Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Diabetes Management Program [SB-71]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish guidelines for the training of employees to become trained diabetes care providers; providing the purpose of the Student Diabetes Management Program is to have trained employee volunteers available to provide diabetes care services to diabetic students during school hours and at school activities; establishing that a trained diabetes care provider providing care services is not civilly liable under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Delegates D. Barnes, Shoemaker, And Patterson on 04/11/2016
Spread the world
Gettr Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [SB-700]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify specified biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratories and the location of the laboratories; requiring the Department to collect information from the laboratories relevant to public health and safety; requiring the laboratories to report the information the Department; requiring the Department to report annually the number and location of the laboratories to officials in each local jurisdiction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 04/07/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Effective Date of Adopted Regulations [SB-67]
Altering the effective dates of specified regulations adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Third Reading Passed With Amendments (132-0) on 03/25/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Early Identification of Autism Act [SB-644]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to require health care practitioners, when providing a well-child examination at the ages of 18 months and 24 months, to administer a specified screening tool for autism; requiring the Secretary to require a child to be referred for specified services if the child has a positive result on the screening tool; requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the administration of the screening tool; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices - Right to Try Act [SB-63]
Authorizing a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make available the investigational drug, biological product, or device to eligible patients; specifying the manner in which a specified drug, product, or device may be provided to eligible patients; prohibiting a health occupations board from taking specified action against a health care provider's license on a specified basis; establishing that the Act does not create a specified cause of action; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/16/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Healthy Vending Machine Act [SB-602]
Requiring 75% of packaged food and beverage options offered in a food and beverage vending machine located on property owned or managed by the State to be healthy food and beverage options; providing that specified packaged food and beverage options may not contain more than a specified amount of trans fat or a specified amount of sodium; requiring healthy food or beverage options to be displayed and stocked in a specified manner; establishing requirements that must be met to be considered a healthy food option; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/14/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Freestanding Birthing Centers - Use of Ultrasound Imaging [SB-600]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, after consultation with representatives of payors, health care practitioners, and freestanding ambulatory care facilities, to establish by regulation specified standards for the use of ultrasound imaging in a freestanding birthing center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 409 on 05/10/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Regional Institutes for Children and Adolescents - Report Before Closure [SB-586]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to submit a report, justifying the closure, to the Governor and specified legislative committees before a regional institute for children and adolescents may be closed; requiring the report to address specified items; and requiring the committees to have 60 days to review and comment on the report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 685 on 05/28/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Methadone Treatment Facilities - Location - Limitations [SB-569]
Prohibiting a methadone treatment facility from being established or operated within 500 feet of specified schools, child care centers, or agencies unless the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene receives a letter of support for the location of the facility from specified schools, child care centers, and agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Behavioral Health Advisory Council - Clinical Crisis Walk-In Services and Mobile Crisis Teams - Strategic Plan [SB-551]
Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council, in consultation with specified agencies, specified health providers, and specified stakeholders, to develop a strategic plan for ensuring that clinical crisis walk-in services and mobile crisis teams are available statewide, 7 days a week and 24 hours a day; requiring the Council to submit an annual report on or before December 31, 2016, and include an update on the development of the specified strategic plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 405 on 05/10/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Access to Dental Care in the State [SB-550]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Access to Dental Care in the State; 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 findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Transitional Supports for Ex-Offenders - Repeal of Restrictions [SB-546]
Repealing specified provisions of law subjecting specified individuals convicted of specified felonies involving a controlled dangerous substance who apply for or receive temporary cash assistance or food stamps to specified testing and treatment requirements and sanctions; repealing a specified provision of law making a specified individual ineligible for temporary cash assistance or food stamps for 1 year after conviction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/16/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [SB-513]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/25/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [SB-497]
Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adjust the rate of reimbursement for community providers each fiscal year by the rate adjustment included in the State budget; requiring, on or before December 1, 2018, and on December 1 annually thereafter, the Department to submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly on the impact of the reimbursement rate adjustment required under the Act on community providers and other specified outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/11/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Community-Partnered School Behavioral Health Services Programs - Reporting System and Report (School Behavioral Health Accountability Act) [SB-494]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, county boards of education, and other stakeholders, to develop and implement a standardized reporting system to determine the effectiveness of community-partnered school behavioral health services programs, not including school-based health centers; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly on the effectiveness of the specified health services programs by December 1, 2017, and every 2 years thereafter; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 213 on 04/26/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Guardianship Fees - Personal Needs Allowance [SB-449]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to include as part of the personal needs allowance guardianship fees for guardianship services when determining the portion of income specified recipients of Maryland Medical Assistance Program benefits are required to contribute to the cost of their care under the Program; specifying the amount of the personal needs allowance for specified guardianship fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 390 on 05/10/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Food Service Facilities - Automated External Defibrillator Program (The Joe Sheya Act) [SB-434]
Requiring the owner and operator of a food service facility with an annual gross income of $400,000 or more and a seating capacity of 50 or more persons to develop and, beginning on October 1, 2017, to implement an automated external defibrillator program that meets specified requirements; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems jointly to adopt specified regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Board of Dental Examiners - Appointment of Dentist and Dental Hygienist Members - Advice and Consent of the Senate [SB-42]
Requiring the dentist and dental hygienist members of the State Board of Dental Examiners to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate from a list of names submitted to the Governor by the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 528 on 05/19/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages [SB-411]
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for an individual who serves as a preceptor in specified preceptorship programs under specified circumstances and works in specified areas of the State with health care workforce shortages; establishing the Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship Tax Credit Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund is to offset the costs of the specified tax credit; requiring the State Board of Nursing to assess a $15 fee for the renewal of a specified certification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 385 on 05/10/2016
Spread the world
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Crimes - Criminal Gangs - Prohibitions and Funding [SB-388]
Altering the penalties for specified offenses relating to criminal gangs; prohibiting a criminal gang or an individual belonging to a criminal gang from receiving or investing specified proceeds in a specified manner; prohibiting criminal gangs and persons involved with criminal gangs from obtaining specified property under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2016