Advance Medical Directives
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Advance Directive Registry - Fee and Date of Operation [HB-915]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to set a fee, by regulation, for specified services of the Advance Directive Registry; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to take the steps necessary to make the Registry operational on or before October 1, 2014.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2013
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Health Occupations - Physician Assistants - Authority to Practice [HB-723]
Authorizing a physician assistant to complete a specified certificate that an individual of a specified age is pregnant or has given birth to a child; authorizing a physician assistant to provide specified information on a certificate of birth under specified circumstances; authorizing a physician assistant to fill out and sign a certificate of death under specified circumstances; authorizing a physician assistant to file a replacement death certificate under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 274 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - Petitions by Surrogates - Court Actions [HB-954]
Authorizing a court to take specified actions if the court finds by a specified standard and on the petition of a specified individual that a decision by the health care agent of a patient violates the patient's advance directive or the wishes of the patient determined in accordance with specified standards; providing that specified individuals may not be denied access to a patient's medical records for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health - Palliative Care - Services and Education [HB-1090]
Requiring hospitals with 50 beds or more to implement a palliative care program on or before a specified date; requiring palliative care programs to provide and facilitate access to specified information and palliative care services and to implement specified policies and procedures; requiring health care providers to provide information and counseling about palliative care options to specified patients and proxy decision makers under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/29/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [SB-756]
Repealing the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act and enacting the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; authorizing specified persons to make, amend, or revoke specified anatomical gifts; providing the methods by which anatomical gifts may be made; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to contract with and provide compensation to a nonprofit entity for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a donor registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" Form [SB-203]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and the State Board of Physicians, to develop and periodically revise a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; requiring specified health care facilities and authorizing other health care providers to use a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; repealing provisions of law relating to the "Instructions on Current Life-Sustaining Treatment Options" form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" Form [HB-82]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and the State Board of Physicians, to develop and periodically revise a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; requiring specified health care facilities and authorizing other health care providers to use a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; repealing provisions of law relating to the "Instructions on Current Life-Sustaining Treatment Options" form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Employees' and Retirees' Benefit Sustainability Commission - Advance [HB-1307]
Requiring the Public Employees' and Retirees' Benefit Sustainability Commission to study and make recommendations relating to the completion of advance directives used to plan for future health care decisions by retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring the Commission to submit reports to a specified commission, specified committees, and the Office of the Attorney General on or before December 15, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [HB-1153]
Repealing the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act and enacting the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; authorizing specified individuals to make, amend, or revoke specified anatomical gifts; providing the methods by which anatomical gifts may be made; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to contract with and provide compensation to a nonprofit entity for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a donor registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
End of Life Health Care Disclosure Act [SB-812]
Requiring specified health care facilities to provide specified information concerning the right to make decisions about health care, request a copy of existing advance directives under specified circumstances, and inform specified individuals or proxy decision makers about facility procedures; requiring a health care facility to disclose the facility's policy on honoring advance directive provisions in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lenett
Hearing 4/6 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act [HB-1451]
Repealing the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act and enacting the Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act; authorizing specified persons to make, amend, or revoke specified anatomical gifts; providing the methods by which anatomical gifts may be made; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to contract with and provide compensation to a nonprofit entity for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a donor registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/01/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
End-of-Life Option Act (Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer Act) [SB-701]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a certain request to be made in a certain manner; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet certain requirements; establishing certain requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a certain form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/28 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Nurse Practitioners - Certifications of Competency and Incapacity [SB-576]
Altering a requirement that a petition for guardianship of a disabled person include signed and verified certificates of competency by providing that the certificates may be signed and verified by a nurse practitioner and certain other health care practitioners; altering the requirements for the certification of a patient's incapacity to make an informed decision regarding treatment or of a patient's terminal or end-stage condition to allow the second individual making the certification to be a nurse practitioner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 568 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Nurse Practitioners - Certifications of Competency and Incapacity [HB-691]
Altering a requirement that a petition for guardianship of a disabled person include signed and verified certificates of competency by providing that the certificates may be signed and verified by a nurse practitioner and certain other health care practitioners; altering the requirements for the certification of a patient's incapacity to make an informed decision regarding treatment or of a patient's terminal or end-stage condition to allow the second individual making the certification to be a nurse practitioner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
End-of-Life Option Act (Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer Act) [HB-643]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a certain request to be made in a certain manner; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet certain requirements; establishing certain requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a certain form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading Health And Government Operations And Judiciary on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making - Disqualified Individuals [SB-562]
Prohibiting specified individuals from serving as a health care agent under specified circumstances; establishing a specified exception; prohibiting specified individuals from making decisions about health care for specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring a person who obtains specified information that would prohibit an individual from serving as a health care agent or making health care decisions for a specified individual to provide the information to a specified health care provider or facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making - Disqualified Individuals [HB-498]
Prohibiting specified individuals from serving as a health care agent under specified circumstances; establishing a specified exception; prohibiting specified individuals from making decisions about health care for specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring a person who obtains specified information that would prohibit an individual from serving as a health care agent or making health care decisions for a specified individual to provide the information to a specified health care provider or facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 657 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer End-of-Life Option Act [SB-354]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making specified requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet specified requirements; establishing specified requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a specified form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer End-of-Life Option Act [HB-370]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making specified requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet specified requirements; establishing specified requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a specified form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Advance Directives - Witness Requirements, Advance Directives Services, and Fund [HB-188]
Providing that a witness is not required for an electronic advance directive if the declarant's identity has been authenticated in accordance with specified replacement guidelines under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue a request for proposals from electronic advance directives services for a specified purpose; clarifying that the Department may contract with multiple electronic advance directives services; repealing a specified requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 667 on 05/25/2017