2007 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 10-April 9, 2007) 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 - 2007 SESSION

FINAL April 24, 2007
updated June 5, 2008

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

2007 House Bills

Bill No. Title Position Status
HB 8 Maryland Health Care Commission-Atlantic C-port II Trial: Non-primary percutaneous coronary intervention study, Haynes and Kirk FYI - Bill failed
HB 21 Creation of a State Debt - Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, and McHale FYI - Bill failed
HB 30 Oral Health Safety Net Program, Delegates Oaks, Donoghue, and Rosenberg Support the concept - Signed, Chapter 528
HB 40 Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations Delegates Hixson, Cardin, Doory, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, Krebs, Olszewski, Rice, Stukes, and F. Turner, Delegates Hixson, Cardin, Doory, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, Krebs, Olszewski, Rice, Stukes, and F. Turner Support - Bill failed
HB 41 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Health Insurance and Medical Expenses, Delegates Hixson, Cardin, Doory, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, Krebs, Olszewski, Stukes, and F. Turner Support the concept - Bill failed
HB 44 Maryland Clean Cars Act of 2007, Delegates Bobo, Barve, Ali, Anderson, Barnes, Beidle, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, V. Clagett, Feldman, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kramer, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Lee, Love, et. al. Support the concept - Bill failed
HB 48 Circuit Courts - Medical Injury - Medical Malpractice Administrative Review Board, Delegates Morhaim, Aumann, Barve, Frank, Minnick, Oaks, Shank, and Stein Support with amendments - Bill failed
HB 55 Health Services Cost Review Commission - User Fees, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) FYI - Bill failed
HB 56 Maryland Health Care Commission - User Fee Assessments, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) No position - Bill failed
HB 78 Environmental Tobacco Smoke Elimination and Waiver Act, Delegate Cardin Oppose - Bill failed
HB 91 Food Service Facilities - Artificial Trans Fat - Prohibition, Delegate Hubbard Support the concept - Bill failed
HB 100 Health Occupations - Cultural Competency Workgroup, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Benson, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Donoghue, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Jones, Kullen, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Taylor Support with amendments - Bill failed
HB 109 Creation of a State Debt - Bon Secours Hospital, Delegates Stukes, Haynes, and Kirk FYI - Bill failed
HB 110 Maryland Comparative Negligence Act, Delegates Simmons, Barnes, and Smigiel Oppose - Bill failed
HB 119 Health - Laboratory Examination Reports - Invasive Diseases, Delegates Eckardt and Haddaway No position - Signed, Chapter 377
HB 123 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act, Delegates Lee, Rudolph, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Dumais, Eckardt, Frank, Gaines, Gilchrist, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Harrison, Hecht, Howard, Hucker, Impallaria, Ivey, James, Kach, Kaiser, J. King, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Kullen et. al. Oppose unless amended - Bill failed
HB 130 Nursing Facilities - Quality Assessment - Medicaid Reimbursement, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Bromwell, Busch, Costa, Feldman, Haynes, Hubbard, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and F. Turner FYI - Bill failed
HB 131 Maryland Clean Cars Act of 2007, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Bobo, Busch, V. Clagett, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Haynes, Heller, Lawton, Lee, Malone, McIntosh, Niemann, Taylor, and F. Turner Support - Signed, Chapter 112
HB 132 Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Busch, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kullen, McIntosh, Morhaim, Rosenberg, and F. Turner Support with amendment - Bill failed
HB 135 Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barve, Busch, Feldman, Haynes, N. King, Lawton, and Morhaim FYI - Vetoed, duplicative
HB 138 Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Busch, Haynes, and Morhaim Support - Bill failed
HB 140 Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunization - Universal Vaccine Purchasing System, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Busch, Haynes, and Morhaim Support - Vetoed, duplicative
