Health -see also- Mental Health

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 119

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  HB 15

  Status as of January 23, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rice

  Entitled

  Task Force on Classroom Indoor Air Quality Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 40

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 644

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory, Braveboy, Feldman, Harrison, Hecht, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Manno, Mathias, McHale, Minnick, Taylor, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Flexible Leave Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 81

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Hammen

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Regulation of Artificial Trans Fat

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 91

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Conaway, and Robinson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Healthy Start

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 115

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 251

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Barve, Braveboy, Cane, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Oaks, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Stukes, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Medical Assistance Programs and Maryland Children's Health Program - Statements on State-Issued Check Stubs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 118

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 563

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush and Hubbard

  Entitled

  State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 124

  Status as of January 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Bartlett, Barve, Cardin, Elmore, Frick, George, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, McKee, Murphy, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 151

  Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Health - Reportable Conditions - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 152

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 340

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure - Additional Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 216

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 256

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Hereditary and Congenital Disorders - Newborn Screening

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 217

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 257

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Vital Records - Copies to County Registrars of Vital Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 219

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 54

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Bedding Law - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 227

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 57

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Animal Health - Administrative Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 250

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Healey, and Walker

  Entitled

  Sales and Use Tax - Tanning Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 251

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, and Stein

  Entitled

  Health Care Decisions Act - Disclosure by Health Care Facilities - Practices Related to Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 271

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 654

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Medical Review Committees

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 278

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 656

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Powers of the Secretary

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 289

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 265

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 303

  Status as of May 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 701

  Sponsored By

  Anne Arundel County Delegation

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Well Drillers - Permit Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 359

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 496

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Barkley, DeBoy, Haynes, James, and Levy

  Entitled

  Local Correctional Facilities - Inmate Health Care Expenses - Payment Rates to Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 393

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 270

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Communicable Diseases or Conditions - Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 396

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stukes, Haynes, and Kirk

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Men's Health Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 403

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bronrott, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kipke, Kullen, Lafferty, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Stein, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness - Obesity in School-Age Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 438

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 453

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, McHale, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Advisory Committee to Coordinate the Public Health System and Drug Treatment Funded by the Medical Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 484

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 662

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Wood

  Entitled

  Procurement - Unsolicited Proposals - Extension of Termination Date

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 503

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Walker, Cardin, Barnes, Beitzel, Benson, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conaway, Costa, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, George, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kach, King, Kipke, Kirk, Kullen, Lafferty, Levy, Miller, Minnick, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, Robinson, Ross, Schuh, Schuler, Smigiel, Stein, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Weir

  Entitled

  Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in Maryland Public Schools

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 510

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 79

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, DeBoy, Hammen, Love, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 527

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 439

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Reznik, Beitzel, Bromwell, Donoghue, Hammen, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Schuler, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 531

  Status as of March 14, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Catastrophic Health Emergency Orders - Citations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 535

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 664

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Morbidity, Mortality, and Quality Review Committee - Pregnancy and Childhood

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 536

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 405

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Public Schools - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - Passive Parental Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 586

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 169

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen and Kipke

  Entitled

  Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations - Influenza Vaccines - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 614

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Ali

  Entitled

  Sales and Use Tax - Elective Cosmetic Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 616

  Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Branch, Hecht, Love, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ramirez, F. Turner, Vallario, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Schools - Children With Anaphylactic Allergies - Reduction of Risk

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 653

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 427

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Bartlett, Cardin, Doory, Elmore, Frick, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, Murphy, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Serafini, Stukes, and Walker

  Entitled

  Schools - Early Intervention - Hearing and Vision Screenings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 712

  Status as of February 14, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Simmons, Stein, Taylor, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Walker

  Entitled

  Global Warming Solutions - Reductions in Greenhouse Gases

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 726

  Status as of April 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 733

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 766

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 424

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Malone

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Use of Confidential Records and Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 768

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 603

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegate Glenn

  Entitled

  Children - Records - Access by the Baltimore City Health Department

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 773

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Robinson, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Kaiser, Kirk, McHale, Stukes, Tarrant, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Office of Health Care Quality - Provider Hotline

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 802

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Glenn, Jones, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Women's Health - HIV Testing and Infant Mortality Reduction

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 818

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 448

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Donoghue, Mizeur, Montgomery, Riley, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 863

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stukes, Carter, Conaway, Haynes, Kirk, Oaks, and Robinson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Health Care for the Homeless

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 872

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 627

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Bobo, DeBoy, Guzzone, Malone, F. Turner, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Public-Private Health Care Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 883

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 299

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)

  Entitled

  Correctional Services - Eligibility for Parole - Medical Parole

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 910

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 300

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Reznik, Barkley, Burns, Dumais, Frick, Ivey, Kaiser, Robinson, and Sossi

  Entitled

  Health Care Providers - Disclosure of Medical Records - Children in Need of Assistance Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 942

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 675

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Health Disparities - Institutions of Higher Education - Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 991

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 223

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 998

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Barnes, Carr, Feldman, Hucker, Kaiser, McConkey, Reznik, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Public Health - Bottled Water Facilities - Consumer Confidence Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1047

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Malone

  Entitled

  Baltimore County and Howard County - Career Firefighters - Annual Physical

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1093

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Care Coverage Fund - Tax on Health Insurance Premiums - Access to Health Care

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1099

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Hubbard, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Stukes, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force to Increase the Enrollment of Students in Medicaid and the Maryland Children's Health Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1118

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gilchrist, Barve, Simmons, and Ali

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Mansfield Kaseman Health Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1124

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Levi and Shank

  Entitled

  Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
  

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  HB 1125

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montgomery, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Carr, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Maryland Universal Health Care Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1134

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 597

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Lee, Barkley, Barnes, Bronrott, Carter, DeBoy, Dumais, Elmore, Frick, Healey, Hixson, Kaiser, Krebs, Lafferty, Levy, Mathias, McComas, McDonough, Montgomery, Ramirez, Shank, Shewell, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Immunity from Liability - Use of Automated External Defibrillator

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1142

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Benson, Bohanan, Costa, Elliott, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Tarrant, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1148

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kaiser

  Entitled

  Public School Vending Machines - Nutritional Foods and Beverages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1173

  Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Braveboy, Carter, Glenn, Holmes, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Environment - Reducing Lead Risk in Housing - Risk Reduction Standard

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1176

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 535

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Braveboy, Carr, Healey, Holmes, Ivey, Kaiser, Krysiak, Mizeur, O'Donnell, Oaks, Reznik, Ross, Shank, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Riley, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Health - Committee on Childhood Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1196

  Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Braveboy, Carter, Glenn, Holmes, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Maryland Healthy Places Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1279

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 625

  Sponsored By

  Delegates V. Turner, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Maryland Community Health Resources Commission - Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1311

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 401

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bronrott, Aumann, Barkley, Barve, Carr, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gaines, Glenn, Hucker, Ivey, Levi, Montgomery, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  State Designations - Walking as the State Exercise

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1324

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Frick, Gilchrist, Hubbard, Manno, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Family Support Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1346

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Glenn, Bronrott, Cardin, Doory, Hucker, Stein, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Education - Student Health and Nutrition - School Programs and Policies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1358

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 691

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Healey, Bobo, Boteler, Cane, Elliott, Frush, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, Love, McKee, Nathan-Pulliam, Ross, Sossi, V. Clagett, Gaines, Krebs, McDonough, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Artificial Tanning Devices - Protection of Minors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1364

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Sossi

  Entitled

  Medical Records - Disclosure - Blood Alcohol Concentration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1395

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 693

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council - Chronic Care Management Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1416

  Status as of March 20, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stein, Ali, Barnes, Bobo, Bromwell, Cane, Carter, V. Clagett, Frush, Gutierrez, Healey, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kipke, Lafferty, Malone, McConkey, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Schuh, Schuler, Tarrant, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Intercounty Connector - Impact on Global Warming - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1465

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Davis, Braveboy, Griffith, Ivey, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Deamonte Driver Mobile Dental Unit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1486

  Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Tarrant, Braveboy, Glenn, Oaks, Rice, and Walker

  Entitled

  Education - Maryland School-Based Wellness Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

• 

  HB 1500

  Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boteler, Aumann, Bromwell, Frank, Impallaria, and Kach

