| Bill No. |
Title |
Position |
Status |
| HB 1 |
Maryland Trauma System Funding Act, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
SWA |
Bill Failed |
| HB 2 |
Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
SWA |
Bill Failed |
| HB 8 |
State Personnel - Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Required Health Insurance Benefits, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 17 |
Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Eligibility, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support the concept |
Signed, Chapter 270 |
| HB 25 |
Health Insurance - Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Services, House Health and Government Operations |
SWA |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 26 |
Baltimore City - Drug-Free Zones - Recreation Areas, House Judiciary |
SWA |
Bill Failed |
| HB 27 |
Creation of a State Debt - Mercy Medical Center, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 32 |
Criminal Law - Candy-Like Products Containing Nicotine - Minors, House Judiciary Senate Judicial Proceedings |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 115 |
| HB 34 |
State Acupuncture Board - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
FYI |
Signed, Chapter 407 |
| HB 60 |
Controlled Dangerous Substances - Dispensing Monitoring Program (Introduced at SB 44 in 2002 and No Position Taken), House Judiciary |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 64 |
Criminal Law - Forgery of Controlled Dangerous Substance Prescriptions or Written Orders - Penalty, House Judiciary |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 69 |
Income Tax Credit for Services Donated by Health Care Professionals (Introduced as HB 561 in 2002 with a Support Position Taken), House Ways and Means |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 75 |
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Baltimore Medical System (Introduced as SB 752 in 2002 with No Position Taken), House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 79 |
Task Force to Study Continuing Care Retirement Communities, House Health and Government Operations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 83 |
Insurance - Professional Liability Insurers - Reporting Requirements, House Economic Matters |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 87 |
Alcoholic Beverage Tax - Tax Rates, House Ways and Means |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 98 |
State Designations - Walking as the State Exercise (Introduced at HB 439 in 2002 with a Support Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
FYI |
Vetoed, Policy |
| HB 121 |
Health - Hepatitis B Disease - Vaccination of First-Time Enrollees at Institutions of Higher Education (Introduced as HB 496 in 2002 with a Support if Amended Position), House Health and Government Operations |
SWA |
Bill Failed |
| HB 123 |
Creation of a State Debt - Good Samaritan Hospital, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 130 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Health Services - Cost of Living Adjustment (Introduced as HB 833 in 2002 with a Support the Concept Position), House Health and Government Operations |
Support the concept |
Bill Failed |
| HB 136 |
Study Panel on the Funding Needs of Regional Trauma Centers - Duties and Sunset, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 143 |
Maryland Health Care Foundation - Maryland Medbank Program - Extension and Funding, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 150 |
Acquisition of a Nonprofit Health Entity - Determination by Regulating Entity, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 164 |
Health Occupations - Medical Review Committees, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 126 |
| HB 195 |
Disease Prevention - Hepatitis A and B Education and Prevention Program (Introduced as HB 1035 in 2002 with a Support the Concept Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations |
Support the concept |
Bill Failed |
| HB 205 |
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists - Membership, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 206 |
Civil Actions - Enforcement of Prompt Payment Claims (Introduced as HB 450 in 2002 with a Support Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 211 |
Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan - Enrollment, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 4 |
| HB 231 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Requirements - Advance Directives, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 232 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Authority (Introduced as HB 911 in 2002 with No Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 236 |
Cardiac Services - Licensing, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 238 |
Health Insurance - Required Reimbursement - Podiatrists (Introduced as SB 274 in 2002 with and Oppose Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 247 |
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Required Appropriations, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 248 |
Creation of a State Debt - Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 257 |
State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners - Revisions - Licensure and Penalties, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
FYI |
Signed, Chapter 134 |
| HB 258 |
Mental Hygiene - Emergency Evaluation Petitions - Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapists, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 259 |
Health Occupations - Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapists - Reciprocity, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
FYI |
Signed, Chapter 133 |
| HB 263 |
Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 269 |
Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County - Allegany County Health Department, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 272 |
Vital Statistics - Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 136 |
| HB 294 |
Consumer Protection - Maryland Consumer Protection Act - Scope, House Economic Matters Senate Finance |
Support |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 310 |
State Board of Social Work Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
FYI |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 335 |
Community Access Program Grants - Coordination of Health Care Provider Reimbursements - Pilot Programs, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 289 |
| HB 343 |
Hospitals - HIV Testing - Health Care Providers, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
SWA |
Signed, Chapter 143 |
| HB 363 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Prior Authorization - Mental Health Drugs, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 364 |
Health Insurance - Noncontracting Providers - Reimbursement Rate Disclosure, House Health and Government Operations |
SWA |
Bill Failed |
| HB 374 |
Commerical Law -Uniform Commercial Code - Title 9 - Miscellaneous, House Economic Matters Senate Finance |
FYI |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 376 |
Sunset Review - State Board of Nursing - Electrology Practice Committee, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
FYI |
Signed, Chapter 422 |
| HB 386 |
Disease Prevention - Hepatitis C Advisory Board, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 149 |
| HB 405 |
Medicaid Reimbursement - Community-Based Services for Children with Disabilities, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 428 |
| HB 410 |
Health Insurance - Private Review Agents - Examination of Pharmacy Benefit Managers, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 295 |
| HB 413 |
Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County General Hospital , House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 415 |
Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - Carroll Hospice, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 428 |
Health Insurance - Kidney Dialysis Services - Coinsurance Payments, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 433 |
Task Force on the Needs of Persons with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 297 |
| HB 439 |
Tobacco Products - Restrictions on Display or Storage (Introduced as HB 132 in 2002 with a Support Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 441 |
Optometrists - Quality Eye Health Improvement Act, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 481 |
Health - In Vitro Services - Advance Directives for Disposition of Cryopreserved Eggs, Sperm, or Embryos, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 482 |
Stem Cell Research - Donation of Certain Tissue for Research Purposes, House Health and Government Operations |
Refer to ethics committee |
Bill Failed |
| HB 498 |
Health Insurance - Medicare Supplement Contracts - Availability, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 41 |
| HB 524 |
Health Care Records - Confidentiality - Ex Parte Communications with Health Care Providers, House Judiciary |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 548 |
Health Occupations - Gifts from Pharmaceutical Manufacturers or Pharmaceutical Marketers - Prohibited, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 569 |
Health Insurance - Payment to Providers for Colorectal Screenings, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 583 |
Handgun Safety Devices - Repeal, House Judiciary |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 597 |
Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits - Exclusion from Policies (Introduced as HB 939 in 2002 with No Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 599 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Coverage - Preexisting Conditions, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose unless amended |
Bill Failed |
| HB 600 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Comprehensive Standard Health Benefit Plan - Cost-Sharing, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 605 |
Maryland Health Care Commission - Evaluation of Mandated Health Insurance Services, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
SWA |
Signed, Chapter 437 |
| HB 615 |
Public Health - Licensed Pharmacists - Dispensing Emergency Contraception, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 622 |
Health Occupations - Licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapists, Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 627 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Basic Health Benefit Plan, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 630 |
Medical Assistance Program - Employed Persons with Disabilities Program (Introduced at SB 228 in 2002 with a Support with Amendments Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
SWA |
Signed, Chapter 315 |
| HB 631 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program - Sale of Tobacco Products to Minors (Introduced as SB 896 in 2002 and was referred to Legislative Leadership for review), House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 636 |
Insurance Premiums Tax - Health Maintenance Organizations (Introduced as HB 1449 in 2002 with a Support Position Taken), House Ways and Means |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 645 |
Creation of a State Debt - Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 646 |
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Chase Brexton Health Services, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 647 |
Task Force to Study the Regulation of Long-Term Care Providers, House Health and Government Operations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 655 |
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Dr. Bob's Place, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 656 |
Health Maintenance Organizations - Definition of Covered Services, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
SWA |
Signed, Chapter 440 |
| HB 657 |
Preferred Provider Organizations - Payments to Nonpreferred Providers - Emergency Services, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 668 |
Mental Hygiene Administration - Emergency Evaluation - Standards and Content, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 441 |
| HB 670 |
Health Insurance - Coverage for Ovarian Cancer Screening, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 674 |
Health - Maryland Trauma Center Services Fund - Establishment, House Health and Government Operations |
Support the concept |
Bill Failed |
| HB 675 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Reimbursement for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Dual Eligibility (Introduced as SB 206 in 2002 with a Support Position Taken), House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 676 |
Statute of Limitations - Minors, House Judiciary Senate Judicial Proceedings |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 683 |
Creation of a State Debt - Maryland General Hospital, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 684 |
Pharmacists and Pharmacies - Practice - Advice of Generic Drug Option, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 318 |
| HB 696 |
Firearms - Shell Casings and Other Identification Information, House Judiciary |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 700 |
Health Insurance - Private Review Agents - Certification, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 321 |
| HB 702 |
Darrell Putman Medical Research Act, House Judiciary Senate Judicial Proceedings |
Oppose |
Signed, Chapter 442 |
| HB 703 |
Jury Verdict - Damages - Revisory Power of Court, House Judiciary |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 724 |
Health Insurance Carriers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Mental Health Providers - Cultural Characteristics, House Health and Government Operations |
Support the concept |
Bill Failed |
| HB 725 |
Senior Citizens Prescription Medicine Relief Act (Introduced as HB 1232 in 2002 and was not considered), House Health and Government Operations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 726 |
Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders, House Health and Government Operations |
Refer to Future of Health Care Committee |
Bill Failed |
| HB 729 |
Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Expense and Loss Ratios and Reports, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 323 |
| HB 745 |
Education - Pole Vaulting - Helmets, House Health and Government Operations |
Support the concept |
Bill Failed |
| HB 746 |
Approved Gear and Equipment - Youth Baseball, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 751 |
Creation of a State Debt - Washington Adventist Hospital, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 759 |
Advisory Committee to Study Expansion of the All-Payor System, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 760 |
Insurance Premiums Tax - Health Maintenance Organization - Funding for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 761 |
Task Force to Study the Reorganization of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 447 |
| HB 762 |
Medicaid Modernization Act of 2003, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
SWA |
Signed, Chapter 448 |
| HB 763 |
Prince George's County - Sales Tax to Fund Health Care Services, House Ways and Means |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 765 |
Task Force on the CareFirst Mission, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 770 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Medical Assistance - Day Care Providers, House Health and Government Operations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 771 |
Clean Indoor Air Act of 2003, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 772 |
Public Health - Abortion - Parental Notice, House Health and Government Operations |
NP, information letter sent to committee |
Bill Failed |
| HB 773 |
Emergency Medical Services Board - Inter-Facility Helicopter Transport, House Health and Government Operations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 781 |
Catastrophic Health Emergency - Volunteer Health Care Provider - Workers' Compensation, House Economic Matters |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 785 |
Maryland Health Insurance Reform Act - Modifications - Health Reimbursement Account Plan - Reinsurance Pool, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 788 |
Maryland Health Care Commission - Hospital-Based Health Care Practitioner Payment System, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 790 |
State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 791 |
Health Occupations - State Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose unless amended |
Bill Failed |
| HB 792 |
Individual Health Insurance Availability Act, House Health and Government Operations |
Support the Concept |
Bill Failed |
| HB 793 |
Medical Assistance Reimbursement Rate Commission, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 803 |
Maryland Health Insurance Plan and Senior Prescription Drug Program - Modifications and Clarifications, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
FYI |
Signed, Chapter 1 |
| HB 819 |
Education - Lead Poisoning Tests - Administering and Reporting, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
SWA |
Signed, Chapter 178 |
| HB 828 |
Hospitals - Certificate of Need - Open Heart Surgery, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 830 |
Maryland Quality Home Care Services Commission, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 832 |
Payment of Future Economic Damages, House Judiciary |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 840 |
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Kennedy Krieger Institute, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 882 |
Maryland Breast Cancer Research Fund - Income Tax Checkoff (Introduced as HB 573 in 2002 and was an FYI bill), House Ways and Means |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 883 |
Health Care Disparities Program - Required Education for Practitioners and Coordination of Services, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Oppose |
Signed, Chapter 453 |
| HB 894 |
Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Provider Services - Professional Counselors and Therapists, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 338 |
| HB 895 |
Mental Health - Individuals in Facilities - Use of Restraints and Seclusions, House Health and Government Operations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 896 |
Professional Clinical Counselors - Specialized Test and Administration - Standards, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 932 |
Creation of a State Debt - Doctors Community Hospital, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 946 |
Creation of a State Debt - St. Joseph Medical Center, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 950 |
Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Copayment, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
NP |
Signed, Chapter 344 |
| HB 974 |
Health Maintenance Organizations - Patient Access to Choice of Provider, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 461 |
| HB 981 |
Maternal Mortality Review Program - Termination of Provision - Repeal, House Health and Government Operations Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
Support |
Vetoed, Duplicative |
| HB 993 |
Nursing Homes - Quality of Care - Assisted Living Services (Introduced as HB 656 in 2002 and was not considered), House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 999 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Birth Defects - Release of Medical Information, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1009 |
Nursing Facilities - Maryland Medical Assistance Programs - Payment for Reserved Beds, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
FYI |
Signed, Chapter 345 |
| HB 1022 |
Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - American Red Cross Chapter, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1029 |
Health Insurance - Small Employers - Individual Coverage, House Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1039 |
Maryland Health Care Commission - Fees - Health Care Practitioners, House Health and Government Operations |
NP |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1042 |
Task Force to Study the availability of Audiology and Speech-Language Services, House Ways and Means Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
SWA |
Signed, Chapter 194 |
| HB 1062 |
Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Treatment - Number of Patients, House Health and Government Operations |
Refer to Orthopedic Society |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1065 |
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Appointment of Members, House Health and Government Operations Senate Finance |
Support |
Signed, Chapter 349 |
| HB 1078 |
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Baltimore Medical System, House Appropriations |
FYI |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1085 |
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Health Reimbursement Arrangements, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1093 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Pharmaceutical Products - Access, Coverage, and Cost-Saving Protection and Programs, House Health and Government Operations |
Support |
Bill Failed |
| HB 1099 |
Trauma Center Physician Services Funding Act, House Rules and Executive Nominations |