Maryland House Bill 403 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-02 - Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.

End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)

Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]
Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Charlotte Crutchfield [D]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]
Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Brooke Grossman [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]
Del. Andre Johnson [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]
Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Sen. Sara Love [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]
Del. Aletheia McCaskill [D]	Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Stephanie Smith [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]
Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]
Del. Joe Vogel [D]	Del. Courtney Watson [D]	Del. Chao Wu [D]	Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-02	House	Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
2024-02-02	House	Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
2024-01-18	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

HB933 (Carry Over) 2023-02-17 - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
SB443 (Crossfiled) 2024-01-23 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	3	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	11	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	12	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	14	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	16	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5-6A	9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	27	208.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0403?ys=2024RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0403f.pdf