Public Health (J1)

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  HB 56

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Phthalates and Bisphenol-A - Prohibitions - Toys and Child Care Articles

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 57

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montgomery

  Entitled

  Pediatric Cancer Molecular Database Research Grant - Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Matching Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 62

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 483

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Lead-Containing Children's Products - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 81

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Hammen

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Regulation of Artificial Trans Fat

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 114

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Levy, Proctor, Stull, and Weldon

  Entitled

  All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 116

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 43

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene - Emergency Evaluation Petitions - Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 118

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 563

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush and Hubbard

  Entitled

  State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 142

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 253

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Review of Reports and Commissions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 147

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kipke, Aumann, Dwyer, Gaines, George, Hubbard, Ivey, Jennings, King, Kullen, Love, McDonough, Shank, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Milk Products - Direct Sale to Consumer - Exemption from Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 151

  Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Health - Reportable Conditions - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 204

  Status as of January 23, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate King

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Pool Lifeguards - Regulation (Connor's Law)

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 210

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson (Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services)

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 214

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 53

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Bottled Water - Standard of Identity and Labeling Requirements - Out-of-State Registration of Bottled Water and Soft Drinks

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 215

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 648

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Programs - Outcomes Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 216

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 256

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Hereditary and Congenital Disorders - Newborn Screening

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 217

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 257

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Vital Records - Copies to County Registrars of Vital Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 218

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 649

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Living at Home Waiver Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 219

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 54

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Bedding Law - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 235

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 651

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Transporters

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 237

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 61

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program - Special Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 295

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Hubbard, Kullen, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Riley

  Entitled

  Hepatitis C - Inmates - Annual Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 303

  Status as of May 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 701

  Sponsored By

  Anne Arundel County Delegation

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Well Drillers - Permit Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 372

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 556

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Aumann, Bobo, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Frick, Gaines, Gilchrist, Guzzone, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kramer, Krebs, Kullen, Lee, Levy, Love, Manno, Mathias, McKee, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Riley, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Tarrant, F. Turner, Vaughn, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 393

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 270

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Communicable Diseases or Conditions - Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 394

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 69

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  State Postmortem Examiners Commission - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Postmortem Examiners Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 403

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bronrott, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kipke, Kullen, Lafferty, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Stein, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness - Obesity in School-Age Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 438

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 450

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 661

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Behavioral Health and Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 453

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, McHale, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Advisory Committee to Coordinate the Public Health System and Drug Treatment Funded by the Medical Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 460

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Cane, Donoghue, Harrison, Hubbard, Jones, Kach, Montgomery, Morhaim, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Maryland Cancer Treatment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 510

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 79

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, DeBoy, Hammen, Love, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 514

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 453

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Nathan-Pulliam, Beitzel, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Medbank Program - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 527

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 439

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Reznik, Beitzel, Bromwell, Donoghue, Hammen, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Schuler, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 535

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 664

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Morbidity, Mortality, and Quality Review Committee - Pregnancy and Childhood

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 539

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Robinson, Anderson, Barkley, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conaway, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Griffith, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, Kaiser, Kirk, Manno, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rosenberg, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Impact of Sleep Apnea on Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 541

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate George

  Entitled

  Teenage Protection Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 586

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 169

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen and Kipke

  Entitled

  Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations - Influenza Vaccines - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 587

  Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Carr, Braveboy, Gutierrez, Howard, Hucker, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Stukes, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Cosmetics Containing Mercury - Prohibition of Sale or Distribution

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 666

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Reznik and Hammen

  Entitled

  Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 694

  Status as of March 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Anderson, Barnes, Barve, Benson, Bromwell, Cardin, G. Clagett, Conaway, Donoghue, Glenn, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Hucker, Kaiser, Kelly, Lafferty, Love, Malone, Manno, McHale, Minnick, Mizeur, Morhaim, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Tarrant, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Public Health - Construction Sites - Rest Rooms

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 726

  Status as of April 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 790

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 91

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Dumais, Feldman, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hecht, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, Kullen, Lee, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Simmons

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Child Abuse Medical Providers Initiative

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 802

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Glenn, Jones, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Women's Health - HIV Testing and Infant Mortality Reduction

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 810

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Involuntary Outpatient Commitment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 818

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 448

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Donoghue, Mizeur, Montgomery, Riley, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 850

  Status as of March 27, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Minnick, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Burns, DeBoy, Frank, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McHale, Olszewski, Schuler, and Weir

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Smoking Ban - Exception for Open-Air Structures with Temporary Covering

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 906

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 214

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McHale, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Shewell, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Hubbard, McDonough, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Anatomical Gift Donor Registry

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 910

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 300

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Reznik, Barkley, Burns, Dumais, Frick, Ivey, Kaiser, Robinson, and Sossi

  Entitled

  Health Care Providers - Disclosure of Medical Records - Children in Need of Assistance Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 942

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 675

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Health Disparities - Institutions of Higher Education - Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 951

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Bromwell, Costa, Gaines, Hubbard, Kipke, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Taylor, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Living at Home Waiver Program - Case Management - Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 984

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Benson, Boteler, Bronrott, Cane, Carr, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Costa, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hecht, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, James, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Levy, Manno, Mathias, McDonough, McHale, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Taylor, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Mental Health Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 991

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 223

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 998

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Barnes, Carr, Feldman, Hucker, Kaiser, McConkey, Reznik, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Public Health - Bottled Water Facilities - Consumer Confidence Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1044

  Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frank, Hammen, Kipke, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1059

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 573

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Gaines, Guzzone, Hucker, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Weldon, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Donoghue, Kach, McDonough, Mizeur, Morhaim, and Reznik

  Entitled

  Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date Extension and Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1095

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Hubbard, Hucker, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Reznik, Ross, Taylor, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Prevention - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  

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  HB 1099

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Hubbard, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Stukes, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force to Increase the Enrollment of Students in Medicaid and the Maryland Children's Health Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1104

  Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Costa, Mizeur, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organization - Hospital Ancillary Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1125

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Carr, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1146

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Manno, Bobo, Bronrott, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kramer, Lee, McHale, McIntosh, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Ross, Tarrant, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Limited Service Pregnancy Centers - Disclaimers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1153

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hucker, Haynes, Manno, Olszewski, Reznik, and Ross

  Entitled

  Comptroller - Eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1176

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 535

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Braveboy, Carr, Healey, Holmes, Ivey, Kaiser, Krysiak, Mizeur, O'Donnell, Oaks, Reznik, Ross, Shank, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Riley, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Health - Committee on Childhood Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1188

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates DeBoy, Conway, Malone, Mathias, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Public Health Work Group - Hospital Preparedness - Snakebite Antivenin

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1196

  Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Braveboy, Carter, Glenn, Holmes, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Maryland Healthy Places Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1262

  Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hucker, Bronrott, Donoghue, Feldman, Hubbard, Kullen, Manno, McConkey, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Schuler, Valderrama, and Weir

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Behavioral Health Services for Veterans of War in Iraq or Afghanistan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1284

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Appropriations Committee

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Account - Transfer of Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1324

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Frick, Gilchrist, Hubbard, Manno, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Family Support Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1333

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Executive Director - Appointment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1358

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 691

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Healey, Bobo, Boteler, Cane, Elliott, Frush, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, Love, McKee, Nathan-Pulliam, Ross, Sossi, V. Clagett, Gaines, Krebs, McDonough, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Artificial Tanning Devices - Protection of Minors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1395

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 693

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council - Chronic Care Management Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1404

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Donoghue, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kullen, McIntosh, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Stein, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Eliminating Barriers to Enrollment Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1406

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur, Murphy, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Lafferty, McIntosh, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Stein, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Foster Kids Coverage Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1429

  Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate James

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Pharmacy Dispensing Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1452

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 614

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weldon, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Eligibility - Consolidation Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1454

