Maryland House Bill 1079 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 54-7)
Status: Engrossed on March 11 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-12 - Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease to work in conjunction with members of the medical community in leading a certain comprehensive education and treatment program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with local health departments and the Steering Committee, to develop a public awareness campaign on the importance of an individual knowing one's sickle cell trait status, receiving screening for the sickle cell trait and counseling under certain circumstances; etc.

Sickle Cell Trait Screening, Treatment, Education, and Public Awareness (Journey's Law)

Del. Gabriel Acevero [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]
Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Tony Bridges [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]
Sen. Nick Charles [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]	Del. Charlotte Crutchfield [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
Del. Debra Davis [D]	Del. Wanika Fisher [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. James Gilchrist [D]	Del. Andrea Harrison [D]	Del. Keith Haynes [D]	Del. Shaneka Henson [D]
Del. Julian Ivey [D]	Del. Carl Jackson [D]	Sen. Michael Jackson [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Marc Korman [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]
Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Nick Mosby [D]	Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]
Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Lily Qi [D]	Del. Pamela Queen [D]	Del. Mike Rogers [D]
Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]	Del. Stephanie Smith [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Veronica Turner [D]
Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith [D]	Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]
Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]
Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]
Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]
Del. Sid Saab [R]

2020-03-11 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	Senate	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-03-11	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2020-03-09	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-09	House	Favorable with Amendments {506281/1 Adopted
2020-03-05	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2020-02-10	House	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-06	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	18	506	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1079?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1079f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1079t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0009/hb1079_50628101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb1079_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0452.pdf