Bill#
|
Title |
MedChi Position
|
Outcome |
| SB 5 |
Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements, Senators Klausmeier, Rosapepe, and Stone |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 20 |
Health Occupations - Facilities for Dental Radiology, Senator Colburn |
FYI |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs - Bill failed |
| SB 46 |
State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners - Podiatric Medical Assistants - Registration, Senator Conway |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 56 |
Health Insurance - Evaluation of Quality of Care and Performance of Health Benefit Plans, Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill became law on April 12, 2011 |
| SB 57 |
Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificate of Need Requirements, Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene) |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 59 |
Insurance - Company Action Level Events - Health Insurers, Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill became law on April 12, 2011 |
| SB 71 |
Commission on Surrogate Parenting, Senators Kelley, Astle, Benson, Brochin, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Middleton, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Stone |
No position |
Senate Judicial Proceedings & Finance Committees - Bill failed |
| SB 73 |
Public Health - State Anatomy Board and Practitioners - Disposition of Bodies, Senator Benson |
FYI |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 76 |
State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners - Volunteer Podiatrist License, Senator Montgomery |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 107 |
Health Benefit Exchanges - Establishment and Operation, Senator Astle |
Support |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 113 |
Vehicle Laws - Child Safety Seats and Seat Belts - Penalty, Senators King, Benson, DeGrange, Forehand, Garagiola, Montgomery, Peters, Ramirez, Robey, and Zirkin |
FYI |
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 117 |
State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners - Unannounced Inspections, Senators Glassman and Rosapepe |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 151 |
Child Care Articles - Bisphenol-A - Prohibition, Senators Frosh, Benson, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Zirkin |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 154 |
Health Insurance - Ambulance Service Providers - Assignment of Benefits, Senators Colburn and Glassman |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 168 |
The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2011, Senators Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Benson, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, King, Manno, Montgomery, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
Support with amendments |
Senate Budget and Taxation & Finance Committees - Bill failed |
| SB 171 |
Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Synthetic Cannabinoids, Senators Kelley, Conway, Jacobs, Jones-Rodwell, Kasemeyer, Manno, Montgomery, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Stone |
FYI |
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 175 |
Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council, The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Middleton, Benson, Forehand, Frosh, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 178 |
Criminal Law - Child Neglect - Penalties, The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators King, Benson, DeGrange, Forehand, Garagiola, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Ramirez, Raskin, Stone, Young, and Zirkin |
FYI |
House Judiciary Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 182 |
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2011, The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Middleton, Benson, Forehand, Frosh, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Committee - Bill became law on April 12, 2011 |
| SB 183 |
Health Insurance - Conformity with Federal Law, The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Middleton, Benson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill became law on April 12, 2011 |
| SB 203 |
Health Care Decisions Act - "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" Form, Senators Montgomery, Benson, Forehand, Garagiola, Glassman, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 258 |
State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Licensure and Regulation, Senator Montgomery |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 298 |
Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Covered Services Rendered by Telemedicine, Senator Pipkin |
Support with amendments |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 308 |
Public Health - Medical Marijuana, Senators Brinkley, Raskin, Colburn, Currie, Forehand, Jacobs, Jennings, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Mathias, Miller, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Reilly, Rosapepe, and Zirkin |
Letter of information |
House Judiciary Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 312 |
Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage, Senators Madaleno, Forehand, Glassman, Kelley, King, Montgomery, Pugh, Raskin, and Stone |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 371 |
Health Occupations Boards - Discipline of Health Care Practitioners - Failure to Comply with Governor's Order, Senator Conway |
Support |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 384 |
Health - State Facilities and Residential Centers - Definition of Abuse and Required Guidelines for Employees, Senator Mathias |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 388 |
Maryland Health Security Act of 2011, Senators Pinsky, Benson, Forehand, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 406 |
Task Force to Study the Use of Telemedicine in Medically Underserved Populations and Areas, Senator Pipkin |
Support with amendments |
House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 415 |
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child, Senators Forehand, Kelley, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Young |
No position. Letter in favor of concept of preventing exposing children to second hand smoke |
House Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 416 |
Health Officers - Authority to Enter into Contracts or Agreements for Delivery of Health Care Services, Senators Middleton, Edwards, and Mathias |
Support |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 417 |
Agriculture - Commercial Feed - Arsenic Prohibition, Senators Pinsky, Frosh, Madaleno, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
No position |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 424 |
Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - Prohibited Acts, Senators Brochin and Forehand |
Support |
House Environmental Matters Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 426 |
Pregnancy Outcomes - Confidential Statistical Reporting Requirements, Senator Reilly |
FYI |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 428 |
Mental Hygiene - Admission Provisions - Definition of "Psychologist", Senator Klausmeier |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill became law on April 12, 2011 |
| SB 456 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Emergency Standards for Moderate Sedation, Senators Kelley, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Klausmeier, Middleton, Montgomery, and Pugh |
Oppose |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 499 |
Motor Vehicles - Required Seat Belt Use by Each Occupant, Senators Forehand and Robey |
Support |
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 505 |
Freestanding Ambulatory Care Facilities - Licensing - Abortion Services, Senators Jacobs and DeGrange |
FYI |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 510 |
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Recovery Audits, Senator Shank |
Support with amendment |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 514 |
Maryland Community Health Resources Commission - Health Care Reform - Safety Net Providers, Senators Middleton and Kasemeyer |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 528 |
