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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Vulnerable Adult Abuse Registry [HB-326]
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 02/25/2013
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Mammograms - Dense Breast Tissue - Notification [HB-312]
Requiring, subject to a specified provision of law, specified centers that produce, develop, or interpret mammograms to provide a specified notice to specified patients under specified circumstances; 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. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 457 on 05/16/2013
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Task Force to Study Point-of-Care Testing for Lead Poisoning [HB-303]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Point-of-Care Testing for Lead Poisoning; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the use of and reimbursement for point-of-care testing to screen and identify children with elevated blood-lead levels; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified legislative committees on or before January 1, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 365 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland Medical Marijuana Act [HB-302]
Authorizing the medical use of marijuana under specified circumstances; repealing criminal provisions that allow the imposition of a fine or the use of an affirmative defense for use or possession of marijuana or use or possession of drug paraphernalia related to marijuana under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations on or before September 1, 2013; authorizing the Department to vary application and renewal fees along a sliding scale; requiring a specified annual report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/25/2013
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Firearm Safety Act of 2013 [HB-294]
Altering the authorization for a person to wear, carry, or transport a handgun to be within specified limitations; designating specified firearms as assault weapons; prohibiting, with specified exceptions, a person from transporting an assault weapon into the State or possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving an assault weapon; authorizing specified licensed firearms dealers to continue to possess, sell, offer for sale, or transfer specified assault weapons under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/01/2013
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Study of Paratransit Services for Dialysis Patients [HB-287]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified study of paratransit services provided for dialysis patients in the State; requiring the study to make specified determinations and evaluate scheduling of specified dialysis treatments; and requiring the Department to report the findings and any recommendations based on the study to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 15, 2013.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/28/2013
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Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013 [HB-228]
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. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 159 on 05/02/2013
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Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013 [HB-225]
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. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 155 on 04/17/2013
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Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services [HB-22]
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. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/11/2013
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Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority and Reporting Requirements [HB-179]
Altering the authority of pharmacists to administer vaccinations; authorizing a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to an individual in a specified age group who has a prescription or to an adult under a written protocol that meets specified requirements; altering a vaccination reporting requirement; requiring a pharmacist, under specified circumstances, to document at least one effort to inform specified health care practitioners or other sources of care that a vaccination has been administered; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 256 on 05/02/2013
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Regulatory Authority - Permit and Licensing Renewals and Building Plan Reviews [HB-164]
Lengthening the renewal period for tissue bank permits and residential service agency licenses; altering the entity to which specified food establishments must submit for review specified plans and specifications before the construction, remodeling, or alteration of the food establishments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 84 on 04/09/2013
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State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Effective Date of Adopted Regulations [HB-16]
Altering the effective date of specified regulations adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/11/2013
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Task Force to Evaluate Regional Health Delivery and Health Planning in Rural Areas [HB-1501]
Establishing the Task Force to Evaluate Regional Health Delivery and Health Planning in Rural Areas; providing for the composition, cochairs, 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 evaluate regional health delivery and health planning in rural areas, with a specified emphasis, to include specified items in its evaluation, and to make specified recommendations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/01/2013
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Health - Genetically Modified Organisms in Food - Study [HB-1466]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a study of whether genetically modified organisms in food have an adverse effect on human health; requiring the study to include a review of academic literature and scientific studies; and requiring the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before May 1, 2014.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/22/2013
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Children with Developmental Disabilities in State Custody - Continuation of Placement and Services [HB-1460]
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 a specified level of services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/22/2013
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Task Force on Pharmacogenomics [HB-1430]
Establishing a Task Force on Pharmacogenomics; providing for the membership, chair, staffing, and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to provide a specified report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2014; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2013
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Former Officials and Employees - Employment [HB-1429]
Providing that specified former officials or employees of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene may not be considered to have participated significantly in a contract under specified circumstances for purposes of specified restrictions on employment; requiring the Department to submit a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 418 on 05/02/2013
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Study of Honey-Related Licenses and Permits [HB-1388]
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. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Favorable With Amendments {266085/1 Report Adopted on 04/08/2013
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State Government - Mental Health and Law Enforcement Advisory Board [HB-1377]
Establishing the Mental Health and Law Enforcement Advisory Board; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Board; requiring the Board to make recommendations regarding the establishment of a Maryland Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health State Technical Assistance Center, report its findings and recommendations on or before June 30, 2014, to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly, and provide ongoing support and assistance to the Center; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary James
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/21/2013
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer [HB-1343]
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; specifying issues to be examined; 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 on or before June 30, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 249 on 05/02/2013