PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 59

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  HB 112

  Status as of March 13, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Health Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Coverage for Hospital Stays for Postpartum Mothers and Infants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 195

  Status as of March 13, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Benson, Cryor, Doory, Eckardt, Grosfeld, Harrison, Kopp, Love, McIntosh, Menes, Parker, Pitkin, Snodgrass, Workman, Walkup, Pendergrass, Stup, Hecht, Nathan-Pulliam, Kagan, Petzold, Frush, Kirk, Donoghue, and Barve

  Entitled

  Health Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Hospitalization Benefits for Childbirth - Payment for Extended Stay

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 222

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 436

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Bonsack

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Identification of Physicians as Specialists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 223

  Status as of February 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Bonsack

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Referral of Disciplinary Actions - Peer Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 250

  Status as of February 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Schisler, Eckardt, and Workman

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Membership - Doctors of Osteopathy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 317

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 445

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory, Krysiak, Goldwater, Eckardt, Kirk, Harrison, Frank, Walkup, Barve, and Exum

  Entitled

  Health Insurers - Negotiated Alternative Rates - Amount of Insured Coinsurance Payment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 343

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 214

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  State Board of Pilots - Licensing, Disability, Retirement, and Compensation of Pilots

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 449

  Status as of March 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bonsack and Fry

  Entitled

  Medical Education Program Fund - Primary Care Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 454

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Immunity - Physicians Not Receiving Remuneration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 474

  Status as of March 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow, Genn, D. Hughes, Redmer, Kagan, and Montague

  Entitled

  Terminal Illness - Physician Aid in Dying

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 480

  Status as of March 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Health Insurers - Appeal of Reimbursement Decisions - Nontermination Provision

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 506

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 235

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Cancer Registry

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 523

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 466

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Certificate of Need

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 630

  Status as of March 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bonsack and Guns

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Direct Payment to Provider of Service

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 779

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Harkins, Jacobs, Bonsack, Holt, Klima, Owings, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Health Care Malpractice Claims - Attorneys' Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 796

  Status as of April 4, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Busch

  Entitled

  Insurance - Workers' Compensation - Rate Credits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 797

  Status as of March 15, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 854

  Status as of March 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Elliott and Hecht

  Entitled

  Health Care Providers - Reasonable Reimbursement for Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 859

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 503

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Love, Krysiak, Doory, Barve, Kirk, Harrison, Donoghue, Kach, V. Mitchell, Eckardt, Goldwater, Boston, Walkup, Frank, Pitkin, Crumlin, Kelly, Pendergrass, Exum, Nathan-Pulliam, and Conroy

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement to Providers of Emergency Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 863

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 580

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Eckardt, Donoghue, Love, Boston, Walkup, Kirk, Frank, Harrison, Krysiak, Exum, V. Mitchell, Barve, Boston, Busch, Crumlin, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Gynecological Care

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 943

  Status as of February 14, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Stup

  Entitled

  Health Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Medical or Surgical Procedures - Out-of-Network Referrals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 993

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bonsack, Donoghue, and Beck

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Prohibitions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1034

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 516

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, Cadden, Frush, Hammen, Klausmeier, T. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, and Stup

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Licensure of Respiratory Care Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1052

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Md. Inst. of Emer. Medical Serv. Sys.)

  Entitled

  Emergency Medical Services - Licensure of Providers - Transfer of Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1070

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 645

  Sponsored By

  Economic Matters Committee

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Provider Reimbursements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1142

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bonsack and Barve

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disciplinary Actions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1154

  Status as of April 5, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Bonsack, Nathan-Pulliam, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Utilization Review - Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1192

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love

  Entitled

  Exercise Physiologists - Certification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1207

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 529

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, McHale, Guns, Fulton, Redmer, Oaks, Elliott, D. Davis, Ciliberti, Stull, and Frush

  Entitled

  Primary Source Verification Information and Procedures for Physicians and External Review of Quality for Health Maintenance Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1271

