PATIENTS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 40

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  HB 64

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 203

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 70

  Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Hospice Facilities and Hospice Care Programs - Inspections

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 182

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 120

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Goldwater, R. Baker, Bobo, Conroy, D. Davis, Edwards, Frush, Guns, Hecht, Hubbard, Hubers, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pitkin, Turner, Weir, K. Kelly, Barve, Brown, Busch, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, Kach, J. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Pendergrass, , Walkup, Barkley, Carlson, and Stern

  Entitled

  Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 243

  Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings, Morhaim, Barve, Mohorovic, Hubers, DeCarlo, and Weir

  Entitled

  Practice of Medicine - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 321

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Barve, Bronrott, Eckardt, Grosfeld, V. Jones, Kopp, Love, Mandel, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Sher, Snodgrass, and Stull

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 345

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 452

  Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Nursing Facilities - Reserved Beds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 572

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 255

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Patient Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 576

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 644

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Continuity of Patient Care Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 594

  Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frush

  Entitled

  Practice of Dentistry - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 628

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt, Donoghue, Conway, and Bozman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Provider Panels

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 674

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 655

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Stull, Weir, Frush, Petzold, Owings, Dewberry, Mitchell, D. Davis, Malone, Dembrow, Fulton, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Patient Prescription Access - Limited Physician Delegation to Physician Assistants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 676

  Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Donoghue, and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Enrollees and Subscribers - Private Contracts for Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  HB 750

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Vallario, Griffith, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Courts - Settlements and Releases - Limited Prohibitions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 856

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Billings, Grosfeld, Bobo, Cane, Dypski, Frush, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, McIntosh, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Stern, and Turner

  Entitled

  Carriers and Managed Care Entities - Health Care Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 939

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Medical Records - Disclosure to Health Care Provider's Insurer or Legal Counsel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 955

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Cane, D. Davis, Frush, Morhaim, and Stern

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Primary Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1022

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Cane, Bozman, Walkup, and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Interpreter Expenses for Hearing Impaired

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1065

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rzepkowski

  Entitled

  Health Care Providers - HIV Exposure - Patient Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HJ 9

  Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, R. Baker, Benson, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Cane, C. Davis, Dobson, Eckardt, Finifter, Goldwater, Gladden, Grosfeld, Howard, Hubbard, A. Jones, Klausmeier, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Mohorovic, Montague, Oaks, Paige, Phillips, Proctor, Rawlings, Swain, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Prevention of Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, and Heart Disease Through Obesity Awareness, Risk Assessment, and Treatment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HJ 16

  Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Goldwater, Hubbard, J. Kelly, Boutin, Mohorovic, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Task Force on Medical Record Confidentiality

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  SB 135

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Green, Lawlah, Middleton, Ruben, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 153

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Collins, Dyson, Hollinger, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Sexual Misconduct

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 261

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 267

  Status as of March 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Exum, Ferguson, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 306

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Health Care - Surrogate Decision Making - Prohibitions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 307

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  The Decisionally Incapacitated Research Subject Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 350

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 554

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Astle, Exum, Hafer, Kelley, Roesser, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 475

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman and Astle

  Entitled

  Continuity of Patient Care Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 486

  Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Continuity of Care

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 506

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Della, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Patient Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 520

  Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle and Kelley

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Enrollees and Subscribers - Private Contracts for Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 587

  Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Middleton, Collins, Astle, Kelley, and Hoffman

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility of Noninstitutionalized Spouses of Residents of Inpatient Medical Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 588

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 44

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Mental Health Care Providers - Patient's Violent Behavior - Duty to Predict, Warn, or Take Precautions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 589

  Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Patient Care Advisory Committees - Consultation and Evidentiary Use of Advice

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 594

  Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Exum, Collins, Della, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Dyson, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Middleton, Ferguson, Pinsky, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Practice of Medicine - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 595

  Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Collins, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Sfikas, Astle, Hafer, Middleton, Ferguson, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Practice of Dentistry - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 714

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Nursing Home Comparative Evaluation System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 762

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hafer

  Entitled

  Patient Referrals by Health Care Practitioners - Prohibition - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SJ 5

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser and Della

  Entitled

  Task Force on Medical Record Confidentiality

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters