Emergency Medical Services

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 38

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  HB 150

  Status as of January 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach and Olszewski

  Entitled

  Education - School Administrators - Reports of Violence to Local Law Enforcement Unit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 255

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 664

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 265

  Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates G. Clagett, Barkley, Boteler, Cane, V. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Guzzone, Harrison, Jones, Levy, Love, Mathias, Sossi, V. Turner, Bohanan, Branch, Holmes, Malone, Weldon, Benson, Donoghue, Kullen, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and Riley

  Entitled

  Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Medical Services Board and Joint Oversight Committee on Emergency Medical Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 368

  Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Branch, Carter, Conaway, Doory, Hammen, Kirk, McHale, McIntosh, Oaks, Robinson, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Baltimore City Health Department - Overdose Prevention Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 521

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 547

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Conway, Mathias, Cane, Haddaway, Eckardt, and Elmore

  Entitled

  Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Rural Trauma Centers - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 755

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gilchrist, Barkley, Carr, Costa, Glenn, Haddaway, Ivey, Kipke, Krebs, Lee, Malone, Manno, McHale, Murphy, Rice, Ross, Simmons, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Weir, and Wood

  Entitled

  Hometown Heroes Act of 2009 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 787

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 519

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Malone, Beitzel, Cane, DeBoy, Mathias, Rudolph, Aumann, Bates, Bohanan, Branch, G. Clagett, Gaines, Guzzone, Jones, Proctor, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Wood

  Entitled

  Emergency Responders - Death Benefits and Funeral Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 817

  Status as of February 26, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Carr

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles - Safety Standards and Training

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 829

  Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Montgomery County - Law Enforcement Officer Issued Electronic Weapon - Provision of Automated External Defibrillator MC 909-09

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 953

  Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 159

  Sponsored By

  Anne Arundel County Delegation

  Entitled

  Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services in Anne Arundel County - Agreements with Federal Government - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 989

  Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conaway, Kelly, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1035

  Status as of February 25, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Schuler, Bromwell, Cardin, DeBoy, Impallaria, Lafferty, Malone, Minnick, Olszewski, Stein, and Weir

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Fire Fighters' Bill of Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1117

  Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Lee, Barkley, Beidle, Boteler, Bronrott, Carr, DeBoy, Dumais, Elliott, Frick, Hecht, Ivey, Kaiser, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Levi, Levy, McComas, McDonough, Montgomery, Ramirez, Riley, Robinson, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Valderrama, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Immunity from Liability - Medical Emergency - Use of Automated External Defibrillator

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1146

  Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Smigiel

  Entitled

  Reorganization of State Government - Department of Emergency Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  

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  HB 1151

  Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Smigiel

  Entitled

  Transportation - Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund - Transport by Privately Owned Helicopter

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1273

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 714

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Valderrama, Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Gutierrez, Kramer, Lee, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Schuler, and Vallario

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Medical Emergency After Alcohol or Drug Ingestion - Mitigating Factor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1338

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Levi and Manno

  Entitled

  Charter and Code Home Rule Counties - Furlough of County Employees - Public Safety Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1356

  Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Smigiel

  Entitled

  Medevac Helicopter Improvement Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  

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  HB 1359

  Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale and Elliott

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Civil Air Patrol

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HJ 3

  Status as of February 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kelly, Dumais, Kramer, Myers, Riley, and Smigiel

  Entitled

  Secondary Schools - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  SB 3

  Status as of February 17, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Public Safety - County or Municipal Corporation Funded Ambulance Service - Physician's Office Adjacent to Hospital

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 177

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 518

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman, Colburn, Edwards, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Pugh, and Robey

  Entitled

  Emergency Responders - Death Benefits and Funeral Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 289

  Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator DeGrange

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Emergency Medical Services Board - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 380

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 386

  Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)

  Entitled

  Baltimore City Health Department - Overdose Prevention Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 464

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 546

  Sponsored By

  Senators Edwards, Colburn, Mooney, Munson, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Rural Trauma Centers - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 537

  Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Restaurants - Personnel Trained in First Aid and CPR Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 548

  Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand and Raskin

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles - Safety Standards and Training

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 649

  Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Astle

  Entitled

  Transportation - Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund - Transport by Privately Owned Helicopter

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 650

  Status as of February 25, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Astle

  Entitled

  Medevac Helicopter Improvement Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 700

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 304

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 752

  Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other than Home Health Agencies and Hospices - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 764

  Status as of February 25, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Astle

  Entitled

  Reorganization of State Government - Department of Emergency Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 767

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services in Anne Arundel County - Agreements with Federal Government - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 895

  Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Fire Fighters' Bill of Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 927

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Charter and Code Home Rule Counties - Furlough of County Employees - Public Safety Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 1041

  Status as of March 29, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Astle, and Pipkin

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - State Police - Helicopter Emergency Medical Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 1063

  Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Glassman, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Joint Oversight Committee on Emergency Medical Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations