CHAPTER NUMBER: 453
File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, V. Turner, Benson, Carter, Griffith,
Haynes, Murray, Oaks, Patterson,
Taylor, Hurson, Hammen, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue,
Elliott, Goldwater, Hubbard, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Pendergrass,
Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, and Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Health Care Services Disparities
Prevention Act
Declaring the intent of the General Assembly; authorizing specified
institutions of higher education in the State to include courses in
the curriculum or offer special seminars on health care services
disparities of specified minority populations; requiring the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the
Maryland Healthcare Foundation, to develop and implement a plan to
reduce health care disparities; etc.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/12
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/22
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- 4/4
- Returned Passed
- 5/22
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 453
Senate Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/26
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/4
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate Eric Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
- Delegate Bob A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Herman Taylor, District 14
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DISCRIMINATION
- EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- HIGHER EDUCATION -see also- COMM COLLEGES; MED SCHOOLS; etc.
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
- MEDICAL SCHOOLS
- MENTAL HEALTH
- MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN
- PATIENTS
- REPORTS
- SUNSET
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
20-801 ,
20-802 ,
20-803 ,
20-804
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 496487/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2003 at:
10:31 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 22, 2003: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- Senate
- April 5, 2003: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
