Paula C. Hollinger
MSA SC 3520-12150
Biography:
Born in Washington, D.C., December 30, 1940. Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, New York, R.N., 1961. Married; three children, three grandchildren.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, Legislative District 11 (D), Baltimore County, 1987
to January 2007. Chair, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
Committee, 2003-07 (vice-chair, 1995-2002; member, 1987-2007; education
subcommittee, 1995-2007; chair, health subcommittee, 1988-2007). Senate
Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1995-2007
(member, 1992-2007). Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 2003-07
(management subcommittee, 2003-07); Rules Committee, 2003-07. Member,
Joint Committee on Health Care Cost Containment, 1987-92. Senate Chair,
Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1988-90. Member, Joint Committee
on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1990-95 (chair,
1991-94), 1997-2003; Special Joint Committee on Group Homes, 1995-97;
Executive Nominations Committee, 1995-2003; Joint Committee on the
Selection of the State Treasurer, 1996. Senate Chair, Joint Legislative
Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donations, 1997-98. Senate Chair, Joint
Committee on Protocol, 1999-2003. Majority Whip, 2000-02. Member,
Senate Committee on Redistricting, 2001-02; Special Committee on
Substance Abuse, 2001-07; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State
Treasurer, 2002, 2003; Senate Special Commission on Medical Malpractice
Liability Insurance, 2004. Senate Co-Chair, Agricultural Stewardship
Commission, 2005-06. Member, Joint Commission on the Maryland Port
Administration, 2005-07; Special Committee on State Employee Rights and
Protections, 2005-07. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1979-2007
(president, 1986-87). Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005. Member,
National Conference of State Legislatures, 1984-2007 (health committee;
chair, science, technology and resource planning committee, 1984-85;
chair, health committee, 1991-92; chair, women's network, 1993).
Member, House of Delegates, Legislative Districts 11 and 12 (D), Baltimore County, 1979 to 1987. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1979-87.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Commission for Women, Baltimore County, 1977- (secretary,
1977-78). Member, Chancellor's Commission on Status of Women at
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), 1979; Commission on
Nursing Issues in Maryland, 1980-82; Licensed Practical Nurse Study
Group, 1982-85; Task Force on Violence and Extremism, 1983-87; Task
Force on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), 1985-87;
Governor's Commission on Black and Minority Health, 1986-88; Governor's
Task Force to Study the Crisis in Nursing, 1987-88; Governor's Advisory
Council on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), 1987-91;
Subcommittee on Long-Term Care, Governor's Commission on Health Care
Policy and Financing, 1988-92; Maryland Greenways Commission, 1993-97;
Task Force to Study Health Professional-Client Sexual Exploitation,
1994-96; Maryland Interagency Coordinating Council [for Infants and
Toddlers Program], 1994-98. Co-Chair, Governor's Task Force on Assisted
Living, 1995. Member, Task Force on Drug-Addicted Offenders, 1995-96;
Sound Barrier Review Panel, 1995-96; Long-Term Managed Care Advisory
Committee, 1996; Task Force on Multiracial Designations, 1997; Task
Force to Study Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on School
Children, 1997-99; Attorney General's Advisory Board on Ways that the
Legal System Affects Care at the End of Life, 1997-99; Special
Committee to Study Issues Related to Class-Size Reduction, 1998-99;
State Advisory Council on Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness,
1998-2007; Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities, 1999;
Women's Health Promotion Council, 1999-; Statewide Commission on the
Crisis in Nursing, 2000-01. Co-Chair, Advisory Council on
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-03. Member, Oversight
Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living
Facilities, 2000-05; State Advisory Council on Medical Privacy and
Confidentiality, 2000-07; State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research,
2001-04; State Advisory Council on Pain Management, 2002-04; Attainment
Plan (federal air quality standards) Task Force, Department of the
Environment, 2003-07; Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2004-07;
CommunityChoice Advisory Group, 2004-07; Task Force to Study Electronic
Health Records, 2005-07.
Registered nurse. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention,
1976, 2000. Member, Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee,
1998-. Member, B'nai B'rith Women; NA'AMAT. Board of Directors,
National Council of Jewish Women; Progress Unlimited, Inc.; Jewish
Family Services, 1995-. Advisory Board, Medical Eye Bank of Maryland.
Medical Advisory Board, Maryland Organ Procurement Center, Inc. Board
of Trustees, Transplant Resource Center of Maryland, Inc., 1997-. Board
of Trustees, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation, Inc., 2001-. Murray
Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Nursing. Public Policy Advocate of
the Year, Alzheimer's Association, 1999. Assisted-Living Legislator of
the Year, Maryland Assisted-Living Association, and Maryland Advocates
for Assisted-Living Residents, 1999. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily
Record, 1999, 2001, 2003 (Circle of Excellence). Outstanding Service
Award, Maryland Psychological Association, 2000. Presidential Award of
Recognition, Maryland Occupational Therapy Association, 2001. Career
Achievement Award, Nurse Practitioner Association, 2001. Pacesetter
Award, National Women Legislators Lobby, 2001. Legislator of the Year,
Mental Health Association of Maryland, 2001. Jessie M. Scott Award for
Leadership in Health Policy, University of Maryland School of Nursing,
2002. Legislator of the Year, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2004. Public
Policy Maker of the Year, Washington Psychiatric Society, 2005.
Citation, Maryland Healthy Air Act Coalition, 2006. Member, Beth Am
Synagogue.
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