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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act) [SB-856]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of General Services to develop a certain pamphlet and website; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with certain information at certain times and in a certain manner; requiring a landlord to perform a mold assessment and mold remediation within 15 days after receipt of a written notice regarding the detection of mold; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/13/2025
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Public Health – Medetomidine and Xylazine Consumer Protection Act [SB-875]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product unless the purchaser provides to the retailer certain proof; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to an individual under the age of 21 years; requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to maintain certain records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Medicaid Management Information System - Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem - Publication of Procurement Schedule [SB-840]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to publish on its website a schedule for the issuance of a solicitation for the procurement of a Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem of the Medicaid Management Information System; and requiring the Department to publish on its website notice of certain time frames at least 60 days before the issuance of the procurement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Correctional Services - Medication-Assisted Treatment Funding [SB-942]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Secretary of Health to provide funding to counties for medication-assisted treatment programs; requiring counties that receive funding to submit a certain report; authorizing the Governor to appropriate certain funds in the annual budget bill; altering the requirements for a certain report; authorizing funds in the Opioid Restitution Fund to be used for medication-assisted treatment programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/04/2025
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Maryland Department of Health and Health Officers - Revisions [SB-971]
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[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify each health officer for a county of a certain procurement to offer the opportunity for the county health department to join the procurement; authorizing a health officer for a county to make an appointment to a position without the approval of the Maryland Department of Health or the Department of Budget and Management if the position is fully funded through the use of local funding or grant funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs - Establishment [SB-988]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs to study and make recommendations on ways to improve school-based dental programs; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report on its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Health And Government Operations on 04/04/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2025
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Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements [SB-790]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup on youth behavioral health, individuals with developmental disabilities, and individuals with complex behavioral health needs, to provide recommendations to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements; requiring the workgroup to create a plan to implement the recommendations in a certain Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services State Health Official letter; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 686 on 05/20/2025
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Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications [HB-1029]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Healthcare ]
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 777 on 05/20/2025
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Relocation of Human Remains - Authorization Process [HB-1003]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a person seeking to relocate human remains from a burial site to apply for approval for relocation with the Office of Cemetery Oversight before seeking authorization from a State's Attorney; establishing requirements and procedures for an application for authorization to relocate human remains; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to delay authorization for relocation of human remains under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Public Health - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Information on Prevalence and Treatment [HB-1004]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understanding and awareness of treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias into relevant public health outreach programs; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a website with information on the prevalence and hospitalization rate for Alzheimer's and related dementias; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 681 on 05/20/2025
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Public Health - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Information on Prevalence and Treatment [SB-748]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understanding and awareness of treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias into relevant public health outreach programs administered by the Department; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a website that includes certain information, updated yearly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 682 on 05/20/2025
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Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State [SB-749]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Board of Dental Examiners to issue a license or certification to applicants licensed or certified by another state within 15 business days after receiving the completed application; requiring that a dental radiation technologist certified in another state be issued a certification by the State Board under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a plan for certain authorization to practice a health occupation for persons who left federal employment after January 20, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 11 on 04/08/2025
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Gaming - Problem Gambling - Prevalence Study and Fund Revenue [SB-706]
[Gaming ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2030; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before November 1 each year, beginning in 2026, to submit a report to the General Assembly on how the funds in the Problem Gambling Fund have been expended on treatment and prevention programs; and altering the distribution of certain fantasy competition and sports wagering proceeds.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Ways And Means on 03/13/2025
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Forensic Mental Health Treatment [SB-741]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the circumstances under which a certificate of need for changing bed capacity in a health care facility is required; establishing the Workgroup on Forensic Mental Health Treatment; requiring the Workgroup to develop a certain form to be used by judges in a proceeding related to incompetency to stand trial; establishing the Forensic Mental Health Treatment Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring courts to remit certain fines and monetary penalties into the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/06/2025
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Public Health - Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients and Workgroup on Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Overstays [HB-962]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Specifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, under certain circumstances, to ensure pediatric hospital overstay patients are placed in the least restrictive setting when clinically indicated and when possible; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 479 on 05/13/2025
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Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act ) [SB-740]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
Authorizing each health care facility to screen each patient for information on whether the patient is a service member community member, include on the patient's medical record whether the patient is a service member community member, and meet certain standards established by The Joint Commission for the purpose of improving health care equity for warrior community members; and defining "service member community member" to mean a service member, a veteran, a certain spouse, a certain child, or a certain stepchild.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 757 on 05/20/2025
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Public Health - Phenibut Consumer Protection Act (JT Alvey Phenibut Consumer Protection Act) [HB-996]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a phenibut product to disclose the factual basis on which any representations regarding the phenibut product are made; establishing prohibitions related to the preparation, distribution, and sale of phenibut products, including prohibitions related to the sale of phenibut to individuals under the age of 21 years and the marketing of phenibut to minors; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 704 on 05/20/2025
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General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Impact of Reduction in Health and Community Support Services [HB-927]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring that the fiscal note for a bill that reduces health and community support services funded by the Maryland Department of Health include a certain estimate, assessment, and evaluation of the financial impact as a result of the reduction of services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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On-Farm Home Processing License - Revenue Limit - Prohibition [HB-989]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from limiting the amount of revenue the holder of an on-farm home processing license may derive from food processed under the license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025