2000 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 19, 2000 - 2:35 a.m.

	HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF	Another Session
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HB 2	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 16
Sponsored By	Delegate Taylor, the Speaker (Administration), and Delegates Busch, Guns, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, W. Baker, Barkley, Bobo, Bohanan, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, D'Amato, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hill, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Kirk, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosso, Rudolph, Sher, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Zirkin, and Benson
Entitled	Maryland Health Programs Expansion Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 7	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 551
Sponsored By	Delegates Taylor, Shriver, Hurson, Busch, Dewberry, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Bobo, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Mitchell, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosso, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Weir, Zirkin, and Hubbard
Entitled	Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 23	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegate Fulton
Entitled	Office of Planning - Annual Survey and Map of Group Homes
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 69	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegate D'Amato
Entitled	Imported Crab Meat - Restrictions
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 82	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Sophocleus
Entitled	Alcohol and Drug Abuse - Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Programs - Demonstration of Need Prior to Approval or Certification
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 83	Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Food Service Facilities - Closing for Deficiencies - Advertisement
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 84	Status as of January 26, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Food Service Facilities - Food Service Managers - Certification
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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 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 293	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Hecht, R. Baker, Grosfeld, Turner, Rosso, Sophocleus, Shriver, Clagett, Mohorovic, and Hurson
Entitled	Agriculture - Interim Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 295	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Turner, Grosfeld, Barkley, Dembrow, D'Amato, Pendergrass, Montague, Love, Bobo, Giannetti, Cole, Zirkin, Healey, Gladden, Valderrama, Menes, Proctor, Conroy, Frush, Cane, Phillips, Paige, Hubers, Marriott, Howard, Pitkin, Benson, V. Jones, Dobson, Petzold, Shriver, and James
Entitled	Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Disclosure of Identity of Deceased
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 300	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 513
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Shriver, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott, Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Goldwater, Harrison, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Menes, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosso, Valderrama, Marriott, Turner, Franchot, Bobo, Kopp, Mandel, Hecht, Love, Hurson, Hammen, Sher, Mohorovic, Elliott, Weir, Guns, Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, Klausmeier, Owings, Cane, Stull, Morhaim, Baldwin, and Boutin
Entitled	State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 325	Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Boutin, Hammen, Nathan-Pulliam, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Sanctions and Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

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 363	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 258
Sponsored By	Delegates Mandel , Goldwater, Bobo, Boutin, Bronrott, Cane, Eckardt, Elliott, Heller, Klausmeier, Kopp, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Petzold, Sher, Stern, and Walkup
Entitled	Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 464	Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegate Finifter
Entitled	Estates and Trusts - Limitation Period for Refund Claim
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 502	Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Cadden, Kopp, Rosso, Sophocleus, Love, Leopold, Clagett, Heller, Conway, and McIntosh
Entitled	Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 515	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Stern, Benson, Bobo, Clagett, Goldwater, Grosfeld, V. Jones, Love, Morhaim, Hammen, Hubbard, D. Davis, Frush, Hurson, Boutin, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Maternal Mortality Review Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 543	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 537
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Guns, Weir, Baldwin, Boutin, Cane, D. Davis, Elliott, Frush, Hubbard, Hurson, Klausmeier, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Redmer, Sher, Stern, Stull, V. Jones, Hixson, Healey, Bartlett, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Finifter, Heller, Bohanan, McKee, Patterson, Phillips, Rosso, and Rudolph
Entitled	Education - Maryland Dent-Care Program
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 551	Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard and Owings
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Exempt Hospice Care from Managed Care Coverage
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 587	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Delegate Vallario (Task Force To Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates Amedori, Arnick, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Cole, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Glassman, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kach, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Linton, Love, Mandel, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Moe, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Paige, Parrott, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Snodgrass, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, and Wood
Entitled	Victim's Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 605	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 397
Sponsored By	Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)
Entitled	Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Police Officers and Fire Rescue Employees - Membership
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 632	Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, James, Kopp, Bronrott, Hurson, and Stern
Entitled	Maryland Family Caregiver Support Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 634	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 488
Sponsored By	Delegates Boutin, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Hubbard, Frush, Morhaim, Mohorovic, Oaks, Sher, and Stern
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Sanctions and Penalties
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 658	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Morhaim, Finifter, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Hearing Aid Assistance Program - Establishment and Operation
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 660	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard and Rosenberg
Entitled	Lead Functions - Transfer to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 685	Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Cane, D. Davis, Frush, A. Jones, Klausmeier, Oaks, Owings, and Stull
Entitled	Health - Assisted Living Programs - Regulation
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 747	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 217
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Klausmeier, Boutin, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Stern, Morhaim, Frush, Hubbard, Elliott, Schisler, Sher, Redmer, Mohorovic, Cane, Oaks, and Stull
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Quality Assurance
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 748	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 216
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Boutin, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Guns, Stern, Redmer, Hubbard, Elliott, Schisler, Frush, Stull, Morhaim, Cane, and Mohorovic
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Quality of Care Oversight
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 749	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Klausmeier, Boutin, Nathan-Pulliam, Frush, Hubbard, Owings, Stull, Morhaim, Cane, Mohorovic, and Sher
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Quality of Care - Inspections
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 784	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 213
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Hammen, Klausmeier, and Boutin
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Staffing
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 798	Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Owings
Entitled	Hospitals - Credentialling Process - Health Care Practitioners and Physicians
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 813	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Elliott, Sophocleus, and Bozman
Entitled	Prescription Drugs - Substitution of Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs - Restrictions
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 864	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Klausmeier, Hubbard, and Frush
Entitled	Continuing Care Communities - Certificate of Need Exemption - Comprehensive Care Nursing Beds
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 896	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Elliott, Sophocleus, and Bozman
Entitled	Equitable Reimbursement for Prescription Drugs
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 901	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Kopp, Barve, Barkley, Bronrott, Brown, Goldwater, Heller, Hubbard, Mandel, Menes, and Stern
Entitled	Child Abuse and Neglect Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters

HB 922	Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague, Hubbard, and Cole
Entitled	Juvenile Law - Children in Need of Assistance - Mentally Handicapped Children
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 930	Status as of March 31, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hecht, Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, and A. Jones
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Increased Hourly Wage for Certified Nursing Assistants
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 950	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 437
Sponsored By	Delegates D. Davis, R. Baker, Oaks, Nathan-Pulliam, and Cane
Entitled	Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Continuity of Care
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 985	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg and Taylor
Entitled	Income Tax Credit for Green Buildings
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 996	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Rosenberg
Entitled	Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Adjustment of Asset and Income Levels and Copays
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1017	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Fairness Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1053	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Hixson, Healey, C. Davis, Howard, Bozman, and Shriver
Entitled	Income Tax Credit for Services Donated by Health Care Professionals
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

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 1122	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Montague and Cole
Entitled	Juvenile Justice - Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Monitoring Injuries at Juvenile Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1153	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Redmer, Ports, and Morhaim
Entitled	Nursing Home Improvement Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1160	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 671
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Branch, R. Baker, Pitkin, Flanagan, and Cadden
Entitled	Welfare Innovation Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Finance

HB 1164	Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg, Hubbard, Frush, and Morhaim
Entitled	In Vitro Services - Embryos and Gametes - Consent and Disposition
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1170	Status as of March 1, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Rawlings
Entitled	State Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals - Revenues and Funding
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1174	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates D. Davis, Taylor, and Owings
Entitled	Optometrists - Quality Eye Health Improvement Act
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1177	Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Busch, Guns, Donoghue, Kirk, Love, Pendergrass, Walkup, Goldwater, Kach, McClenahan, Brown, La Vay, J. Kelly, Moe, McHale, Eckardt, Minnick, Gordon, Krysiak, and Harrison
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund - Community Health Coalition Program
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 1205	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 675
Sponsored By	Delegates Gladden, Taylor, Hurson, Guns, Weir, Rawlings, Conway, Rosenberg, Edwards, R. Baker, Bozman, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, D. Davis, Cane, Klausmeier, Stern, Hammen, Pitkin, McClenahan, Frush, C. Davis, Moe, Griffith, Cole, McHale, Elliott, Stull, Getty, Brinkley, and Redmer
Entitled	Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership - S.T.O.P. Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

