2009 Legislative Action - House Bills

Here you will find a running list of bills considered by MedChi's Legislative Committee, with positions taken by the committee and status of each. It is updated weekly during the legislative session (January 14-April 13, 2009) and derived from Legislative Committee Agendas.  Go to Legislative Action to sign up for up-to-the-minute e-mail alerts,  find and contact your legislators, write a letter to the media, or find biographical information on your legislators.

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HOUSE BILLS - 2009 SESSION
April 14, 2009 - FINAL

The action indicated is the action of the Legislative Committee and not necessarily the final position of MedChi. All information is accurate as of publication date. Hearing dates are subject to change, call to confirm.
Key to Abbreviations:
SWA: Support with Amendments (legislative committee took no action on these bills)
NP No Position
HB House Bill
SB Senate Bill
POS: Position

2009 House Bills

Bill No. Title Position Status
HB 4 Small Business Health Insurance Expansion Act, Delegates Manno, Minnick, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed
HB 26 Public Schools - Children with Anaphylactic Allergies - Reduction of Risk, Delegate Kullen FYI Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed
HB 30 Health Care Decisions Counseling - Workgroup, Delegates Bobo and Manno Oppose Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed
HB 32 Health Insurance - Limitations on Preexisting Condition Provisions - Individual Health Benefit Plans, Delegate Kullen No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 39 Health Insurance - Out-of-State Association Contracts - Regulation, Delegate Riley No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 41 Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Hospitalization and Home Visits Following a Mastectomy, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, V. Turner, Benson, Montgomery, Kullen, and Pena-Melnyk No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 70 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Commissions, Programs, and Reports - Revision , Delegate Morhaim No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 72 The Delegate John Arnick Electronic Communications Traffic Safety Act, Delegates F. Turner, Ali, Barkley, Bartlett, Beidle, Bobo, Branch, Cardin, V. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Doory, Eckardt, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, King, Kirk, Kramer, Krebs, Krysiak, Lee Support Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill passed
HB 75 Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Preexisting Condition Limitation, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Costa, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, and Weldon No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 83 Health Occupations - Pharmacies - Display of SMARxT Disposal Campaign Poster, Delegates Tarrant, Morhaim, Hubbard, Kullen, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Rice, V. Turner, and Weldon No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 93 Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Sunset Extension and Membership, Delegate Costa No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 113 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Long-Term Care Supports and Services - Report, Delegates Hubbard and Hammen FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 114 Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics - Auction and Internet Sales - Prohibition - Exception, Delegates Hubbard, Anderson, Aumann, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Frush, Hammen, Healey, Heller, Impallaria, Kach, Kipke, Krysiak, Kullen, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McComas, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 127 Death Certificate - Correction - Notice of Right to Appeal Denial, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Benson, Costa, Howard, Hubbard, Kullen, Levi, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Weldon FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 141 Insurance - Insurer Provider Panels - Health Care Providers, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 142 Insurance - Antifraud Plans, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 145 Health Insurance - Dental Provider Panels - Provider Contracts, Delegates Kach and Boteler FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 155 Physicians - Licensure - Liability Coverage, Delegates Kach and Boteler Oppose Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed
HB 173 Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act, Delegates Bromwell, Cardin, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Frank, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Schuh, Shewell, Tarrant, V. Turner, Weir, and Weldon Support Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed
HB 180 Hereditary and Congenital Disorders - Newborn Screening, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bronrott, Kullen, Montgomery, and V. Turner Oppose Bill failed - Withdrawn
HB 181 Maryland Cancer Treatment Program, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Conaway, Costa, Donoghue, Elmore, Frush, Glenn, Harrison, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kramer, Kullen, Lafferty, Manno, McHale, Montgomery, Murphy, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Robinson FYI Bill failed - Withdrawn
HB 187 Vehicle Laws - Bicycles and Motor Scooters - Protective Headgear, Delegates Shewell, Beidle, Hecht, Heller, Niemann, Riley, Robinson, F. Turner, Valderrama, and Walkup FYI House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 229 Prescribers - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Exemption from Registration, Delegate Morhaim Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 235 Health Insurance - Rescission of Contracts and Certificates - Restrictions, Delegates Tarrant, Bromwell, Kullen, V. Turner, and Weldon Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 237 Health Care Malpractice - Noneconomic Damages, Delegates Waldstreicher, Anderson, Barnes, Dumais, Frick, Lee, Ramirez, Schuler, Simmons, Smigiel, Valderrama, and Vallario Oppose House Judiciary Committee - Bill failed
HB 238 Cigars - Sales of Less Than Four Per Package - Prohibited, Delegates Tarrant, Anderson, Bronrott, Burns, Cardin, Carr, Frick, Glenn, Holmes, Hucker, McHale, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Robinson, Ross, Schuh, Stukes, Taylor, Valderrama, and Walker Support with amendments House Economic Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 250 Public Health - Certificates of Death - Nurse Practitioners, Delegates Kullen, Eckardt, Bromwell, Kipke, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, and Weldon Oppose unless amended Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 255 Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers, Delegates Pena-Melnyk and Costa Support with amendments Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 272 Maryland Coverage Affordability and Revenue Efficiency Standards Act, Delegates Mizeur, Bobo, Bronrott, Donoghue, Frick, Frush, Hubbard, Ivey, Kullen, Lee, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, and F. Turner Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 273 Health Insurance - Coverage of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Delegates Reznik, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kramer No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 279 Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility, Delegates Frank and Morhaim Support House Judiciary Committee - Bill failed
HB 280 Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility, Delegates Frank and Morhaim Support House Judiciary Committee - Bill failed
HB 283 Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury, Delegates Frank and Morhaim Support House Health and Government Operations & Judiciary Committees - Bill failed
HB 304 Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2009, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barve, Braveboy, Bronrott, Frush, Griffith, Holmes, Hubbard, Ivey, James, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rosenberg, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Vaughn Oppose House Judiciary & Appropriations Committees - Bill failed
HB 318 Health Insurance - Coverage, Reimbursement, and Benefits - Counties, County School Systems, and State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, Delegates Barkley, Montgomery, and Reznik Support House Health and Government Operations & Environmental Matters Committees - Bill failed
HB 323 Texting While Driving Ban of 2009, Delegates Waldstreicher, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bartlett, Beidle, Benson, Burns, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Conaway, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Hucker, Kach, Kelly, Kipke, Kramer Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 340 Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations, Delegates Hixson, Bartlett, Barve, Cardin, Elmore, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Krebs, Murphy, Rice, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker Support House Ways and Means Committee - Bill failed
HB 368 Baltimore City Health Department - Overdose Prevention Pilot Program, Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Branch, Carter, Conaway, Doory, Hammen, Kirk, McHale, McIntosh, Oaks, Robinson, and Rosenberg FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 385 Insurance - In Vitro Fertilization Benefit - Definition of Successful Pregnancy, Delegates Kaiser, Bates, Bronrott, Carr, Frick, Gutierrez, Holmes, Reznik, Taylor, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 386 Physicians - Patient Health Information Privacy Rights - Form and Distribution, Delegates Kaiser, Carr, Gutierrez, Kipke, Montgomery, Robinson, and V. Turner Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 405 Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Breast Cancer Screening, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Ali, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Levi, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Weldon No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 411 Community Mental Health Services Programs - Financial Statements and Salary Information , Delegate Hubbard FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 415 Mental Hygiene Administration - Rights of Individuals with Mental Disorders in Facilities , Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner Oppose Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 419 Maryland Health and Wellness Commission - Wellness Report Card Pilot Program, Delegate Hubbard No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 437 Bicycles, Mopeds, and Motor Scooters - Minors - Protective Headgear, Delegates Elliott, Bartlett, Bates, Boteler, Krebs, McComas, Montgomery, Myers, Riley, Shewell, Sossi, Stukes, Stull, F. Turner, and Walkup Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 440 Health Insurance - Prompt Pay - Clarifications, Delegate Bromwell Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 441 Health Insurance - Coverage of Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formula - Modifications, Delegate Bromwell No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 445 Maryland Health Care Commission - Personalized Medicine - Study, Delegates Hixson, Doory, Howard, Ivey, and Kaiser No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 456 Health Insurance - Coverage for Off-Label Use of Drugs - Standard Reference Compendia , Delegate Morhaim No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 463 Catastrophic Health Emergency Orders - Citations, Delegate Dumais No position House Judiciary Committee - Bill failed
HB 468 Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage, Delegates Bronrott, Carr, Gutierrez, Waldstreicher, Ali, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Heller, Hixson, Hucker, Kramer, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Reznik, Rice, and Taylor No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 487 State Health Services Cost Review Commission - Health Care Facilities - Required Forms , Delegate Montgomery FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 498 Professional Service Corporations - Corporate Names - Approval by Professional Organizations , Delegate Feldman Support Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill passed
HB 500 Professional Service Corporations - Corporate Names - Approval by Professional Organizations , Delegates Tarrant, Anderson, Branch, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Hammen, Krysiak, Oaks, Robinson, Rosenberg, and Stukes FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 503 Health - Maryland Commission on Autism, Delegates Kipke, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Cardin, Carr, Costa, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frush, George, Haddaway, Howard, Hubbard, Kach, Krebs, Kullen, Myers, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Schuh, Shewell, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocks FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 507 Inmates - Hepatitis C - Counseling and Referral to Medical Home, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bromwell, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Riley, and Tarrant FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 508 Public Schools - Physical Education Facilities, Delegates Walker, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Branch, Carr, Conaway, DeBoy, Glenn, Guzzone, Haynes, Howard, Impallaria, King, Levi, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Robinson, Simmons, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Valderrama FYI House Ways and Means Committee - Bill failed
HB 518 Vehicle Laws - Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving - Prohibitions, Delegates G. Clagett, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Harrison, Hecht, Levy, Love, Minnick, and Pendergrass Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 521 Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund - Rural Trauma Centers - Reimbursement, Delegates Donoghue, Conway, and Mathias No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 526 Credentialing of Health Care Providers by Managed Care Organizations, Insurance Carriers, and Hospitals, Delegates Pena-Melnyk and Costa Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 536 Income Tax Exemption - Military Health Care Pensions - Health Care Workforce Shortage , Delegate Cardin Support House Ways and Means Committee - Bill failed
HB 567 Food Service Facilities - Artificial Trans Fats - Prohibition, Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Benson, Bromwell, Bronrott, Costa, Frush, Gaines, Howard, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, Rosenberg, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, Walker, and Weldon No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 574 Prescription Drugs - Evidence-Based Prescriber Education and Outreach Program, Delegates Hubbard, Anderson, Barnes, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Carter, V. Clagett, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hecht, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 576 Dental Hygienists - Expanded Functions, Delegates Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Riley, and Weldon Oppose Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed
HB 579 Prosthetic Parity Act, Delegates Mizeur, Aumann, Barkley, Benson, Cane, Carr, Costa, Feldman, Frick, Guzzone, Hecht, Hubbard, Krysiak, Lafferty, Manno, McHale, Montgomery, Ramirez, Reznik, Robinson, Schuler, Tarrant, and Taylor No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 580 Foster Kids Coverage Act, Delegates Mizeur, Carr, Carter, Donoghue, Frick, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Kullen, Lafferty, Levy, Manno, Minnick, Murphy, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Shewell, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Weldon FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 585 Health Insurance - Use of Physician Rating Systems by Carriers, Delegates Costa and Pena-Melnyk Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 597 State Board of Physicians - Polysomnographic Technologists - Education and Licensing Requirements, Delegate Benson Support Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed
HB 610 Health Insurance - Bona Fide Wellness Programs - Incentives, Delegate Morhaim No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 673 Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation, Delegates Kullen, Ali, Benson, Bohanan, Costa, Donoghue, Kipke, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, and Weldon FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 674 Health Insurance - Small Group Market Regulation - Modifications, Delegate Morhaim Oppose Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 677 Patient Referrals for Radiation Therapy Services, Delegates Ali and Nathan-Pulliam FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 697 Health Insurance - Small Employer Health Benefit Plan Premium Subsidy Program - Local Funds, Delegate McDonough FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 705 Child Fatality Review - Child Death Review Case Reporting System, Delegates Pena-Melnyk and Ivey Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 706 Electronic Health Records - Regulation and Reimbursement, Delegate Pena-Melnyk Support with amendments Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 714 Loan Assistance Repayment and Practice Assistance for Physicians, Delegates Donoghue, Pena-Melnyk, and Costa Support with amendments Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed
HB 718 Health Insurance - Transactions Within Insurance Holding Company Systems - Exemption , Delegate Donoghue No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 722 Disease Prevention - Cancer Reports - Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Delegates Costa and Frush No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 725 Group Model Health Maintenance Organizations - Drug Therapy Management, Delegates Tarrant, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, and V. Turner No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 734 Health Insurance - Participation by Hospitals on Provider Panels - Prohibited Rejections or Conditions, Delegates Tarrant, Benson, Conaway, Costa, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Riley, Robinson, and V. Turner Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 739 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Abuse Services, Delegates Hammen, Kach, Morhaim, and Pendergrass Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 756 Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Benson, Braveboy, Gutierrez, Haynes, Ivey, Kaiser, Lee, Levy, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Taylor, and Valderrama No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 758 Health Care Facilities - Reporting and Reimbursement for Never Events, Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Elliott, Frank, George, McComas, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Walkup FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 815 Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Practitioners Who Perform Obstetrical Services - Extension, Delegates Beitzel and Hammen FYI House Health and Government Operations & Economic Matters Committees - Bill failed
HB 817 Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles - Safety Standards and Training, Delegate Carr Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 840 Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificates of Need - Extension, Delegates Carter and Oaks FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 860 Healthy Maryland Program, Delegate Hammen No position - Letter of information House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 871 Health Care Facilities - Certificates of Need - Hospitals, Delegates Barkley, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, Montgomery, Reznik, Rice, and Simmons FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 909 Task Force to Study the Regulation of Surgical First Assistants, Delegate McDonough Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 915 Maryland False Claims Act, Delegate Smigiel Oppose House Judiciary & Appropriations Committee - Bill failed
HB 920 No So-Called Sexual Stimulant Pills for Kids Act , Delegates Ali and Benson No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 951 Health Care Affordability Act of 2009, Delegates Hubbard, Ali, Anderson, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hucker, Kirk, Manno, Oaks, Ross, F. Turner, and V. Turner No position - Letter of information House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 966 Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child, Delegate Barnes Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 972 Health Insurers - RBC Reduction Plan, Delegate Kach Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 982 Health Occupations - Licensure of Physician Assistants, Delegates Morhaim and Hammen Support with amendment House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1001 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Reporting by Financial Institutions on Enrolled Employees, Delegates Frick, Ali, Barkley, Bromwell, Carr, DeBoy, Elliott, Elmore, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hecht, Howard, Hucker, Manno, Mizeur, Reznik, and Robinson FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1069 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Financial Assistance and Debt Collection Policies, Delegate Hammen FYI Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 1071 Health Insurance - Definition of Coverage Decisions - Pharmacy Inquiries, Delegate Kach No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 1089 Health Insurance - Coverage of In Vitro Fertilization Services, Delegates Waldstreicher, Mizeur, and Rosenberg No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1097 Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Coverage of Mammograms, Delegates Waldstreicher, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kirk, Kramer, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, V. Turner, and Valderrama No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1098 Workers' Compensation - Medical Records - Authorized Disclosures, Delegate Love Oppose House Economic Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 1107 Health - Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, Delegates McComas, Ali, Bronrott, Frank, Hecht, Jameson, Kaiser, Lee, Proctor, Schuler, Stocksdale, and Walkup FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1110 State Board of Physicians - Discipline - Failure to Comply with Governor's Order, Delegate Bromwell Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1119 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Federal Waiver - Waiver for Medicaid Coordinated Long-Term Care Program, Delegates V. Turner, Barnes, Benson, Ivey, Kullen, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, Valderrama, Walker, and Weldon FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1147 Health Insurance - Reimbursement of Physicians for Administrative Services - Required, Delegate Donoghue Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1150 Health Occupations - Anatomic Pathology Services - Billing, Delegate Donoghue Support Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed
HB 1155 Prescription Confidentiality Act, Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Carr, Carter, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hecht, Hubbard, Ivey, Kipke, Lee, McDonough, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Riley, and Robinson Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1157 Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements, Delegates Schuler and Bromwell Support with amendments House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1161 Maryland Anesthesiologist Assistants Act, Delegate Donoghue No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1166 Higher Education - Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Medical Professionals, Delegate Manno Oppose House Ways and Means Committee - Bill failed