HB 147 Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility, Delegates Morhaim, Barve, Cardin, Jones, Shank, and Stein Support - Bill failed
HB 157 Health Insurance - Prohibited Discrimination and Rebates - Incentives for Participation in Wellness Programs and Other Exceptions, Delegates Morhaim, Barve, Cardin, Jones, Shank, and Stein No position - Signed, Chapter 591
HB 159 Hepatitis C Inmate Treatment Program - Report, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bromwell, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Hammen, Jones, Kullen, Morhaim, and Tarrant Support - Bill failed
HB 171 Maryland Health Care Commission - Chronic Care Management and Wellness Promotion - Study, Delegate Hubbard No position - Bill failed
HB 202 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Expansion, Delegates Hubbard, Montgomery, Oaks, and Pena-Melnyk Support - Bill failed
HB 203 Workers' Compensation - Appeals - Admissibility of Medical Records, Delegates Smigiel, Conaway, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, McConkey, and Simmons Support - Bill failed
HB 208 Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act, Delegates Howard, Ali, Aumann, Benson, Cane, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Kaiser, Kirk, Kullen, Lee, Pendergrass, Rice, Ross, Sossi, F. Turner, and Vaughn Oppose unless amended - Signed, Chapter 532
HB 210 Consumer Protection - Sale or Distribution of Personal Information - Limitations, Delegates Howard, Benson, Braveboy, Healey, Holmes, Niemann, F. Turner, and Vaughn Oppose unless amended - Bill failed
HB 214 Health Care Decisions Act - "Patient's Plan of Care" Form - Renaming, Delegates Morhaim and Frush No position - Signed, Chapter 70
HB 216 HIV Testing - Prohibited Exposure - Victims, Delegates Morhaim, Anderson, Aumann, Beitzel, Benson, Bohanan, Bromwell, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Costa, DeBoy, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Healey, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Kelly, Kipke, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Malone, et. al. Support - Signed, Chapter 227
HB 221 Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Hospice House, St. Mary's County Delegation FYI - Bill failed
HB 236 Health Occupations - Registered Nurses - Dispensing Methadone, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Eckardt, Hubbard, Morhaim, and Oaks No position - Signed, Chapter 385
HB 261 Motor Vehicles - All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Headgear, Delegates Kullen, Ali, Bohanan, Bronrott, Cardin, Feldman, Gaines, Gilchrist, Haynes, Jameson, Kach, Lawton, Levy, McConkey, McHale, Montgomery, Proctor, Rice, Rosenberg, Ross, and Stukes Support - Bill failed
HB 262 Authorizing a health insurance carrier in the small group market to offer a discounted premium rate for wellness activities, Delegate Rudolph Support with amendments - Bill failed
HB 282 State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation, Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee) Support with amendments - Vetoed, duplicative
HB 288 Healthy Maryland Initiative, Delegates Hixson, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Goldwater, et. al Support - Bill failed
HB 306 Creation of a State Debt - Caroline County - Caroline Hospice, Delegates Sossi, Eckardt, Haddaway, Smigiel, and Walkup FYI - Bill failed
HB 313 Maryland Cancer Treatment Program, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Costa, Eckardt, Frush, Haynes, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Lee, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, and Weldon FYI - Bill failed
HB 315 State Board of Nursing - Licensing, Certification, and Reinstatement Requirements, Delegates Goldwater, Benson, Eckardt, Lee, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Pendergrass FYI - Signed, Chapter 598
HB 317 Student Health and Fitness Act of 2007, Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Aumann, Bronrott, Burns, Dumais, Elliott, Feldman, Frush, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Krysiak, Lee, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Stein, and Taylor Support - Bill failed
HB 326 Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision, Delegate Hubbard Oppose - Signed, Chapter 391
HB 330 Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers, Delegate Donoghue Support - Bill failed
HB 336 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Ali, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Gaines, Gutierrez, Hucker, Kirk, Lee, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Oaks, Stukes, Taylor, and Vaughn Support - Bill failed
HB 338 Task Force on Administrative Compensation for Birth-Related Neurological Injury, Delegates Morhaim and Shank Support - Bill failed
HB 339 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Health Benefit Plans - Rates, Delegates Costa, Boteler, Bromwell, Impallaria, Kach, Kaiser, J. King, Kipke, McDonough, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Weldon Support with amendments - Signed, Chapter 600
HB 340 Drug-Exposed Infants - Methamphetamine, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Kipke, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, and Tarrant Support - Signed, Chapter 48
HB 343 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Laboratories - Letter of Exception, Delegate Pendergrass No position - Signed, Chapter 73
HB 344 Public Health Laboratories - Mutual Aid Agreements, Delegate Pendergrass FYI - Signed, Chapter 74
HB 349 Creation of a State Debt - Adventist HealthCare, Delegates Barkley, Ali, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, N. King, Rice, and Simmons FYI - Bill failed
HB 357 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review, Delegate Hubbard Support - Bill failed
HB 358 Certified Social Workers-Clinical - Practice - Definition, Delegate Donoghue Oppose - Signed, Chapter 235
HB 359 Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007, Delegates Frush, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carter, V. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Elmore, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Goldwater, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Healey, et. al Support - Signed, Chapter 502
HB 361 State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services, Delegates Goldwater, Bronrott, Donoghue, Kullen, Lee, Nathan-Pulliam, and Riley Support - Bill failed
HB 367 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Primary Adult Care Program - Selection of Managed Care Organization, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Dwyer, Hubbard, Morhaim, and Oaks Support House Health and - Signed, Chapter 75
HB 372 Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance - Garrett County Memorial Hospital - Subsidy for Family Practitioners Who Also Perform Obstetrical Services, Delegates Beitzel and Hammen Support with Amendment - Signed, Chapter 175
HB 386 Professional Corporations - Physical Therapists, Delegate Love No Position - Signed, Chapter 32
HB 388 Civil Actions - Dismissal or Termination - Limitations, Delegates Smigiel, Anderson, Carter, Dumais, Elmore, Kelly, Lee, Manno, Schuler, and Simmons Civil Actions - Dismissal or Termination - Limitations Oppose - Bill failed
HB 400 Maryland Universal Health Care Plan, 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 No position - Bill failed
HB 405 Creation of a State Debt - Shore Health System, Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway FYI - Bill failed
HB 411 Health Insurance - Managed Care Organizations - Service Count Ratio, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Costa, and Donoghue No Position - Bill failed
HB 425 Civil Actions - Liability of Insurer - Failure to Act in Good Faith, Delegate Simmons No position - Vetoed, Duplicative
HB 445 State Board of Nursing - Advanced Nurse Practitioners - Membership and Qualifications, Delegates Kullen, Levy, Bartlett, Bromwell, Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Eckardt, Hubbard, Kipke, Oaks, and Taylor FYI - Signed, Chapter 545
HB 461 Prostate Cancer Pilot Program, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Anderson, Aumann, Benson, Burns, Cane, Conaway, Costa, Donoghue, Frank, Frush, George, Haynes, Heller, Howard, Ivey, Lafferty, Malone, Minnick, Mizeur, Oaks, Proctor, Riley, Stein, and Tarrant FYI - Bill failed
HB 462 Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities - Grant Program and Funding, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Anderson, Benson, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conaway, Costa, Frush, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kirk, Kullen, Lee, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Proctor, Ramirez, Robinson, Ross, Stukes, Tarrant, Valderrama, and Vaugh Support with amendments - Bill failed
HB 474 Dental Hygiene - Administration of Local Anesthesia, Delegate Donoghue Oppose - Bill failed
HB 477 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Limited Health Benefit Plan - Modifications, Delegate Costa Support - Bill failed
HB 480 Workers' Compensation - Appeals - Evidence, Delegate McHale Support - Bill failed
HB 485 Direct Billing of Anatomic Pathology Services, Delegate Donoghue No Position - Bill failed
HB 487 Nonprofit Health Service Plans - Boards of Directors - Term Limits and Compensation, Delegate Morhaim No Position - Signed, Chapter 609
HB 495 Action or Claim for Medical Injury - Attesting Experts - Reports, Delegate Anderson Oppose - Bill failed
HB 510 Prince George's County Hospital Authority PG 430-07, Prince George Co. Delegation FYI - Bill failed
HB 515 Health Insurance - Credentialing Intermediaries - Exemptions, Delegate Bromwell No position - Signed, Chapter 612
HB 519 Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists, Delegates Bromwell, Cardin, DeBoy, Donoghue, Hubbard, Malone, Oaks, and Schuler No position - Signed, Chapter 142
HB 524 Workgroup on Cultural Competency and Workforce Development for Mental Health Professionals, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bronrott, Burns, Costa, Donoghue, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pendergrass, Proctor, Stein, F. Turner, and Waldstreicher Support with amendments - Signed, Chapter 412
HB 535 Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Quarantine Orders - Citations, Delegate Dumais No Position - Bill failed
HB 566 Student Health - Maryland School Health Blue Ribbon Panel, Delegates Kaiser, Bronrott, and F. Turner Support - Bill failed
HB 572 Health Insurance - Expansion of Coverage, Delegates Elliott, Benson, Donoghue, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Krebs, Kullen, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Shewell, Stull, Tarrant, and Weldon No position - Signed, Chapter 613
HB 579 Health Insurance - Authorization of Additional Products and Small Group Administrative Discounts, Delegates Tarrant, Bromwell, Harrison, Hucker, Jones, Kirk, Lawton, Mathias, Rice, Riley, and Walker No position - Signed, Chapter 243
HB 610 Education - Student Surveys - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Survey, Delegate Dumais Support - Vetoed, duplicative
HB 640 Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights, Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and Rosenberg No position - Signed, Chapter 173
HB 672 Petition for Guardianship of Disabled Person - Certificate of Competency by Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, Delegates McComas, Aumann, Bartlett, Braveboy, Elmore, McConkey, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup Oppose - Signed, Chapter 250
HB 682 Health Care Decisions Act - Emergency Medical Services "Do Not Resuscitate Orders" - Health Care Providers, Delegate Morhaim Support - Signed, Chapter 251
HB 714 Health Insurance - Coverage for Returning Veterans - Limiting Age for Students, Delegate McKee No Position - Bill failed
HB 718 Vehicle Laws - Skateboards - Protective Helmets, Delegate McKee Support - Bill failed
HB 735 State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration, and Regulation, Delegates Hubbard, Boteler, Bromwell, DeBoy, Elliott, Haddaway, Holmes, Hucker, Kullen, Malone, Mathias, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rudolph, and Tarrant No position - Bill failed
HB 754 Children and Working Families Health Care Act of 2007, Delegates Hammen, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conway, Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, et al Support with amendments - Bill failed
HB 769 Disease Prevention - Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program, Delegates Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, Oaks, Robinson, Stukes, and Tarrant Support with amendments - Veoted, duplicative
HB 779 Medical Malpractice - Medical Liability Division Task Force, Delegates Shank and Morhaim Support with amendments - Bill failed
HB 781 Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Test Counseling, Delegate Hubbard Oppose unless amended - Signed, Chapter 183
HB 782 Creation of a State Debt - Atlantic General Hospital, Delegates Conway, Cane, and Mathias FYI - Bill failed
HB 788 Health Insurance - Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data - Nondiscrimination, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Cane, Conaway, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Kipke, Lee, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant FYI - Signed, Chapter 26
HB 793 Sickle Cell Disease - Adults - Best Practices Treatment and Awareness Act, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Braveboy, Cane, Conaway, Costa, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Kipke, Lee, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant FYI - Signed, Chapter 435
HB 796 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Community Choice Program Excluded Populations, Delegates Kullen, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Mizeur, and Montgomery FYI - Bill failed
HB 797 Study of Health Care Services for Children with Life-Threatening Medical Conditions, Delegate Frush FYI - Signed, Chapter 81
HB 800 Maryland Health Care Commission - Program Evaluation, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee FYI - Signed, Chapter 627
HB 804 Creation of a State Debt - St. Agnes HealthCare, Delegates Haynes, DeBoy, Kirk, Malone, and Stukes FYI - Bill failed
HB 820 Health Occupation Boards - Determination of Job Classifications and Grades for Staff, Delegates Boteler and Kach No position - Bill failed
HB 836 Public Health - Lyme Disease - Public Awareness Campaign, Delegates Montgomery, Bobo, Bronrott, Elmore, Glassman, Hubbard, Kaiser, N. King, Kramer, Lawton, Lee, Manno, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Riley, Rudolph, Shewell, F. Turner, and Waldstreicher FYI - Bill failed
HB 837 Nursing Homes - Health Care Quality Disclosure Form - Requirements, Delegates McDonough, Impallaria, and Shewell FYI - Signed, Chapter 436
HB 839 Environment - Recycling - Bottle Deposits, Returns, and Refunds, Delegates Hammen, Ali, Barnes, Barve, Bromwell, Conaway, Guzzone, Hucker, Kaiser, Lafferty, Mizeur, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Rice, Rosenberg, Schuler, and Walker FYI - Bill failed
HB 844 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee FYI - Signed, Chapter 628
HB 848 Health Insurance - Clean Claims, Delegate Bromwell Support - Bill failed
HB 849 Patient Referrals - Group Practice - Radiology Services, Delegate Bohanan No position - Bill failed
HB 871 Human Hybridization Prohibition Act of 2007, Delegates McComas, Anderson, Bartlett, Burns, Costa, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Haddaway, McConkey, Myers, Oaks, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Taylor, Walkup, and Wood Oppose - Bill failed
HB 872 Retrieval of Oocytes - Prohibition, Delegates McComas, Eckardt, Frank, Haddaway, and Kach Oppose - Bill failed
HB 873 Health - Donations - Oocytes, Delegates McComas, Anderson, Bates, Burns, Eckardt, Frank, Haddaway, Kach, Myers, Oaks, Robinson, Sophocleus, and Wood FYI - Bill failed
HB 879 Forensic Laboratories - Standards and Oversight, Delegates Anderson, Ali, Barnes, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Glenn, Hammen, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Kirk, Krysiak, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Smigiel, Taylor, Vallario, Waldstreicher, and Walker FYI - Vetoed, duplicative
HB 887 Department of the Environment - Licensing and Regulation of Tanning Facilities, Delegates Healey, Bobo, Boteler, Cane, Elliott, Frush, Goldwater, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, Love, McKee, Nathan-Pulliam, Ross, and Sossi Support - Bill failed
HB 913 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Atypical Antipsychotic Medication, Delegates Kullen, Hubbard, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Oaks FYI - Bill failed
HB 924 Health Care Disclosure Act, Delegates Benson, Barkley, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kirk, Kullen, Lafferty, Lawton, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Rice, Riley, et. al. No position - Bill failed
HB 935 Health Insurance - Disabled Individuals - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan, Delegate Hubbard FYI - Bill failed
HB 947 Health Insurance - Health Care Providers - Reimbursement by Carriers, Delegates Kach, Kipke, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Riley Support - Signed, Chapter 169
HB 949 Military Health Care Personnel - Staffing Initiative, Delegates Stein, Beitzel, Bromwell, Costa, Kach, Kipke, Malone, Mizeur, Oaks, Riley, and Tarrant Support - Signed, Chapter 441
HB 979 Regional Health Data Exchange, 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, et. al. Support as amended - Signed, Chapter 262
HB 980 Testing, Education, and Treatment for Inmates, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Kullen, Mizeur, and Tarrant FYI - Bill failed
HB 993 Creation of a State Debt - Fort Washington Medical Center, Delegates Walker, V. Turner, and Valderrama FYI - Bill failed
HB 997 Maryland Children's Health Program - Expansion of Eligibility, Delegates Valderrama, Ali, Ivey, Kramer, Lee, and Rice Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed
HB 1004 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Family Health Administration - Maryland Medbank Program, Delegate Donoghue FYI - Signed, Chapter 636
HB 1033 Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs and Devices - Copayment or Coinsurance, Delegates Taylor, Gutierrez, Kaiser, N. King, Manno, Montgomery, Oaks, Rice, and Vaughn No position - Signed, Chapter 638
HB 1034 Maryland Healthy Places Act, Delegates Oaks, Glenn, and Rosenberg No position - Passed, not signed
HB 1040 Maryland Compassionate Use Act, Delegates Oaks, Anderson, Carter, Glenn, McIntosh, Rosenberg, and Smigiel No position - Bill failed
HB 1048 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Consolidation and Streamlining Act of 2007, Delegates Morhaim and Kach FYI - Bill failed
HB 1049 Task Force on the HPV Vaccine, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Aumann, Barnes, Beidle, Branch, Braveboy, DeBoy, Frush, Gaines, Haynes, Howard, Hucker, Impallaria, Ivey, N. King, Love, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Proctor, Ramirez, Ross, Shewell, Sossi, Stein, and Taylor Support - Signed, Chapter 191
HB 1052 Health Insurance - Young Adult Coverage Expansion Act, Delegates Mizeur, Beidle, Benson, Bromwell, Hixson, Hubbard, Ivey, N. King, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant Support the concept - Bill failed
HB 1054 Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers, Delegate Kach Support - Bill failed
HB 1057 Health Insurance - Equity in Family Coverage, Delegate Mizeur No position - Signed, Chapter 639
HB 1059 Family Health Care Affordability Act, Delegates Mizeur, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Donoghue, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, and Tarrant FYI - Bill failed
HB 1060 Medicaid Transparency Act, Delegates Mizeur, Aumann, Benson, Costa, Elliott, Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Stocksdale, and Vaughn Support - Bill failed
HB 1061 Eliminating Barriers to Enrollment Act, Mizeur, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Dumais, Elliott, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, Kipke, Kullen, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Tarrant Support - Bill failed
HB 1068 Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2007, Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Frank, George, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, Shank, and Smigiel No position - Bill failed
HB 1070 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care, Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, and Smigiel Oppose - Bill failed
HB 1071 Child Fatality Review Teams - Access and Disclosure of Information, Delegates Anderson, Glenn, Kirk, and Krysiak No position - Signed, Chapter 264
HB 1073 Medicare Part D "Donut Hole" Tax Assistance Act, Manno, Hammen, Hubbard, and Rudolph FYI - Bill failed
HB 1074 Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices, Delegates Eckardt, Dwyer, Haddaway, McComas, Shank, and Smigiel FYI - Bill failed
HB 1076 Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund, Delegates Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, McComas, Schuh, Shank, and Smigiel No position - Bill failed
HB 1082 Managed Care Organizations - Retroactive Denial of Claims, Delegate Hubbard Support - Signed, Chapter 452
HB 1083 Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act, Delegates Bromwell, Cardin, and Hucker Support with amendments - Bill failed
HB 1098 Professional Counselors and Therapists - Definition of Appraisal, Delegate Hubbard Oppose - Bill failed
HB 1104 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Hospital Ancillary Services, Delegate Donoghue Support with amendment - Bill failed
HB 1128 Creation of a State Debt - Western Maryland Health System, Allegany County Delegation FYI - Bill failed
HB 1137 Hospitals - Safe Patient Lifting, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Braveboy, Griffith, Ivey, and Valderrama No position - Signed, Chapter 57
HB 1161 Task Force on Funding Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services, Delegate Hubbard No position - Bill failed
HB 1169 Health Programs - Diabetes - The Maryland P3 Program, Delegate Rudolph Oppose - Bill failed
HB 1179 Health Insurance - Uniform Credentialing Form, Delegate Pendergrass Support with amendm