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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Serious and Subsequent Offenders - Conditions for Reinstatement of Driver's License [HB-974]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to revoke or refuse to issue or renew a license or privilege to drive for specified serious offenders; establishing conditions for reinstatement of a driver's license or privilege to drive for specified serious offenders; altering the periods of time that specified subsequent offenders are required to be participants in the Ignition Interlock System Program; and increasing specified penalties for specified prohibited acts concerning ignition interlock systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/14/2016
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Family Law - Collaborative Reproduction - Orders of Parentage [HB-968]
Authorizing a party to a gestational carrier agreement to file a petition for parentage under specified circumstances; establishing the purposes of the Act; specifying the required contents of a petition for parentage; requiring a court to issue an order of parentage under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telemedicine - Modifications [HB-886]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, under specified circumstances, to include primary care providers in the types of health care providers eligible to receive reimbursement for health care services that are delivered through telemedicine and provided to Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; authorizing the Department to require a health care provider to submit a registration form that includes information required for the processing of claims for reimbursement for specified health care services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 367 on 05/10/2016
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Newborn Infant Screening - Testing by Nonpublic Laboratories - Notification [HB-827]
Requiring that the coordinated statewide system for newborn screening that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is required to maintain include notifying parents and guardians of newborn infants that laboratories other than the Department's public health laboratory are authorized to perform postscreening confirmatory or diagnostic tests on newborn infants for hereditary and congenital disorders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 124 on 04/12/2016
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Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Fees and Enforcement [HB-810]
Increasing the annual fee required to be paid to the Department of the Environment for specified affected properties from $30 to $75; increasing the processing fee required to be submitted with a report that a rental dwelling unit is lead free from $10 to $75; requiring the Department to use the additional revenue from the increase in fees for a specified purpose; and requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly, on or before October 1 each year, on the implementation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Referred To Interim Study By Environment And Transportation on 03/14/2016
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Public Schools - Administration of Diabetes Care Services - Guidelines [HB-771]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish specified guidelines for the administration of specified health care services to specified students with diabetes; requiring the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a specified plan and make a report, on or before December 1, 2016, to specified committees of the General Assembly on implementation of the plan to provide diabetes care services to specified students; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 277 on 04/26/2016
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Human Services - No Wrong Door Pilot Program [HB-746]
Establishing the No Wrong Door Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; specifying that the purpose of the Program is to ensure that low-income residents of the State have access to the services needed to sustain themselves and their families; requiring the Department to consult with stakeholders to develop criteria for the evaluation of grant applications, and track and assess Program outcomes; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget for specified fiscal years an appropriation of at least $500,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Public Health - Copies of Medical Records - Fees [HB-724]
Altering a specified provision of law to authorize health care providers to require specified persons to pay a cost-based fee for providing specified information; altering the fees health care providers and hospitals may charge for copying and mailing specified medical records and for retrieving and preparing specified medical records; authorizing specified hospitals and other health care providers to charge specified fees for electronic copies of specified medical records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 724 on 05/28/2016
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Early Identification of Autism Act [HB-715]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to require health care practitioners, when providing a well-child examination at the ages of 18 months and 24 months, to administer a specified screening tool for autism; requiring the Secretary to require a child to be referred for specified services if the child has a positive result on the screening tool; requiring health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the administration of the screening tool; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Community-Partnered School Behavioral Health Services Programs - Reporting System and Report (School Behavioral Health Accountability Act) [HB-713]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, county boards of education, and other stakeholders, to develop and implement a standardized reporting system to determine the effectiveness of community-partnered school behavioral health services programs, not including school-based health centers; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly on the effectiveness of the specified health services programs by December 1, 2017, and every 2 years thereafter; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 04/26/2016
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [HB-699]
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; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31, 2017, and on or before December 31 each subsequent year, the number and location of the laboratories, in total and by local jurisdiction, to specified officials in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/24/2016
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Department of Aging - Comprehensive Plan for the Aging Population [HB-685]
Requiring the Department of Aging, in consultation with specified other units, to develop a comprehensive long-term plan to address the impacts and needs of the State's aging population; requiring the plan to include specified information, recommendations, and benchmarks; requiring the Department to submit specified progress reports to the General Assembly; requiring the Department to submit the completed plan to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/15/2016
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Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court [HB-683]
Authorizing the juvenile court to direct the provision of specified services to a specified child during a specified disposition hearing; requiring the juvenile court to direct the provision of specified services to a specified child during a permanency planning hearing or guardianship hearing; providing that, if the juvenile court enters an order directing the provision of specified services to a specified child, the juvenile court retains jurisdiction for a specified period of time and for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Third Reading Passed (140-0) on 04/11/2016
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Behavioral Health Advisory Council - Clinical Crisis Walk-In Services and Mobile Crisis Teams - Strategic Plan [HB-682]
Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council, in consultation with specified agencies, specified health providers, and specified stakeholders, to develop a strategic plan for ensuring that clinical crisis walk-in services and mobile crisis teams are available statewide, 7 days a week and 24 hours a day; requiring the Council to submit an annual report on or before December 31, 2016, and include an update on the development of the specified strategic plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 406 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program - Composition [HB-67]
Repealing the requirement for the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program to include early intervention services provided or supervised by the Governor's Office for Children.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 89 on 04/12/2016
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-603]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform specified actions is deemed "unprofessional conduct"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [HB-595]
Requiring a substance use disorder services program to submit annually to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene financial statements and salary information in accordance with the Department's regulations; requiring the Department to adjust the rate of reimbursement for specified community providers each fiscal year by the rate adjustment included in a specified State budget; providing that specified rate increases do not apply in fiscal years in which State employees do not receive a specified pay increase; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/11/2016
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Ji'Aire Lee Workgroup on the Protection of Adults With Mental Illness and Their Children [HB-574]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to convene the Ji'Aire Lee Workgroup on the Protection of Adults With Mental Illness and Their Children; requiring the Workgroup to evaluate and determine whether modifications are needed to specified laws, systems, and services; requiring the Department to report the findings of the Workgroup to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2016
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Barbers and Cosmetologists - Mobile Barbershops and Beauty Salons - Permit Requirement [HB-567]
Altering the definition of "barbershop" to include a mobile barbershop; requiring an applicant for a mobile barbershop permit to hold a permit to operate a nonmobile barbershop and to lease or own a vehicle or trailer in which the mobile barbershop is located; altering the definition of "beauty salon" to include a mobile beauty salon; requiring an applicant for a mobile beauty salon permit to hold a nonmobile beauty salon permit and to lease or own the motor vehicle or trailer in which the mobile beauty salon is located; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 492 on 05/10/2016
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Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices - Right to Try Act [HB-56]
Authorizing a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make available the investigational drug, biological product, or device to eligible patients; specifying the manner in which a specified drug, product, or device may be provided to eligible patients; prohibiting a health occupations board from taking specified action against a health care provider's license on a specified basis; establishing that this Act does not create a specified cause of action; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/15/2016