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PAULA COLODNY HOLLINGER, Democrat, District 11, Baltimore County.
Member of Senate since 1987. Vice-Chair, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee, 1995- (member, 1987-95) (education subcommittee; chair, health subcommittee). Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1995- (member, 1992-). Member, Executive Nominations Committee, 1995-; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1990-95, 1997-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Protocol, 1999-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1988-90. Member, Special Joint Committee on Group Homes, 1995-97; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 1996. Senate Chair, Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donations, 1997-98. President, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1986-87. Chair, Science and Technology and Resource Planning Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1984- (chair, health committee, 1992; chair, women's network, 1993).
Member, House of Delegates, 1979-87. Member, Environmental Matters Committee.
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, 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-; State Advisory Council on Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness, 1998-; Special Committee to Study Issues Related to Class-Size Reduction, 1998-.
Born in Washington, DC, December 30, 1940. Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, New York, R.N., 1961. Registered nurse. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1976. Member, Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee, 1998-. Member, B'nai B'rith Women; National Council of Jewish Women; Organization for Rehabilitation and Training; NA'AMAT. Member, Beth Am Synagogue. Married; three children.
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