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 397

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Doory, Goldwater, Krysiak, Workman, McKee, Poole, Hecht, Snodgrass, Stup, Brinkley, Stull, Getty, Stocksdale, DeCarlo, Minnick, Mohorovic, Klausmeier, E. Burns, Edwards, Nathan-Pulliam, Finifter, Frank, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Faulkner, Cryor, Shriver, Kopp, Kagan, Grosfeld, Hurson, Heller, Petzold, Hixson, Frush, Menes, Rosapepe, Healey, Palumbo, Conroy, Hubbard, Pitkin, Benson, Exum, Slade, Howard, Muse, Valderrama, Proctor, Vallario, Hutchins, Cadden, Love, Rzepkowski, Perry, Bonsack, Jacobs, Preis, Fry, Rudolph, W. Baker, Walkup, Eckardt, Bozman, Conway, Ciliberti, Marriott, Boston, Oaks, Rosenberg, Curran, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Branch, Harrison, Dypski, Hammen, Opara, Kach, Elliott, Flanagan, Crumlin, Busch, Gordon, V. Mitchell, Kelly, Barve, and Cummings

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Mothers and Newborns - Minimum Length of Stay and Utilization Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1372

  Status as of March 27, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Conroy

  Entitled

  Medical Radiation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Specialists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 68

  Status as of April 9, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 14

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - License to Practice Medicine - Waiver of Examination

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 131

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Hoffman, Kelley, Teitelbaum, Sfikas, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  AIDS - Pregnant Women - Counseling and Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 157

  Status as of February 12, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Mental Health Records - Disclosure to Primary Caregivers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 235

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Identification of Physicians as Specialists

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 237

  Status as of February 6, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Referral of Disciplinary Actions - Peer Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 273

  Status as of April 6, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Young

  Entitled

  Health Care Consumer Information and Education Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 274

  Status as of January 25, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Young

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Medical Treatment Benefits, Risks, and Costs - Information to Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 337

  Status as of March 5, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Hollinger, Ruben, Lawlah, Roesser, Kelley, Dyson, Hughes, Hoffman, Frosh, Van Hollen, and Collins

  Entitled

  Health Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Hospitalization Benefits for Childbirth - Payment for Extended Stay

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 392

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 579

  Sponsored By

  Senators Trotter, Young, Hafer, Pica, Dorman, Bromwell, Lawlah, Hoffman, Hughes, Stone, Astle, Della, Derr, Madden, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Gynecological Care

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 396

  Status as of April 2, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pica and Stone

  Entitled

  Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 454

  Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Health Care Malpractice Claims - Attorneys' Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 497

  Status as of April 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman and Trotter

  Entitled

  Physicians - Requirements - Educational Materials for Prostate Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 532

  Status as of March 15, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe and Dispense Drugs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 533

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Della, Boozer, Kasemeyer, Stoltzfus, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Licensure of Respiratory Care Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 627

  Status as of March 14, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Boozer

  Entitled

  Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland - Physician Rehabilitation Program and Peer Review Activities - Audit

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 659

  Status as of March 14, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Madden

  Entitled

  Copies of Medical Records - Dissolution of Physician Groups - Charges

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 681

  Status as of April 8, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Discipline of Physician Medical Directors

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 696

  Status as of February 7, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Colburn, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Women's Right to Know Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 701

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee

  Entitled

  Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Amendment of Provider Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 705

  Status as of April 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Trotter , Young, and Lawlah

  Entitled

  Health Insurers - Provider Panels - Participation of Community Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 707

  Status as of February 23, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Trotter, Young, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Primary Care Physicians

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 709

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 416

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Mammography Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 717

  Status as of February 8, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health - Benefit and Evaluation Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules
  

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  SB 718

  Status as of February 8, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Senator Young

  Entitled

  Health Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Financial Incentives or Penalties - Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules
  

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  SB 728

  Status as of February 15, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della and Astle

  Entitled

  Credentialing Information and Procedures for Physicians and External Review of Quality for Health Maintenance Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 738

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 419

  Sponsored By

  Senator Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disciplinary Actions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 750

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 352

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SJ 2

  Status as of January 18, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lawlah, Young, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Underrepresentation of Minority Physicians in Health Maintenance Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance