Maryland Senate Bill 576 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 568
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Altering a requirement that a petition for guardianship of a disabled person include signed and verified certificates of competency by providing that the certificates may be signed and verified by a nurse practitioner and certain other health care practitioners; altering the requirements for the certification of a patient's incapacity to make an informed decision regarding treatment or of a patient's terminal or end-stage condition to allow the second individual making the certification to be a nurse practitioner; etc.

Health Occupations - Nurse Practitioners - Certifications of Competency and Incapacity

Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]

2020-03-16 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 130 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 568
2020-03-18	Senate	Returned Passed
2020-03-16	House	Third Reading Passed (130-0)
2020-03-14	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2020-03-14	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2020-03-02	House	Referred Health and Government Operations
2020-02-28	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-0)
2020-02-26	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-02-26	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {494733/1 Adopted
2020-02-25	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-01-31	Senate	Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-31	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

HB691 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-14 - Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Estates and Trusts	13	705	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	606	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0576?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0576f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0576t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0006/sb0576_49473301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0576_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0576_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0441.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0902.pdf