WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 38

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  HB 22

  Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cluster and Boteler

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease - Baltimore County Deputy Sheriffs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  HB 37

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale and Kach

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Covered Employment - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 166

  Status as of April 25, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 159

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Workers' Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Timing of Benefit Payments, Filing Issues, and Processing Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 191

  Status as of April 25, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 163

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Workers' Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Governmental Self-Insurance Group and Self-Insurance by Individual Employers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 209

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 563

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Cecil County - Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 364

  Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Feldman

  Entitled

  Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 486

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

  Sponsored By

  Allegany County Delegation

  Entitled

  Lawyers - Solicitation of Clients - Prohibition on Written Communications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 523

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood and Minnick

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Accidental Personal Injury - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 543

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood and Minnick

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Petition to Reopen

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 627

  Status as of April 6, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Krysiak, Harrison, McHale, Moe, and Conroy

  Entitled

  Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 713

  Status as of March 28, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, Anderson, Bobo, Eckardt, Frank, Griffith, Kullen, Marriott, Moe, and Montgomery

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 749

  Status as of March 25, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Wood

  Entitled

  Medical Records - Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 868

  Status as of May 16, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 476

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Jones, Kullen, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Participation of Health Care Providers on Provider Panels - Workers' Compensation Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1005

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 369

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood and Minnick (Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee) and Delegates Bohanan, Jameson, Levy, Malone, Mayer, and Weir

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Civil Defense Volunteers - Emergencies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1018

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Wood

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability - Exclusions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1019

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Wood

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation Commission - Stay of an Order Pending an Appeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1035

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 601

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Simmons and Feldman

  Entitled

  Uninsured Employers' Fund - Liability of Corporate Officers and Limited Liability Company Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1053

  Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Goodwin

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1081

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murray, Costa, Hubbard, King, Nathan-Pulliam, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1082

  Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Murray

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Claims Adjusters and Medical Billing Entities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1144

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 605

  Sponsored By

  Howard County Delegation

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Howard County Deputy Sheriffs Ho. Co. 21-06

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1673

  Status as of March 28, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Shewell, and Stocksdale

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Cost of Living Adjustment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1738

  Status as of March 19, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kelly

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Benefits - State Workers' Compensation Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  SB 250

  Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum, Della, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Selection of Health Care Provider - Employee's Choice

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 303

  Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 393

  Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Petition to Reopen

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 394

  Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Accidental Personal Injury - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 412

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Gladden, Hughes, Jones, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City - Feasibility Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 494

  Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Della, Exum, and Stone

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 554

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 555

  Status as of April 7, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Participation of Health Care Providers on Provider Panels - Workers' Compensation Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 765

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 270

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Presumptions - Lyme Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 800

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kittleman

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation Commission - Stay of an Order Pending an Appeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 801

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kittleman

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Temporary Total Disability - Exclusions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 802

  Status as of April 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kittleman

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation Commission - Authorization for Release of Medical Information - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 806

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Claims Adjusters and Medical Billing Entities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 849

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum (Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee) and Senators Della, Gladden, Hooper, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Civil Defense Volunteers - Emergencies

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 980

  Status as of April 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hafer

  Entitled

  Lawyers - Solicitation of Clients - Prohibition on Written Communications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings