2007 house journal index of days - Maryland General Assembly

Feb. 9, 2007 Maryland House of Delegates 643
penalties; defining certain terms; and generally relating to prohibiting
hybridization of humans and nonhumans.
BY adding to
Article – Criminal Law
Section 10–801 through 10–803 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 8. Human
Hybridization Prohibition Act”
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume and 2006 Supplement)
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Government Operations.
House Bill 872 – Delegates McComas, Eckardt, Frank, Haddaway, and Kach
AN ACT concerning
Retrieval of Oocytes – Prohibition
FOR the purpose of authorizing certain persons to donate oocytes subject to certain
limitations; prohibiting certain persons from performing oocyte retrieval in order
to collect oocytes to be used or donated for certain purposes; providing for certain
penalties for offering, soliciting, retrieving, or otherwise encouraging certain
persons to donate oocytes; providing that certain violations shall be grounds for
the denial of any license, permit, certification, or any other form of permission
required to practice certain occupations in the State; defining a certain term; and
generally relating to a prohibition against the retrieval of oocytes for research
purposes.
BY adding to
Article – Health – General
Section 20–1301 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 13. Donation of Oocytes”
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2005 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Government Operations.
House Bill 873 – Delegates McComas, Anderson, Bates, Burns, Eckardt, Frank,
Haddaway, Kach, Myers, Oaks, Robinson, Sophocleus, and Wood
AN ACT concerning
Health – Donations – Oocytes
FOR the purpose of authorizing certain individuals to donate oocytes under certain