File Code: Public Health
Prior Year Introduction As:
SB 631/08 - FIN
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Jacobs, Colburn, Forehand, Greenip, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson,
Simonaire, and Stone
- Entitled:
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking -
Educational Publication
Requiring a hospital to allow a pregnant patient to arrange for the
donation of umbilical cord blood to a certified private cord blood
bank under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified groups, to develop
an educational publication; specifying the content of the publication;
requiring the Department to update and distribute a specified
publication; requiring providers of obstetrical services to distribute
the publication; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Finance
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/26
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
- Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
- Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
- Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
- Senator Bryan W. Simonaire, District 31
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Electronic Government
- Genetics
- Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Minors -see also- Age of Majority; Youth
- Organ Donorship
- Patients
- Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
- Pregnancy
- Publications -see also- Maryland Register
- Public Information
- Women
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
19-308.7
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered