2008 Regular Session
Patients
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 32
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush and Hubbard
- Entitled
- State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
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Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations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 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
- 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 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Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations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
- 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
- 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, Ali, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Griffith, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Robinson, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Weldon, Elliott, Hammen, Kullen, Morhaim, and Pendergrass
- Entitled
- Nursing Homes - Safe Patient Lifting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: 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 810
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Involuntary Outpatient Commitment
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment
- 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
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
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- Mental Health - Psychiatric Medication - Administration Without Consent
- 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 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 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
- Senators Simonaire and Greenip
- Entitled
- Teenage Protection Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
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 Garagiola and Kelley
- Entitled
- Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
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
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - Educational Publication
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: 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
- 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 815
Status as of April 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Exum and Kelley
- Entitled
- Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway and Harrington
- Entitled
- HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- 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
