PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 47

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  HB 179

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 53

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Private Review Agents and Complaint Process

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 263

  Status as of February 27, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam and A. Jones

  Entitled

  Health Care - Stroke Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 285

  Status as of March 13, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Brown

  Entitled

  Health Insurance Carriers - Referrals to Specialists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 298

  Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates La Vay, McClenahan, Moe, Barve, Love, and Kirk

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 417

  Status as of February 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Grounds for Discipline

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 418

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 476

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Drugs and Prescription Records - Impounding and Disposing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 423

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 478

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Medical Radiation Technologists and Nuclear Medical Technologists - Reporting Requirements, Practicing Without a Certificate, and Disciplinary Grounds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 424

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 479

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Respiratory Care Practitioners - Reporting Requirements, Practicing Without a License, and Disciplinary Grounds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 448

  Status as of February 27, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell and Owings

  Entitled

  Parental Rights Act of 2001

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 463

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 79

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  HIV and AIDS Cases - Confidentiality and Reporting Provisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 473

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, Boutin, Brown, Doory, Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, Hixson, A. Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Redmer, Snodgrass, Wood, Stull, and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 591

  Status as of February 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Complaint and Hearing Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 636

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 251

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cryor, Sher, Morhaim, Barkley, Benson, Boschert, Cane, Clagett, Conroy, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Glassman, Goldwater, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Kopp, La Vay, Love, Mandel, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Sophocleus, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Maryland Cancer Registry - Reporting of Central Nervous System Tumors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 686

  Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates K. Kelly, Amedori, R. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Branch, Brinkley, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Getty, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hutchins, A. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kittleman, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McClenahan, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parrott, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Walkup, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Practice of Medicine - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 940

  Status as of February 13, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murphy, Brinkley, Dembrow, Pendergrass, Montague, Snodgrass, Baldwin, Hecht, Kagan, Valderrama, Turner, Rosso, Marriott, Rzepkowski, La Vay, Pitkin, Riley, C. Davis, Menes, Greenip, Gladden, Grosfeld, Dewberry, Klausmeier, DeCarlo, Carlson, Kittleman, Hubers, and Redmer

  Entitled

  The Darrell Putman Compassionate Use Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 951

  Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Barve, Bobo, Brown, Donoghue, Fulton, Goldwater, Harrison, Hill, Hubers, Hurson, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, McHale, Moe, Petzold, Rzepkowski, Stern, Turner, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Requirements for Provider Panels

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 968

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 514

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Boutin, Klausmeier, Mohorovic, and Ports

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Angler's License Requirements - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 986

  Status as of March 6, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cane, Bozman, Branch, D. Davis, Fulton, V. Jones, K. Kelly, Oaks, Paige, and Phillips

  Entitled

  Standards of Practice for Nurse Anesthetists - Collaboration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1040

  Status as of March 26, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Busch and Hurson

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Medical Directors - Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1068

  Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Refuses to Recede

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Petzold, and Guns

  Entitled

  Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1108

  Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, McHale, Hurson, Hubbard, Love, Owings, Eckardt, Klausmeier, Mohorovic, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Reimbursement for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - Dual Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1173

  Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Kagan, Menes, Moe, Murphy, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Licensing - Physicians - Pain Management and Palliative Care Courses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1227

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 546

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Redmer, D. Davis, Mohorovic, Billings, Hammen, Elliott, Stull, Klausmeier, Boutin, Frush, Morhaim, Baldwin, Owings, Weir, Hubbard, Sher, Cane, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Medicaid Managed Care Organizations - Continuity of Care

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1247

  Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Health Services - Cost of Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1442

  Status as of March 23, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love

  Entitled

  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Study of Uncompensated Care in Emergency Departments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1446

  Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Murphy

  Entitled

  Crimes - Physicians - Medical Marijuana - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 34

  Status as of April 3, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Haines, Harris, Hoffman, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Exum, Teitelbaum, Dyson, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Practice of Medicine - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 139

  Status as of March 16, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Violations of the Health - General Article - Notice to Affected Individuals

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 234

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Exum, Forehand, and Mitchell

  Entitled

  Health Care - Stroke Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 280

  Status as of March 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Complaint and Hearing Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 326

  Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hogan

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Reimbursement for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - Dual Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 328

  Status as of January 31, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Health Services - Cost of Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 332

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance Carriers - Standing Referrals to Specialists

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 396

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, DeGrange, Dorman, Exum, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance Fund - Disposition of Interest

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 400

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, DeGrange, Dorman, Exum, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disposition of Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 401

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, DeGrange, Dorman, Exum, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disposition of Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 428

  Status as of February 2, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Physician Assistants - Delegation Agreements - Anesthesia Administration

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 499

  Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser and DeGrange

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairment - Behavioral or Mental Disorder

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 636

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Hafer, Hooper, Hughes, Kasemeyer, Madden, Mitchell, Pinsky, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Medicaid Managed Care Organizations - Continuity of Care

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 638

  Status as of April 6, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Frosh, Hafer, Hooper, Hughes, Kasemeyer, Madden, McFadden, Mitchell, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance and Children's Health Programs - Care of Newborns

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 643

  Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hooper, Colburn, DeGrange, Ferguson, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Jimeno, McCabe, Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Abortion - Minors - Parental Notification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 645

  Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jimeno, Madden, McCabe, Mooney, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Abortion - Informed Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 705

  Status as of March 6, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Currie, Exum, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Marijuana - Exceptions for Medical Use

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 728

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 423

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement of Noncontracting Providers for Services Rendered to Trauma Patients at Designated Trauma Centers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 756

  Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Haines

  Entitled

  Abortions - Statistical Reporting Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 772

  Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Care - Therapy Management Agreements and Cooperative Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 854

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe Medications in Pro Bono Programs Not Adequately Served by Physician Volunteers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs