Examinations
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health - Packaged Ice - Testing [HB-1357]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
Requiring a person who manufactures packaged ice for sale in the State to conduct a test on the final packaged ice product for contamination once during a 3-month period, maintain a record of the test results for at least 2 years after the day on which the test was taken, provide the test results on request by a representative of the Maryland Department of Health, and follow certain procedures if the test shows that the packaged ice is not safe for human consumption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2022
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Public Health - Baltimore City Behavioral Health Crisis Incident Review Team [HB-1222]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing the Baltimore City Behavioral Health Crisis Incident Review Team to examine behavioral health crises that involve interaction with law enforcement in Baltimore City and recommend and facilitate changes to minimize the need for law enforcement involvement in behavioral health crises; providing that meetings of the review team are closed to the public and not subject to the Open Meetings Act when discussing individual behavioral health crises or incidents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 676 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Dentists - Saliva Lead Poisoning Screening Tests - Scope of Practice and Requirements [HB-1266]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a dentist to collect oral saliva samples to screen for lead poisoning in individuals under the age of 19 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Pharmacists - Status as Health Care Providers and Study on Reimbursement [HB-1219]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Altering a certain definition of "health care provider" to include pharmacists for the purposes of provisions of law related to the destruction of medical records; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to establish a workgroup to identify options and requirements necessary for the reimbursement of pharmacists and submit a report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Bhandari
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 371 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease [HB-1188]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
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 individuals diagnosed with either trait or the individual's family; requiring the Department to maintain on its website a list of resources for health care practitioners and a plan for updating its website to meet certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 279 on 05/12/2022
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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 McComas
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Perinatal Care - Drug and Alcohol Testing and Screening - Consent [HB-1335]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
Prohibiting health care providers from administering a drug or alcohol test or screen to pregnant and perinatal patients and newborn infants, except under certain circumstances; and requiring that a certain form provided by the Maryland Department of Health describe medical, legal, and collateral consequences of a positive drug or alcohol test or screen result.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Mental Health Law - Reform of Laws and Delivery of Service [HB-1160]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining "danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others" for purposes of the involuntary admission of individuals with mental disorders to a facility or Veterans' Administration hospital and the emergency evaluation of individuals with mental disorders; and requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to provide information regarding the definition to certain schools that conduct police entrance-level and in-service training courses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/18/2022
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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 Patterson
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Assessments - Study and Report [HB-1277]
[Education ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to perform a thorough study, analysis, and evaluation of student assessments given in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Belcastro
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical [HB-1164]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to register as a rehabilitation practitioner and perform specified services for workers' compensation purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Pilot Program to Evaluate Alternative Registration Plates and Cards [HB-1314]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to conduct a pilot program to evaluate the use of alternative vehicle registration plates and cards for certain vehicles; and requiring the Administration to report on the results of the pilot program to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health - Abortion-Inducing Drugs [HB-1360]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Providing for the circumstances under and the manner in which a person may provide an abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman; establishing reporting requirements related to the use of abortion-inducing drugs in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a certain form and publish certain information on the use of abortion-inducing drugs in the State; providing for the manner in which a civil action or disciplinary action may be brought under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Task Force on Traffic Patterns and Infrastructure on MD Route 45 (York Road) [HB-1024]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force on Traffic Patterns and Infrastructure on MD Route 45 (York Road) to study and make recommendations on traffic patterns, infrastructure, street parking, bicycle lanes, sidewalk width, and signage on York Road; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Committee and the House Environment and Transportation Committee on or before December 31, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Registration [HB-1016]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to register licensed athletic trainers to perform dry needling, a certain type of intramuscular manual therapy involving the insertion of one or more solid needles or a mechanical device into the muscle and related tissues to effect change in the muscle and related tissues.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/08 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
COVID-19 Response Act of 2022 [HB-1084]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Education ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishing and altering certain requirements related to COVID-19, including requirements related to planning by institutions of higher education, home health agencies, nursing homes, and assisted living programs, the provision of coverage by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland MyIR Mobile immunization record service, and reporting by the Maryland Department of Health; establishing that certain urgent care centers are not subject to the rate-setting jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 3/14 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Elderly Individuals - Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program and Task Force [HB-1051]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program in Howard County and Montgomery County to integrate the provision of medical adult day care services, home health care services, and medical services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; authorizing Howard County and Montgomery County to jointly authorize the operation of one or more integrator entities to coordinate services provided under the pilot program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties [HB-1034]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Renaming the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators to be the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators; establishing a licensing and regulatory system for assisted living managers under the Board; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality, beginning October 1, 2024, to notify the Board of the appointment of an assisted living program as a resident's representative payee; establishing a civil penalty for certain actions related to practicing as a nursing home administrator or an assisted living manager without a license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 689 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Driver Education – Self–Paced, Online Instruction [HB-1025]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing certain individuals to satisfy the classroom instruction component necessary for obtaining a provisional driver's license by completing certain self-paced, online driver education instruction approved by the Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring certain regulations adopted by the Administration to include standards for self-paced, online driver education instruction; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Frederick County – Mental Health Law – Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Program [HB-1017]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Program in Frederick County; defining "assisted outpatient treatment" as a specific regimen of outpatient treatment for a mental health disorder to which an individual is ordered by the court to adhere.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing Canceled on 03/09/2022