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Introduced Bill SB 287 (Christopher Reeve Homepage)
Maryland Legislature 2000
[SB 287 State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research HB 300 State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research]
CHAPTER NUMBER: 512 File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 300
Paula C. Hollinger; Clarence W. Blount; Joan Carter Conway; Roy P. Dyson; Timothy R. Ferguson; Jennie M. Forehand; Leo E. Green; Delores G. Kelley; Gloria Lawlah; Nathaniel J. McFadden; Jean W. Roesser; Ida G. Ruben; Leonard H. Teitelbaum
Establishing a State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; specifying the duties of the Board, including the administration of a specified grant program and fund; providing specified powers and duties of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing the Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust Fund; providing for the distribution of specified insurance premium tax revenue to the Fund; etc.
Signed by the Governor Chapter 512
( 1-101 , 13-1001 , 13-1002 , 13-1003 , 13-1004 , 13-1005 , 13-1006 , 13-1007 )
CHAPTER NUMBER: 513 File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 287
Sheila E. Hixson; Robert C. Baldwin; Charles E. Barkley; Elizabeth Bobo; David G. Boschert; Charles R. Boutin; William A. Bronrott; Rudolph C. Cane; Virginia P. Clagett; Mary A. Conroy; Donald B. Elliott; Peter Franchot; Barbara Frush; Marilyn R. Goldwater; Ronald A. Guns; Peter A. Hammen; Hattie N. Harrison; Anne Healey; C. Sue Hecht; Carolyn J. B. Howard; James W. Hubbard; John A. Hurson; Katherine Klausmeier; Nancy K. Kopp; Mary Ann E. Love; Adrienne A. Mandel; Salima Siler Marriott; Pauline H. Menes; Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr.; Dan K. Morhaim; Shirley Nathan-Pulliam; George W. Owings, III; Obie Patterson; Joan B. Pitkin; Alfred W. Redmer, Jr.; Mary M. Rosso; Tod David Sher; Mark K. Shriver; Paul S. Stull; Frank S. Turner; David M. Valderrama; Michael H. Weir
Establishing a State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; specifying the duties of the Board, including the administration of a specified grant program and fund; specifying powers and duties of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing that specified members of the Board may not vote on specified matters; establishing a Spinal Cord Research Trust Fund; etc.
Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate Dembrow) Adopted
Special Order later today (Delegate Dembrow) Adopted
Special Order 3/27 (Delegate Dembrow) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Hurson) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (125-3)
Signed by the Governor Chapter 513
Unofficial Copy 2000 Regular Session
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-- Judicial Proceedings/Environmental Matters --
Introduced by Senators Hollinger, Blount, Conway, Dyson, Ferguson,
Forehand, Green, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Roesser, Ruben, and
FOR the purpose of establishing a State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research in the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; specifying the composition of the
Board and the terms of its members; providing for the appointment of the
chairman, a quorum, and meetings of the Board and certain reimbursement of
its members; specifying certain duties of the Board, including the
administration of a certain grant program and fund; providing that certain
members of the Board may not vote on certain matters; establishing a Spinal
Cord Injury Research Trust Fund; providing for the administration, purpose,
funding, and status of the Fund; providing for the distribution of certain
insurance premium tax revenue to the Fund; specifying certain powers and
duties of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing that certain
individuals convicted of certain speeding violations are subject to a certain
surcharge to be collected by the District Court; requiring the District Court to
notify a certain individual about a certain surcharge and, on receipt of a certain
surcharge, to pay the surcharge into the Fund; requiring the District Court to
order the Motor Vehicle Administration to initiate an action to suspend the
driving privileges of a certain individual under certain circumstances; defining
certain terms; and generally relating to certain spinal cord injury research.
(1998 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
Section 1-101(a), (c), and (i)
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
Section 13-1001 through 13-1007, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 10. State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research"
Section 6-103.1
(1997 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
WHEREAS, Each year some 10,000 Americans sustain spinal cord injuries
which typically result in some degree of paralysis; and
WHEREAS, The major cause of spinal cord injuries is motor vehicle crashes and
58 percent of the victims of these injuries are young people between 16 and 30 years
WHEREAS, It has long been generally assumed that most persons who sustain
a spinal cord injury can be rehabilitated to some extent, but that damage to neural
tissue is irreversible; and
WHEREAS, The conventional wisdom concerning the successful treatment of
spinal cord injuries has changed dramatically in light of research in Great Britain,
Sweden, and the United States which demonstrates that there are no fundamental
biological barriers to repairing damaged spinal cord neural tissue and that the
possibility of effective regenerative therapies for human neural cell injury is no longer
speculation but a realistic goal; and
WHEREAS, There is more hope today than ever before that persons whose lives
have been devastated by spinal cord injury can see their injuries reversed to some
WHEREAS, Most funding concerning spinal cord injury traditionally has been
for rehabilitation research rather than research for basic neurological tissue
regeneration with the objective of finding a cure for spinal cord injury; and
WHEREAS, Research concerning neurological tissue regeneration for spinal
cord injury can be facilitated and enhanced by establishing an administrative unit at
the State level with sufficient expertise, commitment, and funding to promote this
type of research with a focus on finding a cure for spinal cord injury; and
WHEREAS, Because driving at an excessive speed is a common contributor to
motor vehicle accidents, which in turn are the major cause of spinal cord injuries, it is
appropriate that individuals who are convicted of speeding violations bear some of the
cost of funding spinal cord injury cure research; now, therefore,
(a)Except as provided in subsections (b) through [(e)] (F) of this section, the
clerks of the District Court shall:
(1)Collect costs, fines, forfeitures, or penalties imposed by the court; and
(2)Remit them to the State under a system agreed upon by the Chief
Judge of the District Court and the Comptroller.
(b)If a parking or impounding fine, penalty, or forfeiture, or a fine, penalty, or
forfeiture relating to violation of housing, building, fire, health, or sanitation codes, or
a Mass Transit Fare Payment Statute, or a fine or penalty relating to failure to pay
the prescribed toll at a highway or vehicular crossing is collected by the District Court
pursuant to a local ordinance, law, or regulation of a political subdivision or
municipality, or pursuant to a regulation of an agency of State government authorized
to regulate parking of motor vehicles, or pursuant to a statute pertaining to the
payment of mass transit fares, or pursuant to a statute pertaining to the failure to
pay tolls, it shall be remitted to the respective local government, or to the State
(c)Every agency of State government, political subdivision or municipality
which has enacted or which shall enact an ordinance, law, or regulation controlling
the parking of motor vehicles, or providing for the impounding of motor vehicles, or
pertaining to the failure to pay tolls shall provide that fines, penalties or forfeitures
for the violation of said ordinances, laws, or regulations shall be paid directly to the
State agency, political subdivision or municipality, and not to the District Court, in
(d)Every ordinance, law, or regulation controlling the parking of motor
vehicles or providing for impounding such vehicles or pertaining to the failure to pay
tolls shall provide that the person receiving a citation may elect to stand trial for said
offense by notifying the State agency, political subdivision or municipality of his
intention of standing trial, which notice shall be given at least five (5) days prior to
the date of payment as set forth in the citation. Upon receipt of the notice of such
intention to stand trial, the political subdivision or municipality shall forward to the
District Court in said political subdivision or municipality, and the State agency shall
forward to the District Court having venue, a copy of the citation and a copy of the
notice from the person who received the citation indicating his intention to stand
trial. Upon receipt thereof, the District Court shall schedule the case for trial and
notify the defendant of the trial date under procedures to be adopted by the Chief
Judge of the District Court. All parking or impounding fines, penalties or forfeitures
or failure to pay toll penalties collected through the District Court pursuant to a
parking or impounding or toll collection ordinance, law, or regulation enacted by a
State agency, political subdivision or municipality shall be remitted to the respective
local government or State agency.
(e)(1)A citation issued pursuant to § 21-202.1 of the Transportation Article
shall provide that the person receiving the citation may elect to stand trial by
notifying the issuing agency of the person's intention to stand trial at least 5 days
prior to the date of payment as set forth in the citation. On receipt of the notice to
stand trial, the agency shall forward to the District Court having venue a copy of the
citation and a copy of the notice from the person who received the citation indicating
the person's intention to stand trial. On receipt thereof, the District Court shall
schedule the case for trial and notify the defendant of the trial date under procedures
adopted by the Chief Judge of the District Court.
(2)A citation issued as the result of a traffic control signal monitoring
system controlled by a political subdivision shall provide that, in an uncontested case,
the penalty shall be paid directly to that political subdivision. A citation issued as the
result of a traffic control signal monitoring system controlled by a State agency shall
provide that the penalty shall be paid directly to the District Court.
(3)Civil penalties resulting from citations issued using traffic control
signal monitoring systems that are collected by the District Court shall be collected in
accordance with subsection (a) of this section and distributed in accordance with §
12-118 of the Transportation Article.
(F)(1)IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY PROVIDED BY LAW, AN
INDIVIDUAL CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION UNDER TITLE 21, SUBTITLE 8 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE (SPEED RESTRICTIONS) IS SUBJECT TO A $15 SURCHARGE
TO BE COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT COURT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
(2)THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL, AT THE TIME OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S
CONVICTION, NOTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT:
(I)THE INDIVIDUAL MUST PAY AN ADDITIONAL $15 SURCHARGE
TO THE DISTRICT COURT;
(II)THE SURCHARGE REPRESENTS A PAYMENT BY THE
INDIVIDUAL INTO THE SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH TRUST FUND; AND
(III)THE FAILURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO PAY THE ADDITIONAL
SURCHARGE BY THE END OF THE 15TH DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S
CONVICTION WILL RESULT IN ACTION BY THE MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION TO
SUSPEND THE DRIVING PRIVILEGES OF THE INDIVIDUAL UNTIL THE SURCHARGE IS
(3)ON RECEIPT OF A SURCHARGE UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL TRANSFER THE SURCHARGE INTO THE
SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER § 13-1006 OF
THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE.
(4)IF AN INDIVIDUAL FAILS TO PAY THE SURCHARGE WITHIN 15 DAYS
OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S CONVICTION, THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL ORDER THE MOTOR
VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION TO INITIATE AN ACTION, UNDER THE MOTOR VEHICLE
LAWS, TO SUSPEND THE DRIVING PRIVILEGES OF THE INDIVIDUAL UNTIL THE
INDIVIDUAL PAYS THE SURCHARGE.
(a)In this article the following words have the meanings indicated.
(c)"Department" means the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
(i)"Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.
SUBTITLE 10. STATE BOARD OF SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH.
(A)IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
(B)"BOARD" MEANS THE STATE BOARD OF SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH.
(C)"FUND" MEANS THE SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH TRUST FUND.
13-1002.
THERE IS A STATE BOARD OF SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH IN THE
13-1003.
(A)(1)THE BOARD CONSISTS OF 11 MEMBERS.
(2)OF THE 11 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD:
(I)ONE SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE MARYLAND HOUSE OF
DELEGATES APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE;
(II)ONE SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE SENATE OF MARYLAND
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE;
(III)FOUR SHALL BE INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERTISE CONCERNING SPINAL CORD INJURIES APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
FROM SEPARATE LISTS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
1.TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
2.TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL
(IV)TWO SHALL BE NURSES WITH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
CONCERNING SPINAL CORD INJURIES APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM
SEPARATE LISTS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSING, WITH:
1.ONE NURSE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
SCHOOL OF NURSING; AND
2.ONE NURSE FROM THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF
(V)TWO MEMBERS, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM A LIST
SUBMITTED BY THE OFFICE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, SHALL BE
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A SPINAL CORD INJURY OR WHO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER
WITH A SPINAL CORD INJURY; AND
(VI)ONE MEMBER, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SHALL BE AN
INDIVIDUAL FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
CONCERNING SPINAL CORD INJURIES.
(B)(1)SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM OF A
MEMBER IS 4 YEARS.
(2)THE GOVERNOR SHALL STAGGER THE TERMS OF THE INITIAL
(3)AT THE END OF A TERM, A MEMBER CONTINUES TO SERVE UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.
(4)A MEMBER WHO IS APPOINTED AFTER A TERM HAS BEGUN SERVES
ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM AND UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED
(5)A MEMBER WHO SERVES 2 CONSECUTIVE 4-YEAR TERMS MAY NOT
BE REAPPOINTED UNTIL 4 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF THOSE TERMS.
(6)(I)IF A VACANCY OCCURS, THE GOVERNOR PROMPTLY SHALL
APPOINT A SUCCESSOR WHO WILL SERVE UNTIL THE TERM EXPIRES.
(II)THE SUCCESSOR MAY BE REAPPOINTED FOR A FULL TERM.
13-1004.
(A)THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
(B)A MAJORITY OF THE AUTHORIZED MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD IS A
(C)AT THE TIMES AND PLACES THAT IT DETERMINES, THE BOARD:
(1)SHALL MEET AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR; AND
(2)SUBJECT TO THE CALL BY THE CHAIRMAN OR BY REQUEST OF A
MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MAY MEET MORE FREQUENTLY AS
(D)A MEMBER OF THE BOARD:
(1)MAY NOT RECEIVE COMPENSATION; BUT
(2)IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES UNDER THE
STANDARD STATE TRAVEL REGULATIONS, AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET.
13-1005.
