BILL INFO-2004 1st Special Session-HB 2

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	2004 1st Special Session bill information current as of January 11, 2005 - 8:43 p.m.

HOUSE BILL 2

EMERGENCY BILL File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures

Entitled:
Maryland Patients' Access to Quality Health Care Act of 2004

Requiring specified procedures for health care malpractice claims and actions; requiring specified alternative dispute resolution; altering specified limits on noneconomic damages; requiring specified supplemental certificates of qualified experts; prohibiting the Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland from paying a commission that exceeds a specified rate; establishing a People's Insurance Counsel Division in the Office of the Attorney General; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

12/28
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Favorable with Amendments Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations
Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Barve) Adopted (128-0)
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Conroy) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Bates) Rejected (45-85)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Cane) Adopted (85-46)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank) Adopted (65-64)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Parrott) Rejected (42-76)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Eckardt)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted (65-57)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Eckardt) Rejected (53-78)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Fulton)
ruled out of order
Floor Amendment (Delegate Simmons)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Simmons) Adopted (70-59)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Zirkin) Adopted (71-56)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Bromwell) Rejected
Floor Amendment (Delegate Morhaim) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Zirkin) Rejected
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
12/29
Third Reading
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (75-47)
House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
House Requests Senate Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Delegates Vallario, Hurson, and Doory
Conference Committee Report Adopted
Third Reading Passed (85-44)
12/28
Passed Enrolled
1/10
Governor vetoed - Policy
1/11
Motion to override the Governors veto
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted (84-51)
Veto not sustained (85-50)
Became law per Maryland Constitution, Ch 5 of 2004 Special Session
Senate Action

12/28
First Reading Senate Rules
12/29
Favorable with Amendments Report by Senate Rules
12/28
Second Reading Passed with Amendments (33-13)
Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator McFadden) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (18-27)
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (32-14)
Senate Refuses to Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Frosh, Currie, and Hollinger; Senator Middleton, Advisor
Conference Committee Report Adopted (32-13)
Third Reading Passed (32-13)
1/11
Veto not sustained (31-15)

Sponsored by:: Speaker of the House of Delegates; Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43; Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39; Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17; Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24; Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B; Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B; Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45; Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A; Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30; Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A; Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A; Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B; Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25; Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C; Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43; Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15; Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21; Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22; Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16; Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25; Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18; Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46; Delegate Anne Healey, District 22; Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20; Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B; Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A; Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18; Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10; Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14; Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39; Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46; Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B; Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16; Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32; Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18; Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A; Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19; Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40; Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46; Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43; Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21; Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14; Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11; Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20; Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10; Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26; Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13; Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19; Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A; Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41; Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32; Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39; Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26; Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A; Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:: ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; ARBITRATION -see also- MEDIATION; ASSESSMENTS; ASSISTED LIVING -see also- GROUP HOMES; ATTORNEYS; ATTORNEY GENERAL; AUDITORS AND AUDITS; BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGETS; CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS; CLERKS OF COURT; CLINICS; COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES; CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES; COURT OF APPEALS; COURT COSTS; COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.; CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.; DAMAGES; DAY CARE; DISCIPLINE; ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT; EVIDENCE; EXEMPTIONS; FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES; FORMS; GOVERNOR; GROSS RECEIPTS TAX; HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations; HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW; HEARINGS; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS; INCOME TAX; INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION; INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INS; MAIF; MOTOR VEHICLE INS; JUDGMENTS; JURIES -see also- GRAND JURIES; LEGISLATION - see also- CORRECTIVE LEGISLATION; CURATIV LEG.; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF; LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS; MEDIATION -see also- ARBITRATION; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICAL MALPRACTICE; NAMES -see also- PROPER NAMES; NOTICES; NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE; OMBUDSMEN; PATIENTS; PENALTIES; PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc; PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; PRIVACY; PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER; PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- ATTY GEN; COMP; CO ADMIN; etc; RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS; REPORTS; REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.; RULES AND REGULATIONS; SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SALARIES -see also- OVERTIME; SUNSET; TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MALP; WRONGFUL DEATH; TRIALS; WITNESSES; WRONGFUL DEATH

