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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer [SB-380]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and potential environmental causes of cancer; requiring the workgroup to include specified legislators and representatives; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report findings and recommendations of the workgroup to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 248 on 05/02/2013
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Office of Health Care Quality - Abuser Registry Workgroup [SB-355]
Requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to reconvene the Abuser Registry Workgroup; requiring the Abuser Registry Workgroup to undertake a specified review, monitor the implementation of specified recommendations, and recommend specified changes; requiring the Office to submit a report to the Governor and specified legislative committees on or before January 1, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 239 on 05/02/2013
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Criminal Procedure - State Vulnerable-Adult Abuser Registry [SB-354]
Requiring individuals convicted of vulnerable-adult abuse to register with a specified supervising authority by a specified time and to register annually with a local law enforcement unit for a specified term; requiring a specified registration to include a digital image that shall be updated at least once each year; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish a specified registry and to provide specified information on the Internet; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2013
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Mammograms - Dense Breast Tissue - Notification [SB-334]
Requiring that, subject to a provision of law, a center where mammography testing is performed to include in a screening results letter that is sent to a patient as required by federal law, notice about breast density; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, under specified circumstances, to adopt regulations to change the content of a specified notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/16/2013
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Criminal Procedure - Vulnerable Adult Abuse Registry [SB-333]
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: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/11/2013
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Firearm Safety Act of 2013 [SB-281]
Establishing an exception to the prohibition against carrying a deadly weapon on public school property; making it a misdemeanor to possess or use specified firearm ammunition during the commission of a crime of violence; limiting the authorization for a person to wear, carry, or transport a handgun; designating specified firearms as assault weapons; prohibiting, with exceptions, a person from transporting an assault weapon into the State or possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving an assault weapon; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 427 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013 [SB-274]
Altering eligibility requirements for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the definition of "former foster care adolescent" to conform to federal eligibility requirements; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide specified grants; adding to the purposes for which a specified assessment in hospital rates may be used; exempting the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and its employees from specified provisions of law governing third party administrators; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2013
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Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013 [SB-273]
Requiring specified licensing units and boards to give credit to former service members for relevant military training, education, and experience in connection with the issuance of occupational and professional licenses, certificates, and registrations; repealing and recodifying provisions of law regarding the renewal of occupational or professional licenses and the completion of continuing education or continuing competency requirements for specified members of an armed force deployed outside the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 154 on 04/17/2013
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State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Effective Date of Adopted Regulations [SB-261]
Altering the effective date of specified regulations adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2013
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Public Health - Forensic Laboratories - Regulation [SB-242]
Requiring that inspections of specified forensic laboratories be conducted with a specified frequency; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to authorize a specified accreditation body to inspect specified forensic laboratories in the State; requiring specified forensic laboratories to obtain accreditation from a specified accreditation body before applying for a specified license; requiring the Secretary to approve a specified nonprofit accreditation body to accredit forensic laboratories; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2013
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Hospitals - Notice to Patients - Outpatient Status and Billing Implications [SB-195]
Requiring a hospital, under specified circumstances, to provide notice to a patient of the patient's outpatient status, the billing implications of the outpatient status, and the impact of the outpatient status on the patient's eligibility for Medicare rehabilitation services; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified hospitals, to adopt by regulation standardized elements to be included in a written notice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 202 on 05/02/2013
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Family Law - Blood or Genetic Test Results - Legal Finding of Paternity [SB-178]
Establishing that a laboratory report of a blood or genetic test constitutes a presumptive finding of paternity in specified cases if the test was conducted in a specified laboratory and the report establishes a statistical probability of paternity of at least 99.0%; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to serve a specified notice on the alleged father; authorizing the Administration to file a copy of the report with the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2013
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Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services [SB-165]
Making provisions of law authorizing access to birth and adoption records by specified adoptees and biological parents applicable to adoptions in which a juvenile court entered an order for adoption before January 1, 2000; repealing provisions of law limiting, under specified circumstances, access to specified information in birth and adoption records by adoptees and biological parents for adoptions in which a juvenile court entered an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000, except under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2013
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2013 [SB-127]
Altering the frequency with which specified payments from a special fund are required to be paid; requiring the reduction of specified grants and payments under specified circumstances; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of specified revenue; providing for the transfer of specified funds for specified purposes; repealing specified requirements for a notice relating to abandoned property to be published in specified newspapers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
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State Medicare Waivers - Applications, Reapplications, Modifications, or Amendments - Legislative Approval Required [SB-1075]
Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Health Services Cost Review Commission from submitting to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an application for a State Medicare waiver, or a reapplication, a modification, or an amendment to an existing Medicare waiver, until the General Assembly takes specified action.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2013
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Mental Hygiene - Reform of Laws and Delivery of Services [SB-1040]
Modifying specified standards for involuntary admissions of individuals with mental disorders to specified facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for emergency evaluations of individuals with mental disorders under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for clinical review panel approval; establishing the Task Force on the Delivery of Services to Individuals with Mental Illness; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 03/26/2013
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Study of Honey-Related Licenses and Permits [SB-1026]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to study whether it is necessary to continue to require a specified license and permit for the sale, manufacturing, and processing of honey and herb mixtures, including flavored honey; requiring the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 598 on 05/16/2013
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Children with Developmental Disabilities in State Custody - Continuation of Placement and Services [SB-1010]
Requiring a local department of social services and the Developmental Disabilities Administration to plan for the transfer of responsibility for the case management, care, supervision, and treatment of a medically fragile child with a developmental disability who is committed to the custody of the local department when the child attains 21 years of age and to develop jointly a transition plan that ensures continuity of residential placement and an appropriate level of services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2013
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Public Health - Child Care Products Containing Flame-Retardant Chemicals (TCEP) - Prohibition [HB-99]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale specified child care products containing flame-retardant chemicals (TCEP); providing that the Act does not apply to the sale or distribution of a child care product that is resold, offered for resale, or distributed by a consumer for consumer use; specifying penalties; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to suspend implementation under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 349 on 05/02/2013
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Commission to Consider Mental Health-Related Ways to Limit Mass Violence by Individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorders, Depressive Disorders, or Other Mental Illness [HB-969]
Establishing a Commission to Consider Mental Health-Related Ways to Limit Mass Violence by Individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorders, Depressive Disorders, or Other Mental Illness; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the prevention of mass violence perpetrated by individuals with mental illness; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/23/2013