(A)THE BOARD SHALL:
(1)DEVELOP CRITERIA, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
SECRETARY, FOR THE AWARD OF GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE SPECIFIED IN §
13-1006(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE;
(2)SUBJECT TO § 13-1007 OF THIS SUBTITLE, ADMINISTER:
(I)A GRANTS PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE SPECIFIED IN §
13-1006(C)(1) OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND
(II)THE FUND;
(3)MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SECRETARY FOR APPROVAL OF
APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS FROM THE FUND; AND
(4)ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1 OF EACH YEAR BEGINNING IN 2002,
SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND, SUBJECT TO § 2-1246 OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING:
(I)THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD IN ADMINISTERING THE GRANT
PROGRAM SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBTITLE, INCLUDING THE STATUS OF MONEYS IN
(II)THE STATUS OF SPINAL CORD INJURY NEUROLOGICAL
RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS ISSUED BY THE BOARD; AND
(III)ANY OTHER MATTER DETERMINED BY THE BOARD.
(B)A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY MAY NOT VOTE ON MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD RELATING TO THE
EXERCISE OF THE SOVEREIGN POWERS OF THE STATE.
13-1006.
(A)THERE IS A SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH TRUST FUND.
(B)THE FUND SHALL CONSIST OF MONEYS TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND
UNDER § 7-302(F) OF THE COURTS ARTICLE § 6-103.1 OF THE INSURANCE ARTICLE OR
RECEIVED FROM ANY OTHER LAWFUL SOURCE.
(C)(1)MONEYS IN THE FUND SHALL BE USED TO MAKE GRANTS FOR
SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH THAT IS FOCUSED ON BASIC, PRECLINICAL, AND
CLINICAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPING NEW THERAPIES TO RESTORE
NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES.
(2)FOR THE PURPOSE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, A GRANT MAY INCLUDE AN AWARD TO OR FOR:
(I)A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITY;
(II)A UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER;
(III)A RESEARCH INSTITUTION;
(IV)PRIVATE INDUSTRY;
(V)A CLINICAL TRIAL;
(VI)A SUPPLEMENT TO AN EXISTING CHARITABLE OR PRIVATE
INDUSTRY GRANT;
(VII)A MATCHING FUND;
(VIII)A FELLOWSHIP IN SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH;
(IX)A RESEARCH MEETING CONCERNING SPINAL CORD INJURY
(X)ANY OTHER RECIPIENT OR PURPOSE WHICH THE BOARD
DETERMINES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF
(D)(1)THE FUND IS A CONTINUING, NONLAPSING FUND, NOT SUBJECT TO §
7-302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE.
(2)(I)THE FUND SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO OFFSET THE
ACTUAL DOCUMENTED DIRECT COSTS OF FULFILLING THE STATUTORY AND
REGULATORY DUTIES OF THE BOARD UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.
(II)THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PAY THE INDIRECT COSTS THE
BOARD INCURS IN FULFILLING THE STATUTORY AND REGULATORY DUTIES OF THE
BOARD UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.
(3)ANY UNSPENT PORTIONS OF THE FUND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
OR REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE, BUT SHALL REMAIN IN THE FUND
TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.
(E)THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OR THE DESIGNEE OF THE CHAIRMAN
(F)THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR SHALL AUDIT THE ACCOUNTS AND
TRANSACTIONS OF THE FUND AS PROVIDED IN § 2-1220 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
13-1007.
(1)MAY:
(I)APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT FOR THE PURPOSE
SPECIFIED IN § 13-1006(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE, IF THE BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL OF THAT APPLICATION; AND
(II)ON RECOMMENDATION BY THE BOARD, ADOPT ANY
REGULATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS SUBTITLE; AND
(2)SHALL:
(I)ENSURE THAT RECIPIENTS OF GRANT FUNDS UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE USE THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBTITLE; AND
(II)DESIGNATE THE STAFF NECESSARY TO ASSIST THE BOARD IN
CARRYING OUT ITS FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.
6-103.1.
NOTWITHSTANDING § 2-114 OF THIS ARTICLE, BEGINNING JANUARY 15, 2002,
FROM THE TAX IMPOSED ON THE HEALTH INSURERS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE,
$1,000,000 SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE SPINAL CORD INJURY
RESEARCH TRUST FUND CREATED UNDER § 13-1006 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL
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-- Environmental Matters/Finance --
Introduced by Delegates Hixson, Shriver, Barkley, Boschert, Bronrott,
Clagett, Conroy, Frush, Goldwater, Harrison, Healey, Howard, Hubbard,
Menes, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosso, Valderrama, Marriott, Turner,
Franchot, Bobo, Kopp, Mandel, Hecht, and Love Love, Hurson,
Hammen, Sher, Mohorovic, Elliott, Weir, Guns, Nathan-Pulliam,
Redmer, Klausmeier, Owings, Cane, Stull, Morhaim, Baldwin, and
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY TRANSFER $1 MILLION OF FROM THE TAX
IMPOSED ON THE HEALTH INSURERS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, $1,000,000 SHALL BE
DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH TRUST FUND
CREATED UNDER § 13-1006 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE.