MENTAL HEALTH

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 46

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  HB 78

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 640

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Mortality Review Committee - Deaths of Individuals in State Facilities and Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 171

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Menes, Grosfeld, Cole, Rawlings, Gladden, and Doory

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes - Treatment Service Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 179

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 53

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Private Review Agents and Complaint Process

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 296

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Howard, Benson, Swain, and Conroy

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - The Foundation School

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 298

  Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates La Vay, McClenahan, Moe, Barve, Love, and Kirk

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 400

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 222

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kagan, Gordon, Barve, and Mandel

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Mental Health Association of Montgomery County

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 422

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 76

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Residential Treatment Centers - Inspections and Oversight

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 450

  Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hecht, W. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Boutin, Brinkley, Bronrott, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, Franchot, Frush, Glassman, Goldwater, Healey, Heller, Hutchins, James, Love, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Parrott, Patterson, Pitkin, Riley, Rudolph, Shank, Stern, and Turner

  Entitled

  Sexually Violent Predators

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 451

  Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 504

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 483

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bronrott, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, Kach, K. Kelly, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, McIntosh, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Owings, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Rawlings, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Taylor, and Turner

  Entitled

  Criminal Injuries Compensation - Claimants and Awards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 508

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 485

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Bronrott, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hutchins, Kach, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Taylor, and Turner

  Entitled

  Victims' Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 649

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 593

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Owings, Stern, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dobson, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Frush, Getty, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Hammen, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, James, A. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, Malone, McClenahan, McHale, Menes, Moe, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, O'Donnell, Patterson, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shank, Sher, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stull, Turner, Valderrama, Walkup, Weir, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Crimes - Aggravated Cruelty to Animals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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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 752

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 267

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Eckardt, Schisler, Goldwater, and Guns

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene Law - Advance Directives

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 754

  Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference - Foster Care Court Improvement Implementation Committee)

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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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 923

  Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Arundel Lodge

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 924

  Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kopp

  Entitled

  State's Right of Recovery - Grant Programs - Local Government Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 928

  Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 284

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Mental Health - Minors - Providers and Consent Provisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 968

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 514

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Redmer, Boutin, Klausmeier, Mohorovic, and Ports

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Angler's License Requirements - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 972

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 94

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Moe, Menes, and Giannetti

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Laurel Regional Hospital Loan of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1073

  Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Marriott

  Entitled

  Transition to Community-Based Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1108

  Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, McHale, Hurson, Hubbard, Love, Owings, Eckardt, Klausmeier, Mohorovic, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Reimbursement for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - Dual Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1247

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Health Services - Cost of Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1295

  Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Stocksdale

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene Law - Emergency Evaluations - Petitions and Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1349

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Bobo, Branch, Brown, Burns, Dobson, Gladden, Harrison, Howard, A. Jones, Kirk, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Montague, Morhaim, Oaks, Paige, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, and Vallario

  Entitled

  Long-Term Residential Drug Treatment Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1359

  Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee (Departmental - Juvenile Justice)

  Entitled

  Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center - Intake - Assessment - Detention

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1428

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow, Griffith, and Amedori

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Predators - Chemical or Physical Treatment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1449

  Status as of March 20, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates C. Davis and Rawlings

  Entitled

  State Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals - Revenues and Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  SB 42

  Status as of April 10, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 15

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 72

  Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Natural Resources)

  Entitled

  Fish - Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing License - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 107

  Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Hughes, Lawlah, McFadden, Mitchell, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Mental Hygiene Administration - Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 134

  Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Bromwell, Collins, Della, Haines, Hoffman, Hooper, Jimeno, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Sexually Violent Predators

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 240

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone (Task Force To Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Senators Colburn, Collins, Ferguson, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, Sfikas, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Victims' Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 243

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Senators Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Ferguson, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, Sfikas, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Criminal Injuries Compensation - Claimants and Awards

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 261

  Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - The Foundation School

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 293

  Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Forehand, Hogan, Roesser, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 326

  Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hogan

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Reimbursement for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - Dual Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 328

  Status as of January 31, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Health Services - Cost of Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 356

  Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 592

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jimeno, Collins, DeGrange, Frosh, Jacobs, Neall, Stone, Teitelbaum, Colburn, Lawlah, McCabe, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Crimes - Aggravated Cruelty to Animals

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 499

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser and DeGrange

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairment - Behavioral or Mental Disorder

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 589

  Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Personal Power Sports Dealers and Distributors - Right of Succession

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 660

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 415

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference - Foster Care Court Improvement Implementation Committee)

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 685

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman and Madden

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Laurel Regional Hospital Loan of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 726

  Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 422

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Arundel Lodge

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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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