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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Distribution of Tobacco Products to Minors - Prohibition and Enforcement [HB-1504]
Prohibiting specified persons from distributing specified tobacco products, paraphernalia, or coupons to a minor; providing that a person who violates a specified provision of the Act is subject to specified civil penalties; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in collaboration and consultation with specified agencies, to develop specified strategies; requiring the Department to report on specified strategies on or before October 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/31/2016
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Maryland Healthy Vending Machine Act [HB-1498]
Requiring at least 75% of packaged food and beverage options offered in a food and beverage vending machine located on property owned or managed by the State to be healthy food and beverage options; providing that specified packaged food and beverage options may not contain more than a specified amount of trans fat or a specified amount of sodium; requiring healthy food or beverage options to be displayed and stocked in a specified manner; establishing requirements that must be met to be considered a healthy food option; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/16/2016
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Income Tax - Credit for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages [HB-1494]
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for individuals who serve as preceptors in specified preceptorship programs under specified circumstances and work in specified areas of the State with health care workforce shortages; establishing the Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship Tax Credit Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund is to offset the costs of the specified tax credit; requiring the State Board of Nursing to assess a $15 fee for the renewal of a specified certification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 386 on 05/10/2016
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Human Services - Homelessness - Emergency Cold Weather Planning [HB-1482]
Establishing an emergency cold weather council in each county; establishing the membership of emergency cold weather councils; requiring emergency cold weather councils to create specified plans; requiring local administering agencies to provide a specified plan to the Department of Human Resources on or before October 1 each year; requiring local administering agencies to initiate specified plans under specified conditions; requiring specified agencies to collaborate to create a specified reporting system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Background Check Accountability Act of 2016 [HB-1480]
Requiring a law enforcement agency to take specified actions before returning a privately owned firearm; requiring each law enforcement agency to develop a notification protocol that allows a petitioner to request to be notified when a law enforcement agency returns a privately owned firearm to a specified individual; requiring a law enforcement agency to take specified actions if a petitioner has requested notification under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/19/2016
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State Board of Dental Examiners - Ownership, Management, and Operation of a Dental Practice [HB-1468]
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 licenses for accepting or tendering rebates or split fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2016
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Recovery Home Residential Rights Protection Act [HB-1429]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations for the certification of recovery homes in the State; requiring the regulations to include specified standards, requirements, fees, and procedures; prohibiting a person from operating a recovery home without specified certification; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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Regulation of Youth Sports - Ice Hockey Clubs - Noncontact League [HB-1424]
Requiring specified youth ice hockey clubs to offer at least one noncontact ice hockey league at each age group or skill level for each full-contact league that the youth ice hockey club offers at that age group or skill level; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to suspend the games, leagues, or tournaments of an ice hockey club that does not comply with specified requirements; requiring the Department to adopt regulations; defining "youth ice hockey club"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2016
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Integrated Community Oncology Reporting Program [HB-1422]
Establishing the integrated community oncology reporting program; establishing the purpose of the program; requiring the program to be administered by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Maryland Health Care Commission; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, to adopt regulations to implement the program; establishing requirements for the regulations; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/09/2016
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State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration, and Regulation [HB-1420]
Establishing the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; renaming the State Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners, altering the membership of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and transferring specified authority to license massage therapists and register massage practitioners to the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 739 on 05/28/2016
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Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program for Food Service Facilities [HB-1418]
Establishing the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program for Food Service Facilities in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing that the purpose of the Program is to provide a means of authorizing individuals in a food service facility to obtain and store auto-injectable epinephrine and administer auto-injectable epinephrine to individuals who are experiencing anaphylaxis when physician or emergency medical services are not immediately available; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2016
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Public Health - Opioid Maintenance Programs - Licensing [HB-1416]
Requiring that specified regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene include a requirement that the process for approval of a license for an opioid maintenance program include an assessment of a specified catchment area, and the number of existing slots in opioid maintenance programs in a specified catchment area and the number of individuals in need of specified services in a specified catchment area; requiring the Secretary to adopt a specified regulation increasing a specified fee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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Health - Recovery Residences - Certification [HB-1411]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to approve a credentialing entity to develop and administer a certification process for recovery residences; requiring the certification entity to establish specified requirements and processes, conduct a specified inspection, and issue a specified certificate of compliance; providing that a certificate of compliance is valid for 1 year; requiring, on or before November 1, 2017, the Department to publish on its Web site a list of each credentialing entity and its contact information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 711 on 05/28/2016
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Public Health - Advance Directives - Procedures, Information Sheet, and Use of Electronic Advance Directives [HB-1385]
Providing that any authentic expression made by an individual while competent of the individual's wishes regarding health care for the individual be considered in the absence of a validly executed or witnessed advance directive; providing that a witness to an electronic advance directive is not required; establishing an Advance Directive Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Department to encourage the use of electronic advance directives and provide outreach services to increase public awareness; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 510 on 05/10/2016
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Gas and Electricity - Smart Meters - Customer Rights and Required Reports [HB-1354]
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: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2016
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Disenrollment [HB-1347]
Authorizing a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient, under specified circumstances, to disenroll from a managed care organization to maintain continuity of care with a pharmacy provider; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide timely notification to the affected managed care organization of an enrollee's intention to disenroll under specified provisions of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2016
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Health Benefit Plans - Network Access Standards and Provider Network Directories [HB-1318]
Requiring specified carriers to maintain or adhere to specified standards that assure that enrollees have access to specified health care providers and covered services; specifying the provisions of State insurance law relating to provider panels that apply to managed care organizations; authorizing the Commissioner to designate an insurer or nonprofit health service plan to offer a preferred provider insurance policy that conditions the payment of benefits on the use of preferred providers under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 309 on 04/26/2016
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Justice Reinvestment Act [HB-1312]
Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to conduct a specified risk and needs assessment on specified inmates and include the results in a specified case record; altering the manner in which specified diminution credits may be earned; requiring the Division to impose specified graduated sanctions; establishing the Addiction Treatment Divestiture Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board and the Local Government Justice Reinvestment Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2016
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Freestanding Birthing Centers - Use of Ultrasound Imaging [HB-1303]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, after consultation with representatives of payors, health care practitioners, and freestanding ambulatory care facilities, to establish by regulation specified standards for the use of ultrasound imaging in a freestanding birthing center.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 410 on 05/10/2016
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Education - Healthy Kids Award Program [HB-1289]
Establishing the Healthy Kids Award Program; requiring the State Department of Education, after consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to develop and implement the Program; and specifying the purpose of the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2016