Continuing Care
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly ("PACE") - Limit on Number of Providers - Prohibition [HB-71]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from limiting the number of Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly ("PACE") providers that operate in the State if the providers otherwise meet the federal and State requirements for participation in the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Continuing Care Agreements - Actuarial Studies [HB-375]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Real Estate ]
Altering the contents of a renewal application for a continuing care retirement community by requiring that actuarial studies reviewed by qualified actuaries be submitted at least every 3 years for certain providers and every 5 years for certain continuing care agreements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Continuing Care Agreements - Termination - Notice and Contractual Entrance Fee Refunds [HB-344]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing the requirement that certain continuing care agreements contain a certain statement relating to contractual entrance fee refunds; requiring that a certain notice to terminate a certain continuing care agreement be given to the provider at least 30 days before the effective date of termination; and altering from 60 days to 30 days the period of time within which certain continuing care providers are required to pay certain contractual entrance fee refunds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Continuing Care Retirement Community License [HB-245]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishing a continuing care retirement community license in Baltimore City; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license for use by a continuing care retirement community that is located in the 41st alcoholic beverages district of the City and that has obtained a certain certificate of registration; specifying that the license authorizes the holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor to a community resident or the guest of a resident for on-premises consumption; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 230 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Mediation - Representation by Counsel [SB-698]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Retirement ]
Repealing the prohibition against a community care retirement community provider, subscriber, or group of subscribers being represented by counsel during a certain mediation procedure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Comprehensive and Extended Care Facilities - Discharges and Transfers [SB-669]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering the basic rights afforded to each resident of a comprehensive care facility and an extended care facility; altering the contents of a certain form required to be provided to certain facilities by the Maryland Department of Health; requiring that a certain written notice be provided to certain residents; requiring a facility to provide a certain written notice as soon as practicable before discharge or transfer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures [SB-635]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Authorizing a certain facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to take an individual who is involuntarily admitted under certain circumstances into confinement on observation status; requiring an individual confined on observation status to be examined within 24 hours by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; requiring that certain regulations require that a certain impartial hearing officer receive testimony from the physician, psychologist, or nurse practitioner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities [SB-411]
[Elections ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Retirement ]
Requiring local boards of elections to establish separate precincts in continuing care retirement communities of 200 or more persons who are at least 60 years of age to specifically serve at least the residents of those retirement communities if a continuing care retirement community requests a polling place be established on the premises; requiring continuing care retirement community providers to provide certain facilities and services to the local board if a certain polling place is established on the premises; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Parking for Individuals With Disabilities – Continuing Care Retirement Facility – Time Limitation [SB-266]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
Authorizing the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community to limit the amount of time that a motor vehicle is authorized to be parked in any parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities; prohibiting the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community from limiting the amount of time that a vehicle may be parked in a parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities to less than one-half hour; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Continuing Care Facility for the Aged License [HB-805]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Specifying that a continuing care facility for the aged license in Harford County is issued to the officers of the facility, rather than for the use of the facility.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 696 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Comprehensive and Extended Care Facilities - Discharges and Transfers [HB-592]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering the basic rights afforded to each resident of a comprehensive care facility and an extended care facility; requiring certain individuals to pursue certain assistance from the medical assistance program in a certain manner; requiring a facility to provide a certain written notice as soon as practicable before discharge or transfer under certain circumstances; requiring a facility, under certain provisions of law, to provide at least a 3-day supply of medications needed by the resident at the time of discharge or transfer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 545 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Mediation - Representation by Counsel [HB-588]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Retirement ]
Repealing the prohibition against a community care retirement community provider, subscriber, or group of subscribers being represented by counsel during a certain mediation procedure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 243 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Vaccination Reporting Requirements - ImmuNet [HB-316]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a health care provider who administers a vaccine or the agent of the health care provider in the State to report all vaccines administered to the Maryland immunization registry, ImmuNet, with certain exceptions; altering certain responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and the Maryland Department of Health relating to certain forms and a certain brochure regarding ImmuNet and vaccinations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 502 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Parking for Individuals With Disabilities - Continuing Care Retirement Facility - Time Limitation [HB-1225]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
Authorizing the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community to limit the amount of time that a motor vehicle is authorized to be parked in any parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities; prohibiting the owner or operator of a parking lot used by a continuing care retirement community from limiting the amount of time that a vehicle may be parked in a parking space designated for the use of individuals with disabilities to less than one-half hour; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program Facilities - ASAM Criteria Assessments [HB-1171]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a certified alcohol and drug abuse program facility to provide a patient with a copy of certain records on the patient's request; requiring the members of a patient's ASAM criteria assessment team to meet with the patient for a certain purpose; requiring a certain facility to send certain application records to a certain treatment provider within 72 hours after completing the assessment under certain circumstances; requiring a certain treatment provider to provide certain referrals to certain treatment providers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/06/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - End-of-Life Decision-Making Informational Booklet [SB-873]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with a the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, to develop an end-of-life decision-making informational booklet; requiring the Department to distribute the booklet to specified health care providers, make the booklet available to the public on a specified Web site, and annually review and update the booklet as necessary; requiring health care providers to provide the booklet to specified patients under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Continuing Care Retirement Community License [SB-670]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Creating in Howard County an exception to the alcoholic beverages license application or renewal requirements for a Class C (continuing care retirement community) beer, wine, and liquor license issued to a nonprofit organization; requiring that the license be applied for and issued to a manager or supervisor and two officers under specified circumstances; and allowing residents and their guests in a continuing care retirement community that holds the license to consume beer, wine, or liquor not purchased from the community; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance [SB-485]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance; providing for the composition, chair and staffing of the Task Force; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations regarding the development of a State social insurance program that provides short-term benefits to eligible employees who lose wages due to specified circumstances; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 677 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance [HB-740]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance; providing for the composition, chair and staffing of the Task Force; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations regarding the development of a State social insurance program that provides short-term benefits to eligible employees who lose wages due to specified circumstances; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 678 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Continuing Care Agreements - Actuarial Studies [HB-588]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Housing ]
Altering the contents of a renewal application for a continuing care retirement community by requiring that actuarial studies reviewed by qualified actuaries be submitted at least every 3 years for specified providers, and every 5 years for specified continuing care agreements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2016