SENATE BILL 891

File Code: Public Health

Sponsored By:

Senator Brochin

Entitled:

Health - Lyme Disease - Patient Information and Admissibility of Test Results

Synopsis:

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and make available to licensed physicians a specified patient information sheet on Lyme disease and Post-treatment Lyme disease Syndrome; authorizing a licensed physician to give the patient information sheet to specified patients; prohibiting a specified laboratory test from being admitted as specified evidence in specified proceedings; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

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Senate Action

2/3

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

2/21

Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Chemical Tests

Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans'; etc.

Discipline

Diseases -see also- AIDS; Rabies

Evidence

Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations

Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Laboratories

Notices

Patients

Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Publications -see also- Maryland Register

Public Information

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health - General

( 18-405 )

Documents

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Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Not available at this time

Amendments: None offered

Committee Votes :

Senate

Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs