2006 Testimony & Position Papers

Page last updated April 7, 2006

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Legislative Archives

House Bills

House Bill 31 Vehicle Laws - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Helmets and Eye-Protective Equipment for Minors SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 58 Maryland Health Care Commission - Racial Variations - Health Care Disparities Policy Report Card SUPPORT New Testimony
House Bill 89 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Legal Immigrants - Pregnant Women and Children SUPPORT New Testimony
House Bill 107 Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury SUPPORT
House Bill 121 State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 168 Children's Trust Fund SUPPORT New Testimony
House Bill 195 Maryland Program Evaluation Act - Maryland Health Care Commission and the State Health Services Cost Review Commission OPPOSE
House Bill 254 Courts - Interest Rate on Judgments SUPPORT
House Bill 306 Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act SUPPORT
House Bill 319 Health - Advance Directives - Registry - Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards SUPPORT THE CONCEPT
House Bill 364 Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 394 Public Health - Mercury-Free Vaccines - Requirements OPPOSE
House Bill 441 Health Maryland Initiative SUPPORT
House Bill 496 Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Protective Headgear - Requirement SUPPORT
House Bill 507 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Prenatal Dietary Supplement Distribution Program SUPPORT AS AMENDED NEW TESTIMONY 
House Bill 549 Health Insurance - Private Review Agents - Emergency Inpatient Admission Determinations SUPPORT New Testimony
House Bill 568 Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities - Grant Program and Funding SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 574 Health Insurance - Recredentialing of Health Care Providers - Change in Tax Identification Number of Employer SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 592 Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Selection of Health Care Agent and Treatment Preferences OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
House Bill 608 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Premium Rates OPPOSE
House Bill 626 Prescription Safety Act OPPOSE
House Bill 630 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED 
House Bill 702 Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program SUPPORT
House Bill 713 Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers OPPOSE
House Bill 722 Income Tax Credit for Services Donated by Health Care Professionals SUPPORT
House Bill 727 Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement for Motorcycle Riders - Exceptions OPPOSE
House Bill 749 Medical Records - Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease OPPOSE
House Bill 789 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Certificates of Qualified Experts SUPPORT
House Bill 790 Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility SUPPORT NEW TESTIMONY
House Bill 816 Circuit Court - Medical Injury - Medical Malpractice Administrative Review Board SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 822 Health - Maryland Medbank Program - Sunset Repeal SUPPORT
House Bill 831 Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Reportable Incidents of Injury SUPPORT
House Bill 868 Health Insurance - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontract of Health Care Provider Contract SUPPORT NEW TESTIMONY
House Bill 873 Consumer Protection - Protection of Personal Information from Security Breaches OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
House Bill 896 Health Maintenance Organizations - Payment of Noncontracting Health Care Providers SUPPORT
House Bill 897 Health Insurance - Contracts of Carriers with Providers or Hospitals - Prohibited Provisions SUPPORT NEW TESTIMONY
House Bill 936 Health Care Malpractice - Damages - Periodic Payments SUPPORT
House Bill 1003 Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Participation by Providers SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
House Bill 1007 Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear for Motorcycle Riders - Required Warning OPPOSE
House Bill 1058 Civil Action Reform Act of 2006 SUPPORT
House Bill 1059 Health Care Malpractice - Emergency Medical Care - Standard of Proof for Liability SUPPORT
House Bill 1081 Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims SUPPORT
House Bill 1118 Community Health Resources Commission Fund - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services SUPPORT
House Bill 1124 Urgent Care Centers - Membership Programs - Regulation and Registration OPPOSE
House Bill 1136 Circuit Courts Medical Malpractice Division - Task Force SUPPORT
House Bill 1152 Maryland Universal Health Plan  OPPOSE
House Bill 1169 Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits SUPPORT
House Bill 1170 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
House Bill 1214 Health Care Malpractice - Emergency Medical Care - Good Samaritan Immunity SUPPORT
House Bill 1226 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Tanning Facilities - Licensing and Regulation SUPPORT
House Bill 1287 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
House Bill 1295 Health Occupations - Cultural Competency Workgroup SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
House Bill 1329 Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision OPPOSE
House Bill 1389 Disclosure of Medical Records - Investigations - Fee SUPPORT NEW TESTIMONY
House Bill 1416 Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2006 SUPPORT ONLY AS A PILOT PROJECT
House Bill 1422 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal - Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care OPPOSE
House Bill 1425 Health Care Malpractice Actions - Payment of Future Damages SUPPORT
House Bill 1455 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Cultural Competency and Health Outcomes - Pilot Program SUPPORT
House Bill 1459 Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Return of Unfilled Prescriptions to Retail Customers - Required OPPOSE
House Bill 1467 Maryland Cares SUPPORT
House Bill 1689 Prescription Drug Repository Program SUPPORT
House Bill 1691 Maryland Health Care Commission - Racial Variations Data - Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance SUPPORT

Senate Bills

Senate Bill 61 Health - Maryland Medbank Program - Sunset Repeal  SUPPORT
Senate Bill 117 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Office of the Inspector General - Health Program Integrity and Recovery Act OPPOSE New Testimony
Senate Bill 134 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 142 Health Care Providers - Disclosures of Mental Health Records - Subpoenas OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED New Testimony
Senate Bill 153 Maryland Program Evaluation Act - Maryland Health Care Commission and the State Health Services Cost Review Commission OPPOSE
Senate Bill 203 Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury SUPPORT
Senate Bill 229 Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act SUPPORT
Senate Bill 236 Health - Advance Directives - Registry - Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards SUPPORT THE CONCEPT
Senate Bill 250 Workers' Compensation - Selection of Health Care Provider - Employee's Choice SUPPORT NEW TESTIMONY
Senate Bill 279 Vehicle Laws - Mandatory Seat Belt Use SUPPORT
Senate Bill 282 Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Plan Independence, Board Composition and Regulation OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 283 Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program SUPPORT
Senate Bill 284 Health Insurance - Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Authority SUPPORT
Senate Bill 303 Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations - Prompt Payment - Workers' Compensation Claims SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
Senate Bill 325 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Premium Rates OPPOSE
Senate Bill 333 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 345 Physicians - Unauthorized Practice of Medicine - Penalty OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 369 Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives - Selection of Health Care Agent and Treatment Preferences OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 398 State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS NEW TESTIMONY
Senate Bill 410 Maryland Universal Health Plan OPPOSE
Senate Bill 448 Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits SUPPORT
Senate Bill 486 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
Senate Bill 494 Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Social Workers OPPOSE
Senate Bill 528 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal - Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care OPPOSE
Senate Bill 530 Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2006 SUPPORT ONLY AS A PILOT PROJECT
Senate Bill 534 Act of Terrorism - Determination Whether Criminal Act or Act of War SUPPORT
Senate Bill 554 Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims by Carriers - Clean Claims SUPPORT
Senate Bill 555 Health Insurance - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontract of Health Care Provider Contract SUPPORT
Senate Bill 624 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Prescriptions SUPPORT New Testimony
Senate Bill 636 Health Insurance - Recredentialing of Health Care Providers - Change in Tax Identification Number of Employer SUPPORT
Senate Bill 686 Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Participation by Providers SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENTS
Senate Bill 728 Health Insurance - Medical Advice Transmitted by Electronic Mail - Reimbursement SUPPORT New Testimony
Senate Bill 734 Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Reportable Incidents of Injury SUPPORT
Senate Bill 773 Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision OPPOSE
Senate Bill 802 Medical Records - Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease OPPOSE
Senate Bill 806  Workers' Compensation - Claims Adjusters and Medical Billing Entities SUPPORT
Senate Bill 818 Health Occupations - Physician Assistants - Delegation Agreements OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED NEW TESTIMONY
Senate Bill 937 Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities - Grant Program and Funding SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Bill 1012 Family Law - Child Care - Influenza Immunization OPPOSE
Senate Bill 1043 Maryland Health Care Commission - Racial Variation Data - Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance SUPPORT
Senate Bill 1059 Prescription Drug Repository Program SUPPORT

 

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