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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Offender in Need of Commitment [SB-405]
Creating a procedure in which a person who has been convicted of or charged with a sexually violent offense and who suffers from a specified mental abnormality or personality disorder may be placed in the custody of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene until the person meets specified criteria; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
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Health Occupations - Licensure of Physician Assistants [SB-308]
Requiring individuals to be licensed rather than certified by the State Board of Physicians before individuals may practice as physician assistants; altering the appointments and qualifications for members of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee within the Board; altering the authority of the Board to review and approve delegation agreements; authorizing the Board, rather than the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, to recommend removal of specified members of the Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Health Occupations Boards - Revisions [SB-291]
Requiring health occupations boards to provide notification to licensees or certificate holders of board vacancies; requiring health occupations boards to collect specified racial and ethnic information; requiring that, to the extent practicable, members of health occupations boards reasonably reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State; requiring specified health occupations boards to develop a specified training process and materials for board members; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010 [SB-279]
Prohibiting actions constituting false claims against a State health plan or a State health program; providing penalties for making false claims against a State health plan or a State health program; requiring the court to consider and give special attention to specified factors in determining the fines and penalties provided for in the Act; authorizing the State or a person on behalf of the State to file a civil action against a person who makes a false claim against a State health plan or a State health program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lenett
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Child Care Articles Containing Bisphenol-A - Prohibition [SB-213]
Prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of specified child care articles containing bisphenol-A; requiring a person to use the least toxic alternative; prohibiting a person from using specified carcinogens or specified reproductive toxicants when complying with the Act; providing for a penalty; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Seasonal Farmer's Market Producer Sampling License [SB-199]
Authorizing a county to establish a seasonal farmer's market producer sampling license to allow a producer of a farm product to prepare and offer samples of the product at a farmer's market; requiring the license to be valid at all farmer's markets in the county for a specified time period, for a single fee; limiting a licensee to offering samples only of a farm product produced by the licensee; requiring a county issuing the license to adopt specified ordinances; and requiring a specified department to adopt regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Farmer's Markets - Agricultural Product Sales - Producer Mobile Farmer's Market [SB-198]
Altering the definition of "food service facility" to exclude the sale of specified raw agricultural products at a farmer's market from regulation as a food service facility; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from requiring a license for the sale of raw agricultural products at a farmer's market; clarifying that a license is not required to deliver prepackaged food products; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a producer mobile farmer's market license; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program - Extension [SB-177]
Extending the termination date of the Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program to June 30, 2015.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010
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State Board of Pharmacy - Wholesale Distributor Permitting and Prescription [SB-163]
Authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to purchase and distribute specified drugs and devices for specified purposes; requiring the Department to adopt regulations, in consultation with the State Board of Pharmacy, for specified purposes; altering the circumstances under which the Board may grant "deemed status" to wholesale distributors; requiring wholesale distributors that receive a permit by reciprocity to comply with specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program [SB-146]
Continuing the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2022, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; requiring that an evaluation of the Board be performed on or before July 1, 2021; and requiring the Board, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to make a specified report on or before October 1, 2011.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010 [SB-1065]
Providing for the lifetime supervision of specified sexual offenders; providing for the civil commitment of specified sexually violent offenders; prohibiting the earning of diminution credits by specified child sexual offenders; eliminating parole eligibility for specified child sexual offenders; requiring a specified notation on the drivers' licenses of specified registrants; requiring the Internet posting of known aliases of specified registrants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Lowell Stoltzfus
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2010
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Veterans Affairs - Military Health Care Provider Transition Plan [SB-1033]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a Military Health Care Provider Transition Plan; providing for the purpose of the Plan; requiring the Department to work in conjunction with specified entities; requiring the Plan to include specified goals; requiring the Department to address the concerns and recommendations identified in a specified report; requiring the Department to complete the Plan by a specified date; requiring the Department to submit specified reports to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Health Improvement and Disease [SB-1003]
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 2010; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Re-referred Budget And Taxation on 03/18/2010
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Public Schools - New Construction or Renovation - Children's Environmental [HB-932]
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. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/23/2010
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Patient Centered Medical Home Program [HB-929]
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. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program [HB-918]
Establishing the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing the mission of the Program; requiring the Program to carry out its mission by monitoring the prescribing and dispensing of specified substances by prescribers and dispensers; establishing the powers and duties of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under the Program; requiring dispensers to submit specified information to the Program electronically except in specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sue Kullen
Hearing 3/4 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2010
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Developmental Disabilities Administration - Recipient Appeals [HB-900]
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. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Nursing Facility Residents - Home-Based and Community Services - Access [HB-899]
Requiring social workers to provide nursing facility residents with specified information about services under the home- and community- based waiver programs on admission and discharge from the nursing facility; requiring specified employees or representatives of designated protection and advocacy systems agencies to have access to specified residents; providing for the confidentiality of information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Health - Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease [HB-897]
Establishing a Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to survey specified research, practices, and approaches regarding Alzheimer's disease; requiring the Task Force to make specified recommendations; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before September 30, 2012; terminating the Act after September 30, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/23/2010
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State Board of Pharmacy - Wholesale Distributor Permitting and Prescription [HB-868]
Authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to purchase and distribute specified drugs and devices for specified purposes; requiring the Department to adopt regulations, in consultation with the State Board of Pharmacy, for specified purposes; altering the circumstances under which the Board may grant "deemed status" to wholesale distributors; requiring wholesale distributors that receive a permit by reciprocity to comply with specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010