Primary Sponsored Legislation that Signed into Law

2008

• HB 269: State Board of Nursing-Powes and Duties-Licensing, Certification, and Regulation
• (Bond Bill) HB 293: Baltimore County- Family Life Intergenerational Center
•  HB 398 Task Force on Administrative Procedure Act
• HB 811: State Board of Dental Examiners Nomination and Disciplinary Processes- Task Force on the Discipline of Health Care Professionals and Improved Patient Care
• HB 942: Health Disparities-Institutions of Higher Education-Report
• HB 450: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene- Behavioral Health and Disabilities
• HB 514: Maryland Medbank Program Funding
• HB 818: Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement- Additional Duties

• Health Occupations - Nurses - Dispensing Methadone. 
• Drug-Exposed Infants – Methamphetamine. 
• Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Primary Adult Care Program – Enrollment in a Managed Care Organization.
• Health Insurance – Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data – Non-discrimination  
• Sickle Cell Disease – Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
• Workgroup on Cultural Competency and Workforce Development for Mental Health Professionals
• HB 988: State Board of Dental Examiners - Program Evaluation and Licensee Protection.

2006:

• Department of Health and Mental Hygiene-- Racial and Ethnic Variations-- Health Care Disparities Policy Report Card
• Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Public Awareness and Outreach - Hepatitis C Virus and Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donation
• Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Adult Sicke Cell Anemia - Study
• Health Insurance -- Participation of Health Care Providers on Provider Panels - Workers' Compensation Services
• Cultural Competency and Health Outcomes - Pilot Program
• Funding for Breast Cancer diagnosis and treatment

2005:

• State Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board
• State Board of Nursing -- Miscellaneous Provisions
• Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• Task Force on the Needs of Persons with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders -- Termination Date Extension and Modifications
• State Commission on Kidney Disease -- Membership

2004:

• Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
• State Board of Nursing - Skilled Nursing Assistants - Establishment and Certification
•   State Board of Nursing - Nursing Assistants and Medication Technicians - Miscellaneous Provisions

2003:

• Disease Prevention - Hepatitis C Advisory Council
• Task Force on the Needs of  Persons with Co-Occuring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders
• Mental Hygiene Administration - Emergency Evaluation - Standards and Content
• Health Care Services Disparities Prevention Act

2002:

• HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

2001:

• State Advisory Council on Heart Disease and Stroke
• Medical Assistance and Children's Health Programs - Directory of Health Care Providers
• Federal Funding for a Hepatitis A and B Vaccination Program

2000:

• Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Changes in the Physical Therapy Practice Act
• Nursing Homes - Staffing
• Oral Health Programs - Reducing Oral Cancer Mortality

1999:

•  Assisted Living Programs - Small Facilites
• Nursing Facilities - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Facs - Nursing Home Comparative Evaluation System
• State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Disciplinary and Regulatory Authority

1998:

• State Personnel - Disas Service Leave
• Board of Nursing - Discipline
• Nurses - Safe Nursing Practices
• Maryland Electorology Practice Act
• Breast Cancer Program

1997:

• State Board of Electrologists
• Task Force to Study HIV Exposure in Maryland Correctional Facilities

1996:

• State Boad of Examiners of Professional Counselors - Alcohol and Drug Counselors - Certification
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment - Inmates- State Funding
• Local Board of Social Services - Elecion of Member to Public Office
• State Board of Nursing - Regulatory Authority
• State Health Resources Planning Commission - Freestanding Primary Care Facilities - Study

1995:

• Creation of a State Debt- Baltimore City - Girls Scout Service Center
•   Local Boards of Social services - Election of Member to Public Office

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