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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations - Membership and Sunset Repeal [HB-862]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with Med Chi, the Maryland State Medical Society, to appoint the chair of the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations; establishing the terms of the members of the Commission; repealing a provision that requires the Commission to study and make recommendations about immunizations required by children entering schools in times of vaccine shortage; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/09/2010
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Home- and Community-Based Services [HB-849]
Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from denying an individual access to a home- and community-based services waiver due to lack of funding if, in addition to existing criteria, at least 30 consecutive days of the individual's nursing facility stay are eligible to be paid for by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2010 [HB-832]
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 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/18/2010
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Task Force to Study Lyme Disease [HB-798]
Establishing a Task Force to Study Lyme Disease; providing for the membership, appointment, and staffing of the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations to the General Assembly, on or before a specified date, on issues relating to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/23/2010
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Maryland Health Security Act of 2010 [HB-767]
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 Health And Government Operations on 03/27/2010
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Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Nutrition Information Labeling [HB-758]
Requiring chain restaurants to provide specified nutrition information for standard menu items; establishing how the nutrition information is to be determined; authorizing specified restaurants and similar food establishments voluntarily to elect to be subject to specified provisions of law; 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. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/16/2010
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Health Occupations - Personal Trainers Act [HB-747]
Establishing the State Board of Personal Trainers; requiring specified persons to be licensed by the Board as personal trainers or personal trainer assistants before performing specified work in the State; establishing specified education and experience requirements for obtaining a license; establishing specified grounds for discipline; establishing hearing and appeal procedures; providing that the Board is subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Costa
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/08/2010
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Food Service Facilities - Artificial Trans Fat - Prohibition [HB-727]
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 website under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/23/2010
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Public Health - Medical Marijuana [HB-712]
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; requiring the Department to establish a specified registration program to authorize specified entities to distribute marijuana for medical purposes; authorizing the Department to charge a reasonable fee for the issuance of a specified permit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/18/2010
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Health Facilities - Freestanding Medical Facilities - Rates [HB-699]
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. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Environment - Pharmaceutical Disposal Act [HB-649]
Prohibiting a health care facility and specified individuals acting on behalf of or under the direction or supervision of a health care facility from discharging, disposing of, flushing, pouring, or emptying an unused medication into a wastewater system; providing for an exception for the disposal of specified medications by specified health care facilities; requiring the Department of the Environment to enforce health care facility compliance with specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing Cancelled on 02/18/2010
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Renaming Act [HB-613]
Renaming the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to be the Department of Health; renaming the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to be the Secretary of Health; requiring that specified letterhead, business cards, and other documents may not be used until other specified letterhead, business cards, and documents have been used; and requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code to make specified corrective changes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 02/03/2010
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Public Health - Sale of Baked Goods - Private Home Kitchens [HB-607]
Authorizing a person to sell baked goods that are not potentially hazardous without a specified license under specified circumstances; requiring a person to register with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene before the person may sell specified baked goods; requiring specified baked goods to have a specified label; requiring applicants for registration to submit an application; establishing qualifications for registration; authorizing the Department to make inspections under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/02/2010
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Residential Child Care Facilities - Incident Reporting - Interagency Workgroup [HB-554]
Establishing a specified interagency workgroup to develop a uniform incident reporting system to be used by specified agencies; requiring the interagency workgroup to adopt specified regulations; requiring the interagency workgroup to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly on or before September 1, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/12/2010
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Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010 [HB-525]
Prohibiting specified actions constituting false claims against a State health plan or a State health program; providing specified penalties for making false claims against a State health plan or a State health program; 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 under specified circumstances; providing for the procedures to be followed and remedies in a civil action; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/03/2010
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Food and Cosmetics - Auction Sales - Prohibition - Exception [HB-494]
Prohibiting a person from selling specified infant formula and baby food at an auction sale unless the person notifies in writing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene of the proposed auction; authorizing the Secretary to make specified inspections; exempting the sale of cosmetics, infant formula, or baby food offered in a lot at charity auctions from specified prohibitions if the total value of the items in the lot is less than $100; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Love
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Child Care Articles Containing Bisphenol-A - Prohibition [HB-33]
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 Hygeine to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Health Occupations - Licensure of Physician Assistants [HB-323]
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: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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State Board of Nursing - Nurse Practitioners - Certification Requirements and [HB-319]
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 specified language; 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. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Education - Immunizations - Children Entering Seventh Grade or Higher [HB-294]
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. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/3 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2010