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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Testing at a Community-Based Health Fair [HB-1170]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to authorize persons who are qualified to offer or perform laboratory testing in the State to offer and perform testing for detecting sickle cell disease at a community-based health fair; and authorizing the person to provide information on and resources for living with sickle cell disease while performing testing at a community-based health fair.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/23/2022
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Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease Registry - Establishment [HB-1176]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish and maintain a registry of individuals diagnosed with sickle cell disease for use as a single repository of accurate, complete records to aid in promoting the siting of certain health care providers in areas with statistically high populations of individuals with sickle cell disease; and requiring the Department to periodically publish information identifying areas with statistically high populations of individuals with sickle cell disease.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Sales and Use Tax - Diabetic Care Products - Exemption [HB-1151]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Exempting certain diabetic care products from the sales and use tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 13 on 04/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health and Wellness Standards – Correctional Facilities [HB-1352]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, with the advice of the Secretary of Health, to update certain minimum mandatory standards for inmate food services to reflect certain practices and guidelines; establishing the Correctional Facilities Health and Wellness Pilot Program to establish minimum mandatory standards for inmate food services in facilities participating in the Program; and requiring the Secretary of Health to adopt health and wellness standards for certain facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 03/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health – Sickle Cell Disease – Referral for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound [HB-1185]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a physician or an advanced practice nurse, except under certain circumstances, to refer certain minor patients who the physician or advanced practice nurse knows to have sickle cell disease to a hematologist who specializes in sickle cell disease for a transcranial doppler ultrasound.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
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A RESOLUTION declaring March 2022 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and recognizing March 4, 2022, as Dress in Blue Day. [HR-73]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Honor the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Program, recognize March 2022 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and recognize March 4, 2022, as Dress in Blue Day.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Gibbons Prunty
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/04/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
First Responders and Emergency Responders - Definition - 9-1-1 Dispatchers Included [HB-1109]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Including employees who receive and process requests for emergency services and dispatch certain services to the scene of an emergency within the definitions of "first responder" and "emergency responder" in certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Commercial Law – Maryland Personal Information Protection Act – Revisions [HB-962]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a business that maintains personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices that are appropriate to the nature of the personal information maintained; and altering certain requirements related to notifications of breaches of the security of systems, including the circumstances under which the owner or licensee of certain computerized data is required to notify certain individuals of a breach.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 502 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health – Sickle Cell Disease – Testing at a Community–Based Health Fair [SB-883]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to authorize qualified persons to offer and perform testing for detecting sickle cell disease at a community-based health fair; and authorizing the person to provide information on and resources for living with sickle cell disease while performing testing at a community-based health fair.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Hospital Flu Vaccines [SB-857]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring hospitals to immunize patients against the influenza virus and pneumococcal disease except under certain circumstances; and providing for the manner of obtaining consent for and conducting the immunizations for a hospital patient.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/28/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease [SB-859]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease to be the Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish and implement a system of providing information on the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait to certain individuals; and requiring the Department to maintain on its website a certain list of resources for health care practitioners and establish a plan for updating its website to meet certain requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 280 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Property Tax - Exemption for Dwellings of Surviving Spouses of Disabled Veterans - Application [HB-923]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
Altering the application requirements for a certain property tax exemption for a dwelling house owned by the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
First Responders and Emergency Responders – Definition – 9–1–1 Dispatchers Included [SB-751]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Including employees who receive and process requests for emergency services and dispatch certain services to the scene of an emergency within the definitions of "first responder" and "emergency responder" in certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Institutions of Higher Education – Students With Chronic Health Conditions – Case Manager [SB-832]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each public institution of higher education to designate a case manager for students with chronic health conditions; and specifying the duties of the case manager.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Public Health - Parkinson's Disease Registry Advisory Committee - Established [SB-740]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a Parkinson's Disease Registry Advisory Committee to assist in the development and implementation of a Parkinson's Disease Registry, determine what data should be collected and stored in a registry and the methods to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the data, and advise the Department on Parkinson's disease and maintaining a registry; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on recommendations for the establishment of a registry.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 340 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund - Establishment [HB-775]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to be used only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment; requiring the Secretary of Health to adopt regulations to implement a pediatric cancer research grant program; requiring the Governor in fiscal year 2023 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Fund; providing that if the $5,000,000 is not included in the fiscal year 2023 appropriation, then the Governor is required to include it in the fiscal year 2024 budget bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 253 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health - COVID-19 and Other Influenza-Like Illnesses - Antibody Tests [HB-819]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing an individual to use proof of a positive antibody test to satisfy a vaccination requirement for COVID-19 or other influenza-like illnesses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/14 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vaccination Requirements – Provision of Services – Statement of Prior Viral Infection [HB-779]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Prohibiting a public or private entity that requires a person to be vaccinated against a virus in order to receive services from denying services to a person who signs a certain statement about a prior viral infection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/14 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Health Insurance - Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders - Modification of Coverage Requirements [HB-820]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Removing a requirement that rituximab be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to be subject to a requirement on certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the treatment of certain pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred C Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 321 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Commercial Law - Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [SB-643]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a business that maintains personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices that are appropriate to the nature of the personal information owned, maintained, or licensed; and altering certain requirements related to notifications of breaches of the security of systems, including the circumstances under which the owner or licensee of certain computerized data is required to notify certain individuals of a breach.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 503 on 05/29/2022