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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) [HB-1555]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish and maintain certain online databases and conduct certain inspections; establishing the authority of the Secretary of Health regarding staff for the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to direct an immediate investigation of certain complaints; establishing requirements for the review of complaints and investigations by the Board; providing a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland Commission for Men's Health - Reestablishment [HB-1552]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Reestablishing the Maryland Commission for Men's Health in the Maryland Department of Health to develop strategies and programs, including community outreach and public-private partnerships, to raise awareness of men's health issues, encourage the participation of men in healthy behaviors such as regular checkups, and reduce disparities in morbidity rates in certain populations; and requiring the Commission to report annually by September 30 to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program [HB-1538]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to support pregnant and postpartum Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients who have higher risks of pregnancy complications because of maternal hypertension or maternal diabetes; requiring the Department to choose a managed care organization to administer the Program; requiring the managed care organization to contract with a technology vendor to offer remote patient monitoring services to participants in the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jamila Woods
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment [SB-1027]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/07/2025
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Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions [HB-1502]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Renaming the AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program to be the HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program; altering the duties of the Program to provide for the safe distribution of syringes and hypodermic needles and account for the number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged and distributed by the Baltimore City Health Department; altering the membership and duties of the Program's oversight committee; altering the immunity provided to Program staff and participants; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 758 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity [HB-1489]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients of the coverage requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program - Acquisition of Land [SB-1005]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Board of Public Works, on recommendation of the Secretary of Health, to make grants under the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program to counties, municipal corporations, and nonprofit corporations for the acquisition of land for the construction or use of a federally qualified health center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 641 on 05/20/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 751 on 05/20/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 748 on 05/20/2025
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Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns [HB-1352]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with sickle cell disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop an education and awareness campaign for institutions of higher education in the State regarding students with sickle cell disease; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards [HB-1289]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish by regulation standards relating to the discharge of patients from drug and alcohol treatment programs and certain referral services offered to patients by certain drug and alcohol treatment programs; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the status of the adoption and revision of regulations to implement the requirements of the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017, and a plan for the enforcement of the statutory and regulatory requirements under the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department [HB-1426]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Carroll County Board of Commissioners as the Carroll County Board of Health; requiring the board of health to take certain actions related to operating procedures for the Carroll County Health Department, records of the Department, and evaluations of the health officer, deputy health officers, and other employees of the health department; authorizing the board of health to remove the health officer or a deputy health officer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Primary and Secondary Students - Vision and Hearing Studies and Evaluations [HB-1242]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations on vision support treatments and services for students; requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2026; and requiring the Maryland State School Health Council to evaluate certain issues regarding vision and hearing difficulties in primary and secondary students.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment [HB-1244]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 756 on 05/20/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 709 on 05/20/2025
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Public Health - Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer and Study [HB-1382]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review and make recommendations on statutory and regulatory provisions regarding the human immunodeficiency virus that may be outdated or discriminatory and report its findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland Department of Health - Provision of Health Care Services - Study [HB-1376]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to include in the contract for a study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryland Community Health Resources
Commission a requirement that the independent consultant study the current provision of health care services in the State; requiring the study to consider recommendations for strategies the State should consider to ensure high quality health care for all Marylanders; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2025
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Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents [HB-1306]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in benign or classical hematology with a focus on sickle cell disease; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2027 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $6,000,000 to support clinic operations, staffing, training, and social support services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) [HB-1484]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
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Youth Sports Safety Advisory Commission [HB-1272]
[Sports ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing the Youth Sports Safety Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations to minimize risk and maximize safety for youth athletes; and requiring the Commission to submit a report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025