Patients

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 32

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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 168

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Comparable Evaluation System - Outpatient Surgeries

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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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 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 435

  Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Benson, Glenn, Barnes, Beitzel, Costa, Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Pharmacists - Generic Drugs - Treatment of Epileptic Seizures

  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 525

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 276

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Beitzel, Donoghue, Gilchrist, Kaiser, Mizeur, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Stull, V. Turner, Weldon, Benson, Elliott, Hammen, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Oaks, and Riley

  Entitled

  Advisory Council on Prescription Drug Monitoring - Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 585

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 80

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Griffith, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Robinson, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Weldon, Elliott, Hammen, Kullen, Morhaim, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Nursing Homes - Safe Patient Lifting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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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 810

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Involuntary Outpatient Commitment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 876

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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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 1089

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 196

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1224

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Nathan-Pulliam (By Request) and Delegates Benson, Bobo, Branch, Donoghue, Hucker, Lafferty, Levy, Malone, McDonough, Montgomery, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Nursing Care Committees, Staffing Plans, and Commission on Nursing Acuity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1339

  Status as of March 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Mental Health - Psychiatric Medication - Administration Without Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1387

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 216

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Board of Pharmacy - Remote Automated Medication Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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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 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
  

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  SB 23

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Simonaire and Greenip

  Entitled

  Teenage Protection Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  SB 355

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lenett

  Entitled

  Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 443

  Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Conway, and Dyson

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  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

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  SB 602

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 195

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 631

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs and Kittleman

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - Educational Publication

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 765

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway (By Request)

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Nursing Care Committees, Staffing Plans, and Commission on Nursing Acuity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 767

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 215

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Board of Pharmacy - Remote Automated Medication Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  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

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  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

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  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