2005 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 15, 2005 - 11:03 p.m.

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HB 113	Status as of February 17, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Aumann, Boteler, Cardin, DeBoy, Frank, Jennings, McComas, McMillan, Morhaim, Shank, Sophocleus, and Trueschler
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice - Emergency Medical Care - Good Samaritan Immunity
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 147	Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 444
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means and Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 153	Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 31
Sponsored By	Delegate Eckardt
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2002 - Dorchester County - Dorchester General Hospital Loan of 2002
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 155	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Jones, Burns, Nathan-Pulliam, Cardin, and Hammen
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Northwest Hospital Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 157	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Busch and Edwards
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund - Medical Assistance Program Account - Health Care Provider Rates
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 186	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2002 - Western Maryland Health System Project
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 199	Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Hubbard, Ramirez, Barkley, Conroy, Donoghue, Dumais, Glassman, Goldwater, Gordon, Gutierrez, Heller, Kaiser, Krysiak, Lee, Love, Malone, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Oaks, Ross, Sossi, F. Turner, DeBoy, Gilleland, Howard, Boutin, McComas, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Hospitals - Comparable Evaluation System - Healthcare-Associated Infection Information
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 201	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, McHale, Branch, Carter, C. Davis, Doory, Goodwin, Haynes, Marriott, McIntosh, Oaks, Paige, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Mercy Medical Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 238	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Jameson, Levy, and Hennessy
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Civista Medical Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 254	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 279
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Arnick, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Bates, Bohanan, Boteler, Boutin, Cadden, Cluster, Costa, Cryor, DeBoy, Donoghue, Dumais, Eckardt, Edwards, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Fulton, Gilleland, Impallaria, Kach, King, Krebs, Leopold, Levy, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Miller, Minnick, Moe, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Parrott, Rudolph, Shank, Shewell, Simmons, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Walkup, and Weir
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Disclosure of Information - Hospitals and Birthing Centers
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary Senate: Finance

HB 281	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Bozman and Conway
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Atlantic General Hospital
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 317	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Task Force on the Establishment of a Prescription Drug Repository Program
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 344	Status as of March 22, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates V. Turner, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, and Oaks
Entitled	Safe Nurse Staffing for Quality Care Act
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 345	Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 204
Sponsored By	Delegates V. Turner, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Ramirez, Vaughn, Benson, Boutin, Goldwater, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Pendergrass, Rudolph, and Weldon
Entitled	Health - Hospital Summary Financial Statement - Physician Charges
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 353	Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Murray, Carter, Franchot, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, F. Turner, and V. Turner
Entitled	Basic Human Rights Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 370	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegate Marriott (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Anderson, C. Davis, Doory, Hammen, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McIntosh, Paige, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Hospitals - HIV Testing - Public Safety Worker
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 423	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hurson
Entitled	Hospitals - Free and Reduced-Cost Care
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 426	Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 549
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Hammen, Cryor, Dumais, Feldman, Barkley, King, Stern, Barve, Costa, Donoghue, Franchot, Gordon, Hixson, Hubbard, Mandel, Murray, Ross, Taylor, Weldon, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Elliott, Frank, Kullen, McDonough, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, and V. Turner
Entitled	Freestanding Medical Facilities - Licensing and Pilot Project
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 428	Status as of March 22, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Frush, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Conroy, Cryor, Gaines, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Hubbard, Kelley, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Proctor, Rosenberg, Stern, V. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled	Clean Indoor Air Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 433	Status as of March 9, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Boutin, Bromwell, Cardin, Hammen, Hurson, Kach, Oaks, Rosenberg, Shank, and Zirkin
Entitled	Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

HB 485	Status as of February 17, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Zirkin, Barve, Boteler, Cardin, DeBoy, Frank, Jennings, Malone, Minnick, Morhaim, Shank, Sophocleus, Trueschler, and Weir
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice - Periodic Payments
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 492	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Calvert County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Calvert Memorial Hospital of Calvert County
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 499	Status as of February 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Boutin, and Zirkin
Entitled	Health Care Malpractice Claims - Structured Settlements and Annuities
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 504	Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegates Oaks, Benson, Bromwell, Carter, C. Davis, Fulton, Gaines, Howard, Marriott, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Ramirez, V. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled	Maryland Prostate Cancer Research Fund - Income Tax Checkoff
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 565	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 382
Sponsored By	Delegates Bobo, Moe, Pendergrass, Quinter, F. Turner, Vaughn, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Hospitals - Bone Marrow Donation
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 609	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Goldwater, Barkley, Boutin, Bromwell, Bronrott, Donoghue, Gordon, Kach, Lee, Mandel, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Stern
Entitled	Long-Term Care Facilities and Hospitals - Reporting Deaths of Long-Term Care Facility Residents
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 611	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Bromwell , Donoghue, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Health Occupations - Podiatrists - Scope of Practice
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 627	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 280
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Hammen, Hubbard, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Feldman, Goldwater, Kullen, Madaleno, Mandel, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, Boutin, Elliott, Frank, Kach, McDonough, and Weldon
Entitled	Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 705	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Delegates Healey, Gaines, and Ross
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2003 - Doctors Community Hospital
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 738	Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Anne Arundel County Delegation
Entitled	Health Care Facilities - Certificate of Need - Obstetric Medical Services
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 754	Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 234
Sponsored By	Delegate Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Gaming Events, Paper Gaming, and Bingo - Regulation
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Judicial Proceedings

HB 827	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Bozman, Cardin, Conway, Costa, Goldwater, Moe, Parrott, Stull, Zirkin, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Hospitals - HIV Testing - Consent and Public Safety Workers
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 844	Status as of April 9, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Delegates Kelley , Vallario, Benson, Boutin, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hurson, Kach, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Mental Health - Emergency Evaluations - Nearest Available Facility
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 928	Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 81
Sponsored By	Howard County Delegation
Entitled	Howard County - Health Facilities - Notification of County Health Officer and County Council Ho. Co. 4-05
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1004	Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Smigiel, Boschert, Dwyer, Goldwater, Kelly, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, Menes, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, and Weldon
Entitled	Public Power of Attorney - Health Care Decisions
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1021	Status as of April 5, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Delegates Hurson, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cardin, V. Clagett, Cryor, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Goldwater, Gordon, Gutierrez, Hammen, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Jones, Kaiser, King, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Zirkin
Entitled	Medical Decision Making Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Senate Rules

HB 1033	Status as of March 18, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate C. Davis
Entitled	Quality of Mental Health Care Panel
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1060	Status as of March 7, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Rudolph, Bromwell, Conway, and Donoghue
Entitled	Cancer Drug Repository Program
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1144	Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Benson, Cryor, Dumais, Frush, Gaines, Gordon, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Lee, Madaleno, Menes, Moe, Murray, Niemann, Oaks, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Ross, V. Turner, and Vaughn
Entitled	Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1212	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Barve, Kach, Jones, Donoghue, Arnick, Boschert, Bozman, Burns, Cadden, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Costa, DeBoy, Glassman, Hammen, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, James, Kirk, Kullen, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, McDonough, Menes, Morhaim, Petzold, Rudolph, Stern, Trueschler, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled	Courts - Medical Injury Claims - Damages
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1230	Status as of February 17, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Shank, Donoghue, Haddaway, Kelly, McComas, McKee, Morhaim, Myers, Sophocleus, Weldon, and Zirkin
Entitled	Courts - Health Care Injuries - Standard of Proof for Liability for Emergency Care
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1268	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Love (Chairman, Anne Arundel County Delegation)
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - North Arundel Hospital
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1315	Status as of April 9, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Maryland Birth Defects Program - Authority to Obtain Medical Information
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1316	Status as of March 9, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Office of the Inspector General - Health Program Integrity and Recovery Act
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1320	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Finance
Sponsored By	Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Health Care Facilities and Laboratories - Accreditation Organizations and Deeming
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1326	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Health - Hospitals, Related Institutions, and Housing Programs for Individuals in Need of Assistance
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1359	Status as of February 15, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	The Speaker and Delegates D. Davis and Hurson
Entitled	Maryland Patients' Access to Quality Health Care Act of 2004 - Implementation and Corrective Provisions
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters and Health and Government Operations

HB 1385	Status as of March 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Chairman, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - Powers and Certificate of Need Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1464	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Krysiak, Kirk, McHale, Anderson, Barve, Bates, Branch, Burns, Cane, Carter, C. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Edwards, Fulton, Goodwin, Hammen, Haynes, Jones, Kach, Love, Marriott, McIntosh, Miller, Minnick, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Rosenberg, Vaughn, and Wood
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Kennedy Krieger Institute - National Center for Advanced Research in Developmental Disabilities
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1475	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates McIntosh, Aumann, Boteler, Bromwell, Burns, Cardin, Cluster, DeBoy, Frank, Jennings, Minnick, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Weir, and Zirkin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Sheppard Pratt Health System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1595	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegate Conway
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Johns Hopkins Medicine - Pediatric Trauma Center and Cardiovascular and Critical Care Tower
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1605	Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Prince George's County Hospital System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

SB 124	Status as of February 23, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Financing Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 138	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Mercy Medical Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 147	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton and Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Civista Medical Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 163	Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 13
Sponsored By	Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 187	Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 15
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2002 - Western Maryland Health System Project
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 196	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Gladden, Haines, Harris, Hollinger, Klausmeier, and Stone
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Northwest Hospital Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 220	Status as of January 25, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hollinger, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Department of Human Resources - Disclosure of Information - Hospitals and Birthing Centers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Judicial Proceedings

SB 231	Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 550
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan, Astle, Forehand, Garagiola, Grosfeld, Kramer, Mooney, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Freestanding Medical Facilities - Licensing and Pilot Project
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 303	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 296
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger and Kittleman
Entitled	The Sara Hohne Patient Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 304	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 297
Sponsored By	Senators Hollinger, Britt, Conway, DeGrange, Dyson, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, and Stone
Entitled	Health Occupations - Podiatrists - Scope of Practice
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 321	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 300
Sponsored By	Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
Entitled	Hospitals - HIV Testing - Public Safety Worker
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 332	Status as of March 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Ruben, Britt, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Clean Indoor Air Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 354	Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 22
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2003 - Doctors Community Hospital
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 355	Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Stone (By Request) and Senators Green and Kelley
Entitled	Hospital Infections Disclosure Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 441	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 310
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Astle, Della, Dyson, Exum, Gladden, Haines, Hollinger, Hooper, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Pipkin, and Ruben
Entitled	Task Force on the Establishment of a Prescription Drug Repository Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 499	Status as of March 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Teitelbaum, Dyson, Giannetti, Green, Greenip, and Hafer
Entitled	State Advisory Council on Medical Privacy and Confidentiality - Guidelines for Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 522	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2002 - Dorchester County - Dorchester General Hospital Loan of 2002
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations

SB 607	Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Astle and Jimeno
Entitled	Health Care Facilities - Certificate of Need - Obstetric Medical Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 636	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Dyson
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Calvert Memorial Hospital
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 655	Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senator Hafer
Entitled	Garrett County - Gaming Events, Paper Gaming, and Bingo - Regulation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 658	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Anne Arundel County Senators
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - North Arundel Hospital
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 682	Status as of March 31, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Harris
Entitled	No-Fault Cerebral Palsy Insurance Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Judicial Proceedings

SB 716	Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Hollinger, Astle, Della, Exum, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 718	Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 330
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Britt, Colburn, Dyson, and Harris
Entitled	Hospitals - HIV Testing - Consent and Public Safety Workers
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 727	Status as of February 9, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 775	Status as of March 25, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 783	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Forehand, Kasemeyer, Kelley, McFadden, and Middleton
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Hospitals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 796	Status as of May 20, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Grosfeld, Kelley, and Pinsky
Entitled	Medical Decision Making Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 825	Status as of February 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Britt, DeGrange, Dyson, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Lawlah, McFadden, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled	Maryland Prostate Cancer Research Fund - Income Tax Checkoff
Committee Assignments	Senate: Senate Rules

SB 836	Status as of March 31, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 1
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Miller, and Middleton
Entitled	Maryland Patients' Access to Quality Health Care Act of 2004 - Implementation and Corrective Provisions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters and Health and Government Operations

SB 841	Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Britt
Entitled	Basic Human Rights Act of 2005
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 844	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Hollinger
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Atlantic General Hospital
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 940	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Jones, and McFadden
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Kennedy Krieger Institute - National Center for Advanced Research in Developmental Disabilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 958	Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Brochin and Hollinger
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Sheppard Pratt Health System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 995	Status as of March 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Currie
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Johns Hopkins Medicine - Pediatric Trauma Center and Cardiovascular and Critical Care Tower
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation