Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 1994. Member of the House since 1995.

Current Assignments

2007- Deputy Majority Leader

2017 Judiciary Committee

2017 Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee

2003- Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review

2014 Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology

2015 Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government

2015 Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders

2005 Maryland Veterans Caucus

2015 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

2015 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

2015 Women Legislators of Maryland

Past House Service

Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003-2017; Chair, Government Operations Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003-2017; Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2007-2017; Assistant Majority Leader, 2007; Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1999-2007; Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2005-2006; Environmental Matters Committee, 1995-2003; Joint Committee on Information Technology and Biotechnology, 2009-2014; Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-2014; House Emergency Medical Services System Workgroup, 2009-2012; Opioid Workgroup, 2018.

Public Service

Board of Directors, John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation, 2016-; Commission to Modernize State Procurement, 2016; One Maryland Blue Ribbon Commission, 2015-2016; Board of Directors, Health Care for the Homeless, 2015-; State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2012-; Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Workgroup, 2011-2012; Health Care Delivery Reform Subcommittee, Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2011-; State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research, 2005-2017; Governor's Council for Historically Underutilized Businesses, 2004-2005; State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, 1999-2005; Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, Aquaculture Industry Workgroup, 2002-2004; Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003; Co-Chair, Advisory Council on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-2003; Task Force on Indoor Air Quality, 2001-2002; Vice Chair, Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs, 1998-2001; State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders, 1995-2000; Task Force to Conquer Cancer in Maryland, 1999; Task Force to Study Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on School Children, 1997-1999; Vice Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 1995-1998; Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996; Task Force on Drug-Addicted Offenders, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-1996; Governor's Advisory Council on Recycling, 1989-1992; Committee on Cost, Spending, and Efficiency, Baltimore County, 1991; Task Force on Recycling, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, 1990.

Memberships

House Democratic Business Caucus, 2005-; Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Green Caucus, 1996-; Executive Committee, Maryland Democratic Party, 1992-1994; Elected Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1990-1994.

Awards

Public Policy Champion of the Year, Maryland Works, 2014; Public Service Award, The Arc Baltimore, 2013; Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service, American Medical Association, 2011; Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2011, 2010, 2008.

Biographical Information

Born, Los Angeles, California, December 27, 1948; Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, California, 1966; University of California, Berkeley, A.B., History, 1970; New York Medical College, M.D., 1975; Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine; Fire Surgeon, Baltimore County, 1982-; Medical Director, Region III, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS), 1982-89; Maryland-Kuwait Health Care Task Force , Visit to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, April 1991; Physician, Indian Health Service Hospital (Navajo), Chinle, Arizona, 1991-92; Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital, 1981-94; Academic Appointments, University of Maryland Medical School and The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Emergency Physician, Sinai and Northwest Hospitals; Married; three children.