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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telemedicine [HB-802]
Requiring, to the extent authorized by federal law or regulation, specified provisions of law relating to coverage of and reimbursement for health care services delivered through telemedicine to apply to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and managed care organizations in a specified manner; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to allow coverage of and reimbursement for health care services delivered in a specified manner and subject to the limitations of the State budget; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 426 on 05/05/2014
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Task Force to Study School-Based Health Centers [HB-783]
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. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Authority to Set Compensation [HB-765]
Altering provisions of law that authorize specified State officials or units of State government to take specified personnel actions and set the compensation of specified employees in State government; authorizing specified State officials or units of State government to set the compensation of specified State employees in specified positions; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the officials or units, to determine the positions for which the officials or units may set compensation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 613 on 05/15/2014
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Income Tax Credit - Health Enterprise Zones - Modifications [HB-668]
Allowing a specified Health Enterprise Zone employer a credit, in the amount of $10,000, against the State income tax for hiring a qualified position in a Health Enterprise Zone; requiring that the employer create at least one qualified position during a 24-month period; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Community Health Resources Commission, to give special consideration to specified applicants when certifying applications for specified tax credits; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 417 on 05/05/2014
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Health - Statistics and Records - Electronic Filing of Death Certificates [HB-661]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before January 1, 2015, to establish a process by which death certificates can be filed electronically and to educate physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners regarding the process.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rare and Expensive Case Management Program - Waiver Amendment [HB-637]
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: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2014
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Repeal of the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 [HB-60]
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. Michael Smigiel
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/04/2014
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Waivers - Consolidation and Repeal [HB-590]
Repealing the Living at Home Waiver Program; altering the requirements for applicants, financial eligibility criteria, and services to be included in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's home- and community-based services waiver; repealing the requirement that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene work with the Maryland Health Care Commission to convert a specified percentage of nursing facility beds to assisted living program waiver beds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 413 on 05/05/2014
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Drug Abuse Treatment Programs - Locations and Economic Impact Study [HB-584]
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: Rep. Dereck Davis
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Hepatitis C - Opportunity for Testing and Follow-Up Health Care [HB-543]
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. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2014
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Maryland Intrastate Hospital Assistance Compact [HB-534]
Establishing the Maryland Intrastate Hospital Assistance Compact; establishing the requirements for entering into the Compact; providing for the purpose of the Compact; establishing the procedures by which a hospital may submit a request for assistance under the Compact; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/15/2014
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Database of Direct Access Employees - Establishment [HB-532]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a database of direct access employees; requiring the database to include specified information on all direct access employees in the State; establishing the purpose of the database; requiring each adult dependent care program to submit to the Department, for inclusion in the database, specified information on each newly hired direct access employee and periodically update the information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2014
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Income Tax - Military Retirement Income - Health Care Practitioners [HB-479]
Providing a specified modification under the Maryland income tax for specified individuals age 50 and older who receive military retirement income; requiring a taxpayer who claims the subtraction modification to be a health care practitioner licensed by the State; requiring a taxpayer who claims the subtraction modification to receive income attributable to employment as a health care practitioner in specified jurisdictions in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2014
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Judgments - Third-Party Tortfeasors [HB-452]
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. Ariana Kelly
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2014
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - State Facilities - Cemeteries [HB-404]
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: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Criminal Procedure - Vulnerable Adult Abuse Registry [HB-379]
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 on 02/24/2014
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State Board of Education - Training Video on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillators [HB-316]
Requiring the State Board of Education to post a training video on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators on its Web site; requiring the training video to be selected by the State Board, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, at no charge, if possible, and to be no more than 15 minutes in duration; and requiring each county board of education to post and publicize the training video in a specified manner and encourage specified individuals to view the training video.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/31/2014
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Prekindergarten Expansion Act of 2014 [HB-297]
Expanding prekindergarten services to specified 4-year-old children; establishing the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; providing expansion grants may be used for establishing or expanding existing half-day and full-day prekindergarten programs for specified eligible children, and establishing or expanding existing Judy Centers for families of specified children; requiring a qualified vendor who has received a grant in the current year to be awarded a grant in the following year under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 [HB-295]
Incrementally increasing the State minimum wage rate to $10.10 beginning July 1, 2018; authorizing specified employers to pay employees under the age of 20 years a specified wage under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase reimbursement of community providers serving individuals with developmental disabilities; requiring the Governor, in specified fiscal years, to include in a specified budget proposal specified funding increases; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 262 on 05/05/2014
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-283]
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: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2014