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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program [HB-729]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
Altering the training that the Maryland Department of Health is authorized to provide under the Overdose Response Program to include emphasis on the restoration of breathing, avoiding withdrawal, and compassionate postoverdose support and care; clarifying that the use of the Opioid Restitution Fund is subject to certain restrictions; and altering the authorized uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund so as to include the addressing of racial disparities in access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 698 on 05/20/2025
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Public Health - Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs - Establishment [HB-743]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs in the Maryland Department of Health to provide funding for training, grant awards, demonstration projects, or other purposes designed to improve behavioral health care services in the State; requiring the Department to pay to the Comptroller certain civil penalties collected from behavioral health programs and the Comptroller to distribute the penalties into the Fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition [HB-713]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments that sell firearms or ammunition within the county; requiring establishments that sell firearms or ammunition in the State to make certain literature visible and available and to distribute the literature to purchasers of firearms and ammunition; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Office of Cemetery Oversight - Study of Deathcare and Funeral Practices [HB-711]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of the Environment, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the State; and requiring the Office to submit an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report by July 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly including any recommended policy changes for sustainable deathcare and funeral practices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kym Taylor
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers [HB-672]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to conduct an assessment of school health and wellness personnel each year; altering the membership of the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers; and requiring the Department and the State Department of Education to annually report to the General Assembly on the findings of the assessment beginning December 1, 2027, and publish the report on the website of each agency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 345 on 05/06/2025
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Gaming - Problem Gambling - Prevalence Study and Fund Revenue [HB-700]
[Gaming ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
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: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition [SB-577]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments that sell firearms or ammunition within the county; requiring establishments that sell firearms or ammunition in the State to make certain literature visible and available and to distribute the literature to purchasers of firearms and ammunition; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) [HB-593]
[Public Health ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a prominent area accessible to employees and library users, to provide maintenance for the automated external defibrillator, and to comply with the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals under certain circumstances; requiring by December 1, 2026, a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the use of defibrillators in libraries; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 614 on 05/20/2025
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On-Farm Home Processing License - Revenue Limit - Prohibition [SB-481]
[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: Sen. Katie Hester
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland Commission to Study the Dental Hygienist Shortage - Establishment [SB-492]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Maryland Commission to Study the Dental Hygienist Shortage; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to support the State's efforts to improve the oral health of Marylanders by ensuring the stability and sustainability of the State's dental hygiene workforce; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report of its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2026, to the General Assembly, the Maryland Department of Health, and the Higher Education Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Health Care Facilities - Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Programs - Video Recordings [HB-576]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring nursing homes and assisted living programs to install, operate, and maintain video surveillance equipment in the common areas of the facilities to detect the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of residents; and requiring nursing homes and assisted living programs to make available, on request, certain recorded video data to law enforcement and State personnel that is necessary in the course of performing their official duties.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Primary and Secondary Education - Student Immunization - Temporary Admission Period [HB-608]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to grant certain students temporary admission to schools for a certain time frame if the parent or guardian of a student is unable to provide proof of immunization under certain circumstances; and requiring the parent or guardian of a student granted temporary admission to present evidence of the student's appointment with a health professional or local health department for purposes of receiving the required immunizations or reconstructing a lost record.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers [SB-486]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to conduct an assessment of school health and wellness personnel each year; requiring the Departments, by December 1, 2027, and each December 1 thereafter, to jointly submit a report to the General Assembly on the findings of the assessment and publish the report on the website of each agency; and altering the membership of the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers from 15 to 16 members to include one school nurse.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2025
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Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [SB-456]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the eligibility criteria for Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants under the Maryland Dent-Care Program to include part-time employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 357 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Directed Mental Health Services - Pilot Program [SB-448]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Self-Directed Mental Health Services Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to facilitate access to clinically appropriate, person-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed self-directed services in the most integrated setting appropriate for certain recipients of services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Governor in fiscal years 2027 through 2029 to include $300,000 in the annual budget bill for the Pilot Program; and requiring a certain report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers [SB-438]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; and altering the definition of "purchaser" for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Health Care Facilities - Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Programs - Video Recordings [SB-465]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring nursing homes and assisted living programs to install, operate, and maintain video surveillance equipment in the common areas of the facilities to detect the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of residents; and requiring nursing homes and assisted living programs to make available, on request, certain recorded video data to law enforcement and State personnel that is necessary in the course of performing their official duties.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Hospitals - Price Transparency - Requirements and Fund [HB-547]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring hospitals in the State to comply with a certain federal price transparency law; requiring hospitals to maintain and make available a list of standard charges for the hospital's shoppable services; prohibiting hospitals from selling certain personal data; requiring the Secretary of Health to perform certain hospital monitoring duties; requiring hospitals who violate certain provisions of the Act to submit corrective action plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Health Equality for Service Members Act [HB-466]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Housing ]
[Military ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing public health, the regulation of health occupations, and housing vouchers and assistance to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 259 on 05/06/2025
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Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting [HB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Health, to establish a health equity measures advisory committee to determine the 10 widest disparities in health care quality, access, or outcomes for vulnerable populations; and requiring the health equity advisory committee to review the health equity reports submitted annually to the Department by licensed State hospitals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025