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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Needs Assessment for Student School-Based Behavioral Health Services [HB-1522]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the State Department of Education to conduct a needs assessment for student school-based behavioral health services; and requiring the assessment to contain specified matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/25/2017
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State Board of Dental Examiners - Ownership, Management, or Operation of a Dental Practice [HB-1292]
Requiring a dental practice to be owned, managed, or operated by a licensed dentist; authorizing, under specified circumstances, an heir of a licensed dentist who was the owner of a dental practice to serve as an owner of the dental practice for up to 1 year; authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to extend the 1-year time period under specified circumstances; authorizing the Board to take specified action against specified applicants and licensees for accepting or tendering rebates or split fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2017
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Reform Act [HB-1443]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct wide-ranging specified outreach to small, minority, and women business owners and entrepreneurs that may have an interest in applying for specified medical cannabis-related licenses; requiring the Commission to partner with specified entities to identify employment opportunities within the medical cannabis industry; establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Compassionate Use Fund to provide access to medical cannabis for specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Conference Committee Appointed on 04/10/2017
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Behavioral Health Administration - Outpatient Civil Commitment Pilot Program [HB-1383]
Authorizing the Behavioral Health Administration to establish an outpatient civil commitment pilot program to allow for the release of an individual who is involuntarily admitted for inpatient treatment under a specified provision of law on the condition of the individual's admission into the pilot program; requiring the pilot program to include specified criteria, requirements, and rights; requiring the Administration, under specified circumstances, to submit a specified report on or before December 1 of each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 576 on 05/25/2017
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Public Health - Ibogaine Treatment Pilot Program [HB-1372]
Establishing the Ibogaine Treatment Pilot Program; requiring the Program to begin on or before January 1, 2019, and to continue for 4 years; providing for the purposes of the Program; establishing the Ibogaine Treatment Pilot Program Advisory Board; providing for the purposes of and membership of the Advisory Board; requiring a specified health care facility to submit a specified proposal to participate in the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Gas and Electricity - Smart Meters - Customer Rights and Required Reports [HB-1406]
Requiring a utility company to give specified written notice to specified customers prior to deploying smart meters throughout all or a portion of the utility company's service territory; prohibiting a utility company from imposing any additional fee or charge on a specified customer who refuses installation of a smart meter or requests removal of a smart meter; requiring the Public Service Commission and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make specified reports regarding smart meters; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/18/2017
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Criminal Procedure - Victim Services Unit - Victims' Compensation [HB-1428]
Establishing a Victim Services Unit in the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; transferring the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Victim Services Unit; transferring the program for sexual assault forensic examinations from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the Victim Services Unit; requiring, each year, the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report on matters related to crime victims by December 31; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 4/07 At 9:30 A.m. on 04/07/2017
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Office of Health Occupations [HB-1474]
Establishing the Office of Health Occupations in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; transferring the State Commission on Kidney Disease and the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to the Office; renaming the State Commission on Kidney Disease to be the State Board on Kidney Disease; renaming the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to be the Natalie M. LaPrade State Board on Medical Cannabis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017
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Public Safety - Sexual Assault Examination Kits - Best Practices Study [HB-1404]
Requiring the Secretary of State Police, the Forensic Laboratory Advisory Committee, and the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to collaborate on research to improve the State's collection, testing, and storage of sexual assault examination kits, as well as victim notification procedures; requiring the research to include specified issues, to identify specified improvements, to outline a specified plan, and to recommend specified regulations; requiring a report to be submitted to the General Assembly by December 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Health Care Providers - Prescription Opioids - Limits on Prescribing (The Prescriber Limits Act of 2017) [HB-1432]
Requiring health care providers to prescribe the lowest effective dose of an opioid and in a quantity no greater than the quantity needed for the expected duration of specified pain unless the opioid is prescribed to treat a specified disorder or specified pain; requiring the dosage, quantity, and duration of specified prescribed opioids to be based on an evidence-based clinical guideline for prescribing controlled dangerous substances; authorizing specified disciplinary action by health occupations boards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 570 on 05/25/2017
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Criminal Procedure - Testing - HIV and Hepatitis C [HB-1375]
Including hepatitis C as a disease for which a person charged with causing prohibited exposure may be tested under specified circumstances; authorizing a judge to issue an emergency order to obtain an oral swab from a person to be tested for the presence of HIV when it is made to appear there is probable cause to believe that the person has caused exposure to a victim; requiring a law enforcement officer to deliver an oral swab to a local health official or health care provider for immediate testing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 486 on 05/04/2017
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Pharmacists - Substitution and Dispensing of Biological Products [HB-1273]
Authorizing a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed product under specified circumstances; requiring a pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee, except under specified circumstances, to inform specified consumers of the availability of an interchangeable biological product and the approximate cost difference as compared to a specified drug; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to maintain on its Web site a link to specified lists of biological products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 726 on 05/25/2017
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University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity - Workgroup on Health in All Policies [HB-1225]
Requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations to units of State and local government on laws and policies to implement that will positively impact the health of residents of the State; requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, to report the workgroup findings to the General Assembly by January 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program [HB-1233]
Establishing the Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to include a specified initial cap on participation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/17/2017
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The Problem Gambling Funding and Treatment Act of 2017 [HB-1227]
Specifying that the primary purpose of the Problem Gambling Fund is to provide funding for problem gambling treatment and prevention programs; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to use the funds to establish outreach programs for compulsive and problem gamblers and specified other individuals; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that, if the expanded purpose of the Fund results in a need for additional funding, the General Assembly will consider legislation to increase specified fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 845 on 05/27/2017
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State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [HB-1265]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending the related termination provisions to July 1, 2023; altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Physicians may renew or reinstate a license to practice medicine; requiring a disciplinary panel, before any action is taken, to give an individual an opportunity for a hearing before a hearing officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 218 on 04/18/2017
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Heroin and Opioid Prevention Effort (HOPE) and Treatment Act of 2017 [HB-1329]
Requiring the State Court Administrator of the Administrative Office of the Courts to assess specified drug court programs to make specified determinations; stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Administrative Office request an appropriation of $2,000,000 in additional funding for grants to expand the scope of drug court programs; requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to establish at least one crisis treatment center by June 1, 2018; authorizing the Overdose Response Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medication Adherence Technology Pilot Program [HB-1216]
Establishing a specified pilot program to expand the use of medication adherence technology to increase prescription drug adherence of specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer the pilot program; requiring the Department to select and provide a medication adherence technology system to specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [HB-1172]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and make available a standardized form for a BSL-3 laboratory for specified purposes; requiring the laboratories to report specified information to the Department on or before September 30, 2018, and on or before September 30 each subsequent year; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31, 2018, and on or before December 31 each subsequent year, the number and location of the laboratories, in total and by local jurisdiction, to specified State officials; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2017
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Atrazine Study [HB-1204]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture, to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of atrazine in the State; specifying the parameters of the study; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report the findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2018, and to make the report available to the public on its Web site.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017