HB 1221	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 677
Sponsored By	Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Rosenberg, Hammen, Hubbard, Klausmeier, and Nathan-Pulliam
Entitled	Education - Lead Poisoning Tests - Administering and Reporting
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1226	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 678
Sponsored By	Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, Hubers, and Cadden
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Assisted Living Facilities Grant Program
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 1268	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 470
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Mortality Review Committee - Deaths of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

HB 1269	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Rosenberg and Oaks
Entitled	Task Force on Health Care and the Internet
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters and Economic 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 1330	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt, Cane, Walkup, Schisler, Guns, Conway, Mitchell, Rudolph, W. Baker, McClenahan, Donoghue, Wood, Owings, Shank, McKee, Bohanan, O'Donnell, and Edwards
Entitled	Maryland Senior Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1336	Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph, W. Baker, Bohanan, Bozman, Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Guns, Hecht, James, K. Kelly, McClenahan, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Shank, and Walkup
Entitled	Pharmacies - Discounts for Medicare Beneficiaries
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1346	Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns and Hammen
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Funding for Dental Services
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1350	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Guns, Taylor, Amedori, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Bartlett, Benson, Bohanan, Boutin, Bozman, Brinkley, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Conway, D'Amato, Dobson, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Frush, Fulton, Getty, Glassman, Hammen, Hecht, Howard, Hutchins, James, Kagan, K. Kelly, Linton, Marriott, McClenahan, McKee, Mitchell, Montague, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Parrott, Patterson, Phillips, Proctor, Rawlings, Riley, Rudolph, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Swain, Turner, Walkup, and Wood
Entitled	Senior Assistance - Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Finance

HB 1353	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Marriott
Entitled	Individuals in Mental Health Facilities with Developmental Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

HB 1403	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 197
Sponsored By	Delegate Turner
Entitled	Family Law - Access to Birth and Adoption Records - Disclosure Veto
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 1424	Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegates Swain, Benson, Fulton, Oaks, Paige, Dobson, Hill, and Patterson
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund - Adult and Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Services for Minority Populations 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

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 28	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Bromwell
Entitled	Health - Reused Single-Use Medical Devices - Patient Consent Required
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 29	Status as of February 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator DeGrange
Entitled	Alcohol and Drug Abuse - Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Programs - Demonstration of Need Prior to Approval or Certification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

SB 54	Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Administrative Service Provider Contracts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 201	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Miller, Blount, Collins, Currie, DeGrange, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hoffman, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Mitchell, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	Children's Health Program Expansion Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 287	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 512
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Blount, Conway, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Roesser, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 288	Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Frosh, Collins, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Hoffman, Bromwell, Forehand, and Astle
Entitled	Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility of Noninstitutionalized Spouses - Allowances
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 311	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 257
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 337	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Stone and Bromwell
Entitled	Sexually Violent Predators
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 359	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Exum, Bromwell, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Hooper, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Medical Assistance - Program Recipients - Continuity of Care
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 373	Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Collins, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Sfikas, Astle, Middleton, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Practice of Dentistry - Definition
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 403	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 274
Sponsored By	Senators Kasemeyer and Kelley
Entitled	Continuing Care Communities - Certificate of Need Exemption - Comprehensive Care Nursing Beds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 422	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (Task Force To Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws)
Entitled	Victim's Rights - Incompetency and Not Criminally Responsible Procedures
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 435	Status as of March 31, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Astle, Conway, Exum, Mitchell, DeGrange, Dorman, Dyson, and Hollinger
Entitled	Nursing Home and Facility Inspections - Awards and Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 459	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 74
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Hoffman, Forehand, Lawlah, Conway, Kelley, and Ruben
Entitled	Maternal Mortality Review Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental 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 495	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Hoffman
Entitled	Child Abuse and Neglect Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 518	Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Pinsky, McFadden, Teitelbaum, Kelley, Ruben, Frosh, Lawlah, DeGrange, Exum, and Green
Entitled	Health Benefit Plans - Smoking Cessation - Coverage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 519	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 536
Sponsored By	Senators Lawlah, Kelley, Mitchell, Blount, Bromwell, Kasemeyer, Hollinger, Hogan, Conway, and McFadden
Entitled	Education - Maryland Dent-Care Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

