Maryland House Bill 145 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-4)
Status: Passed on April 30 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-30 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a certain patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide certain patients with an interpreter, a translator, or other accommodation to provide assistance to patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post the patient's bill of rights on the hospital's website and in areas of the hospital accessible to patients and visitors; requiring the Department of Health to submit a certain report by January 1, 2021; etc.

Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights

Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]
Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. Anne Healey [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Del. Adrienne Jones [D]
Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Marc Korman [D]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. Mary Ann Lisanti [D]	Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]
Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Pat Young [D]
Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]
Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]

2019-03-27 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-03-24 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-0) (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-13 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (138-0) (Y: 139 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-30	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285
2019-04-03	House	Passed Enrolled
2019-04-03	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2019-04-03	House	House Concur - Senate Amendments
2019-04-02	Senate	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
2019-03-28	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-28	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {967673/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-28	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2019-03-18	Senate	First Reading Finance
2019-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2019-03-15	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments {556389/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2019-01-23	House	Hearing 2/06 at 2:00 p.m.
2019-01-21	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0145?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0145f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0145t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0145e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_285_hb0145e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0145_55638901.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0145_96767301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0145.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0145_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/0634.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0145_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0948.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/1168.pdf