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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Opioid Maintenance Programs - Licensing [SB-199]
Requiring that specified regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene include a requirement that the process for approval of a license for an opioid maintenance program include an assessment of the number of existing slots in specified programs in a specified zip code and the number of individuals in need of specified services in a specified zip code, the severity of drug-related crime in a specified zip code, the population at risk of opioid addiction in a specified zip code, and the need for a program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2015
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Public Health - Sales Receipts Containing Bisphenol-A - Prohibition [SB-175]
Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, knowingly selling, or distributing in commerce any sales receipt containing bisphenol-A on or after January 1, 2017, except under specified circumstances; requiring a person to use a safe and legal alternative when replacing bisphenol-A in sales receipts; prohibiting a person from replacing bisphenol-A in sales receipts with specified carcinogens or reproductive toxicants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Regulation of Teletherapy [SB-162]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Regulation of Teletherapy; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations on specified matters; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report on or before December 1, 2015, and a final report on or before December 1, 2016, on its findings and recommendations.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/16/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Establishment of a Sickle Cell Disease Outreach Program [SB-156]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish, before June 1, 2016, a specified sickle cell disease outreach program; requiring that the program provide specified programs, support, and services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Assisted Living Services [SB-138]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to reimburse through the Maryland Medical Assistance Program specified assisted living services provided to specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Health Maintenance Organizations - Premium Tax and Transfer of Premium Tax Exemption Value - Repeal [SB-119]
Repealing a specified tax on premiums of for-profit health maintenance organizations; repealing provisions of law that require specified nonprofit health maintenance organizations to transfer funds in an amount equal to the value of a specified premium tax exemption to the Medical Assistance Program Account, require the funds to be allocated in a specified manner, and require the health maintenance organizations to file with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner a report establishing transfer of the funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation; Withdrawn on 03/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Diabetes Management Program [HB-992]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified other organizations, to establish specified guidelines for the training of trained diabetes care providers; providing for the content of the guidelines; requiring each county board of education to require specified public schools to establish a Student Diabetes Management Program in the school; providing that specified nonpublic schools may establish a Student Diabetes Management Program in the school; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Ambient Air Quality Control - Cumulative Air Impact Analysis [HB-987]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a specified air quality permit until specified requirements have been met; prohibiting the Department from recommending specified licensing conditions until specified requirements have been met; requiring the Department to conduct a Cumulative Air Impact Analysis under specified circumstances in accordance with specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 04/01/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Hepatitis C - Opportunity for Testing and Follow-Up Health Care [HB-984]
Requiring hospitals and specified health care practitioners who provide specified care in specified health care facilities to offer, to the extent practicable, specified individuals a hepatitis C screening test or a hepatitis C diagnostic test; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Impact of Methadone Clinics on Surrounding Communities and Businesses [HB-976]
Establishing a Task Force to Study the Impact of Methadone Clinics on Surrounding Communities and Businesses; establishing the membership of the Task Force; requiring the chair of the Task Force to be elected from among its members; providing that the Task Force shall be staffed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/11/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Parity [HB-975]
Providing that specified provisions of law apply to mental health and substance use disorder benefits provided by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or administered by an administrative services organization; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to use the standards used to determine compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in determining compliance with a specified provision of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/06/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership Fund [HB-971]
Altering the definition of "eligible populations" to allow funds from the Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnership Fund to be used for services provided to drug offenders under the supervision of the problem solving courts; altering the information an applicant is required to include in a request for Partnership funding; authorizing a participating county, under specified circumstances, to use Partnership funding to continue or expand funding for eligible functions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Women's Late-Term Pregnancy Health Act [HB-961]
Providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an abortion may not be performed or induced or be attempted to be performed or induced unless a specified physician makes a specified determination; providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an individual may not knowingly perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion if the probable gestational age of an unborn child is a specified number of weeks; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund [HB-952]
Requiring an applicant for a specified permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas to submit specified information to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a specified manner; establishing the Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Education and Impact Fund for specified purposes; requiring the Department to establish a specified fee by regulation; establishing a specified civil penalty for specified violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 04/01/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Registered Nurses - Local Health Departments - Requirements for Personally Preparing and Dispensing Drugs and Devices [HB-945]
Requiring specified registered nurses who personally prepare and dispense specified drugs and devices in local health departments in accordance with specified provisions of law or to specified patients to comply with a specified formulary and specified requirements; establishing the Committee on Personally Preparing and Dispensing Drugs and Devices by Registered Nurses in Local Health Departments; providing for the composition, terms, chair, and staffing of the Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders [HB-896]
Establishing the Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders; specifying the purposes of the Joint Committee are to review the final report of the Governor's Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force, review and monitor the activities of the Governor's Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council, monitor the effectiveness of specified programs, policies, and practices, review compliance with specified federal and State laws by health insurance carriers, and identify areas of concern and corrective measures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vital Records - New Certificates of Birth - Sex Change or Diagnosis of an Intersex Condition [HB-862]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, under specified circumstances, to make a new certificate of birth for an individual whose sex has been changed or who has been diagnosed with an intersex condition; requiring that a specified sex designation and, under specified circumstances, a specified name be on the new certificate of birth; prohibiting a new certificate of birth from having specified markings or showing on its face specified changes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 485 on 05/30/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Opioid Maintenance Programs - Licensing [HB-861]
Requiring that regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene include a requirement that the process for approval of a license for an opioid maintenance program include the number of existing slots in programs in a catchment area and the number of individuals in need of specified services in a catchment area, the severity of drug-related crime in a catchment area, the population at risk of opioid addiction in a catchment area, and the need for an opiod maintenance program in a specified catchment area; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Establishment of a Sickle Cell Disease Outreach Program [HB-823]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish, before June 1, 2016, a specified sickle cell disease outreach program; and requiring that the outreach program provide specified programs, supports, and services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Food Fish and Shellfish - Labeling and Identification Requirements (Maryland Seafood Authenticity Act) [HB-760]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering for sale within the State specified food fish or shellfish unless the person identifies the species of food fish or shellfish in a specified manner; prohibiting a person from knowingly misidentifying the species of specified food fish or shellfish on a label, sign, or menu; prohibiting a person from knowingly selling or offering for sale within the State specified crab products identified as "blue crab" except under specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 04/06/2015