2009 REGULAR SESSION subject information current as of November 30, 2009 - 6:10 p.m.

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HB 41	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 517
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, V. Turner, Benson, Montgomery, Kullen, and Pena-Melnyk
Entitled	Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Hospitalization and Home Visits Following a Mastectomy
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 70	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 656
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Commissions, Programs, and Reports - Revision
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 89	Status as of March 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, and Hubbard
Entitled	Hospitals - Certificate of Need and Rate-Setting - High Performance Buildings
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 101	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 487
Sponsored By	The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009
Committee Assignments	House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 283	Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Frank and Morhaim
Entitled	Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

HB 415	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 621
Sponsored By	Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, V. Turner, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Hammen, Kach, Krebs, Morhaim, Pendergrass, Riley, and Weldon
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Administration - Rights of Individuals with Mental Disorders in Facilities
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 440	Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 67
Sponsored By	Delegate Bromwell
Entitled	Health Insurance - Prompt Pay - Clarifications
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 487	Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 398
Sponsored By	Delegate Montgomery
Entitled	State Health Services Cost Review Commission - Health Care Facilities - Required Forms
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 499	Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Robinson, Boteler, Cane, Hecht, Howard, McComas, McDonough, Montgomery, Shewell, Stocksdale, and Walkup
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Database of Terminated Employees
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 521	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 547
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Conway, Mathias, Cane, Haddaway, Eckardt, and Elmore
Entitled	Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Rural Trauma Centers - Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 526	Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 91
Sponsored By	Delegates Costa, Pena-Melnyk, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Credentialing of Health Care Providers by Managed Care Organizations, Insurance Carriers, and Hospitals
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 568	Status as of February 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Delegates Kramer, Anderson, Carter, Dwyer, Frank, Kelly, Levi, McComas, McConkey, Ramirez, Smigiel, and Valderrama
Entitled	Nursing Facility Resident Protection Act
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 673	Status as of February 18, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Kullen, Ali, Benson, Bohanan, Costa, Donoghue, Kipke, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, and Weldon
Entitled	Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 706	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 689
Sponsored By	Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Hammen, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Hubbard, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled	Electronic Health Records - Regulation and Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 714	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 576
Sponsored By	Delegates Donoghue, Pena-Melnyk, and Costa
Entitled	Loan Assistance Repayment and Practice Assistance for Physicians
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 722	Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Costa and Frush
Entitled	Disease Prevention - Cancer Reports - Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 734	Status as of April 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Tarrant, Benson, Conaway, Costa, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, Robinson, and V. Turner
Entitled	Health Insurance - Participation by Hospitals on Provider Panels - Prohibited Rejections or Conditions
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 758	Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Elliott, Frank, George, McComas, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Walkup
Entitled	Health Care Facilities - Reporting and Reimbursement for Never Events
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 803	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 582
Sponsored By	Delegate Beitzel
Entitled	Garrett County - Code of Ordinances - Natural Gas
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

HB 815	Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Beitzel and Hammen
Entitled	Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Practitioners Who Perform Obstetrical Services - Extension
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Economic Matters

HB 840	Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Carter and Oaks
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificates of Need - Extension
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 871	Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Barkley, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, Montgomery, Reznik, Rice, and Simmons
Entitled	Health Care Facilities - Certificates of Need - Hospitals
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 951	Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Ali, Anderson, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hucker, Kirk, Manno, Oaks, Ross, F. Turner, and V. Turner
Entitled	Health Care Affordability Act of 2009
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 982	Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Morhaim and Hammen
Entitled	Health Occupations - Licensure of Physician Assistants
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1043	Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Carter, Anderson, Braveboy, Hucker, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - State Facilities - Closure
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1069	Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 311
Sponsored By	Delegates Hammen, Benson, Costa, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, and V. Turner
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Financial Assistance and Debt Collection Policies
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

HB 1146	Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Smigiel
Entitled	Reorganization of State Government - Department of Emergency Services
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations

HB 1161	Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Donoghue
Entitled	Maryland Anesthesiologist Assistants Act
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1166	Status as of March 26, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Delegate Manno
Entitled	Higher Education - Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Medical Professionals
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1186	Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Montgomery, Manno, Hucker, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Lafferty, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
Entitled	Maryland Health Security Act of 2009
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1198	Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegate Reznik
Entitled	Physicians - Outpatient Surgical Services - Hospital Privileges
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1204	Status as of February 25, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bromwell, Hubbard, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, and Tarrant
Entitled	Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policy and Financial Assistance Application - Notices
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations

HB 1319	Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Eastern Shore Delegation
Entitled	Family Medicine Rural Health Commission
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations

HB 1401	Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary
Sponsored By	Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
Entitled	Child Support Guidelines - Revision
Committee Assignments	House: Judiciary

HB 1432	Status as of March 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Carroll County Delegation
Entitled	Carroll County - Gaming
Committee Assignments	House: Ways and Means

HB 1468	Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 470
Sponsored By	Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Public Health Surveillance - Confidentiality
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

HB 1486	Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 117
Sponsored By	Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Davis, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Levi, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ramirez, Ross, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, Walker, and Benson
Entitled	Prince George's County Hospital Authority
Committee Assignments	House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 71	Status as of March 18, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
Entitled	Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificate of Need Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 166	Status as of February 18, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration)
Entitled	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 173	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 516
Sponsored By	Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, Munson, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Garagiola, Glassman, Middleton, and Harris
Entitled	Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Hospitalization and Home Visits Following a Mastectomy
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 195	Status as of February 24, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Simonaire and Greenip
Entitled	Anne Arundel County - Ultrasound Options
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 221	Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Senator Lenett
Entitled	Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 231	Status as of May 19, 2009: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	State Health Services Cost Review Commission - Health Care Facilities - Required Forms
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 435	Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Health Care Facilities - Reporting and Reimbursement for Never Events
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 439	Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 66
Sponsored By	Senator Middleton
Entitled	Health Insurance - Prompt Pay - Clarifications
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 442	Status as of March 26, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Jacobs, Colburn, Forehand, Greenip, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Simonaire, and Stone
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - Educational Publication
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 464	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 546
Sponsored By	Senators Edwards, Colburn, Mooney, Munson, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Rural Trauma Centers - Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 494	Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Brochin
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Limit on Interest or Late Payment Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 627	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 575
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Kasemeyer, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Loan Assistance Repayment and Practice Assistance for Physicians
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 646	Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 90
Sponsored By	Senator Astle
Entitled	Credentialing of Health Care Providers by Managed Care Organizations, Insurance Carriers, and Hospitals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 651	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 581
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Garrett County - Code of Ordinances - Natural Gas
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 662	Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Dyson, Greenip, Lenett, and Middleton
Entitled	Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 717	Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Senators Greenip, Colburn, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Munson, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, and Stone
Entitled	Disease Prevention - Cancer Reports - Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 744	Status as of April 10, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	Senator Rosapepe
Entitled	Electronic Health Records - Regulation and Reimbursement
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 749	Status as of February 25, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Gladden
Entitled	Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Staphylococcus Infections - Reporting
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 750	Status as of February 25, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Gladden
Entitled	Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 752	Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other than Home Health Agencies and Hospices - Repeal
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 757	Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pipkin
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated Care and Undercompensated Care
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 764	Status as of February 25, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pipkin and Astle
Entitled	Reorganization of State Government - Department of Emergency Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

SB 774	Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Senator Edwards
Entitled	Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Practitioners Who Perform Obstetrical Services - Extension
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations and Economic Matters

SB 776	Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 310
Sponsored By	Senator Della
Entitled	Health Services Cost Review Commission - Financial Assistance and Debt Collection Policies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 798	Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By	Senator Conway
Entitled	Maryland Anesthesiologist Assistants Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 799	Status as of March 16, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senators King, Forehand, Garagiola, and Raskin
Entitled	Health Care Facilities - Certificates of Need - Hospitals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 813	Status as of February 26, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Jones
Entitled	Health Care Affordability Act of 2009
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

SB 869	Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley and Kittleman
Entitled	Carroll County - Gaming
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 874	Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 620
Sponsored By	Senators Exum and Pugh
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Administration - Rights of Individuals with Mental Disorders in Facilities
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 881	Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	Senator Pinsky
Entitled	Maryland Health System Act of 2009
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 968	Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Colburn, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
Entitled	Family Medicine Rural Health Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 993	Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senator Klausmeier
Entitled	Physicians - Outpatient Surgical Services - Hospital Privileges
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance

SB 1039	Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 116
Sponsored By	Senators Currie, Harrington, Miller, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Prince George's County Hospital Authority
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Health and Government Operations