2010 Regular Session
Mental Health
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 49
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sophocleus, Robinson, Cane, DeBoy, Sossi, Glenn, Riley, Wood, Frush, Love, and Carr
- Entitled
- Student Stigma Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate G. Clagett
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Way Station
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 156
Status as of March 16, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sossi, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Mizeur, Smigiel, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - Continued Operation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Eligibility for Nursing Facility Level of Care - Report
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 431
Status as of April 6, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hixson, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McConkey, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Medical Review Committees - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Burns, Benson, Bronrott, Glenn, Kelly, Minnick, Morhaim, Myers, Smigiel, Walker, Aumann, Cardin, Frank, Holmes, Hubbard, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Lafferty, Levi, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Schuler, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Human Services - Public Assistance - Program Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
HB 767
Status as of March 27, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Manno, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, Lee, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Security Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Barkley, Boteler, Cane, Frick, Glenn, Heller, Howard, Kach, Kipke, Montgomery, Pendergrass, Shewell, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Criminal Restitution - Expansion
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Dumais, Hixson, Kaiser, Rice, Ross, George, and Shank
- Entitled
- Honorable Lorraine M. Sheehan Act to Protect Voting Rights for Individuals Under Guardianship for Mental Disability
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Hubbard, Ali, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Bobo, Burns, Carr, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hucker, Ivey, Kramer, Kullen, Lee, Levi, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Busch, Carter, G. Clagett, Conway, Ivey, Kelly, Schuler, Simmons, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Sexual Offender Advisory Board
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Olszewski and Kach
- Entitled
- Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals - Player Cards
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Bronrott, Burns, Frank, Gaines, Gutierrez, Haynes, Howard, Jennings, Kach, Lafferty, McComas, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stein, Stocksdale, Stukes, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline - Distribution of Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Gaines, Guzzone, Hubbard, Kullen, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Waldstreicher, Hixson, Hammen, Pendergrass, Elliott, Jenkins, Krebs, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Developmental Disabilities and Community Mental Health Services - Rate Adjustments
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sophocleus, G. Clagett, and McComas
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility - Dismissal of Charges
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Frank, Gaines, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Heller, Lafferty, Montgomery, Myers, Proctor, Serafini, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Wood
- Entitled
- State Government - Employees - Suicide Awareness and Prevention
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Burns, Aumann, Cardin, Frank, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Lafferty, McDonough, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Schuler, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Baltimore County - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Walker, Olszewski, Rice, and Stukes
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1324
Status as of April 6, 2010: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Schuh
- Entitled
- Public General Laws - Terminology - Substitution for "Mentally Defective"
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ramirez, Anderson, Kullen, Pendergrass, Simmons, Smigiel, Valderrama, Vallario, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Kipke, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Mental Health - Local Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals with Mental Illness
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary and Health and Government Operations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
HB 1358
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Smigiel, Ross, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, Kramer, Kullen, Lee, Manno, McHale, McIntosh, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rosenberg, V. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Family Planning Works Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bohanan
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 - St. Mary's County - St. Mary's College Amphitheater
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Eastern Shore Delegation
- Entitled
- Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Heller
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Threshold Services Group Home Renovations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Conaway, Dwyer, Frank, Jennings, Levi, McComas, McConkey, Rosenberg, Schuler, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Civil Liability - AMBER, Silver, or Emergency Alert Dissemination - Immunity for Broadcast Media
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Holmes, and Levi
- Entitled
- Courts - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett and Raskin
- Entitled
- Honorable Lorraine M. Sheehan Act to Protect Voting Rights for Individuals Under Guardianship for Mental Disability
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) and Senators Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Conformity with Federal Law - Mental Health Benefits, Medical and Surgical Benefits for Mastectomies, and the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Harrington, Lenett, and Madaleno
- Entitled
- Student Stigma Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, DeGrange, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Peters, Robey, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Offender in Need of Commitment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley and Conway
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Eligibility for Nursing Facility Level of Care - Report
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Discharge from Commitment of Person Previously Found Not Criminally Responsible - Judicial Hearing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Frosh, Harrington, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, Middleton, Peters, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Family Planning Works Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Astle, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Raskin, Robey, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Pugh, Currie, Jones, McFadden, and Peters
- Entitled
- Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Developmental Disabilities and Community Mental Health Services - Rate Adjustments
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - Continued Operation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Pugh, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Maryland Health System Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Colburn, Currie, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Mooney, Muse, Raskin, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Courts - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration - Placement of Individuals with Mental Illness - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Madaleno, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Lenett, Pinsky, and Raskin
- Entitled
- The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Forehand, and Kramer
- Entitled
- Mental Health - Local Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals with Mental Illness
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
House: Judiciary and Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Colburn, Klausmeier, Lenett, Raskin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Restitution - Expansion
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin and Peters
- Entitled
- Maryland Veterans - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Death Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators DeGrange, Haines, King, Muse, Robey, Stone, Brochin, Jacobs, Mooney, Raskin, Simonaire, Astle, Conway, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Harrington, Jones, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Munson, Peters, Pugh, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Crimes - Sex Offenders - Notification, Registration, and Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brochin, Haines, Muse, Robey, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Sexual Offender Advisory Board
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Deceased Retiree's Retirement Application - Retiree's Mental Incapacity
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brinkley
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Way Station
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Madaleno
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Threshold Services Group Home Renovations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn, Jacobs, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
