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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Redeterminations of Eligibility for [HB-575]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on or before October 1, 2011, to develop and implement a streamlined process for the annual redetermination of eligibility for specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients who require a nursing facility level of care; and requiring the Department to report on the development and implementation of the process to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2011.
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Health Care Providers - Training - Eating Disorders [HB-570]
Requiring specified health care providers to complete specified course work or training on the early recognition of and intervention for eating disorders; requiring specified health care providers to make a specified attestation to specified licensing boards; providing that a health care provider is exempt from the Act under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Health Benefit Exchanges - Establishment and Operation [HB-516]
Requiring a health benefit exchange to be established as a nonprofit entity; prohibiting an exchange from being established as a governmental agency; establishing the primary purpose of an exchange; requiring an exchange to focus its efforts on carrying out specified exchange functions; prohibiting an exchange from taking on specified functions, providing specified products or services, or soliciting business from specified persons; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Food and Nutrition Policy Council - Department of Agriculture [HB-441]
Creating the Maryland Food and Nutrition Policy Council in the Department of Agriculture; providing for the composition and staffing of the Council; providing that a member of the Council may not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for specified expenses; authorizing the Council to appoint specified nonvoting affiliate members; specifying the duties of the Council; and requiring the Council to make specified reports.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Health - Containers of Infant Formula Manufactured with Bisphenol-A - [HB-4]
Prohibiting the State from purchasing infant formula in containers and prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of containers containing a specified amount of bisphenol-A on or after July 1, 2014; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations on or before January 1, 2012; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to suspend implementation of provisions of the Act under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Mental Hygiene Administration Facilities - Repeal of Provisions that Relate to [HB-377]
Repealing provisions of law in the Health - General Article that relate to Mental Hygiene Administration facilities that have closed.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Health - State Facilities and Residential Centers - Definition of Abuse [HB-346]
Altering definitions of "abuse" for purposes of specified reporting requirements by specifying that "abuse" does not include actions that comply with State and federal laws and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene policies.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Supports Intensity Scale - Stakeholder Advisory Group [HB-300]
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.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Work Group [HB-291]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a Work Group to develop a model program, including draft legislation, to facilitate patient access to marijuana for medical purposes; providing for the membership and staffing of the Work Group; providing for the designation of the chair of the Work Group; requiring the Secretary to make a report to specified committees of the General Assembly on the Work Group's findings and proposed legislation on or before December 1, 2011; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Hospitals and Freestanding Ambulatory Care Facilities - Practitioner [HB-286]
Requiring hospitals and freestanding ambulatory care facilities, as a condition of licensure, to establish a practitioner performance evaluation process and to analyze the results of the process; requiring the practitioner performance evaluation process to include a review of care; requiring hospitals and freestanding ambulatory care facilities to take into account the results of the evaluation process for a member of the medical staff in the reappointment process; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Cost Savings Act [HB-229]
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.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Hygiene Administration - [HB-217]
Authorizing the Director of the Mental Hygiene Administration to transfer individuals from a public mental health facility to the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center under specified circumstances; requiring the Director to give specified individuals notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the Office of Administrative Hearings; providing that decisions of administrative law judges made under the Act are final; authorizing the Director to transfer individuals between public mental health facilities; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Abortion - Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Regulations [HB-187]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations on or before January 1, 2012, relating to abortions.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Coverage of Donor Breast Milk - Infant Survival Act [HB-180]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to reimburse a hospital for donor human breast milk provided to a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Independent Home Care Providers [HB-171]
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.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Use of Federal Funds - Priority for [HB-17]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to give priority to medically underserved areas of the State, as designated by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, when using federal funds that are received by the Secretary and that may be used for medical devices or telemedicine.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council [HB-165]
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.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Use of Telemedicine in Medically Underserved [HB-16]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Use of Telemedicine in Medically Underserved Populations and Areas; specifying the duties of the Task Force, including completing a specified cost-benefit analysis; requiring the Task Force to report findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before September 30, 2012; terminating the Act after September 30, 2012; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Environment - Cadmium in Children's Jewelry - Prohibition [HB-145]
Prohibiting a person, on or after July 1, 2012, from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or distributing in the State any children's jewelry that contains cadmium at 0.0075% by weight; authorizing the Department of the Environment to adopt specified regulations; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Food Service Facilities - Artificial Trans Fats - Prohibition [HB-1345]
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; requiring a food service facility to maintain on-site the original label for specified food under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to list specified food service facilities on the Department's Web site under specified circumstances; etc.