Maryland House Bill 6 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-15 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting an authorized provider from prescribing, administering, distributing, or dispensing a controlled dangerous substance to a person if such practice is not in conformity with specified provisions of law and the standards of the authorized provider's profession relating to controlled dangerous substances and the person's use or ingestion of the controlled dangerous substance is a contributing cause of the person's death; establishing penalties of up to 20 years in prison or a fine of up to $100,000 or both; etc.

Criminal Law - Improper Prescription of Controlled Dangerous Substance Resulting in Death

Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-15	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2016-01-19	House	Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-13	House	First Reading Judiciary
2015-11-03	House	Pre-filed

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0006?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0006f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0006/hb0006.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0006_jud.pdf