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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 revised weekly during the legislative session 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 - 2012 SESSION 

February 3, 2012 

HB 15 Maryland Medical Marijuana Act, Delegate Glenn Letter of information House Health and Government Operations & Judiciary Committees - Received first reading
HB 44 Health Insurance - Coverage of In Vitro Fertilization Services, Delegate Waldstreicher No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Received first reading
HB 55 Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving, Delegate Malone Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Heard on January 31, 2012 1:00pm
HB 66 Public Health - Glucose Testing - Permit, Delegate Krebs No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Heard on January 26, 2012 1:30pm
HB 68 Medical Treatment - Youth - Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, and Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Delegates Rosenberg and Hubbard Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Heard on January 31, 2012 1:00pm
HB 101 Health - General - Posthumous Use of Donor Sperm and Eggs, Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Anderson, Costa, and Hubbard FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:30pm
HB 104 Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties, Delegates Malone and Kach Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:00pm
HB 107 Public Health - Child Care Products Containing Flame Retardant Chemicals (TRIS) - Prohibition, Delegates Hubbard, Barnes, Braveboy, Carr, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Frush, Gaines, Hucker, Ivey, A. Kelly, Kipke, Luedtke, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, S. Robinson, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valentino FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Heard on January 31, 2012 1:00pm
HB 123 Vehicle Laws - Wireless Communication Devices - Enforcement of Prohibitions on Use While Driving, Delegate Clagett Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:00pm
HB 149 Mopeds and Motor Scooters - Titling, Registration, Insurance, and Required Use of Protective Headgear, Delegates Beidle, Olszewski, Glenn, Lafferty, Niemann, and Norman Support protective headgear, no position on administrative issues House Environmental Matters Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:00pm
HB 163 Motor Vehicles - Prohibition on Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - Exceptions, Delegate Arora No position, continue to monitor House Environmental Matters Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:00pm
HB 172 Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Local Anesthesia, Delegate Kipke Oppose House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 8, 2012 1:00pm
HB 188 Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Synthetic Cannabinoids, Delegates Eckardt, Beidle, Dwyer, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Jacobs, Kipke, McConkey, and Valentino-Smith Defer until February 6, 2012 meeting House Judiciary Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 194 State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund, Delegates McConkey, Braveboy, Cullison, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, Glass, Hubbard, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Stukes, and V. Turner FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:30pm
HB 196 Student Health and Fitness Act, Delegates Walker, Alston, Anderson, Bates, Braveboy, Burns, Cardin, Davis, Feldman, Frank, Frush, George, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Lafferty, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson, Ross, Summers... Support House Ways and Means Committee - Hearing on February 9, 2012 1:00pm
HB 207 Tanning Devices - Use by Minors - Prohibition, Delegates Reznik and Love Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 9, 2012 1:00pm
HB 227 Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations, Delegates Hixson, Branch, Cardin, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Luedtke, A. Miller, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, Summers, and Walker Support House Ways and Means Committee - Received first reading
HB 238 State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians, and Electrologists - Licensure and Certification Requirements, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Eckardt, Kipke, V. Turner, and Valentino-Smith No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 243 Kathleen A. Mathias Chemotherapy Parity Act of 2012, Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Braveboy, Burns, Conway, Donoghue, Eckardt, Frush, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, A. Kelly, Kipke, Morhaim, Murphy, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, and V. Turner Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 9, 2012 1:00pm
HB 276 Health Occupations - Psychologists - Penalties for Misrepresentation and Practicing Without a License, Delegate Hubbard FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Received first reading
HB 283 State Board of Pharmacy - Sunset Extension and Revisions, Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee No position House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 9, 2012 1:00pm
HB 286 Managed Care Organizations - Medical Loss Ratio Information - Publication, Delegates Hubbard, Anderson, Costa, Cullison, Frank, Hammen, A. Kelly, Kipke, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Ready, Reznik, Rosenberg, and V. Turner To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:30pm
HB 308 Tobacco-Free Schools Act, Delegate Luedtke FYI House Ways and Means Committee - Hearing on February 9, 2012 1:00pm
HB 313 Motor Vehicles - Child Seating and Safety Seats - Requirements and Prohibition, Delegates Stein, Bobo, Carr, Glenn, Hubbard, and S. Robinson Support House Environmental Matters Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 323 Health Occupations - Licensed Podiatrists - Scope of Practice, Delegate Reznik To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 8, 2012 1:00pm
HB 328 Health - Tattoo Facilities - Protection of Minors, Delegate Malone To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 9, 2012 1:00pm
HB 340 Vehicle Laws - Seat Belts and Child Safety Seats, Delegates Arora and Wilson To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Environmental Matters Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 343 Vehicle Laws - Child Safety Seats and Seat Belts - Penalty, Delegates Reznik, Barkley, Bobo, Bromwell, Clagett, Clippinger, Hogan, Howard, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, Luedtke, B. Robinson, and S. Robinson To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Environmental Matters Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 347 Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums, Delegates Hubbard, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Bates, Beidle, Bohanan, Boteler, Braveboy, Clagett, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Elliott, Fisher, Frush, Gaines, George, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Impallaria, Ivey, Kramer, Krebs, Lee, Love... FYI House Ways and Means Committee - Hearing on February 7, 2012 1:00pm
HB 348 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Certified Professional Counselor-Alcohol and Drug - Repeal, Delegate Hubbard FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 16, 2012 1:00pm
HB 370 Public Schools - Physical Examinations - Calculation of Body Mass Index, Delegate Costa FYI House Ways and Means Committee - FYI
HB 382 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Abuser Registry, Delegates B. Robinson, Cane, Conaway, Glenn, Kaiser, McComas, Stukes, and Washington FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 9, 2012 1:00pm
HB 395 State Board of Nursing - Sunset Extension and Revisions, Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee) To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 408 Health Occupations - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation, Delegates Reznik, Bohanan, Branch, Costa, Donoghue, Jameson, Kipke, Krebs, McDonough, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Wood To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Received first reading
HB 426 Medical Assistance Program - Health Care for Mothers, Children, Seniors, and Individuals with Disabilities - Pilot Program, Delegates Hubbard and Gaines To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 432 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider-Based Outpatient Oncology Centers - Reimbursement, Delegate Donoghue To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 16, 2012 1:00pm
HB 436 Medical Records - Authorization to Disclose - Person in Interest, Delegate Reznik To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Hearing on February 14, 2012 1:00pm
HB 439 Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Cardin, Cullison, Hammen, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Lee, Mizeur, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, and V. Turner Support with amendments House Health and Government Operations Committee - Received first reading
HB 443 Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012, The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Gaines, Griffith, Hammen, Haynes, Hucker, Jones, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher Support House Health and Government Operations Committee - Received first reading
HB 449 Health Care Decisions by Surrogates - Donations of Nonvital Organs, Delegate Morhaim FYI House Health and Government Operations Committee - Received first reading
HB 465 Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plan Premium Rate Review, Delegate Hammen To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations Committee - Received first reading
HB 470 Maryland Health Care Commission - Preauthorization of Medical Services and Pharmaceuticals - Standards, Delegates Tarrant, Cullison, Hubbard, Krebs, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, and Reznik To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Health and Government Operations SB 540 - Hearing on February 16, 2012 1:00pm
HB 496 Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report - Penalties, Delegates Impallaria, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, DeBoy, Elliott, Glass, James, McComas, McDonough, Minnick, Norman, and O'Donnell To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Judiciary Committee - Hearing on February 16, 2012 1:00pm
HB 497 Public Schools - Epinephrine Availability and Use - Policy Requirements, Delegates Myers, Afzali, Glass, McComas, Norman, Parrott, Serafini, and Smigiel FYI House Ways and Means Committee - Received first reading
HB 500 Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Medical and Dental Fees, Frederick County Delegation FYI House Judiciary Committee - Received first reading
HB 506 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Admissibility of Insurance Coverage, Delegate Anderson To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Judiciary Committee - Received first reading
HB 507 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Limitations, Delegate Anderson To be determined at February 6, 2012 meeting House Judiciary Committee - Received first reading
HB 509 Public Health - Inmates - HIV Testing, Delegates K. Kelly, Beitzel, Clippinger, Cluster, Dumais, Hough, McConkey, Myers, Parrott, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson FYI House Judiciary Committee - Received first reading