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 555	Status as of March 23, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Bromwell, Collins, Dorman, Hughes, and Kasemeyer
Entitled	Program for Hearing-Impaired Children - Hearing Aid Loaner Bank - Establishment and Operation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 564	Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Forehand, Lawlah, and Dorman
Entitled	Alcohol- and Drug-Related Offenses - Penalties - Treatment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 576	Status as of March 27, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Della, Hooper, Dorman, Bromwell, Astle, Hafer, Mitchell, and Hughes
Entitled	Health - Assisted Living Programs - Regulation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 580	Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Currie and Hogan
Entitled	Local Government Health Funding Incentive Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 600	Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Lawlah
Entitled	HealthChoice - Children's Dental Program - Actuarial Study
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 621	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 544
Sponsored By	Senator Sfikas
Entitled	Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Coverage Programs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 649	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Hogan, Neall, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Pharmacies - Discounts for Medicare Beneficiaries
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 662	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Della and Sfikas
Entitled	Nursing Home Improvement Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 671	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 550
Sponsored By	Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Lawlah, Currie, Middleton, Neall, Kasemeyer, McFadden, and Hollinger
Entitled	Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation House: Environmental Matters

SB 687	Status as of February 10, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Green, Bromwell, McFadden, Collins, Hooper, Pinsky, Astle, Blount, Colburn, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hughes, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Mitchell, Munson, Ruben, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled	School Health Programs - Smoking Prevention - A Nurse in Every School
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

SB 688	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 215
Sponsored By	Senators Collins, Hollinger, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Quality of Care - Inspections
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 689	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 219
Sponsored By	Senators Collins, Hollinger, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Sanctions and Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 690	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 218
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Teitelbaum, and Collins (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Quality Assurance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 698	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Collins (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Quality of Care Oversight
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 708	Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Food Service Facilities - Food Service Managers - Certification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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 712	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden
Entitled	Education - Lead Poisoning Tests - Administering and Reporting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 743	Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senators Neall, Blount, Hollinger, Hoffman, Van Hollen, Middleton, McCabe, Jacobs, Frosh, Collins, Sfikas, Conway, Dyson, Kasemeyer, Munson, Hogan, Ruben, Currie, Pinsky, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership - S.T.O.P. Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation House: Environmental Matters

SB 758	Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Hooper, Haines, Jacobs, Dyson, Stone, and Harris
Entitled	Abortion - Minors - Parental Notification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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 782	Status as of March 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Lawlah, Sfikas, Forehand, Exum, McFadden, Mitchell, and Hughes
Entitled	Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Fairness Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

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 794	Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 212
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Collins, and Teitelbaum (Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes)
Entitled	Nursing Homes - Staffing
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 833	Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Green
Entitled	Juveniles - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Programs - Funding
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 855	Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 565
Sponsored By	Senators Dyson, Middleton, and Miller
Entitled	Senior Assistance - Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Environmental Matters

SB 863	Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 15
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Bromwell, and Van Hollen and the President (Administration)
Entitled	Maryland Health Programs Expansion Act of 2000
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 867	Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Mitchell, Bromwell, Conway, McFadden, Blount, Hughes, Lawlah, Currie, Kelley, and Exum
Entitled	Task Force to Study Historic Providers of Health Care Services
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

SB 901	Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Blount, Conway, Currie, Exum, Hughes, Lawlah, McFadden, and Mitchell
Entitled	Cigarette Restitution Fund - Adult and Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Services for Minority Populations Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation