HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 32

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  HB 2

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Taylor, Guns, Busch, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Vallario, Hixson, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Billings, Branch, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Hammen, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rosenberg, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Workman, Boston, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Eckardt, Exum, Fulton, Gordon, Kirk, McHale, Miller, Mohorovic, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Regulatory and Systems Reform Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 3

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 112

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Taylor, Busch, Guns, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Vallario, Hixson, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Bozman, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Hammen, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Workman, DeCarlo, McHale, Miller, Valderrama, Gordon, Kach, McClenahan, Eckardt, Boston, Exum, Kirk, Pendergrass, Mohorovic, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Stup, Elliott, Stull, Klausmeier, and Snodgrass

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions and Grievances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 248

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Crumlin and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Mandated Health Insurance Services Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 272

  Status as of January 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee and Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Modifications and Clarifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 344

  Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Hospital Rates - Outpatient Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 391

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kelly, Bissett, Bobo, Boston, Branch, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, DeCarlo, Dypski, Eckardt, Edwards, Faulkner, Frush, Greenip, Heller, Holt, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Kagan, Klima, McKee, Minnick, Mohorovic, Montague, Mossburg, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Pitkin, Rzepkowski, Schade, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Turner, and Workman

  Entitled

  Patients' Medical Record Privacy Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 427

  Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, C. Davis, Morhaim, Frush, Oaks, Schisler, Owings, Ciliberti, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, D. Davis, Stull, Elliott, Klausmeier, Watson, R. Baker, Conroy, Pitkin, and Crumlin

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Care Database - Patient Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 534

  Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Evaluation of Practitioners and Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 556

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 611

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Goldwater, Elliott, Nathan-Pulliam, McHale, and Stup

  Entitled

  Health - Utilization Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 647

  Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dewberry, Malone, D. Murphy, T. Murphy, and McHale

  Entitled

  Health - Certificate of Need - Reformation of Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 667

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 782

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Certificate of Need - Health Care Facilities and Comprehensive Care Beds - Relocations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 766

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 115

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, R. Baker, Benson, Bobo, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Cryor, D. Davis, B. Hughes, D. Hughes, Frush, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Love, Mandel, Marriott, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Owings, Patterson, Pendergrass, Preis, Snodgrass, Stull, Stup, Taylor, Walkup, Watson, Oaks, McHale, and Ciliberti

  Entitled

  Breast Cancer Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1023

  Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Redmer

  Entitled

  Home-Based Hospice Care - Deregulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1095

  Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Redmer

  Entitled

  Health Services Cost Review Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1206

  Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Facility Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1280

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conroy and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Uncompensated Health Care - Health Care Tax

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  SB 84

  Status as of March 4, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green, Hollinger, Dorman, Hafer, Madden, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment and Benefit Determinations - Liability and Utilization Review Complaint and Appeal Processes and Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 136

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 588

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Mandated Health Insurance Services Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 327

  Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kasemeyer and Madden

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Restrictions on Bed Capacity for Continuing Care - Extensive Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 358

  Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della and Roesser

  Entitled

  The Patients' Consent Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 401

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 111

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Bromwell, Green, Kelley, Madden, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Complaint Process for Adverse Decisions and Grievances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters

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  SB 435

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 610

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health - Utilization Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 485

  Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Sfikas, Boozer, Della, Van Hollen, Kasemeyer, Derr, Hafer, and Miller

  Entitled

  Health - Certificate of Need - Reformation of Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 504

  Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Derr

  Entitled

  Home-Based Hospice Care - Deregulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 521

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Favorable with Amendments Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Care Regulatory Reform

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters

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  SB 590

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 113

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lawlah, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Van Hollen, and Hoffman

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance and Other State Programs - Dental Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 634

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 114

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Boozer, Collins, Conway, Derr, Dorman, Green, Hollinger, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, Miller, Munson, Pinsky, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Trotter, Van Hollen, Bromwell, Astle, Hafer, Della, and Currie

  Entitled

  Breast Cancer Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 645

  Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Currie

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Uncompensated Care and Rate Setting

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 646

  Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations - Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 698

  Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Services Cost Review Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 731

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle and Neall

  Entitled

  State Health Resources Planning Commission - Certificate of Need - Revocation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 737

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Madden

  Entitled

  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Facility Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance