2005 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of December 15, 2005 - 11:03 p.m.
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Current Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 42
HB 48 Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Boschert
Entitled Patient Protection Insurance
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters

HB 54 Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Pendergrass, Goldwater, Hubbard, Madaleno, and Mandel
Entitled Health - Clinical Trials Data Bank
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 177 Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Hixson
Entitled Health Care Facilities - Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes - Additional Duties and Sunset Extension
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 199 Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance Failed Legislation
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 231 Status as of March 22, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Rudolph
Entitled Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 233 Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 43 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Delegates Boutin and Mandel
Entitled Public Health - Legibility of Prescriptions Workgroup - Reports
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HB 344 Status as of March 22, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations Failed Legislation
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 Became Law - Governor Signed
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 Failed - Dead Legislation
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 Failed - Vetoed - Cross-file 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 Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Hurson
Entitled Hospitals - Free and Reduced-Cost Care
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 458 Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 375 Became Law - Governor Signed
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 Health Insurance - Coverage for Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
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 Failed - Dead Legislation
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 627 Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 280 Became Law - Governor Signed
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 827 Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
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 1001 Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Rudolph, Costa, and Donoghue
Entitled Emergency Medical Services Board - Commercial Air Ambulance Service
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1012 Status as of March 22, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Kach
Entitled Nursing Homes - Undercover Patients
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1020 Status as of March 26, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Bobo, Benson, Donoghue, Hubbard, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Rudolph, and V. Turner
Entitled Health Care Practices and Facilities - Closure - Patient Medical Records
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1021 Status as of April 5, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules Failed - Dead Legislation
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 Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate C. Davis
Entitled Quality of Mental Health Care Panel
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1035 Status as of March 18, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate C. Davis
Entitled Mentally Ill Individuals' Bill of Rights
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1315 Status as of April 9, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed Legislation
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 1326 Status as of April 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance Failed - Dead Legislation
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 1386 Status as of February 17, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Hurson
Entitled Impairment of Health Care Services Contracts
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1520 Status as of February 25, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegate Hurson
Entitled Health Maintenance Organizations - Hold Harmless Clause - Balance Billing - Authorization
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1534 Status as of March 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Delegates Conway, Bohanan, Bozman, Cane, Donoghue, Elmore, Haddaway, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sossi, Walkup, and Zirkin
Entitled Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Developmental Disability - Freedom of Choice
Committee
Assignments
House: Health and Government Operations

SB 163 Status as of April 12, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 13 Became Law - Governor Signed
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 185 Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 288 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Chairman, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources)
Entitled Fishing Licenses - Disability Exemption
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters

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

SB 321 Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 300 Became Law - Governor Signed
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 355 Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Stone (By Request) and Senators Green and Kelley
Entitled Hospital Infections Disclosure Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

SB 499 Status as of March 8, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed Legislation
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 542 Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed Failed - Vetoed - Cross-file Signed
Sponsored By Senators Kelley, Astle, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hughes, Jones, Klausmeier, Kramer, Middleton, Ruben, Della, Hafer, and Teitelbaum
Entitled Health Insurance - Coverage for Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations

SB 621 Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 324 Became Law - Governor Signed
Sponsored By Chairman, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Medical Laboratories - Retests and Public Notification
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations

SB 681 Status as of April 7, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Brochin , Green, Britt, Conway, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Stone
Entitled Health - Clinical Trials - Data Bank Information and Publication of Results
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations

SB 693 Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations Failed Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Hollinger , Frosh, and Grosfeld
Entitled Health Care Providers - Disclosure of Mental Health Records - Subpoenas
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations

SB 716 Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative Failed - Vetoed - Duplicate Signed
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 Became Law - Governor Signed
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 742 Status as of February 9, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senators Pinsky, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Lawlah, McFadden, Miller, Pipkin, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance

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

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

SB 887 Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs Failed - Dead Legislation
Sponsored By Senator Grosfeld
Entitled State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Health Records
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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