DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 36

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  HB 22

  Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cluster and Boteler

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease - Baltimore County Deputy Sheriffs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  HB 58

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 450

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Goldwater, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Racial and Ethnic Variations - Health Care Disparities Policy Report Card

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 78

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Kaiser, Madaleno, Cryor, Trueschler, Dumais, Frush, Heller, Sossi, Ramirez, F. Turner, Bobo, Bronrott, Cadden, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Levy, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Health Care-Associated Infection Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 152

  Status as of March 28, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kelly

  Entitled

  Assault Against a Law Enforcement Officer - Bodily Fluids

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 192

  Status as of February 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Bobo, Goldwater, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Health - Clinical Trials Data Bank

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 200

  Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage for Hospitalization After Mastectomy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 342

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 457

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Haynes, Kullen, Murray, Oaks, Petzold, Pugh, and Conroy

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Public Awareness and Outreach - Hepatitis C Virus and Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 394

  Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Gilleland, Bohanan, Boteler, Bromwell, Cadden, Cluster, Costa, C. Davis, Donoghue, Frush, Jameson, Jones, Kaiser, King, Kohl, Levy, Love, Mayer, McConkey, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Stern, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Health - Mercury-Free Vaccines - Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 681

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murray, Branch, Carter, Franchot, Haynes, Hixson, Hubbard, King, Kirk, Madaleno, Marriott, Oaks, Stern, Barve, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Commission for Men's Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 697

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 344

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) and Delegates Hammen, Goldwater, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Kidney Disease Program - Eligibility Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 749

  Status as of March 25, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Wood

  Entitled

  Medical Records - Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 767

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Bates, Bohanan, Boschert, Boteler, Cadden, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Jennings, Kach, Kohl, Krebs, Mayer, McKee, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Walkup, Weldon, and Wood

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Latent Diseases or Injuries

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 840

  Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Jennings

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Infectious and Contagious Diseases - Notice of Quarantine

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 851

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 358

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bohanan, Brown, Cane, Donoghue, Griffith, Howard, Jones, Kirk, Marriott, Patterson, Hammen, Barve, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Adult Sickle Cell Anemia - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 966

  Status as of March 25, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1081

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murray, Costa, Hubbard, King, Nathan-Pulliam, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1418

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kaiser , Bozman, Conroy, DeBoy, and Lawton

  Entitled

  Student Health - Maryland Obesity Awareness and Prevention Blue Ribbon Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1448

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 619

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Heller, Bartlett, Bozman, Cryor, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Hixson, King, McKee, Patterson, and Ross

  Entitled

  Education - Scoliosis Screening in Public Schools - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1455

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 497

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Costa, Kullen, Mandel, Murray, Oaks, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Cultural Competency and Health Outcomes - Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1458

  Status as of March 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Anderson, Barve, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cardin, Carter, Costa, C. Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Goodwin, Gordon, Griffith, Gutierrez, Kach, Madaleno, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Pendergrass, Pugh, Rosenberg, Ross, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Compassionate Use Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1529

  Status as of March 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Burns

  Entitled

  Crimes - Intentional HIV Transfer Causing Death - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1679

  Status as of March 9, 2006: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haynes, DeBoy, Gilleland, Kirk, Love, Malone, Paige, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - Atlantic C-PORT II Trial: Non-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  SB 135

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 42

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Forehand, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola, Hooper, Hughes, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Health Care-Associated Infection Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 336

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 249

  Sponsored By

  Senators Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, DeGrange, Dyson, Exum, Greenip, Grosfeld, Harris, Hollinger, Kittleman, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Disease Prevention - Hepatitis C Virus

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 365

  Status as of March 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Colburn, Della, Dyson, Gladden, Hollinger, Hooper, Jimeno, Kelley, Klausmeier, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Public Health - Mercury-Free Vaccines - Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 451

  Status as of March 27, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hooper, Greenip, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Limitations on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Latent Diseases or Injuries

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 457

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Britt, Conway, Exum, Frosh, Green, Grosfeld, and Lawlah

  Entitled

  The Healthy Student Promotion and Awareness Act of 2006

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 535

  Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger and Gladden

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 554

  Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 765

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 270

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Presumptions - Lyme Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 802

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kittleman

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation Commission - Authorization for Release of Medical Information - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 816

  Status as of March 29, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Maryland Compassionate Use Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 824

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 442

  Sponsored By

  Senator Britt

  Entitled

  Maryland Commission for Men's Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 865

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Britt

  Entitled

  Education - Scoliosis Screening in Public Schools - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 1012

  Status as of March 13, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Care - Influenza Immunization

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 1027

  Status as of March 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jones, Kasemeyer, DeGrange, Della, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - Atlantic C-PORT II Trial: Non-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance