DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 40

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  HB 22

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 326

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conroy, Love, Pitkin, and McHale

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Coverage for Hair Prostheses for Hair Loss Resulting from Chemotherapy or Radiation Treatment for Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 89

  Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Criminal Offenders - Contagious Disease or Virus Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 134

  Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hixson

  Entitled

  Long-Term Health Consequences of Nasal Radium Irradiation Medical Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 136

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 573

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Pensions and Retirement - Accidental Disability Applications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 227

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 580

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosso, Busch, Clagett, D'Amato, Frush, Giannetti, Healey, Hurson, Menes, Moe, Guns, Cadden, Sher, Leopold, Hecht, Love, Klausmeier, Weir, Sophocleus, Rzepkowski, Mohorovic, Boschert, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, and Bartlett

  Entitled

  Institutions of Higher Education - Students - Vaccination for Meningococcal Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 360

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 367

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Goldwater, Zirkin, Oaks, Mohorovic, Weir, Owings, Hubers, Moe, Hammen, Boutin, Sher, Malone, Hurson, Klausmeier, Redmer, Cane, Eckardt, and Guns

  Entitled

  Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 401

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 596

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kopp, Goldwater, Bronrott, Cryor, Dembrow, Franchot, Heller, Mandel, Menes, and Shriver

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Suburban Hospital Healthcare System, Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 845

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 419

  Sponsored By

  Delegate D. Davis

  Entitled

  Disease Prevention - Reporting Hepatitis C

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 846

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 420

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Bronrott, Kopp, and Mandel

  Entitled

  Related Institutions - Immunizations - Influenza Virus and Pneumococcal Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1007

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 160

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Correctional Officers - Workers' Compensation PG 318-00

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1016

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 449

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hurson and Brown

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Discrimination - Specified Diseases or Diagnoses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1042

  Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sophocleus, Cadden, Rosso, Love, and Boschert

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Presumption of Occupational Disease - Hepatitis C and Liver Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1096

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow, Zirkin, Grosfeld, Barkley, Burns, Montague, Griffith, and Menes

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Limitation on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Occupational Exposure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1104

  Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate D. Davis

  Entitled

  Hepatitis C Education, Prevention, and Screening Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1184

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 308

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Montague, A. Jones, Branch, Paige, Dobson, Oaks, Cane, Patterson, Phillips, and V. Jones

  Entitled

  Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1223

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 174

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Moe, Bozman, Conway, Frush, Glassman, Love, Malone, Menes, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Parrott, Rudolph, Stull, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Emergency Medical Services - Public Safety Personnel - Immunizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1232

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 466

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cane, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Health Care Needs of Inmates in Transition from Correctional Institutions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1289

  Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Bozman, McClenahan, and Cane

  Entitled

  Infectious Disease Notification - Disclosure of Name of Contagious Deceased Person

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1318

  Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate C. Davis

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1425

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 17

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rawlings, Busch, Hixson, Dewberry, Hurson, Rosenberg, Cane, Frush, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Conway, R. Baker, W. Baker, Branch, Cadden, Hubers, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Palumbo, Pitkin, Proctor, Stocksdale, and Turner

  Entitled

  Cigarette Restitution Fund Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program - Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations and Environmental Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

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  HJ 22

  Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Burns, and Dobson

  Entitled

  Task Force on Economic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  SB 7

  Status as of February 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator DeGrange

  Entitled

  Criminal Offenders - Contagious Disease or Virus Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 15

  Status as of January 31, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ruben (By Request)

  Entitled

  Long-Term Health Consequences of Nasal Radium Irradiation Medical Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 22

  Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators DeGrange and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Presumption of Occupational Disease - Hepatitis C and Liver Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 174

  Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Hollinger, Dorman, Van Hollen, Ruben, Kelley, McFadden, Pinsky, Mitchell, Exum, Roesser, Green, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Colorectal Cancer Screening - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 247

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Emergency Medical Services - Public Safety Personnel - Immunizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 289

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Dorman, Hogan, Ruben, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Suburban Hospital Healthcare System, Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 301

  Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators McFadden, Conway, Mitchell, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Evidence - Pulmonary Function Tests for Asbestos Claims - Prohibition on Race-Based Corrections

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 386

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Collins and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Benefit Plans - Coverage for Hair Prostheses for Hair Loss Resulting from Chemotherapy or Radiation Treatment for Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 419

  Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators DeGrange, Teitelbaum, Currie, Astle, Hafer, and Della

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Award Modification - Compensation for Certain Viral Hepatitis

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 487

  Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Maryland Cancer Registry - Deaths Caused by Cancer

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 553

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger and Harris

  Entitled

  Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 554

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger , Harris, and Conway

  Entitled

  Disease Prevention - Reporting Hepatitis C

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 653

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Institutions of Higher Education - Students - Vaccination for Meningococcal Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 709

  Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky and Exum

  Entitled

  Mosquito-Borne Diseases - Pesticides - Public Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 710

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky and Exum

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Mosquito-Borne Public Health Hazards

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 761

  Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene - Disclosure of Information to Interested Persons

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 791

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 307

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lawlah, Kasemeyer, Middleton, Van Hollen, Hoffman, and Neall

  Entitled

  Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 809

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lawlah

  Entitled

  African American Male Oral Cancer Initiative

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 896

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 18

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Bromwell, Miller, Lawlah, Neall, Kasemeyer, Madden, Middleton, Currie, Hogan, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program - Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening , and Treatment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
  House: Appropriations and Environmental Matters