2008 Regular Session
Substance Abuse
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 37
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Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations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
- Delegates George, Beidle, V. Clagett, Costa, Dwyer, Frush, King, Kipke, Love, McConkey, and Schuh
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Correctional Facilities - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Holmes
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses - Alcohol and Drug Test for Underage Applicants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Programs - Outcomes Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, Ali, Barnes, Benson, Eckardt, Glenn, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Ivey, Levi, McIntosh, Proctor, Simmons, Smigiel, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Crimes - Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties - Distribution to County Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Services Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Aumann, Bobo, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Frick, Gaines, Gilchrist, Guzzone, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kramer, Krebs, Kullen, Lee, Levy, Love, Manno, Mathias, McKee, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Riley, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Tarrant, F. Turner, Vaughn, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)
- Entitled
- Juvenile Services - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Screenings for Detained Youth
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- 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 453
Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hammen, McHale, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- Advisory Committee to Coordinate the Public Health System and Drug Treatment Funded by the Medical Assistance Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
- Entitled
- State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- 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
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
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Branch, Bronrott, Carter, Conaway, Davis, Dumais, Glenn, Harrison, Heller, Ivey, Jones, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oaks, Proctor, Ramirez, Robinson, Rosenberg, Schuler, Simmons, Stukes, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Penalties - The "Smart on Crime" Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frank, Hammen, Kipke, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Impallaria, Dwyer, McDonough, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Juveniles - Drug-Related Delinquency - Drug Screening of Parent, Guardian, or Custodian
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Haddaway, Anderson, Bronrott, G. Clagett, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, McConkey, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Ross, Shank, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Crimes - Altering Results of Drug or Alcohol Screening Test - Synthetic Urine
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Carter, Conaway, Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Gaudenzia at Park Heights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Cecil County Delegation
- Entitled
- Cecil County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1262
Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Bronrott, Donoghue, Feldman, Hubbard, Kullen, Manno, McConkey, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Schuler, Valderrama, and Weir
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Behavioral Health Services for Veterans of War in Iraq or Afghanistan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate King
- Entitled
- Family Investment Program - Eligibility - Drug Testing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Burns, Carr, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Hecht, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Kullen, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Tarrant, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Alcoholic Beverage Tax - Special Fund for Adult and Adolescent Addiction Treatment and Prevention Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Valderrama, Anderson, Carter, Dumais, Gutierrez, Lee, and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Medical Emergency After Alcohol or Drug Ingestion - Mitigating Factor
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1468
Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - Elimination of Tiered Copayments
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1583
Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Ross
- Entitled
- Maryland Substance Abuse Fund - Oxford House World Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Simonaire
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Limitations on Methadone and Other Opioid Treatment Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brochin
- Entitled
- Crimes - Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties - Distribution to County Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Services Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brochin, Currie, Della, Edwards, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Kasemeyer, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Rosapepe, Stone, Middleton, Exum, and Glassman
- Entitled
- Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Public Health - Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, or Phenylpropanolamine Purchases - Statewide Electronic Logbook
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
- Entitled
- State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Penalties - The "Smart on Crime" Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Madaleno, Jones, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Alcoholic Beverage Tax - Special Fund for Adult and Adolescent Addiction Treatment and Prevention Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
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
- Senator Greenip
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Second Genesis Security System
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 824
Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Education - Alcohol and Drug Testing for Pupils in Public or Private Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Gaudenzia at Park Heights
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 861
Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway and Exum
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Certified Professional, Associate, and Supervised Counselors-Alcohol and Drug - Qualifications
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
