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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding - Construction, Adaptation, and Mitigation [HB-1427]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the application of certain design and siting criteria established by the Coast Smart Council to apply only to certain State and local capital projects; extending the date the projects must comply with the criteria to July 1, 2020, and the date certain local jurisdictions must develop a plan to address certain nuisance flooding to October 1, 2020; requiring the Department of Planning, by October 1, 2019, to develop guidelines to assist local jurisdictions in data collection to establish nuisance flooding baselines; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 442 on 05/13/2019
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Health Services Cost Review Commission - Duties and Reports - Revisions [HB-1426]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the information required to be included in the annual report to be submitted to certain persons by the Health Services Cost Review Commission to include an update on the status of the State's compliance with the provisions of the current all-payer model contract; altering a certain reporting date from October 1 to May 1; authorizing the Commission, on request by the Secretary of Health, to assist in the implementation of federally approved model programs consistent with the current all-payer model contract; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable Report By Finance on 04/05/2019
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Transparency Act of 2019 [HB-1424]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to publish on its website at least 30 days before soliciting certain applications a certain description of the process used by the Commission to approve or deny an application for a medical cannabis grower, dispensary, or processor license; requiring that a certain description include certain information; requiring the Commission to submit a report containing the information published under the Act to the General Assembly on a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/06/2019
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Maryland Department of Health - Services for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities - Fee-for-Service Payment Pilot Program [HB-1420]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a fee-for-service payment pilot program; authorizing providers that provide waiver program services to certain eligible individuals with a developmental disability to participate in the pilot program; requiring the Department to determine, establish, and publish certain rates for the waiver program services in a certain manner; requiring certain providers to submit a claim for payment for certain services on a form the Department requires; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 390 on 05/13/2019
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools - Preventive Measure Unit Pilot Program [HB-1418]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Preventive Measure Unit Pilot Program in Anne Arundel County; requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education, in collaboration with the County Police Department and the County Mental Health Agency, to establish a preventive measure unit position in three middle schools to monitor students with behavioral, social, or legal difficulties during certain school years; requiring the Governor to make an appropriation sufficient to hire three individuals to implement the Program in selected schools; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/04/2019
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The Blueprint for Maryland's Future [HB-1413]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing principles of The Blueprint for Maryland's Future that are intended to transform Maryland's early childhood, primary, and secondary education system to the levels of high-performing systems around the world; establishing a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program; extending by 1 year, to 2021, the requirement for the State to provide a supplemental grant to eligible county boards; establishing the Teacher Collaborative Grant Program; requiring certain performance evaluations of local school systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) And Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Internet Privacy and Net Neutrality [HB-141]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Specifying the circumstances under which a broadband Internet access service provider may handle certain customer personal information in a certain manner; establishing a mechanism through which a broadband Internet access service provider may obtain customer consent to have certain personal information handled in a certain manner; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that if the State or a municipality provides broadband Internet services, it may not impose use restrictions that prohibit the exercise of free speech; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2019 [HB-1407]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
Authorizing, altering, or requiring the distribution of certain revenue; specifying that the requirement to waive a certain fee for the filing of certain documents by certain business entities shall begin in fiscal year 2022; altering the cap for fiscal year 2020 from 0.5% to 0.225% on a certain adjustment to a revenue estimate relating to nonwithholding income tax revenues; requiring the budget books to include supporting data and the results of certain calculations used to calculate certain State education aid; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 16 on 04/05/2019
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Public Health - Blood Donation - Notice of Analysis and Sale or Transfer of Information [HB-1393]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring, before obtaining donated blood that may be analyzed by a certain entity, the individual obtaining the blood to inform the potential donor that the entity on whose behalf the blood is obtained may analyze the donated blood and sell or transfer the information collected from an analysis of the donated blood to a third party.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2019
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Public Health – Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Site Program [HB-139]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the establishment of an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Site Program by a community-based organization to provide a place for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and provide certain other services; providing the Maryland Department of Health may approve no more than 6 programs to operate in a single location in an area of high incidence drug use; requiring each program to submit a certain report to certain legislative committees by December 1 of each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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Natural Resources - Crab Harvest - Start Time [HB-1385]
[Animals ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations that allow a tidal fish licensee who catches crabs regardless of the gear used to begin the workday 2 hours before sunrise if the projected temperature for the day is at least 90 degrees Fahrenheit provided that the licensee uses the Department's hailing system to hail in and hail out of the workday.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/22/2019
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Deaf or Hard of Hearing Individuals - Support for Parents [HB-1384]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Renaming the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education to be the Hearing Aid and Language and Communication Video Loan Bank Program; requiring the Loan Bank to lend language and communication videos and certain downloadable resources to the parents or legal guardians of deaf or hard of hearing children; exempting the parent or legal guardian of a deaf or hard of hearing child from paying tuition for a course that teaches a language or communication mode at a public institution of higher education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 741 on 05/25/2019
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Provider Applications - Medical Conditions [HB-1359]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Repealing a provision of law encouraging the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to approve certifying provider applications for certain chronic or debilitating diseases or medical conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2019
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Juvenile Services Education County Pilot Program - Expansion and Alterations [HB-1345]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the scope of the Juvenile Services Education County Pilot Program to include a juvenile services education program in Baltimore City beginning in the 2020-2021 school year; requiring that a certain workgroup convened by the State Department of Education to analyze the results of the Program make concluding findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2020; and extending the termination date for the workgroup to June 30, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/22/2019
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Prescription Monitoring Data - Health Care Facility [HB-1338]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to disclose prescription monitoring data, in accordance with certain regulations, to the medical director or authorized administrator of certain health care facilities, or the medical director's or authorized administrator's designee, for the purpose of providing medical or pharmaceutical treatment to a patient or prospective patient of the health care facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019
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Public Health – Human Papillomavirus Vaccine – Information and Informed Consent [HB-1332]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a health care provider, before each administration of a human papillomavirus vaccine, to provide an individual with a supplemental information sheet and obtain a Maryland HPV vaccine written consent form; requiring that a certain information sheet include, at a minimum, certain statements; requiring that a certain consent form developed by the Maryland Department of Health include certain information; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Managed Care Organizations That Use Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement Requirements [HB-1324]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to establish reimbursement levels, rather than maximum reimbursement levels, for certain drug products; requiring that certain minimum reimbursement levels be at least equal to the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost of the generic product plus a certain fee-for-service professional dispensing fee; providing that certain provisions of the Act apply to managed care organizations that use pharmacy benefits managers to manage prescription drug coverage; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019
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Pharmacists - Aids for the Cessation of Tobacco Product Use - Prescribing and Dispensing [HB-1295]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of certain regulations to prescribe and dispense aids for the cessation of the use of tobacco products; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, by September 1, 2020, to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program to provide coverage for certain services rendered by a licensed pharmacist under the Act to the same extent as certain services rendered by any other licensed health care practitioner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2019
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Commission on African American Patriots in the American Revolutionary War [HB-1294]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Veterans ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
Establishing the Commission on African American Patriots in the American Revolutionary War; authorizing the Commission to raise funds for its operation; requiring the Commission, in consultation with certain persons, to conduct research to advance the documentation of African American patriots in the American Revolutionary War; requiring the Commission to determine and send to the county boards of education certain information; requiring the Commission to develop and print a certain publication; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2019
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Health - Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program [HB-1293]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Establishing the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program in the Department of Health to provide grants to certain fire departments and volunteer fire companies to procure cancer screening tests not generally conducted during routine physical exams for the purpose of reducing cancer mortality among professional and volunteer firefighters; requiring the Governor for certain fiscal years to include at least $100,000 in the annual budget for the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Third Reading Passed (140-0) on 04/08/2019