Substance Abuse

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 37

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  HB 35

  Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Schuh, Love, Kipke, Dwyer, V. Clagett, George, King, McConkey, Costa, Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, Frush, Sophocleus, and Beidle

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Limitations on Methadone and Other Opioid Treatment Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 160

  Status as of April 4, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates George, Beidle, V. Clagett, Costa, Dwyer, Frush, King, Kipke, Love, McConkey, and Schuh

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Correctional Facilities - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 191

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Holmes

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses - Alcohol and Drug Test for Underage Applicants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 215

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 648

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Programs - Outcomes Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 247

  Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson, Ali, Barnes, Benson, Eckardt, Glenn, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Ivey, Levi, McIntosh, Proctor, Simmons, Smigiel, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Crimes - Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties - Distribution to County Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Services Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 372

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 556

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Aumann, Bobo, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Frick, Gaines, Gilchrist, Guzzone, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kramer, Krebs, Kullen, Lee, Levy, Love, Manno, Mathias, McKee, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Riley, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Tarrant, F. Turner, Vaughn, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 392

  Status as of February 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)

  Entitled

  Juvenile Services - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Screenings for Detained Youth

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 450

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 661

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Behavioral Health and Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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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 459

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 505

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions

  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 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 845

  Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Branch, Bronrott, Carter, Conaway, Davis, Dumais, Glenn, Harrison, Heller, Ivey, Jones, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oaks, Proctor, Ramirez, Robinson, Rosenberg, Schuler, Simmons, Stukes, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Penalties - The "Smart on Crime" Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1044

  Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frank, Hammen, Kipke, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1098

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Impallaria, Dwyer, McDonough, and Stocksdale

  Entitled

  Juveniles - Drug-Related Delinquency - Drug Screening of Parent, Guardian, or Custodian

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1171

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 311

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt, Haddaway, Anderson, Bronrott, G. Clagett, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, McConkey, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Ross, Shank, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Crimes - Altering Results of Drug or Alcohol Screening Test - Synthetic Urine

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1212

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Carter, Conaway, Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Gaudenzia at Park Heights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1245

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 689

  Sponsored By

  Cecil County Delegation

  Entitled

  Cecil County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1262

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hucker, Bronrott, Donoghue, Feldman, Hubbard, Kullen, Manno, McConkey, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Schuler, Valderrama, and Weir

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Behavioral Health Services for Veterans of War in Iraq or Afghanistan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1300

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate King

  Entitled

  Family Investment Program - Eligibility - Drug Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1310

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bronrott, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Burns, Carr, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Hecht, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Kullen, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Tarrant, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverage Tax - Special Fund for Adult and Adolescent Addiction Treatment and Prevention Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1390

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Valderrama, Anderson, Carter, Dumais, Gutierrez, Lee, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Medical Emergency After Alcohol or Drug Ingestion - Mitigating Factor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1468

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Outpatient Mental Health Treatment - Elimination of Tiered Copayments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1583

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Ross

  Entitled

  Maryland Substance Abuse Fund - Oxford House World Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
  

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  SB 19

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Limitations on Methadone and Other Opioid Treatment Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 86

  Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Brochin

  Entitled

  Crimes - Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties - Distribution to County Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Services Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 210

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 555

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brochin, Currie, Della, Edwards, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Kasemeyer, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Rosapepe, Stone, Middleton, Exum, and Glassman

  Entitled

  Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 401

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Public Health - Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, or Phenylpropanolamine Purchases - Statewide Electronic Logbook

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 502

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 552

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Penalties - The "Smart on Crime" Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 562

  Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Madaleno, Jones, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverage Tax - Special Fund for Adult and Adolescent Addiction Treatment and Prevention Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 580

  Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Colburn, Lenett, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Radiation Oncology/ Therapy Technologists, Medical Radiation Technologists, Radiologist Assistants, and Nuclear Medicine Technologists - Licensure

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 756

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Greenip

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Second Genesis Security System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 824

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Education - Alcohol and Drug Testing for Pupils in Public or Private Schools

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 832

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Gaudenzia at Park Heights

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 861

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway and Exum

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 882

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 630

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Certified Professional, Associate, and Supervised Counselors-Alcohol and Drug - Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

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