Health - Medical Procedures - Ultrasound Options, Senators Simonaire, Brinkley, Colburn, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Reilly, Shank, and Stone |
FYI |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 559 |
Environment - Radiology Safety - Regulations, Senators Pugh, Jones-Rodwell, and Montgomery |
No position |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 560 |
Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine, Senators Pugh, Benson, Ferguson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Raskin, and Young |
Oppose |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 561 |
Health Insurance - Health Care Providers - Payment of Claims for Reimbursement by Carriers, Senator Pugh |
Support |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 574 |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biennial Cancer Study - Environmental Causes, Senators Muse, Raskin, and Benson |
FYI |
House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 577 |
Pharmacies - Taking Back and Disposing of Unused Drugs, Senators Muse and Benson |
FYI |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 579 |
Health Insurance - Limit on Copayments, Senator Rosapepe |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 584 |
Public Health - Cord Blood Transplant Program Support Fund, Senator Jacobs |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 603 |
Health Insurance - Coverage for Preventive Physical Therapy - Required, Senator Raskin |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 604 |
Tanning Devices - Use by Minors - Prohibition, Senators Raskin and Robey |
Support |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 641 |
Polysomnography - Technologists and Technicians - Licensing Requirements, Senator Benson |
No position |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 654 |
Tobacco Tax - Rates and Distribution of Revenues, Senators Forehand, Manno, Madaleno, and Montgomery |
FYI |
Senate Budget and Taxation Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 664 |
Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Nitrous Oxide, Senator Middleton |
Oppose |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 687 |
Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care Practitioners, and Business Occupations and Professions, Senator Peters |
FYI |
House Economic Matters Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 701 |
Health Insurance - Prescription Eye Drops - Refills, Senator Klausmeier |
Support |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 702 |
Health Insurance - Coverage of Hearing Aids, Senator Klausmeier |
Support |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 705 |
Health Insurance - Dental Provider Contracts - Prohibited Provision, Senators Klausmeier, Astle, and Pipkin |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill became law on April 12, 2011 |
| SB 708 |
Mopeds and Motor Scooters - Titling, Registration, Insurance, and Required Use of Protective Headgear, Senators Klausmeier, Ferguson, Forehand, Kelley, King, Madaleno, Manno, and Stone |
Support protective headgear. No position on titling, registration, and insurance issues |
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill failed - Referred to interim study |
| SB 709 |
Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Cost-Sharing Obligations, Senators Klausmeier, Forehand, Middleton, Montgomery, and Pugh |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 710 |
Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Notice of Receipt of Application, Senator Klausmeier |
Support |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 712 |
Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Medical Laboratories, Senator Klausmeier |
Support |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 713 |
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines - Regulations, Senator Klausmeier |
Oppose |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 722 |
Electronic Health Records - Incentives for Health Care Providers - Regulations, Senator Rosapepe |
Support |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 723 |
Medical Records - Health Information Exchanges, Senator Rosapepe |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 724 |
Health Insurance - Exchange Option for Small Business, Senator Rosapepe |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 733 |
Health Care Freedom Act of 2011, Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Kittleman, Shank, and Simonaire |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 742 |
Maryland Cardiovascular Patient Safety Act, Senator Pugh |
Support with letter |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 743 |
Family Planning Works Act, Senator Pugh |
Support |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 744 |
Health Insurance - Coverage for Telemedicine Services, Senators Pugh and Montgomery |
Support with amendments |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 753 |
Home Health Care Services - Documents Requiring Signature, Senator Benson |
FYI |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 756 |
Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, Senator Kelley |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 759 |
Health Insurance - Coverage for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Senators Klausmeier, Benson, King, Manno, Mathias, and Montgomery |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 770 |
Prescription Drug Repository Program - Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Medical Supplies, Senators Conway and Montgomery |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 771 |
Education - Student-Athletes - Concussions, Senators Conway, Colburn, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Young, and Zirkin |
Support with amendments |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 786 |
Health - Newborn Screening Program - Critical Congenital Heart Disease, Senators Montgomery and Forehand |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 803 |
Drunk Driving Elimination Act, Senators Raskin, Astle, Benson, Brochin, Colburn, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Jacobs, King, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Robey, Shank, Simonaire, Stone, Young, and Zirkin |
Support |
House Judiciary Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 808 |
Health Occupations - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation, Senators Dyson, Benson, Reilly, and Young |
No position per the Board of Trustees |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 829 |
Health - Maryland Combating Childhood Obesity Grant Program, Senators Ferguson and Pinsky |
No position |
Senate Budget and Taxation & Finance Committees - Bill failed |
| SB 845 |
Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations, Epinephrine, and Diphenhydramine, Senator Dyson |
Oppose |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 850 |
Health Insurance - Public Health Plans - Education and Disclosure Requirements, Senator Middleton |
FYI |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 852 |
Motorcycles - Protective Equipment - Penalty, Senator Astle |
FYI |
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 879 |
Health Insurance - Coverage for the Treatment of Bleeding Disorders, Senator Stone |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 883 |
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, The President (By Request - Administration) |
Oppose unless amended |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SB 884 |
Prescription Drugs - Dispensing Permits, Senator Montgomery |
Oppose |
Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 887 |
Health Care Malpractice - Certificate and Report of Qualified Expert - Objection, Senator Gladden |
Oppose |
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 895 |
Medical Professional Liability Insurance for Nonprofit Health Care Providers, Senator Madaleno |
No position |
Senate Finance Committee - Bill failed |
| SB 960 |
Health Care Providers - Investigations - Information Sharing Among State Agencies, Senator Middleton |
Support with amendments |
House Health and Government Operations Committee - Bill passed |
| SJ 6 |
Safe Harbor Legislation and Regulations Needed to Form Accountable Care Organizations, Senator Middleton |
Support |
House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee - Bill failed |