2007 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of October 3, 2007 - 11:27 p.m.

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HB 8	Status as of January 10, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Haynes and Kirk
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - Atlantic C-PORT II Trial: Non-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Study
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 21	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, and McHale
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 55	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - User Fees
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 56	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - User Fee Assessments
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 109	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Stukes, Haynes, and Kirk
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Bon Secours Hospital
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 132	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Busch, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kullen, McIntosh, Morhaim, Rosenberg, and F. Turner
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 282	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)
Entitled	State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 338	Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and Shank
Entitled	Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

HB 349	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Barkley, Ali, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, N. King, Rice, and Simmons
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Adventist HealthCare
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 357	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Maryland Fetal and Infant Mortality Review
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 372	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 175
Sponsored By	Delegates Beitzel and Hammen
Entitled	Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services
Committee Assignments	House: Economic Matters Senate: Finance

HB 400	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Cane, V. Clagett, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rice, Taylor, and Waldstreicher
Entitled	Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 405	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Shore Health System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 510	Status as of March 20, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	Prince George's County Hospital Authority PG 430-07
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 515	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 612
Sponsored By	Delegate Bromwell
Entitled	Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 640	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 173
Sponsored By	Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and Rosenberg
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 678	Status as of February 8, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled	University of Maryland Medical System - Acquisition of Prince George's County Hospital System PG 418-07
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 754	Status as of March 20, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Goldwater, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, N. King, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Levi, Love, Manno, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ramirez, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, Weir, Lee, Valderrama, and V. Turner
Entitled	Children and Working Families Health Care Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

HB 782	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Conway, Cane, and Mathias
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Atlantic General Hospital
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 800	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 627
Sponsored By	Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - Program Evaluation
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 804	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Haynes, DeBoy, Kirk, Malone, and Stukes
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Agnes HealthCare
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 844	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 628
Sponsored By	Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 847	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 629
Sponsored By	Delegate Bromwell
Entitled	Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 893	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 257
Sponsored By	Delegate James
Entitled	Bay Restoration Fund - Wastewater Treatment Facilities Upgrades - Reporting Requirements
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 979	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 262
Sponsored By	Delegates Pendergrass, Barve, Bates, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Costa, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Guzzone, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Hubbard, Hucker, Kach, Kelly, Kipke, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Love, Manno, Miller, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Stukes, F. Turner, Weldon, Beitzel, McDonough, Tarrant, and V. Turner
Entitled	Health Information Exchange Pilot Project
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 993	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Delegates Walker, V. Turner, and Valderrama
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Fort Washington Medical Center
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1070	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, and Smigiel
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1074	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Haddaway, McComas, Shank, and Smigiel
Entitled	Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1076	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, Shank, and Smigiel
Entitled	Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1104	Status as of March 7, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Donoghue
Entitled	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Hospital Ancillary Services
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1128	Status as of April 9, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By	Allegany County Delegation
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Western Maryland Health System
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations

HB 1137	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 57
Sponsored By	Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Griffith, Ivey, and Valderrama
Entitled	Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1161	Status as of February 19, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate Hubbard
Entitled	Task Force on Funding Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1219	Status as of April 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Sossi, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, George, Haddaway, Kach, Mathias, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sophocleus, and Walkup
Entitled	Queen Anne's County - Health Care Facilities Regulation - Licensing of Freestanding Medical Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1222	Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Montgomery, Benson, Dumais, Hecht, Hubbard, N. King, Kipke, Kramer, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Mizeur, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk
Entitled	Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1265	Status as of February 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Delegate Bromwell
Entitled	Physicians - Delegation Agreement - Supervision of Physician Assistants
Committee Assignments	House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1270	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 213
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Bohanan, Frush, Hammen, Hecht, James, McHale, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Maryland HIV/AIDS Reporting Act
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1361	Status as of April 4, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Robinson, Anderson, Benson, Carter, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Jones, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rosenberg, Stukes, and Tarrant
Entitled	Health Care and Personal Care Services - Abusive Employee Database
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1436	Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Delegate Donoghue
Entitled	Washington County - Zoning and Land Use - Actions Concerning Hospitals and Medical Campuses - Bonds and Other Security
Committee Assignments	House: Environmental Matters

SB 11	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 71	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - User Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 72	Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - User Fee Assessments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 76	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Jones
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - St. Agnes HealthCare
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 149	Status as of March 27, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Exum, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, Pugh, and Zirkin
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 255	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 539
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 269	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 25
Sponsored By	Senators Conway, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Middleton, and Pugh
Entitled	Health Insurance - Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data - Nondiscrimination
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 328	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Jones
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Bon Secours Hospital
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 370	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Muse
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Fort Washington Medical Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 375	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Stoltzfus
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Atlantic General Hospital
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 403	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Hogan and Forehand
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Adventist HealthCare
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 449	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Colburn
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Shore Health System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 474	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Britt, Frosh, Gladden, and McFadden
Entitled	Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 557	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Garagiola
Entitled	Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries and Uniform Credentialing Form
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 596	Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Klausmeier
Entitled	Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 619	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Jacobs
Entitled	Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 620	Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 628	Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Jacobs
Entitled	Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 645	Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Stoltzfus (By Request)
Entitled	Radiologist Assistants - Certification
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 646	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 172
Sponsored By	Senator Exum
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 651	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 174
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 718	Status as of March 30, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Chair, Finance Committee
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 719	Status as of February 16, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance
Sponsored By	Chair, Finance Committee
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 750	Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 574
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin, Della, Edwards, Hogan, Jacobs, and Kittleman
Entitled	Queen Anne's County - Health Care Facilities Regulation - Licensing of Freestanding Medical Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 794	Status as of February 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Western Maryland Health System
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 837	Status as of March 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Gladden
Entitled	Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 879	Status as of April 10, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 56
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 881	Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Harris and Zirkin
Entitled	No-Fault Cerebral Palsy Insurance Fund
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 882	Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 361
Sponsored By	Senators Della and Exum
Entitled	Medical System Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 938	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 206
Sponsored By	Senators Hooper, Colburn, Harris, Jones, and Middleton
Entitled	Public Health - Injury Reports - Workgroup
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 987	Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 212
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Maryland HIV/AIDS Reporting Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations