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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records [SB-508]
Authorizing intended parents, gamete donors, and a prospective gestational carrier to enter into a specified gestational agreement under specified circumstances; authorizing a gestational agreement to contain specified provisions; requiring a provider to provide each participant involved in an assisted reproduction with a specified notice containing specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/19/2012
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Managed Care Organizations - Medical Loss Ratio Information - Publication [SB-484]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to publish in a specified manner specified medical loss ratio information for managed care organizations participating in the Medical Assistance Program on the Web site of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Transfer of Responsibilities [SB-450]
Renaming the State Board of Environmental Sanitarians to be the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists; transferring the Board and specified functions, powers, duties, assets, liabilities, and records from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; renaming environmental sanitarians to be environmental health specialists; altering the length of terms and the number of terms specified Board members may serve; establishing a State Board of Environmental Health Specialists Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/22/2012
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Pregnancy Outcomes - Confidential Statistical Reporting Requirements [SB-427]
Requiring a hospital or facility in which a pregnancy is terminated to report the pregnancy termination to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring a physician who provides specified medical care to submit a specified report to the Department; requiring the Department to submit a specified annual report to the Governor and General Assembly; providing for specified penalties; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/29/2012
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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act [SB-400]
Providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified health- and fitness-related expenses; limiting the amount of expenses that specified taxpayers may subtract from federal adjusted gross income; requiring the Comptroller in cooperation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations and report to the General Assembly; applying the Act to tax years after 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing Cancelled on 03/07/2012
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Criminal Procedure - State Child Abuse Registry [SB-370]
Requiring individuals convicted of child 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 State child abuse registry and to provide specified information on the Internet; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Abuser [SB-316]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a workgroup to examine specified issues relating to health care facilities and abuser registries, including due process issues relating to a person's name being listed in the registry and the appropriate scope of the registry; and requiring the Department to submit a report to committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2012.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/29/2012
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Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012 [SB-234]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to designate specified areas as Health Enterprise Zones in a specified manner; specifying the purpose of establishing Health Enterprise Zones; authorizing the Secretary, in consultation with the Community Health Resources Commission, to adopt specified regulations; authorizing specified nonprofit community-based organizations or local government agencies to apply to the Secretary on behalf of specified areas for designation as specified Health Enterprise Zones; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Insurance - Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund [SB-230]
Altering the time at which specified professional liability insurers seeking reimbursement from the Rate Stabilization Account of the Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund on behalf of specified health care providers are required to make a specified determination, send a specified notice, and apply to the Account for reimbursement; repealing specified audit requirements; altering reporting requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland Health Security Act of 2012 [SB-206]
Establishing the Maryland Health System; requiring the Health System to provide health care services to all residents of the State under a single system that is not dependent on employment; authorizing a member of the Health System to choose any participating health care provider; requiring the Health System to reimburse a member who receives health care services from an out-of-state health care provider under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/23/2012
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012 [SB-152]
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
Conference Committee Report 473023/1 Adopted on 04/06/2012
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Facilities Capital Program - State's [SB-1079]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on receipt of a written request from the recipient of funds disbursed for a specified project or facility or the owner of a specified property, to prepare and send to the requestor a written estimate that includes specified information; authorizing the Department to require that a specified request include a copy of an appraisal of a specified property prepared within a specified period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2012
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Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement Requirements - Authority to [HB-992]
Requiring specified State and local entities to make specified efforts to determine if another State or local entity is participating in a specified contract before initiating a specified procurement; and authorizing that, in specified fiscal years, the secretaries of specified agencies may withhold specified percentages of funds distributed under specified programs to local entities under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/03/2012
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Task Force to Study the Renovation and Repair Needs of Senior Homeowners [HB-991]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, with the assistance of the Department of Aging, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Department of Human Resources, to create a task force to study methods for identifying and understanding the renovation and repair needs of low-income and limited-income senior homeowners and identifying resources to assist senior homeowners; requiring the task force to consult with and enlist the participation of specified stakeholders; requiring a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Anne Arundel County - Semipermanent Food Service Facilities - Requirements [HB-99]
Requiring the operator of a specified semipermanent food service facility to meet specified requirements regarding wastewater disposal and access to a potable water supply; defining "semipermanent food service facility"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Pregnancy Outcomes - Confidential Statistical Reporting Requirements [HB-967]
Requiring a hospital or facility in which a pregnancy is terminated to report the pregnancy termination to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring a physician who provides specified medical care to submit a specified report to the Department; requiring the Department to submit a specified annual report to the Governor and General Assembly; providing for specified penalties; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Elliott
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/05/2012
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Subrogation - Reduction [HB-961]
Requiring under specified circumstances that the amount for which the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has a right of subrogation for health care benefits or services paid or payable on behalf of a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient be reduced by a specified amount related to the amount of specified attorney's fees incurred by the Program recipient; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2012
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Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records [HB-873]
Authorizing intended parents, gamete donors, and a prospective gestational carrier to enter into a specified gestational agreement under specified circumstances; authorizing a gestational agreement to contain specified provisions; requiring a provider to provide each participant involved in an assisted reproduction with a specified notice containing specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/21/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2012 [HB-87]
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
Hearing 3/1 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/15/2012
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Food Service Facilities - Open Windows and Doors [HB-841]
Authorizing a food service facility to operate with the outer windows or outer doors of the facility open unless the local health department finds evidence of specified vermin or flying insects while the facility is operating with the outer doors or outer windows open; requiring a food service facility to take specified actions under specified circumstances; authorizing a local health department to take specified actions under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012