Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Medical Assistance Programs - Fraud and Abuse Prevention [HB-1329]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement specified prepayment systems to prevent fraud and abuse in the payment of claims for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department to use specified information to refine and enhance a specified system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/19/2013
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-1312]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion of a pregnant woman 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. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Firearm and Permit Surcharge [HB-1275]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a specified surcharge to be imposed on regulated firearm purchases and handgun permit applications; requiring all money received from the surcharge to go into the Mental Health Services Fund; requiring the Department of State Police in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations; establishing the Mental Health Services Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities and Pharmacies - Sale of Tobacco Products - Prohibition [HB-1270]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Establishing, as a condition of licensure, that tobacco products be prohibited from being sold in specified hospitals, related institutions, and nursing homes; requiring that specified regulations prohibit the sale of tobacco products in specified freestanding medical facilities and hospice facilities; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations that prohibit the sale of tobacco products in specified freestanding ambulatory care facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Sex Offenders [HB-1267]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a registered sex offender who applies for admission to a nursing home or an assisted living program to provide a specified notification to the nursing home or assisted living program during the admission process; adding to the information to be included in a registration statement; prohibiting a facility from knowingly employing an identified registrant; authorizing a facility to decline admission to an identified registrant; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/28/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Mental Hygiene - Reform of Laws and Delivery of Services [HB-1258]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
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. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Health - Forensic Laboratories - Regulation [HB-1254]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/14/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Safety Net Act of 2013 [HB-1245]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a specified Prison In-Reach Program; requiring each county board of education to include behavioral health services with school health services; requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to implement a specified program throughout the State to promote early identification of substance abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Food Service Facilities - Letter Grading [HB-1217]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and implement a system for grading and classifying health inspection results for specified food service facilities; requiring the Department to provide specified food service facilities with letter grade cards; requiring specified food service facilities to immediately post letter grade cards under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department from providing a letter grade card to a food service facility if the Department orders closing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/23/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Certified Professional Midwives - Pilot Program [HB-1202]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing certified professional midwives to practice in the State if the certified professional midwife is certified to practice by the North American Registry of Midwives and by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring certified professional midwives to file birthing plans with the Department that include prenatal counseling, preparation for an emergency, identification of an accessible hospital in the event of an emergency, and the filing of the result of the delivery and a birth certificate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Health - Retail Establishments - Use of Toilet Facilities by Customers [HB-1183]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the circumstances under which a retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees is required to allow specified customers to use the facility; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to create a specified identification card.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ana Gutierrez
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 148 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Service Restoration - Special Medical Needs Facilities [HB-1159]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a requirement that the Public Service Commission, on or before September 1 of each year, determine whether specified electric companies have met specified service quality and reliability standards; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and distribute to each electric company a list of specified special medical needs facilities, including the licensed capacity of each facility, by January 1 of each year and post the list on the Department's Web site; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 670 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Medical Marijuana - Academic Medical Centers - Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission [HB-1101]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission Fund; requiring the Commission to issue a specified request for applications at least annually; requiring a specified application submitted by an academic medical center to include specified information; limiting the number of programs the Commission may approve to operate at one time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 403 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [HB-1099]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing specified rights of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction; establishing that a gamete or an embryo donor is not a parent of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Hospitals - Notice to Patients - Outpatient Status and Billing Implications [HB-1062]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a hospital, under specified circumstances, to provide specified notice to a patient of the patient's outpatient status and the billing implications of the outpatient status; 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 specified written notice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 203 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2013 [HB-102]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Gaming ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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; providing that a specified District Court surcharge shall be added to fines imposed for specified traffic cases and not to court costs; providing that specified regulations and licensing requirements of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission supersede specified county fees or regulations and licensing requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 425 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Cosmetic Surgical Facilities - Regulation [HB-1009]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations for specified cosmetic surgical facilities; authorizing the Secretary to investigate specified complaints relating to cosmetic surgical facilities; requiring specified complaints to be referred to specified health occupations boards; altering definitions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 398 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2012 Special Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012 [SB-1301]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
Altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use of specified funds; authorizing the transfer of specified funds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Special Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012 [HB-1801]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
Altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified funding requirements; altering the authorized use of specified funds; authorizing the transfer of specified funds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Appropriations on 05/14/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Determinations [SB-97]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to send a specified notice of a right to appeal if the Department does not render an eligibility determination for a specified applicant within a specified period of time; requiring the Department to render an eligibility determination for a specified applicant at a specified hearing under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to provide a specified applicant with a detailed list of specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 02/01/2012