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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act [SB-566]
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 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing Cancelled on 02/23/2011
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Recovery Homes - Best Practices [SB-562]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify standards for best practices on recovery homes in the State, and to report findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2011.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Developmental Disabilities Administration - Licensees - Duties and Immunities [SB-550]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt rules and regulations that require a licensee of the Developmental Disabilities Administration to take specified actions before hiring an employee; requiring specified licensees to respond promptly to specified requests for information; providing that persons that make specified disclosures to specified employers shall have immunities and protections; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2011
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Education - Bullying Safety Risks and Health Problems - Parental Information [SB-549]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to provide specified information by a specified date to county boards of education relating to specified safety risks and health problems; requiring specified schools to send specified information to specified parents and guardians; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/21/2011
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Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Offender in Need of Commitment [SB-533]
Creating a procedure by which a person who has been convicted of or charged with a sexually violent offense, who suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder, and who has been determined to be in need of commitment to a State facility may be committed to the custody of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene until a specified court makes a determination that the mental abnormality or personality disorder has changed so that the person, if released, is not likely to engage in a specified act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Recovery Audits [SB-510]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to enter into specified contracts to conduct specified recovery audits of payments made by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring a specified consultant to include in its recovery audit specified payments made by the Program; specifying requirements for specified contracts; requiring the Department to provide specified information to specified persons under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/17/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Emergency Standards for Moderate [SB-456]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations for health care practice sites where moderate sedation is conducted; requiring the regulations to address appropriate emergency supplies and equipment and appropriate standards and procedures to be followed in the event of an emergency; and establishing a penalty for a violation of regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/2 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Pregnancy Outcomes - Confidential Statistical Reporting Requirements [SB-426]
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. Edward Reilly
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/15/2011
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Task Force to Study the Use of Telemedicine in Medically Underserved [SB-406]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Use of Telemedicine in Medically Underserved Populations and Areas; providing for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; specifying the duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to make an interim report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2011, and a final report on or before September 30, 2012; terminating the Act on September 30, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/28/2011
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Certificates of Foreign Birth - IH-3 [SB-400]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on request, to prepare and register a certificate of foreign birth for specified individuals who have been granted an IH-3 visa by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; and requiring the certificate to be established on receipt of specified documents, including proof of IH-3 visa status.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland Health Security Act of 2011 [SB-388]
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. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2011
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Health - State Facilities and Residential Centers - Definition of Abuse [SB-384]
Altering specified definitions of "abuse" for purposes of specified reporting requirements by specifying that "abuse" does not include specified actions that comply with State and federal laws and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene policies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Supports Intensity Scale - Stakeholder Advisory Group [SB-343]
Establishing the Supports Intensity Scale Stakeholder Advisory Group; providing for the membership and staffing of the Advisory Group; requiring the Advisory Group to conduct a specified review and make specified recommendations; providing that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene may not implement the Supports Intensity Scale until the Advisory Group makes specified recommendations; requiring the Department to submit specified reports to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 02/21/2011
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Medical Marijuana - Affirmative Defenses - Maryland Medical Marijuana Model [SB-308]
Establishing that, in a prosecution for the use or possession of marijuana, or the use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia related to marijuana, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant used or possessed marijuana or drug paraphernalia related to marijuana because the defendant has a debilitating condition, the condition is severe and resistant to conventional medicine, and marijuana is likely to provide the defendant with therapeutic or palliative relief from the condition; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Health Care Decisions Act - "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" Form [SB-203]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and the State Board of Physicians, to develop and periodically revise a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; requiring specified health care facilities and authorizing other health care providers to use a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; repealing provisions of law relating to the "Instructions on Current Life-Sustaining Treatment Options" form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Collective Bargaining - Independent Home Care Providers [SB-181]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified independent home care providers; providing that there may be only one appropriate bargaining unit for the providers; authorizing providers to designate an exclusive representative; requiring that procedures be governed by specified provisions of law; providing for the scope of collective bargaining; requiring an exclusive representative to provide specified notice; providing that specified providers are not required to pay a service fee, but are required to make a specified payment; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Re-referred Appropriations on 04/09/2011
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Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council [SB-175]
Establishing the Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Council to meet a specified number of times each year; providing that a specified number of members of the Council constitutes a quorum; prohibiting members of the Council from receiving compensation but entitling members to reimbursement for specified expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2011
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The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2011 [SB-168]
Increasing the State tax rates for alcoholic beverages sold in Maryland from $1.50 to $10.03 per gallon for distilled spirits, from 40 cents to $2.96 per gallon for wine, and from 9 cents to $1.16 per gallon for beer; providing for the distribution of the additional revenue to special funds to be used only for the purpose of providing additional funding for specified health services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/09/2011
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Public Health - Containers of Infant Formula Manufactured with Bisphenol-A - [SB-151]
Prohibiting the State from purchasing infant formula in containers containing a specified amount of bisphenol-A on or after July 1, 2014; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of specified containers of infant formula containing a specified amount of bisphenol-A on or after July 1, 2014; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations on or before January 1, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Mental Hygiene Administration Facilities - Repeal of Provisions that Relate to [SB-144]
Repealing provisions of law in the Health - General Article that relate to Mental Hygiene Administration facilities that have closed.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mental
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/19/2011