MD HB471 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-6)
Status: Passed on April 30 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-30 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-6)
Status: Passed on April 30 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-30 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Repealing certain provisions of law requiring a therapeutically certified optometrist to refer a certain patient to an ophthalmologist under certain circumstances; repealing the authority of a therapeutically certified optometrist to prescribe certain topical therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and authorizing the prescription of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the prevention, management, or treatment of conditions and diseases of the eye and ocular adnexa; etc.
Title
Health Occupations - Requirements for the Practice of Optometry - Miscellaneous Revisions
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-03-27 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-03-25 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (138-0) (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-13 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (135-0) (Y: 136 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2019-03-25 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (138-0) (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-13 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (135-0) (Y: 136 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 10) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-30 | House | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344 |
| 2019-04-03 | House | Passed Enrolled |
| 2019-04-03 | House | Third Reading Passed (138-0) |
| 2019-04-03 | House | House Concur - Senate Amendments |
| 2019-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) |
| 2019-04-01 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2019-04-01 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {244637/1 Report Adopted |
| 2019-04-01 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| 2019-03-18 | Senate | First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| 2019-03-16 | House | Third Reading Passed (135-0) |
| 2019-03-14 | House | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2019-03-14 | House | Favorable with Amendments {956783/1 Report Adopted |
| 2019-03-14 | House | Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations |
| 2019-02-11 | House | Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2019-02-01 | House | First Reading Health and Government Operations |
Subjects
Age of Majority
Certifications
Committees and Commissions
Consumer Protection
Curriculum
Data
Diseases
Drugs
Education
Equipment
Examinations
Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority
Health Occupations
Health, Department of
Licenses
Medical Schools
Medical Treatments
Minors
Nonprofit Organizations
Ophthalmologists
Optometrists
Patients
Records
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Students
Time
Certifications
Committees and Commissions
Consumer Protection
Curriculum
Data
Diseases
Drugs
Education
Equipment
Examinations
Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority
Health Occupations
Health, Department of
Licenses
Medical Schools
Medical Treatments
Minors
Nonprofit Organizations
Ophthalmologists
Optometrists
Patients
Records
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Students
Time
