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Voting list 19: Committee advances multiple health‑policy bills; one withdrawal
Summary
At its April 1 voting list, the Health and Government Operations Committee withdrew one bill and reported favorable recommendations on a series of health‑policy measures including physician assistant law revisions, dental services qualifications, veteran benefits and midwife licensing changes.
The Health and Government Operations Committee processed a slate of bills on April 1 as part of voting list number 19. Most measures were reported favorably or moved to concur with Senate amendments; one bill on the list was withdrawn.
Withdrawn - House Bill 1298: The committee approved a motion to withdraw HB 1298. The committee chair asked for objections and, seeing none, the item was withdrawn.
Passed or reported favorable (selected items from the voting list) - House Bill 429 (Delegate Collison): Health facilities — delegation of inspection authority for nursing homes. Reported favorable with amendment. - Senate Bill 423 (cross-file of HB 776): Maryland Medical Practice Act / Maryland Physician Assistant Act revisions. Reported favorable (cross‑filed with HB 776; House passage noted in the transcript). - Senate Bill 456 (dental services): Qualifications for dental services and related changes; committee recorded the House floor vote on the cross‑file as 122 to 13 and reported the Senate bill favorable. - Senate Bill 491 (veterans): General provisions — veterans benefits; reported favorable, committee noted the Senate bill language and recommended concurrence where necessary. - Senate Bill 764 (state mineral designation): Reported favorable; committee noted the bill is identical to the House measure. - Senate Bill 854 (health occupations — direct entry midwives): Reported favorable; committee noted it is identical to House Bill 838. - House Bill 995 (work group on adverse decisions in the state healthcare system): Committee moved to concur with the Senate language adding a physician member to the study group and approved concurrence. - House Bill 723 (State Board of Dental Examiners — licensure by endorsement): Committee moved to concur with a Senate amendment that directs the Maryland Department of Health to develop a plan for temporary or permanent authorization for out‑of‑state licensed practitioners; committee approved concurrence.
Several bills were moved and approved with unanimous or near‑unanimous voice votes. In a small number of motions a handful of members recorded opposition; the transcript records specific roll‑call or hand‑raise notations for some items but does not provide a full roll‑call tally for each measure in the excerpt.
