There is no CGI->html() function, as far as I know. You would have to do what Sinistral did, with sending headers and the complete HTML document. Also, when writing web applications, a good tip is to use CGI::Carp, like so:

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI::Carp qw( fatalsToBrowser ); #Comment out when you release.

use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;
print $q->header( "text/html" ),
      $q->start_html( "Status" ),
      $q->h1( "Status is ".
              $q->param( "StatusFilterSelect" )
      ),
      $cgi->end_html();
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