Maryland Senate Bill 944 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-25 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting the discharge of a substance-exposed newborn from a hospital or birthing center until specified requirements are completed; requiring a local department of social services to conduct a specified investigation when it determines a newborn is substance-exposed; requiring a health care practitioner who discovers that a person has used a specified controlled dangerous substance while pregnant to make specified reports; authorizing the use of a specified report as evidence for a specified purpose; etc.

Family Law - Controlled Dangerous Substance Use During Pregnancy and Substance-Exposed Newborns - Reporting

Sen. Christopher Shank [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-25	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
2014-03-11	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2014-03-12	Senate	Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
2014-02-05	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0944?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0944f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0944.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0944_jpr.pdf