Maryland Senate Bill 877 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-23 - Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund

Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Gail Bates [R]	Sen. James DeGrange [D]	Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]
Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-23	Senate	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
2017-02-16	Senate	Hearing canceled
2017-03-14	Senate	Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
2017-02-14	Senate	Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
2017-02-23	Senate	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0877?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0877f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0007/sb0877.pdf