Bill affects the following Statutes:: Courts and Judicial Proceedings; ( 3-2A-06 , 3-2A-05 , 3-2A-05 , 3-2A-09 , 3-2A-08A , 3-2A-06D , 3-2A-06C , 3-2A-09 , 3-2A-04 , 3-2A-02 , 3-2A-01 , 5-615 , 10-920 , 11-108 , 11-108 ); Health - General; ( 15-102.7 , 19-304 , 19-727 ); Health Occupations; ( 14-405 , 14-413 ); Insurance; ( 2-302.2 , 4-405 , 6-101 , 6-102 , 6-102 , 6-103 , 6-104 , 6-107 , 10-131 , 10-133 , 19-104 , 19-104.1 , 19-114 , 24-209 , 24-211 , 24-212 , 24-213 , 24-214 , 27-501 , 27-505 ); State Government; ( 6-301 , 6-302 , 6-303 , 6-304 , 6-305 , 6-306 , 6-307 , 6-308 ); Tax - General; ( 10-104 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note (PDF): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

House: Number: 043220/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 8:40 p.m. Status: Adopted; Number: 133829/02 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 9:32 p.m. Status: Rejected; Number: 203822/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 7:57 p.m. Status: Rejected; Number: 343922/02 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 7:46 p.m. Status: Rejected; Number: 363422/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 7:31 p.m. Status: Adopted; Number: 373124/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 9:06 p.m. Status: Adopted; Number: 393320/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 7:22 p.m. Status: Adopted; Number: 473723/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 7:09 p.m. Status: Adopted; Number: 553322/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 8:39 p.m. Status: Incomplete; Number: 563528/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 9:26 p.m. Status: Rejected; Number: 753224/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 7:19 p.m. Status: Rejected; Number: 813323/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 7:18 p.m. Status: Adopted; Number: 993728/01 Offered on: December 28, 2004 at: 9:30 p.m. Status: Adopted
Senate: Number: 923627/01 Offered on: December 29, 2004 at: 3:37 p.m. Status: Rejected; Number: 973928/01 Offered on: December 29, 2004 at: 3:55 p.m. Status: Adopted

Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

Report Number: 583724/1 Offered on: December 30, 2004 at: 2:32 a.m. Status: Adopted

Amendment Number: 153827/1 Offered on: December 30, 2004 at: 2:59 a.m. Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House: December 28, 2004: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Barve) Adopted (128-0); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Bates) {753224/1 Rejected (45-85); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Cane) {393320/1 Adopted (85-46); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Shank) Adopted (65-64); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Parrott) {343922/2 Rejected (42-76); December 28, 2004: Motion vote previous question (Minnick) Adopted (65-57); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Eckardt) Rejected (53-78); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Simmons) Adopted (70-59); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Zirkin) {373124/1 Adopted (71-56); December 29, 2004: Third Reading Passed (75-47); December 29, 2004: Third Reading Passed (85-44); January 11, 2005: Motion vote previous question (Moe) Adopted (84-51); January 11, 2005: Veto overridden (85-50)
Senate: December 28, 2004: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (33-13); December 28, 2004: Floor Amendment (Stoltzfus) {923627/1 Rejected (18-27); December 28, 2004: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (32-14); December 28, 2004: Conference Committee Report Adopted (32-13); December 28, 2004: Third Reading Passed (32-13); January 11, 2005: Veto overridden (31-15)

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HOUSE BILL 2

Entitled: Maryland Patients' Access to Quality Health Care Act of 2004

Synopsis:

History by Legislative Date

House Action

Senate Action

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Bill affects the following Statutes:

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Entitled:
Maryland Patients' Access to Quality Health Care Act of 2004