Medical Records - Notice of Destruction - Method [HB-1510]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that notice of the destruction of medical records be provided by first-class mail or by e-mail, rather than by both methods; and providing that if notice is provided by e-mail and no response or delivery receipt is obtained from the e-mail address to which notice was provided, the health care provider shall provide notice via first-class mail at least 10 days before the date on which the record is to be destroyed.
HB-1510: Medical Records - Notice of Destruction - Method
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 695 on 05/20/2025
Certificate of Need - Intermediate Health Care Facilities - Exemptions [HB-1515]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for a change in bed capacity for certain facilities offering substance use disorder treatment services; altering the conditions for which a certificate of need is not required for a change in capacity at a certain facility offering substance use disorder treatment services if written notice is given 45 days before establishment and the Commission finds the facility is consistent with the State health plan and will result in more efficient delivery of services; etc.
HB-1515: Certificate of Need - Intermediate Health Care Facilities - Exemptions
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Third Reading Passed (128-7) on 04/07/2025
Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement [HB-1336]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Altering requirements related to the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by certain hospital patients who were eligible for free care; requiring certain hospitals to determine the eligibility of certain patients for refunds and provide a refund to each patient who meets certain requirements; modifying the process the Health Services Cost Review Commission is required to develop for identifying and reimbursing certain patients of hospitals; etc.
HB-1336: Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act) [HB-1251]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Requiring certain hospitals to adopt certain policies relating to obstetric services and to provide evidence to the Maryland Department of Health that the hospital has the policies; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain policies to the public on request; and requiring insurers that issue or deliver medical professional liability insurance policies in the State to provide the Maryland Department of Health, on request, with information regarding the insurer's policy regarding coverage of obstetric services.
HB-1251: Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 751 on 05/20/2025
Health Care Providers and Health Insurance Carriers - Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Decision Making [HB-1240]
[Healthcare ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Insurance ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting health care providers and carriers from using artificial intelligence if the artificial intelligence has been designed only to reduce costs for a health care provider or carrier at the expense of reducing the quality of patient care, delaying care, or denying coverage for patient care; requiring health care providers and carriers that use artificial intelligence for health care decisions annually to post certain key data about the decisions on the health care provider's or carrier's website; etc.
HB-1240: Health Care Providers and Health Insurance Carriers - Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Decision Making
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
Public Health - Report on Establishing a Directory of Home Health Care Providers [HB-1478]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to submit a report on the feasibility of establishing and maintaining an online directory of home health care providers to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
HB-1478: Public Health - Report on Establishing a Directory of Home Health Care Providers
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 748 on 05/20/2025
Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Family Councils [HB-1291]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
Providing for the composition of a family council for certain assisted living programs; authorizing a family council to be created and, under certain circumstances, led by the owner, operator, or staff of an assisted living program; requiring certain assisted living programs to give new and prospective residents information about the family council; requiring certain assisted living programs to respond in writing to certain communications from the family council within 14 calendar days; etc.
HB-1291: Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Family Councils
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards [HB-1380]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in coordination with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, to adopt regulations establishing minimum perinatal care standards for hospitals that meet or exceed the Maryland Perinatal System Standards for each hospital that provides obstetrical services; and requiring each hospital that provides obstetrical services and freestanding birthing centers, as a condition of licensure, to comply with certain minimum perinatal care standards.
HB-1380: Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 709 on 05/20/2025
Health Care - Prior Authorizations - Prohibiting Fees [HB-1314]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
Prohibiting in-network health care providers from charging a fee to obtain a prior authorization from a carrier or managed care organization.
HB-1314: Health Care - Prior Authorizations - Prohibiting Fees
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
Hospitals and Tissue Banks - Autologous and Directed Blood Donations - Requirements [HB-1456]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a tissue bank that facilitates autologous or directed blood donations to comply with a physician's order prescribing an autologous or directed blood donation; authorizing a tissue bank to charge a certain fee for facilitating an autologous or directed blood donation; and requiring a hospital to allow an individual to provide an autologous or directed blood donation under certain circumstances.
HB-1456: Hospitals and Tissue Banks - Autologous and Directed Blood Donations - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
You have voted HB-1454: Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Continuing Care At-Home Providers Licensing and Regulation - Study.
Health - Medical Care Facilities - Electronic Monitoring Devices [HB-1409]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing for an exception to the prohibition against willfully intercepting wire or electronic communication for a resident in a medical care facility under certain circumstances; requiring a medical care facility to allow electronic monitoring of a resident if requested by the resident or the resident's legal representative; and providing for the admissibility of a recording made through electronic monitoring in a civil or criminal court of the State.
HB-1409: Health - Medical Care Facilities - Electronic Monitoring Devices
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 03/08/2025
Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt to Nonprofit Organizations [HB-1324]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a hospital to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of canceling the debt; and requiring that a hospital's financial policy require the hospital to dismiss actions pending against a patient for the collection of debt that was sold and prohibit the hospital from engaging in specified collection activities on patient debt that was sold.
HB-1324: Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt to Nonprofit Organizations
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Public Health - Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group - Establishment [HB-1142]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group to ensure adequate access to applicable home- and community-based services in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain support to the Advisory Group; and requiring by September 1 each year beginning in 2026, the Advisory Group to report its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
HB-1142: Public Health - Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 754 on 05/20/2025
Community-Based Residential Facilities - Licensing Entities - Provision of Licensing Criteria and Single Point of Contact [HB-1136]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a licensing authority, on request, to provide to an interested party the criteria used by the licensing authority to determine whether to issue a license for or renew a license of a community facility; and requiring a licensing authority to designate a single point of contact to respond to complaints, concerns, or issues regarding a community facility.
HB-1136: Community-Based Residential Facilities - Licensing Entities - Provision of Licensing Criteria and Single Point of Contact
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Maryland Department of Health - Access to Telephones - Study [HB-1070]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the feasibility of installing and maintaining a telephone system in assisted living facilities, psychiatric facilities, and nursing homes; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by September 30, 2026.
HB-1070: Maryland Department of Health - Access to Telephones - Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Community-Based Residential Facilities - Licensing Entities - Provision of Licensing Criteria and Single Point of Contact [SB-945]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a licensing authority, on request, to provide to an interested party the criteria used by the licensing authority to determine whether to issue a license for or renew a license of a community facility; and requiring a licensing authority to designate a single point of contact to respond to complaints, concerns, or issues regarding a community facility.
SB-945: Community-Based Residential Facilities - Licensing Entities - Provision of Licensing Criteria and Single Point of Contact
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies [SB-981]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Excluding a civil action on a certain contract between a hospital and a consumer from a certain provision of law establishing the statute of limitations on civil actions on certain specialties; specifying the percentage by which a hospital is required to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket expenses under certain circumstances; adding to the notice requirements relating to a hospital's financial assistance policy; prohibiting a hospital from filing a civil action to collect a debt against a patient whose outstanding debt is at or below $500; etc.
SB-981: Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 694 on 05/20/2025
Maryland Department of Health - Patient Navigation Services - Study [SB-986]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a study on patient navigation services in the State that help a patient overcome health care system barriers and facilitate timely access to quality health and psychosocial care from prediagnosis through all phases of the cancer experience; etc.
SB-986: Maryland Department of Health - Patient Navigation Services - Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
Public Health - Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group - Establishment [SB-920]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group to ensure adequate access to applicable home- and community-based services in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain support to the Advisory Group; requiring by September 1 each year, beginning in 2026, the Advisory Group to report its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; and requiring the Department to post the report to the Department's website within 30 days after the report has been finalized.
SB-920: Public Health - Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2025