File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 611
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates B. Robinson, Glenn, Howard, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled:
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Health - Pregnant Women - Hepatitis B Testing
Requiring an individual attending a woman for pregnancy to submit to a
medical laboratory a blood sample taken from the woman at the time the
individual first examines the woman and, under specified
circumstances, at the time of delivery; requiring the medical
laboratory that receives the blood sample to perform a specified
hepatitis B surface antigen test; and providing that the Act does not
apply to a woman who objects to a standard hepatitis B surface antigen
test for religious reasons.
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House Action
- 2/10
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/15
- Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
- Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Chemical Tests
- Diseases -see also- AIDS; Rabies
- Health -see also- Mental Health
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Laboratories
- Pregnancy
- Women
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
18-310
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
