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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Eligibility for Nursing Facility [HB-278]
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.
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Public Safety - Pool Lifeguards - Regulation (Connor's Law) [HB-273]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations requiring the owners of specified types of swimming pools to have one lifeguard on duty for each group of 25 or fewer individuals in the water.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Health - Lyme Disease - Record of Reported Cases [HB-2]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to collect and keep a record of the number of Lyme disease cases reported each year in the State under §§ 18-201, 18-202, and 18-205 of the Health - General Article.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biomonitoring Program - Report [HB-181]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to conduct a specified study on the feasibility of establishing a biomonitoring program in the State; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make a specified report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2011; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Farmer's Markets - Raw Agricultural Product Sales - Producer Mobile Farmer's [HB-166]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program - Extension [HB-162]
Extending the termination date of the Expedited Partner Therapy Pilot Program to June 30, 2015.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - [HB-156]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Children's Environmental Health Protection Act [HB-1503]
Requiring each county board to adopt a health and safety policy that includes specified standards for specified plans; providing for the scope of the Act; requiring a hazardous substance removal plan, fire and life safety code repair plan, and facility and equipment violation plan to contain specified provisions; requiring a health, safety, and environmental management plan to require the use of specified cleaning and maintenance products; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Forms - Social Security Number [HB-1494]
Prohibiting a specified form provided by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from requiring or requesting an individual's complete Social Security number; and authorizing a specified form provided by the Secretary to request the last four digits of an individual's Social Security number for a specified purpose.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Analysis and Reduction of Racial and [HB-1459]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to require staff of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to work with the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to carry out analyses, develop strategies, provide guidance, and submit reports relating to racial and ethnic health care disparities among Program enrollees.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act [HB-1451]
Repealing the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act and enacting the Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act; authorizing specified persons to make, amend, or revoke specified anatomical gifts; providing the methods by which anatomical gifts may be made; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to contract with and provide compensation to a nonprofit entity for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a donor registry; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Kidney Dialysis Centers - Emergency Backup Generators [HB-1422]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations that require a kidney dialysis center to have an emergency backup generator in working condition on the premises.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010 [HB-1413]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Education - Student-Athletes - Concussions [HB-1391]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with specified organizations and individuals, to develop and implement a specified program to provide awareness and training 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 return to play, and the risks of not reporting injury and continuing to play; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Marijuana Act [HB-1388]
Allowing the medical use of marijuana under specified circumstances; repealing specified criminal provisions that allow the imposition of a specified fine for use or possession of marijuana or use or possession of drug paraphernalia related to marijuana under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations on or before a specified date; authorizing the Department to vary specified fees in a specified manner; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Kids First Express Lane Eligibility Act [HB-1375]
Requiring the Comptroller and the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to enter into an interagency agreement that allows the sharing of information from the income tax return of a taxpayer for a specified purpose; requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to provide a specified notice with the income tax return; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs - Military Health Care Provider Transition Plan [HB-1353]
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 General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program [HB-131]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Practice in Long-Term Care Facilities [HB-1302]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Employees - Suicide Awareness and Prevention [HB-1273]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to declare a specified week each year to be "Suicide Awareness and Prevention Week"; requiring the Department to transmit electronically specified information to specified heads of principal units; etc.