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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Secretaries of Principal Departments - Supervision and Review of Decisions and Actions by Units Within Departments [SB-517]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Office of Administrative Hearings, in consultation with stakeholders and other interested parties, to adopt regulations for the supervision of each board or commission that is composed of individuals participating in the occupation or profession regulated by the unit in order to prevent anticompetitive actions and to determine whether the actions further a clearly articulated State policy to displace competition; requiring the Office to establish a specified process; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 614 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telehealth - Requirements [HB-658]
Altering specified coverage and reimbursement requirements for health care services delivered through telemedicine under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide coverage of and reimbursement for specified health care services that are delivered through telehealth; deeming a health care service provided through telehealth to be equivalent to a specified health care service for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Use of Medical Oxygen in Residential Dwellings - Smoking and Open Flame Restrictions [HB-600]
Prohibiting an individual from lighting or smoking specified matters or substances that contain tobacco in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; prohibiting an individual from having an open flame in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/07/2017
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Vital Records - Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Certificates - Fees [HB-618]
Limiting the circumstances under which a fee may be collected by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or a local health department for a birth, death, or fetal death certificate requested by an agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Secretaries of Principal Departments - Supervision and Review of Decisions and Actions by Units Within Departments [HB-628]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Office of Administrative Hearings, in consultation with stakeholders and other interested parties, to adopt regulations for the supervision of each board or commission that is composed of individuals participating in the occupation or profession regulated by the unit in order to prevent anticompetitive actions and to determine whether the actions further a clearly articulated State policy to displace competition; requiring the Office to establish a specified process; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 613 on 05/25/2017
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Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [HB-580]
Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adjust the rate of reimbursement for community providers each fiscal year by the rate adjustment included in the State budget for that fiscal year; requiring, on or before December 1, 2019, and on or before December 1 annually thereafter, the Department to submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly on the impact of the reimbursement rate adjustment on community providers and other specified outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
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Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices - Right to Try Act [HB-584]
Authorizing a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make available the investigational drug, biological product, or device to eligible patients; requiring a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to notify a specified patient and a specified health care provider of specified side effects or risks; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to develop an informed consent form that meets specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 771 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Review of Drug Transparency and Notification Laws and Initiatives [SB-437]
Requiring the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to review specified prescription drug transparency and notification laws and initiatives and information for purposes of assessing proposals for the adoption and implementation of laws or other initiatives in the State; authorizing the Commission, as part of its review, to consider specified studies and to receive input from experts on prescription drug pricing; and making the Act subject to a specified contingency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [SB-476]
Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for specified fiscal years include specified rate increases for specified community providers over the funding provided in specified legislative appropriations; requiring the Behavioral Health Administration and the Medical Care Programs Administration jointly to conduct a specified study and implement a specified payment system; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before December 1, 2019, to submit an annual report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-547]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a specified 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 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2017
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Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Automated External Defibrillators - Study (The Joe Sheya Act) [HB-522]
Requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to conduct a study regarding the location of automated external defibrillators, the costs associated with owning, using, and training individuals to use automated external defibrillators, and potential liability issues; requiring the study to include any relevant data available for calendar years 2015, 2016, and 2017; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to report its findings to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 35 on 04/11/2017
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [SB-400]
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: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Safer Drug Consumption Facility Program [HB-519]
Authorizing the establishment of an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Safer Drug Consumption Facility Program by a community-based organization; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or a local health department to make a specified determination on a specified application based on specified criteria and within a specified period of time; requiring a Program to provide specified services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems - Automated External Defibrillators - Study (The Joe Sheya Act) [SB-427]
Requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to conduct a study regarding the most beneficial locations for automated external defibrillators, the costs associated with installation of and training on the specified defibrillators and to summarize the immunity from liability provisions in State law related to use of the defibrillators; requiring the Institute to report its findings and recommendations to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 34 on 04/11/2017
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Public Health - Prenatal HIV Testing [HB-518]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with stakeholders, to adopt regulations establishing requirements for prenatal HIV testing; requiring providers of prenatal medical care to follow the Department's requirements for prenatal HIV testing; requiring the Department to provide the requirements established for prenatal HIV testing to hospitals that offer obstetric services and specified organizations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 668 on 05/25/2017
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Visual Impairments - Requirements for Teacher Training, Student Screening, and Maryland Medical Assistance Program Coverage [HB-458]
Requiring, on or before July 1, 2018, the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to require a certificate holder applying for renewal of a certificate as a teacher to complete a course on understanding and recognizing the symptoms of visual impairments; requiring the Board to approve a course that meets specified criteria; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/14/2017
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Pollinator Habitat Plans - Plan Contents - Requirements and Prohibition [SB-386]
Requiring a specified pollinator habitat plan to include specified best management practices for the designation of specified habitat areas; requiring that a specified pollinator habitat plan established by the Department of Natural Resources, the Maryland Environmental Service, and the State Highway Administration be as protective of pollinators as the Department of Agriculture's managed pollinator protection plan; prohibiting, with specified exceptions, the use of specified pesticides, seeds, or plants in a specified area; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2018
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Assisted Living Programs - Licensure Fees [HB-443]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene adopt regulations requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to charge specified fees in a specified manner; and requiring the Department to adopt regulations that establish a specified application fee for an assisted living program license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 772 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 [SB-340]
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 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 and any draft legislation by January 31, 2018, to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Veterans - Availability and Accessibility of Health Care Services and Transportation - Study [HB-274]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, to conduct a study on the availability and accessibility of health care services to meet the health care needs of veterans in the State and the availability and accessibility of transportation to the health care services; requiring the study to include specified items, identify specified gaps, and identify specified options; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2017