  Entitled

  Health Occupations Boards - Investigators - Confidentiality of Medical Information and Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1533

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Carter, Harrison, Jones, Oaks, Robinson, Stukes, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Health Disparities Among Minority Children with Learning Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1540

  Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson, Hucker, Bobo, Glenn, Heller, Holmes, Ivey, Levi, Love, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Ramirez, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Health Care Reform Act of 2008

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

• 

  HB 1556

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ramirez, Anderson, Conaway, Kramer, Rosenberg, and Vallario

  Entitled

  Administrative Office of the Courts - Automated External Defibrillator Program - Courthouses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

• 

  HB 1588

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Shewell

  Entitled

  Critical Infrastructure Protection Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

• 

  HB 1595

  Status as of March 22, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur, Kaiser, Ali, Barnes, Beidle, Bobo, Bromwell, Carr, Carter, V. Clagett, Frush, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kullen, Lafferty, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rice, Ross, Schuh, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Intercounty Connector - Public Health Impacts from Air Pollution - Assessment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

• 

  SB 39

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 339

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson, Conway, Rosapepe, Colburn, Greenip, Lenett, and Peters

  Entitled

  Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure - Additional Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 45

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 562

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lenett

  Entitled

  State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 102

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 215

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland False Health Claims Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 225

  Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Local Correctional Facilities - Inmate Health Care Expenses - Payment Rates to Health Care Providers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

• 

  SB 251

  Status as of May 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 700

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Well Drillers - Permit Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 286

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 570

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Public Health - Antibiotic-Resistant Infection Prevention Campaign

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 304

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 168

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations - Influenza Vaccines - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 309

  Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Brochin, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Harrington

  Entitled

  Global Warming Solutions - Reductions in Greenhouse Gases

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 330

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Swimming Pools - Automated External Defibrillator Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 344

  Status as of March 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Astle, Exum, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Pugh

  Entitled

  The Flexible Leave Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 367

  Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pugh

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Healthy Start

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 437

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 400

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jones, Forehand, Kramer, Madaleno, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Harrington

  Entitled

  State Designations - Walking as the State Exercise

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 473

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 404

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Forehand, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, Pugh, and Robey

  Entitled

  Public Schools - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - Passive Parental Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 566

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 590

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola and Kelley

  Entitled

  Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 578

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 423

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Use of Confidential Records and Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 579

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 596

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Immunity from Liability - Use of Automated External Defibrillator

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 600

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 426

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, Middleton, Muse, and Stone

  Entitled

  Schools - Early Intervention - Hearing and Vision Screenings

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 607

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 602

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh and McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Senators Gladden and Jones

  Entitled

  Children - Records - Access by the Baltimore City Health Department

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 660

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Family Support Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 686

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 438

  Sponsored By

  Senators Rosapepe, Conway, and Lenett

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 708

  Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson, Colburn, Lenett, Middleton, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 718

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 444

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Lead Risk Reduction - Acquisition of Property - Compliance Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 730

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Harris

  Entitled

  Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 744

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 447

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pugh

  Entitled

  Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement - Additional Duties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 768

  Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jones

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Health Care for the Homeless

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 786

  Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines and Middleton

  Entitled

  Environment - Privately Licensed Sanitarians - Soil Percolation Tests

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 806

  Status as of March 31, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Critical Infrastructure Protection Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 815

  Status as of April 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum and Kelley

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 820

  Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Mansfield Kaseman Health Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 826

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 222

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway and Harrington

  Entitled

  HIV Testing - Informed Consent and Treatment

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 828

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 224

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects Research - Medical Information

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 835

  Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Currie, Exum, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Deamonte Driver Mobile Dental Unit

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 841

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 624

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Maryland Community Health Resources Commission - Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 852

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 626

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kasemeyer, Kittleman, and Robey

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Public-Private Health Care Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 899

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Public Health - Task Force on Childhood Obesity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 903

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 236

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board - Sunset - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 917

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Quarantine Orders - Arrest Without Warrant and Citations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 935

  Status as of February 29, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jones

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Men's Health Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 955

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 473

  Sponsored By

  Senator Harrington

  Entitled

  Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in Maryland Public Schools

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means