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Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 43

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  HB 41

  Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bromwell

  Entitled

  Controlled Dangerous Substances - Pseudoephedrine Products

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 135

  Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Healey, Howard, Marriott, and Patterson

  Entitled

  Prescription Drugs - Label with Audible Capability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 156

  Status as of April 7, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate C. Davis

  Entitled

  State Employees and Retirees - State Prescription Drug Benefit Plan - Co-Payments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 192

  Status as of February 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Bobo, Goldwater, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Health - Clinical Trials Data Bank

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 492

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph, Benson, Bozman, Elliott, Kullen, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, Sophocleus, Weldon, Hammen, Goldwater, Barve, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Registration of Pharmacy Technicians

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 493

  Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph, Benson, Elliott, Kullen, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act of 2006

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 626

  Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mandel, Burns, Frush, Heller, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kohl, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Menes, Montgomery, Parker, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Trueschler, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Prescription Safety Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 702

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 345

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) and Delegates Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 750

  Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haynes, Cane, Kirk, Marriott, Murray, and Paige

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Insurance Producers That Sell Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage - Limitations on Sale of Other Insurance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 822

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Bates, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Boschert, Boteler, Bozman, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Cluster, Conroy, Conway, Costa, Cryor, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Gaines, Gilleland, Glassman, Goldwater, Goodwin, Gordon, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Hogan, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Impallaria, James, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, Kelley, Kelly, King, Kirk, Kohl, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, McMillan, Menes, Miller, Minnick, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, O'Donnell, Paige, Parker, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Shank, Shewell, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, Wood, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Health - Maryland Medbank Program - Sunset Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 828

  Status as of March 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Cryor, D. Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Goldwater, Gordon, Gutierrez, Heller, Hixson, Kaiser, King, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pendergrass, Quinter, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Public Health - Licensed Pharmacists - Contraception Dispensing Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 863

  Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gilleland, Costa, Donoghue, Hubbard, and Kullen

  Entitled

  Prescription Drugs - Preferred Drug List - Price

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1011

  Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stern, Barkley, Cadden, G. Clagett, Donoghue, Franchot, Harrison, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Menes, and Paige

  Entitled

  State Employees and Retirees - State Prescription Drug Benefit Plan - Co-Payments for Brand-Name Prescription Drugs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1098

  Status as of March 13, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas, Aumann, Elmore, Impallaria, Mandel, McDonough, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - "Meth Precursors" - Restrictions on Sale and Purchase

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1152

  Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Murray, Patterson, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1190

  Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stern, Goldwater, Barve, Jones, Conway, McIntosh, Hixson, D. Davis, Rosenberg, Simmons, Elliott, Weldon, Barkley, Benson, Bronrott, Cane, V. Clagett, Cryor, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Glassman, Heller, Hubbard, James, King, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McKee, Menes, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, F. Turner, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Prescription Drug Safety Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1287

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1404

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Quinter, Carter, Gutierrez, and Menes

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Disciplinary Grounds - Refusal to Dispense Prescription

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1459

  Status as of March 10, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Quinter, Carter, Gutierrez, and Menes

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Return of Unfilled Prescriptions to Retail Customers - Required

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1467

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 400

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Rudolph, Bobo, Malone, DeBoy, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Cares

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1510

  Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1543

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murray, King, and Niemann

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Maryland Medicaid Preferred Drug List Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1569

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 408

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Elliott, Bozman, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Revocation of License - Sale of Drug Different from that Ordered

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1689

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Prescription Drug Repository Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1699

  Status as of March 13, 2006: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bohanan

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Cost of Dispensing Prescription Drugs - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1701

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 503

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bohanan, Gaines, Barve, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program - Rebates - Special Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  SB 61

  Status as of April 6, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 22

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle, Munson, Middleton, Della, Exum, Gladden, Hafer, Hooper, Kelley, Klausmeier, Pipkin, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health - Maryland Medbank Program - Sunset Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 281

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 283

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 297

  Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Public Health - Licensed Pharmacists - Contraception Dispensing Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 333

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller, Currie, Frosh, Hollinger, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 371

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 523

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Registration of Pharmacy Technicians

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 410

  Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Britt, Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Kelley, McFadden, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 430

  Status as of April 6, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 28

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kasemeyer, Hogan, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, and Stone

  Entitled

  State Employees and Retirees - State Prescription Drug Benefit Plan - Co-Payments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 438

  Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Astle, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Green, Grosfeld, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Lawlah, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Employees and Retirees - Prescription Drugs - Co-Payments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 450

  Status as of March 22, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hooper, Colburn, Gladden, Hafer, and Lawlah

  Entitled

  Controlled Dangerous Substances - Dextromethorphan Products

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 454

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hooper

  Entitled

  Drugged Driving - Test - Police Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 568

  Status as of March 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Britt, Della, Dyson, Exum, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hughes, Jones, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 578

  Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Middleton, Munson, Pinsky, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Employees and Retirees - State Prescription Drug Benefit Plan - Co-Payments for Brand-Name Prescription Drugs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 624

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 264

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Prescriptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 774

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Controlled Dangerous Substances - Pseudoephedrine Products

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 901

  Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Harris

  Entitled

  Crimes - Prescription Drug Violations - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 1059

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 287

  Sponsored By

  Senator Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Prescription Drug Repository Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations