Middleton
Entitled
Hospital Regulation and Financing - Maryland Hospital Bond Program and User Fees of the Health Services Cost Review Commission
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 974
Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 244
Sponsored By
Senator Middleton
Entitled
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Averted Uncompensated Care - Assessment
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
SB 1007
Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Currie, Exum, Harrington, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
Entitled
Prince George's County Hospital Authority
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation