2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 2:17 a.m.

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HB 22	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 326
Sponsored By	Delegates Conroy, Love, Pitkin, and McHale
Entitled	Health Benefit Plans - Coverage for Hair Prostheses for Hair Loss Resulting from Chemotherapy or Radiation Treatment for Cancer
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 89	Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegate Sophocleus
Entitled	Criminal Offenders - Contagious Disease or Virus Testing
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 134	Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hixson
Entitled	Long-Term Health Consequences of Nasal Radium Irradiation Medical Procedures
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 136	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 573
Sponsored By	Delegates Owings and O'Donnell
Entitled	Pensions and Retirement - Accidental Disability Applications
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 227	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 580
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosso, Busch, Clagett, D'Amato, Frush, Giannetti, Healey, Hurson, Menes, Moe, Guns, Cadden, Sher, Leopold, Hecht, Love, Klausmeier, Weir, Sophocleus, Rzepkowski, Mohorovic, Boschert, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, and Bartlett
Entitled	Institutions of Higher Education - Students - Vaccination for Meningococcal Disease
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 360	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 367
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Goldwater, Zirkin, Oaks, Mohorovic, Weir, Owings, Hubers, Moe, Hammen, Boutin, Sher, Malone, Hurson, Klausmeier, Redmer, Cane, Eckardt, and Guns
Entitled	Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 401	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 596
Sponsored By	Delegates Kopp, Goldwater, Bronrott, Cryor, Dembrow, Franchot, Heller, Mandel, Menes, and Shriver
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Suburban Hospital Healthcare System, Inc.
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 845	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 419
Sponsored By	Delegate D. Davis
Entitled	Disease Prevention - Reporting Hepatitis C
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 846	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 420
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Bronrott, Kopp, and Mandel
Entitled	Related Institutions - Immunizations - Influenza Virus and Pneumococcal Disease
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1007	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 160
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County - Correctional Officers - Workers' Compensation PG 318-00
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1016	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 449
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson and Brown
Entitled	Health Insurance - Discrimination - Specified Diseases or Diagnoses
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1042	Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Sophocleus, Cadden, Rosso, Love, and Boschert
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Presumption of Occupational Disease - Hepatitis C and Liver Cancer
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 1096	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Dembrow, Zirkin, Grosfeld, Barkley, Burns, Montague, Griffith, and Menes
Entitled	Civil Actions - Limitation on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Occupational Exposure
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1104	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate D. Davis
Entitled	Hepatitis C Education, Prevention, and Screening Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1184	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 308
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Montague, A. Jones, Branch, Paige, Dobson, Oaks, Cane, Patterson, Phillips, and V. Jones
Entitled	Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1223	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 174
Sponsored By	Delegates Moe, Bozman, Conway, Frush, Glassman, Love, Malone, Menes, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Parrott, Rudolph, Stull, and Walkup
Entitled	Emergency Medical Services - Public Safety Personnel - Immunizations
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1232	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 466
Sponsored By	Delegates Cane, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks
Entitled	Task Force to Study the Health Care Needs of Inmates in Transition from Correctional Institutions
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1289	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Bozman, McClenahan, and Cane
Entitled	Infectious Disease Notification - Disclosure of Name of Contagious Deceased Person
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1318	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1425	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 17
Sponsored By	Delegates Rawlings, Busch, Hixson, Dewberry, Hurson, Rosenberg, Cane, Frush, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Conway, R. Baker, W. Baker, Branch, Cadden, Hubers, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Palumbo, Pitkin, Proctor, Stocksdale, and Turner
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program - Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations and Environmental Matters Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance

HJ 22	Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Burns, and Dobson
Entitled	Task Force on Economic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 7	Status as of February 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator DeGrange
Entitled	Criminal Offenders - Contagious Disease or Virus Testing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 15	Status as of January 31, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Ruben (By Request)
Entitled	Long-Term Health Consequences of Nasal Radium Irradiation Medical Procedures
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 22	Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators DeGrange and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Presumption of Occupational Disease - Hepatitis C and Liver Cancer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 174	Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Hollinger, Dorman, Van Hollen, Ruben, Kelley, McFadden, Pinsky, Mitchell, Exum, Roesser, Green, and Forehand
Entitled	Health Insurance - Colorectal Cancer Screening - Coverage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 247	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Emergency Medical Services - Public Safety Personnel - Immunizations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 289	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Dorman, Hogan, Ruben, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Suburban Hospital Healthcare System, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 301	Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators McFadden, Conway, Mitchell, and Sfikas
Entitled	Evidence - Pulmonary Function Tests for Asbestos Claims - Prohibition on Race-Based Corrections
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 386	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Collins and Bromwell
Entitled	Health Benefit Plans - Coverage for Hair Prostheses for Hair Loss Resulting from Chemotherapy or Radiation Treatment for Cancer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 419	Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators DeGrange, Teitelbaum, Currie, Astle, Hafer, and Della
Entitled	Workers' Compensation - Award Modification - Compensation for Certain Viral Hepatitis
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 487	Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Maryland Cancer Registry - Deaths Caused by Cancer
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 553	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Harris
Entitled	Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 554	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger , Harris, and Conway
Entitled	Disease Prevention - Reporting Hepatitis C
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 653	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Collins
Entitled	Institutions of Higher Education - Students - Vaccination for Meningococcal Disease
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 709	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky and Exum
Entitled	Mosquito-Borne Diseases - Pesticides - Public Health
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 710	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky and Exum
Entitled	Task Force to Study Mosquito-Borne Public Health Hazards
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 761	Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene - Disclosure of Information to Interested Persons
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 791	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 307
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Kasemeyer, Middleton, Van Hollen, Hoffman, and Neall
Entitled	Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 809	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	African American Male Oral Cancer Initiative
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 896	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 18
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Bromwell, Miller, Lawlah, Neall, Kasemeyer, Madden, Middleton, Currie, Hogan, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund - Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program - Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening , and Treatment Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance House: Appropriations and Environmental Matters