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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Appointment and Term of Chair [HB-824]
Requiring the Governor to appoint the chair of the State Board of Physicians; and establishing the term of office of the chair.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Hammen
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Health - Medical Assistance Programs - Fraud and Abuse Prevention [HB-792]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement specified prepayment systems and services 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; requiring the Department, under specified circumstances, to take specified action and allow specified entities to access specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/20/2012
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Health Care Delivery Systems - Pilot [HB-759]
Establishing a pilot project in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to test alternative and innovative health care delivery systems that provide services to the fee-for-service Maryland Medical Assistance Program population in a specified manner; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a specified request for proposals in consultation with specified individuals and entities; establishing the requirements a health care delivery system must meet to be eligible to participate in the pilot project; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Hammen
Hearing Cancelled on 03/02/2012
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Health Occupations Boards - Regulations - Scope of Practice Advisory Committees [HB-758]
Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations governing the practices of specified health occupations boards and commissions under specified circumstances; authorizing the Secretary to convene specified advisory committees for specified purposes; requiring specified advisory committees to consist of specified members with specified expertise; requiring specified advisory committees to take into account specified considerations when reviewing scope of practice disputes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
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Education - Domicile Requirements for Attendance - Exception [HB-757]
Requiring a county superintendent to allow a child to remain at a school under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Juvenile Services each to adopt specified regulations establishing factors relating to the best interests of specified children; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Inmates - Hepatitis C - Testing, Prevention, Counseling, and Treatment [HB-743]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a voluntary hepatitis C testing program for specified inmates as part of the intake and release process; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish specified protocols for the prevention of hepatitis C infection among inmates and the treatment of specified inmates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/7 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2012
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Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and [HB-719]
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. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/23/2012
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Home Visiting Accountability Act of 2012 [HB-699]
Requiring the State to fund only evidence-based and promising home visiting programs for improving parent and child outcomes, as provided in the State budget; requiring specified home visiting programs to submit regular reports; requiring the development of reporting and monitoring procedures for specified home visiting programs by the Governor's Office for Children and the agencies of the Children's Cabinet; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Health and State Government - Falls by Senior Citizens - Awareness and [HB-665]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim each year the last full week in September as Fall Prevention Awareness Week; and requiring the Secretary of Aging and the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before January 1, 2013, to develop a statewide protocol for home safety inspections for senior citizens who are discharged from the hospital following a fall, with the aim of reducing future fall- related readmissions, and to submit the protocol to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/29/2012
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Public Health - Glucose Testing - Permit [HB-66]
Requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene before offering to provide a glucose test and conducting the glucose test outside a specified permanently located medical laboratory; providing that a glucose testing permit is not required for a medical laboratory under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
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Public Safety - Emergency Management - Emergency Plans for Human Service [HB-658]
Providing that specified facilities and centers are solely responsible for any financial obligation arising from voluntary or mandatory activation of a specified emergency plan; specifying that the Act does not prohibit a specified facility or center from applying for and receiving specified reimbursement; requiring specified kidney dialysis centers to have specified emergency plans; requiring the plans to include specified policies and procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses - Public Awareness, Treatment, and Outreach [HB-641]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as funds are available, to conduct a needs assessment, initiate a statewide public awareness campaign, solicit funding, and review and recommend initiatives related to the hepatitis B virus; requiring the Department, as funds are available, to coordinate with the Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop specified hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Food Service Facilities and Retail Establishments - Artificial Trans Fats - [HB-627]
Prohibiting a food service facility from using food containing artificial trans fat for specified purposes; providing for an exception to the use of trans fat by a food service facility; prohibiting a retail establishment from selling specified food containing artificial trans fat beginning on October 1, 2014; requiring a food service facility or retail establishment to maintain on-site the original label for specified food under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/29/2012
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State Board of Environmental Health Specialists - Transfer of Responsibilities [HB-511]
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: Rep. James Hubbard
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012 [HB-439]
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. Susan Lee
Hearing Cancelled (finance) on 03/28/2012
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider-Based Outpatient Oncology [HB-432]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse freestanding outpatient oncology centers for specified services at a specified reimbursement rate; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations; prohibiting the Department from making payment for specified invoices after a specified date; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Donoghue
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 02/22/2012
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Medical Assistance Program - Health Care for Mothers, Children, Seniors, and [HB-426]
Establishing a specified pilot program to enhance Maryland Medical Assistance Program services; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer the pilot program; requiring the pilot program to provide specified services to a specified number of individuals; requiring the pilot program to include the development of a specified system, specified care coordination and programs, a network of specified practitioners and hospitals, and the development of a specified training institute; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/21/2012
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Health - Cottage Food Businesses - Requirements [HB-399]
Providing that a cottage food business is not required, under specified circumstances, to be licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing that the owner of a cottage food business may sell only cottage food products that are stored on specified premises and prepackaged with a specified label; requiring the owner of a cottage food business to comply with specified county and municipal laws and ordinances; providing that a specified investigation of a cottage food business may include sampling; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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State Board of Nursing - Sunset Extension and Revisions [HB-395]
Continuing the State Board of Nursing by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; requiring that an evaluation of the Board and the statutes and regulations that relate to the Board be performed on or before July 1, 2022; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management, to contract with an independent entity for a specified management and personnel study with costs paid from the Board of Nursing Fund;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Hammen
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/22/2012
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Abuser [HB-382]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a registry that includes specified information on employees of health care facilities who were terminated for abusing or neglecting a specified individual in a health care facility; requiring the placement of the employee on the registry under specified circumstances; authorizing specified health care facilities to have access to the registry; prohibiting a health care facility from employing an individual listed in the registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/03/2012