Maryland Senate Bill 693 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-07 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Exempting freestanding birthing centers from the requirement to have a certificate of need to operate; requiring nurse-midwives who are employed by hospitals to meet specified credentialing requirements; authorizing certified nurse-midwives to be granted admission privileges at hospitals; prohibiting the State Board of Nursing from requiring certified nurse-midwives to have written practice protocols for specified purposes with physicians; requiring the Board to post and make available specified information; etc.

Health - Certified Nurse-Midwives and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Certificate of Need and Practice Privileges

Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Richard Colburn [R]	Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]
Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-07	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn
2013-02-25	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2013-03-13	Senate	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-02-15	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2013-02-27	Senate	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-02-13	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2013-02-27	Senate	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-02-01	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0693?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/sb/sb0693f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/votes_comm/sb0693_ehe.pdf