HB 1169 All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Equipment, Delegates Bronrott, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Carr, V. Clagett, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Glenn, Hecht, Holmes, Hucker, Lafferty, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Shewell, Stein, and F. Turner Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 1186 Maryland Health Security Act of 2009, 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 No position - Letter of information House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1198 Physicians - Outpatient Surgical Services - Hospital Privileges, Delegate Reznik Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1204 Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policy and Financial Assistance Application - Notices, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bromwell, Hubbard, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, and Tarrant FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1205 Vehicle Laws - Required Security - Minimum Amounts, Delegates Barnes and Manno No position House Economic Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 1213 The 21st Century Health Eligibility Systems Act, Delegate Mizeur Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1232 State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services, Delegates Waldstreicher, Doory, Dumais, Montgomery, Oaks, Reznik, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1237 Moist Snuff - Taxation and Regulation, Delegates Hixson, Barnes, Barve, Bromwell, Frush, Gaines, Hecht, Ivey, Proctor, Ross, and F. Turner No position House Economic Matters & Ways and Means Committee - Bill failed
HB 1240 Task Force to Study Health Disparities Among Minority Children with Learning Disabilities, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Carter, Glenn, Harrison, Kirk, Oaks, Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1255 Workers' Compensation - Regulatory Power of Commission - Forensic Services, Delegates Manno and Schuler Oppose House Economic Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 1265 State Government - Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month, Delegates Walker, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Braveboy, Bromwell, Carter, Feldman, Frick, Haddaway, Harrison, Holmes, Ivey, Kach, Murphy, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Serafini, Stukes, Stull, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1274 Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Exemption from Taxation, Delegates Mizeur and Rosenberg Support House Ways and Means Committee - Bill failed
HB 1275 Health Occupations Boards - Revisions, Delegate Nathan-Pulliam Oppose unless amended Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed
HB 1279 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Family Planning Services - Eligibility, Delegate Mizeur Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1280 Gender Equity Health Coverage Act, Delegate Mizeur No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1295 Kids First Coverage Incentive Act, Delegate Mizeur No position – Letter of information House Health and Government Operations & Ways and Means Committees - Bill failed
HB 1298 Workers' Compensation Commission - Medical Examinations and Evaluations - Hearings, Delegates Taylor, Carr, Holmes, Robinson, and V. Turner No position House Economic Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 1307 Health Insurance Requirements - Public Work Contracts, Delegates Hucker, Gutierrez, Manno, and Taylor FYI House Health and Government Operations & Economic Matters Committee - Bill failed
HB 1319 Family Medicine Rural Health Commission, Eastern Shore Delegation Support House Health and Government Operations & Appropriations Committees - Bill failed
HB 1339 Task Force to Study Issues Relating to Medical Marijuana in Maryland, Delegate Heller No position House Judiciary Committee - Bill failed
HB 1366 Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits, Delegates Bromwell and Kipke Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1380 Complementary Alternative Medicine Health Care Providers - Scope of Practice and Provider Registry, Delegate Feldman Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1431 Professional Boards - Transfer of Funds - Repayment, Delegates Boteler and Kach Support House Appropriations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1468 Public Health Surveillance - Confidentiality, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) Support Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed
HB 1475 Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health - Expansion, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) Support Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 1476 Health Program Integrity and Recovery Act of 2009, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1477 Health - Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Advertising and Gifts to Health Care Providers - Reports, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1486 Prince George's County Hospital Authority, Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Davis, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Levi, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ramirez, Ross, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, and Walker FYI Senate Budget and Taxation Committee - Bill passed
HB 1534 Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Hearing and Order - Impact of Law by Another State, Delegate Pendergrass No position - Letter of concern Senate Finance Committee - Bill passed
HB 1538 Health Insurance - High Deductible Plans and Limited Benefit Plans for Uninsured Individuals - Chesapeake Region Pilot Project, Delegate Rudolph No position Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed
HJ 9 Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Howard, Jones, Morhaim, Oaks, Stukes, and Tarrant FYI House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee - Bill failed


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