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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health – Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories in Frederick County [HB-580]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to make available a certain form; requiring certain biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratories in Frederick County to report certain information to the Department on or before October 30 each year; requiring the Department to report the number and location of BSL-3 laboratories to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and certain officials in Frederick County and the total number of laboratories to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frederick County Delegation
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 262 on 05/08/2020
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Drugs and Devices - Electronic Prescriptions - Controlled Dangerous Substances [HB-512]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Authorizing certain controlled dangerous substance prescriptions to be dispensed on an electronic prescription; requiring, except under certain circumstances, a certain health practitioner to issue a prescription for a controlled dangerous substance electronically; authorizing an authorized prescriber to issue a written or oral prescription for a controlled dangerous substance only under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 230 on 05/08/2020
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Health - Maryland Children's Service Animal Program - Establishment [HB-547]
[Healthcare ]
[Animals ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Maryland Children's Service Animal Program in the Maryland Department of Health to serve the needs of children with a history of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, or who have been diagnosed with a certain disability and special health care need by teaching them to partner with a service or support dog or to interact with therapy horses; requiring the Department to select at least one nonprofit entity to select Program participants, support dogs, or therapy horses, and facilitate training or therapy; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 247 on 05/08/2020
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Day Care Centers for the Elderly and Day Care Centers for Adults - Reimbursement [HB-584]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse day care centers for the elderly and day care centers for adults for a day of care even if the day care center could not provide the minimum 4 hours of care in a day because of a weather-related closure or a medical emergency experienced by the participant while at the center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program [HB-464]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the establishment of an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program by a community-based organization to provide a place for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and provide certain other services; providing the Maryland Department of Health may approve not more than six programs, two programs in urban areas, two in suburban areas, and two in rural areas, to operate at a single location in areas with a high incidence of drug use; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia [HB-456]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Aging, the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, and the Alzheimer's Association, to incorporate information regarding cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and other types of dementia into relevant public health outreach programs administered by the Maryland Department of Health in order to educate health care providers and increase understanding of matters related to certain types of cognitive impairment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/28/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [SB-367]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education to expand the use of the trauma-informed approach used in schools and intensively train schools on becoming trauma-informed schools; requiring the Department to develop and distribute certain guidelines and to develop a website on the trauma informed approach; requiring, on or before July 1, 2020, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Participation of School-Based Health Centers - Regulations [HB-409]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health on or before January 1, 2021, to revise its regulations regarding school-based health centers that may participate in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to include school-based health centers that have a written agreement with a sponsoring agency that meets certain requirements identified by the State Department of Education in the version of the "Maryland School-Based Health Center Standards" report available December 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 198 on 05/08/2020
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Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical [HB-424]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than 0.1% of flame-retardant chemicals by mass; repealing certain provisions of law regarding the importing, sale, or offering for sale of any child care product containing certain chemicals; establishing certain civil penalties; requiring the Secretary of Health to consider certain factors in determining the amount of a certain penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Referred Finance on 03/18/2020
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Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid [SB-324]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring that the behavioral health services for which the Maryland Department of Health provides service coordination for veterans under certain provisions of law include mental health first aid; requiring that mental health first aid consist of training for veterans and the immediate family members of veterans on how to identify and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders; requiring entities teaching a mental health first aid course to report certain information to the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Public Institutions of Higher Education – Outbreak Response Plan
(Olivia’s Law) [SB-329]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Requiring a public institution of higher education to submit an outbreak response plan to the Maryland Department of Health on or before August 1 each year, beginning in 2021; requiring a public institution of higher education to implement the outbreak response plan under certain circumstances; requiring the outbreak response plan to include certain processes and the provision of certain staff; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 99 on 05/08/2020
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Estates and Trusts - Estate Recoveries - Presentation of Claims Against Medicaid Recipients [HB-393]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering the period of time within which the Maryland Department of Health must present a claim against the estate of a deceased Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient before the claim is barred.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Malone
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/24/2020
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Public High Schools – Health Education – Gambling Dangers and Addiction [SB-322]
[Education ]
[Gaming ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, by July 1, 2020, to develop a certain program of education on the dangers of gambling and gambling addiction to be provided in public high schools; requiring the program to be coordinated with other State agencies responsible for gambling addiction education; authorizing a county board of education, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, to require each public high school in the county to include instruction on the dangers of gambling one time for students in grades 9 through 12; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Victim's Rights - Restitution [SB-268]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering procedures relating to the award of a judgment of restitution; requiring a court to enter a judgment of restitution under certain circumstances; requiring certain notice, evidence, and procedures before a certain court orders a judgment of restitution; requiring a court to order a certain individual to pay restitution under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which a court is not required to order restitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
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Victim's Rights - Restitution [HB-358]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering procedures relating to the award of a judgment of restitution; requiring a court to enter a judgment of restitution under certain circumstances; requiring certain notice, evidence, and procedures before a certain court orders a judgment of restitution; requiring a court to order a certain individual to pay restitution under certain circumstances; providing the court may not consider the current inability of a restitution obligor to pay restitution as an extraordinary circumstance; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [HB-277]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop and distribute guidelines on a trauma-informed approach to assist schools with understanding and responding to an individual with symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma or traumatic stress; and requiring the State Department of Education to distribute the trauma-informed approach guidelines to each local school system and publish the guidelines on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 148 on 05/08/2020
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Criminal Procedure - Examination of Defendant by Maryland Department of Health - Access to Judicial Records [HB-262]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that the Maryland Department of Health have access to certain information maintained by the Judiciary about a criminal defendant who is subject to a certain examination, committed to the Health Department, or on conditional release under certain circumstances; and requiring the Department and the Judiciary to enter into an agreement regarding certain matters before exchanging any information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 141 on 05/08/2020
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Public Health - Maternal Mortality Review Program - Stakeholders [HB-286]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the stakeholders required to be included in meetings convened under the Maternal Mortality Review Program to include families of women who have experienced near maternal death, a maternal death, or certain challenges during pregnancy or women who have experienced a near maternal death or certain other challenges during pregnancy; and requiring that, to the extent practicable, certain stakeholders convened under the Program reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of women most impacted by maternal deaths in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 154 on 05/08/2020
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Mental Health – Confidentiality of Medical Records and Emergency Facilities List [HB-332]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "health care provider" for the purposes of provisions of law governing the confidentiality of medical records to include comprehensive crisis response centers, crisis stabilization centers, and crisis treatment centers; providing that the list of emergency facilities the Maryland Department of Health is required to publish may include comprehensive crisis response centers, crisis stabilization centers, crisis treatment centers, and outpatient mental health clinics; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 172 on 05/08/2020
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Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care [SB-228]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to develop a plan for the State to establish, on or before January 1, 2023, a universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; authorizing the Commission, the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, and the Maryland Department of Health to apply for certain waivers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2020