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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Housing - Accessible Housing for Senior Homeowners, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities [HB-957]
Establishing the Accessible Homes for Senior Homeowners Grant Program; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to make grants to families of limited income under the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to make grants to finance specified activities for elderly homeowners; authorizing the Department to establish standards to determine eligibility for the grant program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 657 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telemedicine [HB-931]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide a specified reimbursement for services delivered by telemedicine under specified circumstances; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations for a specified purpose.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Favorable With Amendments {986289/1 Report Adopted on 04/08/2013
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Real Property - Property Used for Methamphetamine Production - Disclosure and Quarantine [HB-917]
Requiring a specified residential property disclosure statement to contain specified information relating to whether the property has been used for illegal drug production; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to maintain a specified list of certified industrial hygienists; authorizing a local law enforcement agency to quarantine a specified property if the property has been used for the production of methamphetamine; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/15/2013
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Advance Directive Registry - Fee and Date of Operation [HB-915]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to set a fee, by regulation, for specified services of the Advance Directive Registry; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to take the steps necessary to make the Registry operational on or before October 1, 2014.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2013
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Genetically Engineered Food - Disclosure and Labeling Requirements [HB-903]
Establishing that specified foods offered for retail sale in the State and produced with genetic engineering are misbranded if specified disclosure or labeling requirements are not met; establishing that specified requirements of the Act do not apply to specified foods, commodities, and beverages; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2013
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Health - Food Allergy Awareness, Food Safety, and Food Service Facility Letter Grading - Posting Requirement and Task Force [HB-9]
Requiring a food establishment, beginning March 1, 2014, to display a specified poster relating to food allergies; requiring, on or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Restaurant Association of Maryland and Food Allergy Research and Education, to create and make available on its Web site a specified poster; establishing a Task Force to Study Food Allergy Awareness, Food Safety, and Food Service Facility Letter Grading; requiring a report on or before January 1, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 252 on 05/02/2013
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Public Health - Abortion Survey System [HB-898]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a mandatory abortion survey system; requiring specified hospitals and facilities to report abortions to the Department using a specified form, in a specified manner, and on or before January 15 of each year; providing that a report received by the Department under the Act is confidential, not a public record, may not include specified information, and shall be destroyed after specified data is used to prepare a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wade Kach
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2013
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Health - Overdose Response Program - Establishment [HB-890]
Providing for an Overdose Response Program overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Department to adopt regulations and authorizing the Department to take other actions; specifying the requirements an individual must meet to qualify for a specified certificate; authorizing a certified individual to receive a prescription for naloxone and supplies, possess prescribed naloxone and supplies, and administer naloxone, under specified circumstances, to specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Community Health Resources Commission - Revisions [HB-869]
Authorizing the Community Health Resources Commission to contract with a specified third party for specified services; prohibiting a specified third party from releasing, publishing, or using in a specified manner specified information; providing that the power of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene over a specified procurement procedure does not apply to the Commission; providing that, when procuring services or supplies, the Commission is subject to specified provisions of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Favorable With Amendments {136986/1 Report Adopted on 04/08/2013
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Firearms - Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository - Reporting, Qualifications for Possession, and Relief from Disqualification [HB-809]
Requiring a court to immediately notify the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Central Repository if the court makes a specified finding that the person is a danger to self or to the person or property of another; requiring a court to immediately notify CJIS if the court appoints a guardian of the property or a guardian of the person of a disabled person; requiring a specified facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to submit a specified report of a voluntarily or involuntarily committed individual to CJIS; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/01/2013
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Food Service Facilities - Industrially Produced Trans Fat - Prohibition [HB-768]
Prohibiting a food service facility from using food containing industrially produced trans fat for specified purposes; providing for an exception to the use of trans fat by a food service facility; requiring a food service facility to maintain on-site the original label for specified food under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/28/2013
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Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council [HB-690]
Establishing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and demographic diversity of the State in appointing individuals to the Council; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Secretary of Aging or their designees to cochair the Council; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, with assistance from the Department of Aging, to provide staff support for the Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 306 on 05/02/2013
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State Brain Injury Trust Fund [HB-61]
Establishing the State Brain Injury Trust Fund as a special fund used to support specified services for individuals with brain injuries; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or the Secretary's designee to administer the Fund; requiring the Secretary or the Secretary's designee to make specified reports; establishing eligibility for individuals to receive assistance from the Fund; requiring that specified investment earnings be credited to the Fund; requiring a specified report to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Favorable With Amendments {606788/1 Report Adopted on 04/08/2013
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Judgments - Third-Party Tortfeasors [HB-600]
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. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
First Reading Judicial Proceedings And Finance on 03/20/2013
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Hospitals - Establishment of Palliative Care Pilot Programs [HB-581]
Providing for the establishment of a specified number of palliative care pilot programs in specified hospitals in the State; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to select the pilot programs in a specified manner; requiring specified palliative care programs to include specified policies and procedures; requiring specified counseling about palliative care to include information regarding specified rights of patients; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 05/02/2013
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Office of Health Care Quality - Abuser Registry Workgroup [HB-57]
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. Barbara Robinson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 606 on 05/16/2013
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Criminal Procedure - Supervising Authority - Sex Offender Transfer Notifications [HB-544]
Requiring a specified supervising authority operating a facility having custody of or providing residential or nonresidential reentry services to a registered sex offender to provide notice of a transfer of the registrant to a facility in another county to the local law enforcement unit in the county of the new facility and the Division of Parole and Probation within a specified period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/04/2013
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Criminal Procedure - State Vulnerable-Adult Abuser Registry [HB-54]
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. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 02/19/2013
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Health Occupations - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Services - Study [HB-536]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified study regarding the ordering of magnetic resonance imaging services by specified physicians; and requiring the Department to submit the results of the study to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before April 1, 2014.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/06/2013
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Swimming Pools - Automated External Defibrillator Programs (Connor's Law) [HB-364]
Requiring each county or municipality that owns or operates a swimming pool to develop and implement a specified automated external defibrillator program that meets requirements for swimming pools owned or operated by the county or municipality; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems jointly to adopt regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 107 on 04/09/2013