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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Task Force to Study School-Based Health Centers [SB-717]
Establishing the Task Force to Study School-Based Health Centers; 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 policies for the integration and sustainability of School-Based Health Centers in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred To Interim Study By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2014
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Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Universal Health Care Program - Plan for Establishment [SB-667]
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to develop a plan for the State to establish, on or before January 1, 2017, a universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2014
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The Marijuana Taxation and Regulation Act [SB-658]
Repealing specified criminal prohibitions against the use, possession, and sale of marijuana; establishing specified exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing marijuana under specified circumstances; providing exemptions from prosecution for specified retailers, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana cultivation facilities, and safety compliance facilities under specified circumstances; establishing a specified affirmative defense; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/25/2014
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Health - Down Syndrome - Required Information [SB-654]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify up-to-date, evidence-based, written information about Down Syndrome; requiring the Department to provide the information about Down Syndrome to specified health care facilities and specified health care providers; authorizing specified health care facilities and health care providers to provide specified individuals with specified information under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 323 on 05/05/2014
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Health Occupations - Child Abuse and Neglect - Training [SB-607]
Requiring each health occupation board authorized to issue a license or certificate to adopt specified regulations regarding training on the identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect; specifying requirements for the training; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/03/2014
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Developmental Disabilities Administration - Deputy Secretary - Establishment [SB-606]
Altering the number of deputy secretaries to be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene with the approval of the Governor; requiring the Secretary, with the approval of the Governor, to appoint the Deputy Secretary for Developmental Disabilities; eliminating the position of Director of the Developmental Disabilities Administration and establishing as the head of the Administration the Deputy Secretary for Developmental Disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/15/2014
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Hepatitis C - Opportunity for Testing and Follow-Up Health Care [SB-594]
Requiring hospitals and specified health care practitioners who provide specified care in specified health care facilities to offer specified individuals a Hepatitis C screening test or a Hepatitis C diagnostic test; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2014
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Workgroup on Workforce Development for Community Health Workers [SB-592]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Insurance Administration to establish a specified stakeholder workgroup; requiring, to the extent practicable, at least 50% of the membership of the workgroup be composed of individuals who are directly involved in or represent an institution or organization that is directly involved in the provision of nonclinical health care; requiring the workgroup to conduct a study and make recommendations on or before June 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 181 on 04/14/2014
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - State Facilities - Cemeteries [SB-577]
Requiring that a cemetery owned by the State and located on the grounds of a State facility be provided perpetual care; requiring specified activities or projects to be undertaken in consultation with the Maryland Historical Trust in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, beginning January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, to report on the implementation of specified provisions to specified legislative committees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 305 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Judgments - Third-Party Tortfeasors [SB-562]
Requiring a specified judgment obtained in favor of a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient to be increased by a specified amount under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to collect from a Program recipient the full amount of specified payments in specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/12/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rare and Expensive Case Management Program - Waiver Amendment [SB-537]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an amendment to the Rare and Expensive Case Management Program under a specified waiver; and requiring the application to authorize enrollment in the Program for specified individuals under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2014
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State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Effective Date of Adopted Regulations [SB-449]
Altering the effective dates of specified regulations adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Third Reading Passed With Amendments (138-0) on 04/04/2014
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Plan for Creation and Implementation of a Database of Direct Access Employees [SB-432]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a plan, with the input of stakeholders, for the creation and implementation in the Department of a database to enable adult dependent care programs to obtain the employment history of current or potential direct access employees; requiring the Department to examine specified matters in developing the plan; requiring the Department to submit the plan to specified committees of the Maryland General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/03/2014
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Health - Food Allergy Awareness [SB-409]
Requiring a restaurant, beginning March 1, 2015, to request that a customer inform the employee taking the customer's food order of any known food allergies before ordering; authorizing a county to require a restaurant, beginning March 1, 2015, to have on the premises at specified times an employee who has completed and passed a specified food allergen awareness training course and is available to discuss meal options with customers who have food allergies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Senators Feldman, Glassman, And Pugh on 04/07/2014
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Drug Abuse Treatment Programs - Locations and Economic Impact Study [SB-367]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the University of Baltimore jointly to identify the location of each drug abuse treatment program in the State and study and evaluate the economic impact of each program on surrounding businesses and residential neighborhoods; requiring the Department and the University jointly to report their findings under the Act to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014; and terminating the Act after May 31, 2015.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2014
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Criminal Law - Possession of Marijuana - Civil Offense [SB-364]
Making the use or possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana a civil rather than a criminal offense; establishing that a person who violates the Act may be issued a citation; establishing fines; requiring a court to order a specified person who has committed a third or subsequent violation of the Act to appear in court and to attend a specified drug education program; requiring a court to refer the person for assessment for substance abuse disorder and to refer the person for substance abuse treatment if necessary; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 158 on 04/14/2014
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [SB-34]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform specified actions is deemed unprofessional conduct; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2014
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Prekindergarten Expansion Act of 2014 [SB-332]
Expanding prekindergarten services to specified 4-year-old children; establishing the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; requiring the administration of the Program as a competitive grant program for specified providers; requiring a specified report on the aggregate estimated number of 3-year-old children and the subcategory that includes the estimated number of 3-year-old and 4-year old children from an economically disadvantaged background in each county in the State for the current school year and the next 5 school years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/08/2014
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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Safety Net Act of 2014 [SB-262]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to establish a specified Prison In-Reach Program; requiring each county board of education to include behavioral health services with school health services; requiring DHMH to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2014 on a plan for statewide implementation of the School Health Program; requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to implement a specified program throughout the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2014
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Task Force to Study Access to Pharmacy Services in Maryland [SB-257]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Access to Pharmacy Services in Maryland; 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 regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to specified individuals, committees, and the Health Services Cost Review Commission on or before December 31, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 150 on 04/14/2014