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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Food Fish and Shellfish - Labeling and Identification Requirements (Maryland Seafood Authenticity Act) [SB-557]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering for sale within the State specified food fish or shellfish unless the person identifies the species of food fish or shellfish in a specified manner; prohibiting a person from knowingly misidentifying the species of specified food fish or shellfish on a label, sign, or menu; prohibiting a person from knowingly selling or offering for sale within the State specified crab products identified as "blue crab" except under specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2015
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Pharmacists - Substitution and Dispensing - Interchangeable Biological Products [SB-537]
Authorizing a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for specified prescribed products only under specified circumstances; requiring a pharmacist or a specified designee of a pharmacist to inform retail consumers of the availability of a interchangeable biological product and the approximate cost difference; requiring the pharmacist or pharmacist's designee to notify the prescriber, within 5 days of making the substitution, of the biological product provided the patient and the manufacturer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Hepatitis C - Opportunity for Testing and Follow-Up Health Care [SB-512]
Requiring hospitals and specified health care practitioners who provide specified care in specified health care facilities to offer, to the extent practicable, specified individuals a hepatitis C screening test or a hepatitis C diagnostic test; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Women's Late-Term Pregnancy Health Act [SB-511]
Providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an abortion may not be performed or induced or be attempted to be performed or induced unless a specified physician makes a specified determination; providing that, except in the case of a medical emergency, an individual may not knowingly perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion if the probable gestational age of an unborn child is a specified number of weeks; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Newborn Screening Program Fund - Establishment [SB-467]
Establishing the Newborn Screening Program Fund; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer the Fund; requiring the Secretary to pay specified fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the specified fees to the Newborn Screening Program Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; exempting the fund from a specified provision of law requiring interest on State money in special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Staff - Designation and Duties of Executive Director [SB-446]
Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, instead of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors, to employ specified staff; authorizing the Secretary to designate one of the staff as executive director; requiring the executive director to manage specified staff and perform specified administrative functions; and prohibiting the executive director from directly conducting specified investigations or inspections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/16/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Dental Services for Adults - Coverage and Access [SB-431]
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2016, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide dental services to postpartum women during a specified period; requiring that specified dental services for postpartum women be included as a benefit under a specified program under the Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with specified entities, to work with stakeholders to identify specified options for expanding access to dental services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Parity [SB-430]
Providing that specified provisions of law apply to mental health and substance use disorder benefits provided by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or administered by an administrative services organization; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to use the standards used to determine compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in determining compliance with a specified provision of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice Claims - Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines [SB-399]
Requiring a claim for damages due to medical injury to be referred to the Director of the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office to select an independent medical review panel if a defendant asserts as a defense that specified clinical practice guidelines apply and the defendant acted in accordance with the guidelines; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations establishing clinical practice guidelines for obstetrical and gynecological services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/27/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Developmental Disabilities Administration - Licensees - Duties and Immunities - Employees [SB-397]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt rules and regulations for licensees of the Developmental Disabilities Administration to obtain and provide information on employees; requiring the rules and regulations to require a licensee to carry out specified duties; requiring a licensee to respond in a specified manner to a request for information; requiring a licensee to have specified immunities under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2015
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Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs - Performance Measures and Assessment Criteria [SB-385]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations setting standards that use the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria for treatment, care, and rehabilitation of individuals with a substance use disorder; requiring, on or before January 1 of each year, the Behavioral Health Administration to submit a copy of a specified evaluation to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Emergency and Allergy Treatment Program [SB-344]
Altering the name of the Insect Sting Emergency Treatment Program to be the Emergency and Allergy Treatment Program; establishing the program as a means of authorizing specified individuals to administer life-saving treatment to individuals who have severe adverse reactions to allergens or insect stings when physician or emergency medical services are not immediately available in a youth camp; authorizing specified certificate holders and agents to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to an individual under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance Use Disorders [SB-327]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations setting standards that use the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria for treatment, care, and rehabilitation of individuals with a substance use disorder.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Community Mental Health Services - Telemental Health Services - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners [SB-318]
Requiring that regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under a specified provision of law allow psychiatric nurse practitioners to provide and receive reimbursement from State and federal funds for telemental health services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Maryland's Behavioral Health System [SB-281]
Establishing the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Maryland's Behavioral Health System; providing for the composition, chair, staffing, and duties of the Commission; requiring, to the extent practicable, that the membership of the Commission reflect the geographic, racial, ethinic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2015
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Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [SB-273]
Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing specified rights of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction; establishing that a gamete or an embryo donor is not a parent of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
General Assembly - Mandated Reports by State Agencies [SB-220]
Repealing provisions of law that require State agencies to submit reports to the General Assembly that are deemed obsolete, duplicative, impractical, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessary; combining specified reporting requirements with other more extensive annual reports required to be submitted by State agencies; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with agencies of the State government, to periodically review and make recommendations regarding specified reports that may no longer be warranted; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver - Modification [SB-219]
Altering specified financial eligibility criteria included in the home- and community-based services waiver; requiring, on or before October 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an amendment to a specified waiver to cease providing specified services to specified individuals and to allow specified individuals to qualify for specified services by establishing a specified qualified income trust; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver - Priority for Services [SB-218]
Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from placing specified individuals on a waiting list for specified services or giving priority to specified individuals to receive specified services based on the setting in which the individual is residing at the time of a specified determination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Guardianship Commissions and Fees - Income Deduction [SB-216]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to deduct as a remedial service specified guardianship commissions and attorney's fees when determining the portion of income specified recipients of Maryland Medical Assistance Program benefits are required to contribute to the cost of care under the Program; specifying the amount of deductions for specified guardianship commissions and attorney's fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2015