MARYLAND STATE SENATE

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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- (education subcommittee; chair, health subcommittee). Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1995- (member, 1992-). Member, Executive Nominations Committee; Special Joint Committee on Group Homes, 1995-; Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donations, 1997-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1988-90. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1990-95; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 1996. 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-; Task Force to Study Health Professional-Client Sexual Exploitation, 1994-96; Maryland Interagency Coordinating Council [for Infants and Toddlers Program], 1994-; Sound Barrier Review Panel, 1995-96; Long-Term Managed Care Advisory Committee, 1996; Task Force to Study Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on School Children, 1997-. Co-Chair, Governor's Task Force on Assisted Living, 1995.

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, 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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