2008 Regular Session
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 69
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Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations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 Hixson, Bartlett, Barve, Cardin, Elmore, Frick, George, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, McKee, Murphy, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- 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
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Pendergrass
- Entitled
- Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Extension
- 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
- Communicable Diseases or Conditions - Reporting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 413
Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa and Kipke
- Entitled
- Health Maintenance Organizations - Nonparticipating Providers - Billing of Enrollees and Subscribers for Covered Services
- 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Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations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
- 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 499
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Kach, Montgomery, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Primary Care Physicians - Reimbursement for Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pendergrass, DeBoy, Hammen, Love, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures
- 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 Donoghue, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelly, Dwyer, Frank, McComas, Myers, and Shank
- Entitled
- Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Reznik and Hammen
- Entitled
- Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Physicians Practicing in Shortage Areas
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Malone
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Use of Confidential Records and Reports
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
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 Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Dumais, Feldman, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hecht, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, Kullen, Lee, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Simmons
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Child Abuse Medical Providers Initiative
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, Barkley, DeBoy, Gaines, Proctor, and Wood
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Employment Categories and Special Appointments
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
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
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Donoghue, Mizeur, Montgomery, Riley, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- 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 Reznik, Barkley, Burns, Dumais, Frick, Ivey, Kaiser, Robinson, and Sossi
- Entitled
- Health Care Providers - Disclosure of Medical Records - Children in Need of Assistance Proceedings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 937
Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Montgomery County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Home Health Practitioners' Offices - Inspections - Limitations PG/MC 107-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Health Disparities - Institutions of Higher Education - Report
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- 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
HB 1081
Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, Costa, Kipke, Morhaim, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services - Claims
- 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
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 1161
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bromwell, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Standards for Availability of Health Care Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1175
Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kach
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Braveboy, Carr, Healey, Holmes, Ivey, Kaiser, Krysiak, Mizeur, O'Donnell, Oaks, Reznik, Ross, Shank, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Riley, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Health - Committee on Childhood Obesity
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Elliott, Kipke, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, and Riley
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
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 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
- 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
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant, Braveboy, Glenn, Oaks, Rice, and Walker
- Entitled
- Education - Maryland School-Based Wellness Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 1505
Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Preauthorized or Approved Health Care Services
- 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
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund - Allocations to and Disbursements from the Medical Assistance Program Account
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Staphylococcus Infections - Reporting
- 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 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 Forehand
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Use of Confidential Records and Reports
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
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
- Senators Astle, Della, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services
- 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
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: 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
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Standards for Availability of Health Care Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Harris
- Entitled
- Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pugh
- Entitled
- Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- 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 Pipkin
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Health Care Provider Panels - Provider Contracts
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Public Health - Task Force on Childhood Obesity
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement and Grants
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
