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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Award of Grant - Study of Past Practices at State Psychiatric Institutions [HB-435]
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2016, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to award a grant to a nonprofit organization to conduct a specified study related to the past practices regarding the treatment of patients at State psychiatric institutions; and requiring, as a condition of the grant and on or before December 1, 2016, the nonprofit organization awarded the grant to submit the results of the study to specified persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/02/2015
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Cedar Hope Chests - Prohibition on Manufacture, Import, and Sale (McKenna's Law) [HB-415]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering or manufacturing for sale a cedar hope chest that has a design identified by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as presenting a risk of suffocation death to children who could become entrapped in the chest, has a lid latch that locks automatically and cannot be unlocked from the inside; providing for specified penalties; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement a specified public awareness program and adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/11/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Dental Services for Adults - Coverage and Access [HB-355]
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2016, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide dental services to postpartum women during a specified period; requiring that specified dental services for postpartum women be included as a benefit under a specified program under the Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with specified entities, to work with stakeholders to identify certain options for expanding access to dental services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/20/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Firearm Decriminalization Act of 2015 [HB-306]
Repealing a specified exception to the prohibition against carrying a deadly weapon on public school property; repealing the prohibition on the possession or use of specified firearm ammunition during and in relation to the commission of a crime of violence; altering the authorization for a person to wear, carry, or transport a handgun; repealing the designation of specified firearms as assault weapons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/10/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Prescribers and Dispensers - Required Query [HB-3]
Requiring specified regulations for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to require a prescriber and a dispenser to query the Program before prescribing or dispensing a monitored prescription drug to a patient; requiring, except under specified circumstances, a prescriber and a dispenser to query the Program for a specified purpose before prescribing or dispensing a monitored prescription drug to a patient; making a prescriber or dispenser who violates the Act subject to disciplinary action; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Schulz
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/17/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property [HB-27]
Establishing the Task Force on the Disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center Property; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the sale, transfer, or other disposition of the Crownsville Hospital Center property; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and other specified entities on or before January 1, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 394 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Developmental Disabilities Administration - Licensees - Duties and Immunities - Employees [HB-256]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt rules and regulations for licensees of the Developmental Disabilities Administration to obtain and provide information on employees; requiring the rules and regulations to require a licensee to carry out specified duties; requiring a licensee to respond in a specified manner to a request for information; requiring a licensee to have specified immunities under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Vulnerable Adult Abuse Registry [HB-23]
Establishing a vulnerable adult abuse registry; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and maintain a registry containing the names of specified individuals; requiring that names and information contained in the registry be available for public inspection; authorizing the Department to discharge specified responsibilities in a specified manner; requiring a State agency that makes a specified finding to notify the Department in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/16/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [HB-220]
Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing specified rights of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction; establishing that a gamete or an embryo donor is not a parent of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Staff - Designation and Duties of Executive Director [HB-193]
Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, instead of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors, to employ specified staff; authorizing the Secretary to designate one of the staff as executive director; requiring the executive director to manage specified staff and perform specified administrative functions; and prohibiting the executive director from directly conducting specified investigations or inspections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/20/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Medicaid Managed Care Organizations - Pharmacy Networks - Plan [HB-1290]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a plan on or before September 1, 2015, to ensure that Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients enrolled in managed care organizations have reasonable access to pharmacy services in the event a managed care organization makes a change to its pharmacy network; requiring the plan to address specified standards needed to ensure access to specified pharmacy services; requiring the Department to submit the plan to specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 309 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Forensic Laboratories - Regulation [HB-1207]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, for a specified purpose, to require that specified forensic laboratories be accredited by a nonprofit accreditation body; specifying that specified required inspections be conducted for specified forensic laboratories in the State; requiring a forensic laboratory to obtain accreditation from a nonprofit accreditation body before applying for a specified license; defining a specified term; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/26/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Commission on the Long-Term Care Medical Assistance Program Eligibility Determination Process [HB-1196]
Establishing the Commission on the Long-Term Care Medical Assistance Program Eligibility Determination Process; providing for the composition, chair, duties, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide specified data to the Commission on the request of the Commission; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Presumed Consent Organ Donation in Maryland [HB-118]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Presumed Consent Organ Donation in Maryland; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its interim and final findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Demonstration Program - Grant Application [HB-1173]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply to the federal Department of Health and Human Services for a planning grant to have the State selected as a demonstration state for the establishment of certified community behavior health clinics under specified provision of federal law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Hammen
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/20/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Individuals With Developmental Disabilities - Providers - Licenses [HB-1172]
Requiring a person to be licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene before the person may provide services to an individual with a developmental disability or a recipient of individual support services; repealing the authority of the Developmental Disabilities Administration to license specified persons to provide specified services; authorizing the Department to impose sanctions, including a civil money penalty not to exceed $5,000, for failure by a licensee to substantially comply with specified laws, regulations, and rules; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 470 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program - Expansion of Eligibility and Services - Pharmaceutical Rebate Coverage [HB-1143]
Authorizing any rebates received by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program to be used to provide specified services to eligible individuals under Part B of the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/20/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Opioid Maintenance Programs - Licensing [HB-1134]
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. Mary Washington
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Behavioral Health Administration - Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities [HB-1109]
Establishing specified powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Director of the Behavioral Health Administration in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring core service agencies, local addictions authorities, and local behavioral health authorities to submit a specified plan to the Director; authorizing the Director to deny approval of a local addictions authority or local behavioral health authority and cease funding or request the return of unspent funds under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 469 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Program Integrity and Recovery Activities [HB-1101]
Authorizing the Inspector General in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, or a designee of the Inspector General, to subpoena any person or evidence, administer oaths, and take depositions and other testimony for the purpose of investigating fraud, waste, or abuse of departmental health program funds; authorizing a specified court to take specified actions if a person fails to comply with a specified order or subpoena; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2015