Maryland Senate Bill 311 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-28 - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing catastrophic health emergencies to include an employee, an agent, or a contractor of a health care facility who provides or assists in the provision of health care services; specifying the acts and omissions for which and altering the circumstances under which a health care provider has civil and criminal immunity related to a catastrophic health emergency; applying the Act retroactively; etc.

Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Health Care Providers - Definition and Immunity (Maryland Health Care Heroes Protection Act)

Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-28	Senate	Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2020-10-31	Senate	Pre-filed

HB25 (Crossfiled) 2021-01-15 - Hearing 2/03 at 1:30 p.m. (Judiciary) and Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Safety	14	3A-01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Public Safety	14	3A-06	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0311?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0311f.pdf