File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Hixson
- Entitled:
-
Universal Hearing Loss Screenings - Newborns
Altering the membership of an Advisory Council in the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Council to advise the
Department on the feasibility of requiring universal screening of
newborns; and requiring the Department to report to specified entities
on funding for infants at risk for developing a hearing impairment.
House Action
- 2/13
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/4
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (130-3)
Senate Action
- 3/30
- First Reading Finance
- 3/31
- Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/11
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DEAF PERSONS
- DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND PERS; DEAF PERS. DEV. DISABL
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
13-603
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 789386/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 26, 1998 at:
10:59 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 597756/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 1998 at:
1:38 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 28, 1998: Third Reading Passed (130-3)
- Senate
- April 11, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
