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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Former Foster Care Adolescents - Dental Care [HB-511]
Authorizing the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, and as permitted by federal law, to provide dental care for former foster care adolescents who, on their 18th birthday, were in foster care under the responsibility of the State; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a specified waiver.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 58 on 04/12/2016
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Termination of Maryland Health Insurance Plan, Transfer of Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program, and Funding for State Reinsurance Program [HB-489]
Repealing provisions of law establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Plan; repealing provisions of law establishing the Board of Directors for the Plan; repealing provisions of law establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Plan Fund; transferring the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; repealing the ceiling on a specified hospital assessment; repealing the authorization for specified funds to be used for the State Reinsurance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 321 on 05/10/2016
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Public Health - Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs [HB-468]
Repealing the Prince George's County AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program; authorizing the establishment of Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs; requiring a local health department or a specified community-based organization to apply to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and a local health officer for authorization to operate a Program; requiring the Department and a local health officer to approve or deny an application within 60 days of receiving a completed application; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/11/2016
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Crimes - Criminal Gangs - Prohibitions and Funding [HB-461]
Altering the penalties for specified offenses relating to criminal gangs; prohibiting a criminal gang or an individual belonging to a criminal gang from receiving or investing specified proceeds in a specified manner; prohibiting criminal gangs and persons involved with criminal gangs from obtaining specified property under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/31/2016
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Maryland Commission on Health in All Policies [HB-423]
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Health in All Policies; providing for the purpose, composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; specifying the duties of the Commission; requiring specified health impact assessments to be performed in a specified manner; requiring the Commission to report to the Governor and General Assembly on December 1 of each year on the findings from and recommendations based on any health impact assessments performed by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2016
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Health Care Decisions Act - End-of-Life Decision-Making Informational Booklet [HB-416]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with a the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, to develop an end-of-life decision-making informational booklet; requiring the Department to distribute the booklet to specified health care providers, make the booklet available to the public on a specified Web site, and annually review and update the booklet as necessary; requiring health care providers to provide the booklet to specified patients under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Turner
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016
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Lyme Disease - Laboratory Test - Required Notice [HB-399]
Requiring specified health care providers and specified medical laboratories to provide specified notice to a patient for whom the health care provider or medical laboratory performs a laboratory test for the presence of Lyme disease; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide written notice to specified committees of the General Assembly before submitting any proposed regulations under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 451 on 05/10/2016
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Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund [HB-394]
Requiring an applicant for a specified permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas to submit specified information to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a specified manner; establishing the Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Education and Impact Fund to address the potential health risks associated with chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing; establishing a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each specified violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2016
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Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [HB-377]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations And Judiciary) on 02/12/2016
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Public Health - Smart Meters - Report on Public Health Impact [HB-363]
Requiring the Public Service Commission and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene jointly to report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2018, on the public health impact of smart meter deployment in the State; requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Department, to select and retain an independent expert, who is not an employee of the State, to prepare a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 02/09/2016
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Criminal Law - Illegal Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substance Near Methadone Clinic - Penalties [HB-34]
Prohibiting a person from illegally manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance or conspiring to do so in, on, or within 1,000 feet of real property owned or leased by an entity licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to serve as a methadone clinic or to provide opioid maintenance therapy or treatment; providing for the applicability of the Act; providing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/15/2016
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Birth Certificates - Homeless Individuals - Prohibition on Collection of Fee [HB-280]
Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from collecting a fee for issuing a certified or abridged copy of a birth certificate to a homeless individual; requiring the Department to accept as proof of homelessness a signed written statement from a homeless services provider located in the State; requiring that the homeless individual may receive one copy of a birth certificate without a fee in a single transaction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 453 on 05/10/2016
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Abuser Registry Workgroup Recommendations - Report [HB-279]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations of the Abuser Registry Workgroup; and requiring the Department to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 02/16/2016
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Abuser Registry [HB-265]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a registry that includes information about any employee of a health care facility whose employment was terminated because the employee was convicted of a specified crime; requiring a health care facility to submit the names of specified former employees to the Secretary for inclusion in the registry; authorizing a health care facility to access the registry under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 02/16/2016
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Public Health - Overdose Response Program - Educational Training Program Requirement [HB-24]
Requiring educational training for an Overdose Response Program overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to include training in the requirement to immediately contact medical services after the administration of naloxone by a certificate holder instead of training in the importance of contacting emergency medical services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2016
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Cedar Hope Chests - Prohibition on Manufacture, Import, and Sale (McKenna's Law) [HB-2]
Prohibiting a person from selling or importing, offering, or manufacturing for sale a cedar hope chest that has a design identified by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as presenting a risk of suffocation death to children who could become entrapped in the chest and has a lid latch that locks automatically and cannot be unlocked from the inside; providing a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation of the Act and up to $2,500 for a subsequent violation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/09/2016
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Task Force to Study Access to Dental Care in the State [HB-1608]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Access to Dental Care in the State; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/26/2016
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Nursing Facilities - Quality Assessment - Modification [HB-1542]
Applying the requirement for a specified quality assessment imposed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and specified provisions of law relating to a specified quality assessment, to nursing facilities with 70 or more beds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2016
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Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research Positions - Transfer to State Personnel Management System [HB-1536]
Requiring that, under specified circumstances, specified contractual employees of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research be placed in specified positions in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring that the employees be placed in the State Personnel Management System without further examination or qualification and with a specified salary level; requiring that specified transferred employees be appointed without prior service credit and serve a specified probationary period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2016
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Primary and Secondary Education - Computer Health and Safety Guidelines and Procedures [HB-1524]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to support and facilitate education in computer health and safety guidelines and procedures, develop a process to monitor specified implementation of specified education, and submit a specified summary to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2020; and requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate specified lessons into specified curricula.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2016