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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health - Tattoo Facilities - Protection of Minors [HB-328]
Prohibiting an owner, employee, or operator of a tattoo facility from allowing a minor to receive a tattoo unless the minor's parent or legal guardian provides written consent in a specified manner; requiring an owner, employee, or operator of a tattoo facility to require specified documentation before allowing an individual to receive a tattoo; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to impose specified penalties and adopt specified regulations; providing for the construction of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Malone
Hearing 2/9 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2012
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Managed Care Organizations - Medical Loss Ratio Information - Publication [HB-286]
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. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Income Tax Credit for Services Donated to Community Health Organizations [HB-227]
Allowing a State income tax credit for specified health care professionals who donate services to community health organizations providing health care services to low-income individuals; providing for allocation of the tax credit among community health organizations; limiting the total tax credit that may be allocated in the State to $250,000 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2012
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Medical Marijuana - Caregiver - Affirmative Defense [HB-15]
Establishing that it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the possession of specified drug paraphernalia that the marijuana or drug paraphernalia was intended for medical use by an individual with a specified debilitating medical condition for whom the defendant is a specified caregiver; prohibiting a defendant from asserting a specified affirmative defense unless, a specified number of days before trial, the defendant notifies the State's Attorney of a specified affirmative defense and provides documentation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/07/2012
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Health - Youth Camps - Application Fees for Certification [HB-1421]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from imposing a specified application fee for a youth camp certificate or letter of compliance that is greater than a fee imposed by the Secretary prior to the publication of a specified fee in the Maryland Register on specified dates; and prohibiting a regulation that increases an application fee for a letter of compliance from taking effect until the General Assembly approves the increase through legislation enacted into law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/06/2012
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and [HB-1407]
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 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report findings of the workgroup on or before June 30, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Favorable Report By Finance on 04/06/2012
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Youth Camps - Fees and Inspections - Exemptions [HB-1385]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from imposing a fee for the purpose of inspecting, monitoring, and regulating specified youth camps; requiring a youth camp to make a specified certification to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on or before April 1 of each year that all of the programs and activities conducted by the youth camp comply with applicable State health and safety laws and regulations; exempting a camp that completes a specified self-inspection report from inspection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
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Medicaid Sustainability Commission [HB-1341]
Establishing the Medicaid Sustainability Commission; providing for the membership, chair, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters relating to the sustainability of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, including recommendations to provide for a specified plan; terminating the Act after June 30, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary James
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/29/2012
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Health - Forensic Laboratories - Regulation [HB-1294]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to authorize a specified accrediting body to inspect specified forensic laboratories; requiring a forensic laboratory to obtain accreditation from a specified accreditation body before applying for a license; requiring the Secretary to approve an accreditation body to accredit forensic laboratories in the State; directing the Forensic Laboratory Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on specified matters; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/01/2012
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Public Health Nuisance - Tobacco Smoke in Multidwelling Units - Abatement and [HB-1224]
Amending the definition of "nuisance" to include tobacco smoke that drifts from specified units into other residential units in a multidwelling property over a specified period of time as it relates to authorizing specified entities or individuals to bring an action in a circuit court for relief from the nuisance; prohibiting a specified community association from bringing an action under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing Cancelled on 02/16/2012
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Health Care Case Management for At-Risk Juveniles - Work Group [HB-1176]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a Work Group on Health Care Case Management for At-Risk Juveniles in the State; providing for the membership and staffing of the Work Group; providing for the designation of the chair of the Work Group; providing for the duties of the Work Group; requiring the Secretary to make a specified report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before January 1, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
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Cigarette Restitution Fund - Lung Cancer Screening and Biotechnology [HB-1167]
Establishing a Lung Cancer Screening Component and a Lung Cancer Biotechnology Research and Development Component in the Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program; providing for the purposes of the components; requiring the Governor to include specified funding in the annual budget for the components; requiring that specified Academic Health Centers be given priority in awarding Statewide Academic Health Center Research Grants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2012
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Waiver for Children with Autism Spectrum [HB-1151]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the State Department of Education to develop a process through which children receiving services through the Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who lose eligibility for waiver services due to specified circumstances are able to resume the receipt of waiver services; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the State Department of Education to adopt specified regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/06/2012
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Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Delivered Through Telemedicine [HB-1149]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for health care services delivered through telemedicine in a specified manner; prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding a health care service from coverage solely because it is delivered by telemedicine and not in another manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Nursing Home Administrator License - Revocation or Surrender - Ban on [HB-1118]
Prohibiting specified nursing homes or nursing home management firms from knowingly employing or retaining as a consultant an individual who has surrendered a specified license under specified circumstances to the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators or has had a license revoked by the Board based on specified grounds for discipline except in specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from reimbursing specified institutions and management firms under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Of The Maryland Constitution on 05/26/2012
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Health - Palliative Care - Services and Education [HB-1090]
Requiring hospitals with 50 beds or more to implement a palliative care program on or before a specified date; requiring palliative care programs to provide and facilitate access to specified information and palliative care services and to implement specified policies and procedures; requiring health care providers to provide information and counseling about palliative care options to specified patients and proxy decision makers under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/29/2012
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Public Health - Child Care Products Containing Flame Retardant Chemicals (TRIS) [HB-107]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering for sale specified child care products containing flame retardant chemicals (TRIS); providing that the Act does not apply to the sale or distribution of a child care product that is resold, offered for resale, or distributed by a consumer for consumer use; providing for penalties; authorizing a court to enjoin specified actions; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations on or before January 1, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2012
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Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage, Workgroup, and [HB-1055]
Specifying the format in which specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must provide a notice about the coverage of habilitative services; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to establish a workgroup on access to habilitative services benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Services - Eligibility [HB-1029]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide an applicant for specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program services with a written notice of eligibility within a specified time period after the Department receives a specified application; providing that an applicant is presumptively eligible for specified Program benefits if the Department does not make an eligibility determination within a specified time period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aisha Braveboy
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/20/2012
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Medical Marijuana Commission [HB-1024]
Establishing the Medical Marijuana Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Commission; 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; requiring the Commission to set specified application and renewal fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/23/2012