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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Education - Student-Athletes - Concussions [SB-865]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with specified organizations and individuals, to develop and implement a specified program to provide awareness to coaches, school personnel, student-athletes, and the parents or guardians of student-athletes on the nature and risks of a concussion, the criteria for removal from and return to play, and the risks of not reporting injury and continuing to play; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Re-referred Ways And Means & Health And Government Operations on 04/10/2010
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Patient Centered Medical Home Program [SB-855]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to establish a Maryland Patient Centered Medical Home Program under specified circumstances; requiring specified health insurance carriers to participate in the Program; requiring the Department to ensure that participation in the Program of managed care organizations and specified enrollees will support specified standards; authorizing the Commission to authorize a health insurance carrier to implement a specified single carrier patient centered medical home program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Crimes - Sex Offenders - Notification, Registration, and Penalties [SB-854]
Increasing the maximum and mandatory minimum penalties for a person convicted of rape in the second degree of a child under the age of 13 years; increasing the maximum and mandatory minimum penalties for a person convicted of a sexual offense in the second degree against a child under the age of 13 years; altering requirements relating to the registration on a specified registry of individuals who have committed specified sex offenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James DeGrange
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Public Schools - New Construction or Renovation - Children's Environmental [SB-814]
Requiring each county board of education to adopt an environmental health plan for school construction or renovation projects that includes specified standards; requiring a plan adopted under the Act to include specified additional provisions for school construction or renovation that will be conducted while the public school is occupied; requiring specified hazardous substance removal standards adopted under the Act to include specified provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2010
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Blue Ribbon Commission on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders [SB-797]
Establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders; providing for the membership of the Commission; requiring the Commission to examine specified population data, survey specified research, and assess existing services, resources, and capacity regarding Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before September 30, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/12/2010
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Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Practice in Long-Term Care Facilities [SB-719]
Authorizing a dental hygienist to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a dentist in long-term care facilities under specified circumstances; requiring specified dental hygienists to have a specified written agreement; requiring the dental hygienists to ensure that the supervising dentist is available for consultation with the dental hygienist; requiring specified dental hygienists to consult with the supervising dentist or a treating physician under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010
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The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2010 [SB-717]
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. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/17/2010
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Maryland Health System Act of 2010 [SB-682]
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. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2010
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Education - Immunizations - Children Entering Seventh Grade or Higher [SB-659]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's regulations regarding immunizations to include the requirement that the parent or legal guardian of a child born on or after January 1, 1990, entering the seventh grade or the equivalent in this State or transferring into a school in this State at the seventh grade or higher level on or after September 1, 2010, to have specified immunizations administered to the child.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/22/2010
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Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - [SB-636]
Adding the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center to the list of State facilities maintained under the direction of the Mental Hygiene Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Administration, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to continue the operation of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/15/2010
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Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Developmental Disabilities [SB-633]
Requiring the Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission to determine a weighted average cost structure of specified developmental disabilities service providers and community mental health services providers in a specified manner; requiring the Commission to include in an existing annual report an analysis of the impact of a specified annual inflationary cost adjustment on the financial condition of specified providers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Public Health - Medical Marijuana [SB-627]
Making marijuana a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue a specified request for proposals to select authorized growers of marijuana for medical use; providing for specified requirements of authorized growers; prohibiting an authorized grower from holding any other permit issued under a specified provision of law or being a physician who prepares a specified written certification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Garagiola
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2010
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Health Facilities - Freestanding Medical Facilities - Rates [SB-593]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to pay specified rates for specified hospital services; specifying that emergency services include services provided at specified facilities for the purposes of hospital rate setting; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to set rates for hospital services provided at specified freestanding medical facilities; altering the circumstances under which the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene must issue a license to a freestanding medical facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Business Regulation - Lodging Establishments - National Human Trafficking [SB-542]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to design a sign that contains specified information regarding the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline; requiring the sign to meet specified requirements and be placed on the Department's website; requiring a lodging establishment to post a specified sign if the lodging establishment is located on property where arrests leading to conviction for prostitution, solicitation of a minor, or human trafficking have occurred; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Nutrition Information Labeling [SB-539]
Requiring chain restaurants to provide specified nutrition information for standard menu items; establishing how the nutrition information is to be determined; requiring the nutrition information to be displayed in a specified manner; authorizing a local health department to enforce the Act; providing for civil penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/01/2010
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State Board of Nursing - Nurse Practitioners - Certification Requirements and [SB-484]
Altering requirements for certification as a nurse practitioner; requiring the State Board of Nursing to waive specified education requirements; authorizing the State Board of Nursing to establish continuing education or competency requirements for the renewal of certificates; repealing a requirement that the State Board of Physicians approve the scope of practice of specified nurse practitioners; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to repeal specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Residential Child Care Facilities - Incident Reporting - Interagency Workgroup [SB-478]
Establishing a specified interagency workgroup to develop a uniform incident reporting system and to recommend specified regulations; requiring the interagency workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor's Office for Children, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Developmental Disabilities Administration - Recipient Appeals [SB-465]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide notice and an opportunity for a Medicaid fair hearing under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary to provide specified notice within 30 days after the denial of Medicaid-waiver services to a recipient under a plan of habilitation; authorizing an individual who receives written notice of a denial to appeal the decision; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Food and Cosmetics - Auction Sales - Prohibition - Exception [SB-431]
Prohibiting a person from selling specified infant formula and baby food at auction sales unless the person makes a specified notification; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to make specified inspections; prohibiting a person from selling specified infant formula and baby food at auction sales under specified circumstances; exempting the sale of specified items at a charity auction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Eligibility for Nursing Facility [SB-429]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide a report to committees of the General Assembly and the Medicaid Advisory Committee at least 90 days prior to making any change to medical eligibility for specified Medical Assistance Program long-term care services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010