Health Occupations (J2)

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  HB 289

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 653

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Massage Therapists and Non-Therapeutic Massage Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 318

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 65

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  State Board of Occupational Therapy Practice - Supervision of Aides

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 367

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Department of Legislative Services)

  Entitled

  State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 417

  Status as of February 20, 2001: 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 - Grounds for Discipline

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 421

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 75

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Disciplinary Actions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 423

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 478

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Medical Radiation Technologists and Nuclear Medical Technologists - Reporting Requirements, Practicing Without a Certificate, and Disciplinary Grounds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 424

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 479

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Respiratory Care Practitioners - Reporting Requirements, Practicing Without a License, and Disciplinary Grounds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 473

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, Boutin, Brown, Doory, Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, Hixson, A. Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Redmer, Snodgrass, Wood, Stull, and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 522

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 591

  Status as of February 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Weir

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Complaint and Hearing Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 686

  Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates K. Kelly, Amedori, R. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Branch, Brinkley, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Getty, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hutchins, A. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kittleman, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McClenahan, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parrott, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Walkup, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Practice of Medicine - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 688

  Status as of April 6, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Barve

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Commission - Health Maintenance Organizations - Information Regarding Behavioral Health Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 725

  Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Health Care Practitioners - Single Source System for Credentials Verification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 770

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 270

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Griffith, D. Davis, Frush, Guns, Nathan-Pulliam, and Owings

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene - Emergency Evaluation - Clinical Social Worker

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 865

  Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Heller, Love, Boutin, and Owings

  Entitled

  Maryland Athletic Trainers Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 986

  Status as of March 6, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cane, Bozman, Branch, D. Davis, Fulton, V. Jones, K. Kelly, Oaks, Paige, and Phillips

  Entitled

  Standards of Practice for Nurse Anesthetists - Collaboration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1002

  Status as of February 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush and Baldwin

  Entitled

  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Registration of Energy Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1049

  Status as of March 13, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Owings

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1051

  Status as of February 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen and Doory

  Entitled

  Nurses - Certified Nursing Assistants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1065

  Status as of February 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Boutin, Brown, C. Davis, Goldwater, Harrison, Hubbard, K. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Redmer, and Sher

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Credentialling Process - Certified Nurse Midwives

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1068

  Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Refuses to Recede

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Petzold, and Guns

  Entitled

  Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1173

  Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Kagan, Menes, Moe, Murphy, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Licensing - Physicians - Pain Management and Palliative Care Courses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1221

  Status as of March 13, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  State Board of Electrologists - Repeal of Special Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1270

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 317

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Menes, Barkley, Petzold, Eckardt, Burns, Montague, Boschert, Pitkin, Bobo, Bronrott, and Conroy

  Entitled

  State Acupuncture Board - Auricular Detoxification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1307

  Status as of March 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cole and McHale

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Errors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1356

  Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, C. Davis, Eckardt, Redmer, Kirk, Minnick, Walkup, Pendergrass, Stull, Kopp, Bronrott, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Nurse Anesthetists

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1417

  Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Marriott

  Entitled

  Pharmacists - Dispensing Hypodermic Needles - Required Information - Immunity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 33

  Status as of March 29, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, DeGrange, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Haines, Harris, Hoffman, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, Exum, Dyson, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Practice of Dentistry - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 34

  Status as of April 3, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Practice of Medicine - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters

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  SB 71

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 355

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Alcohol and Drug Administration - Certification and Licensure Requirements - Alcohol and Drug Counseling

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 116

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 24

  Sponsored By

  The President (Department of Legislative Services)

  Entitled

  State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 146

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 360

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Nurses - Certified Nursing Assistants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 186

  Status as of January 24, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Baker

  Entitled

  Preneed Burial Contracts and Pre-Need Contracts - Cancellation Provisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 194

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 131

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky and Hafer

  Entitled

  Massage Therapists - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 280

  Status as of March 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Complaint and Hearing Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 331

  Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Physician Assistants - Practice of Anesthesiology

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 396

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, DeGrange, Dorman, Exum, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance Fund - Disposition of Interest

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 400

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, DeGrange, Dorman, Exum, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disposition of Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 401

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, DeGrange, Dorman, Exum, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Disposition of Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 428

  Status as of February 2, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Physician Assistants - Delegation Agreements - Anesthesia Administration

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 547

  Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Conway, Dyson, Harris, McCabe, and Stone

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 582

  Status as of March 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hafer

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Massage Therapy - Reflexology Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 684

  Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Care Practitioners - Single Source Credentials Verification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 854

  Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe Medications in Pro Bono Programs Not Adequately Served by Physician Volunteers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs