Examinations
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Transportation – Maryland Aviation Infrastructure Impacts Commission [HB-1103]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Aviation Infrastructure Impacts Commission to study the health and environmental impacts of commercial aviation in certain communities in Maryland; and requiring, for fiscal years 2024 through 2027, the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of at least $430,000 to the Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2022
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Maryland Earn and Learn Act of 2022 - Establishment [HB-1000]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring a professional or occupational licensing board to issue a license to an individual who completes an apprenticeship working with a person licensed in the profession or occupation for which the applicant is seeking licensure, passes a board required examination, and pays applicable fees; authorizing a board to develop a standard apprenticeship program and to set the minimum requirements for an apprentice to obtain licensure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
Hearing Canceled (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) And Hearing Canceled (finance) on 04/05/2022
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Health Occupations – Physician Assistants – Revisions [HB-961]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a physician assistant to practice under a collaboration agreement with a signing physician rather than under a delegation agreement with a primary supervising physician; requiring a physician assistant to submit a collaboration agreement to the State Board of Physicians before October 1, 2023; altering the scope of practice for a licensed physician assistant; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2022
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Higher Education - Academic Credit for Prior Learning Examinations - Policies and Procedures [HB-966]
[Education ]
Requiring each public institution of higher education, on or before October 1, 2022, to develop and implement policies and procedures for awarding academic credit for prior learning examinations; and requiring each public institution of higher education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to post the policies and procedures on their websites.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 143 on 04/21/2022
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Public Schools - Civics Education Award Program [HB-950]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Civics Education Award Program to award $1,000 to 40 public school students in grade 12 who achieve a score of 90% or higher on the civics portion of the naturalization test administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; requiring by the first day of the 2022-2023 school year, the State Board to determine the means of providing each high school student an opportunity to take the civics test; and requiring the Department of Education to provide funding for the awards program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2022
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Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation [HB-968]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a certification and regulatory scheme to certify dental assistants to perform certain intraoral procedures; specifying the intraoral procedures a dental assistant is authorized to perform without being certified by the State Board of Dental Examiners and the intraoral procedures that require certification; and authorizing the Board to penalize a licensed dentist who allows a dental assistant to provide dental care in an unauthorized manner or without required instruction or supervision.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 364 on 05/16/2022
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Health Occupations - Physician Assistants - Revisions [SB-808]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a physician assistant to practice under a collaboration agreement with a signing physician rather than under a delegation agreement with a primary supervising physician; requiring a physician assistant to submit a collaboration agreement to the State Board of Physicians before October 1, 2023; altering the scope of practice for a licensed physician assistant; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/01/2022
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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 Watson
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2022
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Public Assistance Programs - Data Sharing and Review (Welfare Program Integrity Act of 2022) [HB-889]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Inspector General in the Maryland Department of Health and the Family Investment Administration to review certain information on a certain basis; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to enter into data-sharing agreements with the Division of Vital Records and the Maryland Department of Labor for a certain purpose; authorizing the Maryland Department of Health and the Family Investment Administration to manage and enter into data-sharing agreements with certain entities for a certain purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sid Saab
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2022
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Mental Health - Emergency Evaluations - Modification to Peace Officer Transport Requirement [HB-908]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a peace officer, when the peace officer has a petition for emergency evaluation of an individual, to transport the emergency evaluee to an emergency facility as designated by the Department, instead of to the nearest emergency facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Hearing Canceled on 02/16/2022
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Frederick County – Mental Health Law – Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Program [SB-807]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Program in Frederick County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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State Highway Administration - Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities - Infrastructure Review (Vision Zero Implementation Act of 2022) [SB-874]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to conduct an infrastructure review of each pedestrian or bicyclist fatality that occurs on a State highway or at an intersection of a State highway and another highway or a municipal street to identify certain deficiencies and identify appropriate corrective actions; and requiring the Administration to complete the review within 6 months after being notified by law enforcement of a pedestrian or bicyclist fatality and publish the review on its website.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 154 on 04/21/2022
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Controlled Dangerous Substances and Treatment of Chronic Pain and Long-Term Oxygen Use Patients (Continuity of Care Act of 2022) [SB-865]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain requirements related to the provision of information regarding opioid use disorder by the Maryland Department of Health, the prescribing of opioids, and the filling of prescriptions for monitored prescription drugs; establishing certain civil and criminal immunity; requiring a health care provider to make a good-faith effort to maintain the previous dosage of and regimen for a controlled dangerous substance and make certain referrals for a certain patient; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2022
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State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties [SB-720]
[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: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 690 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland Health Care Commission - Primary Care Report and Workgroup [SB-734]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to provide a report, beginning December 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, to the Governor and the General Assembly containing an analysis of primary care investment, ways to improve the quality of and access to primary care services, and any findings and recommendations; requiring the Commission to establish a workgroup to develop the report to include an interpretation of the results of the required analysis and to make recommendations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 667 on 05/29/2022
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Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval [SB-711]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to approve 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 relate tissues, as a specialized task.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Hearing 3/29 At 1:30 P.m. on 03/21/2022
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Alternative Education Options - Right to Learn and Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Programs (Right to Learn Act of 2022) [HB-737]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, and based on certain star ratings, each county board of education to provide the parents or legal guardians of students who attend a failing school notice that the school is failing and a list of alternative school options; establishing the Right to Learn Program to provide students who attend a failing school and choose to pursue an alternative education option with certain scholarships; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2022
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Maryland Energy Administration - Energy and Water Efficiency Standards - Alterations [HB-772]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the application of certain testing, certification, and enforcement requirements for certain efficiency standards; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to review certain efficiency standards on or before January 1, 2023; prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, and installation of certain products in the State under certain circumstances beginning on a certain date; requiring the Administration to adopt regulations on efficiency standards for certain products on or before January 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 564 on 05/29/2022
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State Retirement and Pension System - Investment Climate Risk - Fiduciary Duties [HB-740]
[Energy ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Climate Change ]
[Investments ]
[Environmental ]
Requiring a fiduciary of the State Retirement and Pension System to consider certain climate risks on the System's assets; requiring a climate risk assessment to include a certain review of the System's investment portfolio to determine the level of climate risk across certain sectors and asset classes, identification of investment opportunities in certain energy sectors, a process for regular reassessment of certain impact of climate risk, and utilization of the best data and practices for climate risk analyses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 24 on 04/09/2022
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Public Health – Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council [HB-794]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council in the Maryland Department of Health to provide specific findings and recommendations regarding the allocation of money from the Opioid Restitution Fund; and altering the permissible uses for the Fund and the requirement that the Governor consult with certain persons to identify recommended appropriations from the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 270 on 05/12/2022