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Braveboy, Burns, Costa, Jones, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Hospitals - Managed Care Organizations - Access and Health Care Disparities Elimination

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1499

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boteler, Aumann, Frank, Impallaria, Kach, Niemann, Shewell, Stein, and Weir

  Entitled

  Public Health - Food Containing a Product of Cloned Animals - Labeling

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1533

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Carter, Harrison, Jones, Oaks, Robinson, Stukes, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Health Disparities Among Minority Children with Learning Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1603

  Status as of March 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McComas

  Entitled

  Social Services Administration - Children Subject to a Substantial Risk of Child Abuse or Neglect - Identification and Notice

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

• 

  HB 1624

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 332

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cane, Cardin, Eckardt, Haddaway, Kullen, Stull, Riley, Beitzel, and Montgomery

  Entitled

  Milk Products - Farmstead Cheese Production

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

• 

  SB 23

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Simonaire and Greenip

  Entitled

  Teenage Protection Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 45

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 562

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lenett

  Entitled

  State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 97

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Favorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Conway, Della, Exum, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Raskin, and Stone

  Entitled

  Lead-Containing Children's Products - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 210

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 555

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brochin, Currie, Della, Edwards, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Kasemeyer, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Rosapepe, Stone, Middleton, Exum, and Glassman

  Entitled

  Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 242

  Status as of January 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley (Chair, Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services) and Senators Astle, Conway, Gladden, Jones, Kasemeyer, Middleton, and Peters

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 251

  Status as of May 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 700

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Well Drillers - Permit Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 286

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 570

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Public Health - Antibiotic-Resistant Infection Prevention Campaign

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 304

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 168

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations - Influenza Vaccines - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 305

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 572

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date Extension and Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 330

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Swimming Pools - Automated External Defibrillator Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 355

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lenett

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 401

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Public Health - Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, or Phenylpropanolamine Purchases - Statewide Electronic Logbook

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 513

  Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators McFadden, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Prevention - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 545

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 589

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee

  Entitled

  Health Care Funds - Transfers and Disbursements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 570

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 593

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Astle, Exum, Glassman, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pugh, and Robey

  Entitled

  State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 574

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Klausmeier, Astle, Brochin, DeGrange, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Pugh, Robey, Stone, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Public Health - Construction Sites - Rest Rooms

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 631

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs and Kittleman

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - Educational Publication

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 632

  Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Forehand, Jones, Kelley, Kittleman, Kramer, McFadden, Munson, Muse, Pugh, Raskin, and Stone

  Entitled

  Social Services Administration - Children Subject to Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect - Identification and Notice

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 660

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Family Support Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 665

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Compensation Program for Family Member Caretakers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 682

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 613

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Eligibility - Consolidation Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 686

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 438

  Sponsored By

  Senators Rosapepe, Conway, and Lenett

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 690

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Madaleno, Forehand, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Limited Service Pregnancy Centers - Disclaimers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 703

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Commission on Land Use at the Rosewood Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 744

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 447

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pugh

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 766

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 213

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Maryland Anatomical Gift Donor Registry

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 774

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pugh

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organization - Hospital Ancillary Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 775

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 452

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Middleton, Astle, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Maryland Medbank Program - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 785

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lenett, Jones, Madaleno, McFadden, and Muse

  Entitled

  Health - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Minor Passenger

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 815

  Status as of April 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum and Kelley

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 826

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 222

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway and Harrington

  Entitled

  HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 828

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 224

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 829

  Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Brochin, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Smoking Ban - Exception for Open-Air Structures with Temporary Covering

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 857

  Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lenett

  Entitled

  Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 861

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway and Exum

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 872

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Peters, Astle, Della, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pugh, and Colburn

  Entitled

  Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Mental Health Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 899

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Public Health - Task Force on Childhood Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 903

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 236

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board - Sunset - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 916

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 238

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Reimbursement and Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 965

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Dyson, Gladden, Jones, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Kids First Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation