2012 Regular Session
Mental Health
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 33
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Discharge from Commitment of Person Previously Found Not Criminally Responsible - Judicial Hearing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kach
- Entitled
- State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Examinations of Applicants and Licensees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kipke, Arora, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Hough, McDermott, Minnick, Ready, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- State Lottery - Problem Gambling Measures
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Clagett
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Mental Health Association Building
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Burns, Valentino-Smith, Aumann, Boteler, Minnick, and Weir
- Entitled
- Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Cardin, Cullison, Hammen, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Lee, Mizeur, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, V. Turner, Pendergrass, Oaks, A. Kelly, Tarrant, Donoghue, and Reznik
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Dumais, and Kramer
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 620
Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Bates, Bobo, Carter, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Eckardt, Feldman, Frank, Gutierrez, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, Howard, Hubbard, James, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McIntosh, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, B. Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, V. Turner, Washington, and Wilson
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 657
Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kramer, Arora, Cullison, Dumais, Hucker, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Malone, Reznik, Simmons, Stein, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Election Law - Subsequent Election Absentee Ballot List
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 759
Status as of February 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hammen
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Health Care Delivery Systems - Pilot Project
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Costa, Cullison, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1015
Status as of March 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cullison, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Carr, Carter, Clagett, Conaway, Elliott, Frush, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Ross, Stein, Stukes, F. Turner, V. Turner, Washington, and Zucker
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Security Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Wilson, Alston, Branch, and DeBoy
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Restrictions on Possession of Firearms - Convicted Felons and People With Mental Disorders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1176
Status as of March 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Valentino-Smith, Arora, Carr, Cullison, Frush, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Niemann, B. Robinson, V. Turner, Walker, and Washington
- Entitled
- Health Care Case Management for At-Risk Juveniles - Work Group
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Costa, Cullison, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Traumatic Events - Mental Health Support Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011 - Montgomery County - Mental Health Association HVAC Replacement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Examinations of Applicants and Licensees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Astle, Klausmeier, Garagiola, DeGrange, Rosapepe, King, Ramirez, Montgomery, Kelley, Madaleno, Stone, Manno, Kittleman, Colburn, Edwards, and Brochin
- Entitled
- Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
SB 180
Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Raskin, and Young
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Benson, Forehand, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Security Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Benson, Currie, Ferguson, Kelley, King, Middleton, Peters, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Jones-Rodwell
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, Brochin, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Discharge from Commitment of Person Previously Found Not Criminally Responsible - Judicial Hearing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Muse, Peters, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration - State Facilities - Surveillance Cameras
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Muse, Peters, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Traumatic Events - Mental Health Support Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 577
Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Reilly, Middleton, Astle, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Muse, and Pugh
- Entitled
- State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Young
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Mental Health Association Building
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Health Care Delivery Systems - Pilot Project
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Medical Records - Enhancement or Coordination of Patient Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Labor and Employment - Abusive Work Environments in State Agencies - Workgroup Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Young
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Facilities Capital Program - State's Right of Recovery
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
