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[photo, Dan K. Morhaim, State Delegate] DAN K. MORHAIM
Democrat, District 11, Baltimore County


Member of House of Delegates since January 11, 1995. Deputy Majority Leader, 2007-. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003- (chair, government operations subcommittee, 2003-; member, pharmaceuticals subcommittee, 2005-06; minority health disparities subcommittee, 2007-); Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2003-. House Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 2007- (vice-chair, 1999-2007). Member, Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, 2009-; House Emergency Medical Services Work Group, 2009-; Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1995-2003. Assistant Majority Leader, 2007. Vice-Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 1995-98. Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 1996-; Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-; House Democratic Business Caucus, 2005-.

Member, Governor's Advisory Council on Recycling, 1989-92; Task Force on Recycling, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, 1990; Committee on Cost, Spending, and Efficiency, Baltimore County, 1991; Task Force on Drug-Addicted Offenders, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-96; State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders, 1995-2000; Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996; Task Force to Study Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on School Children, 1997-99. Vice-Chair, Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs, 1998-2001. Member, Task Force to Conquer Cancer in Maryland, 1999; State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, 1999-2005. Co-Chair, Advisory Council on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-03. Member, Task Force on Indoor Air Quality, 2001-02; Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2002-04 (aquaculture industry work group); Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003; Governor's Council for Historically Underutilized Businesses, 2004-05; State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research, 2005-; Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Work Group, 2011-12; Health Care Delivery Reform Subcommittee, Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2011-; State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2012-.

Born in Los Angeles, California, December 27, 1948. University of California, Berkeley, A.B. (history), 1970; New York Medical College, M.D., 1975. Board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine. Faculty, University of Maryland Medical School, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Emergency physician, Sinai and Northwest Hospitals. Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital, 1981-94. Medical director, Region III, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS), 1982-89. Fire Surgeon, Baltimore County, 1982-. Maryland-Kuwait Health Care Task Force (visit to Kuwait & Saudi Arabia, April 1991). Physician, Indian Health Service Hospital (Navajo), Chinle, Arizona, 1991-92. Elected member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1990-94. Executive Committee, Maryland Democratic Party, 1992-94. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2008, 2010, 2011. Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service, American Medical Association, 2011. Married; three children.

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