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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Outbreak Response Plan (Olivia's Law) [HB-187]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
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: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 98 on 05/08/2020
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Public Health - State-Provided Health Care Benefits [HB-188]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Establishing the Office of Health Care Coverage in the Maryland Department of Health to establish and carry out the HealthcareMaryland Program to provide benefits to State residents who do not receive federal benefits through Medicare, TRICARE, plans that are subject to ERISA, or any other federal medical program; requiring the Office to contract with a certain number of managed care organizations; requiring certain employers to pay to the Secretary of Labor a certain annual payroll tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Rapid Health Impact Assessment and Final Action [HB-109]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
Requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain construction to conduct a rapid health impact assessment (HIA) on the project and report on its findings; requiring a rapid HIA report to be completed not later than 45 days after the applicant submits the applicant's application to the Public Service Commission; requiring an applicant to complete the rapid HIA in a certain manner; requiring the rapid HIA report to be considered part of a certain application; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drugs and Devices - Electronic Prescriptions - Controlled Dangerous Substances [SB-166]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
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 using an electronic prescription; authorizing an authorized prescriber to issue a written or oral prescription for a controlled dangerous substance only under certain circumstances; authorizing the Secretary of Health to issue certain waivers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 229 on 05/08/2020
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Estates and Trusts - Estate Recoveries - Presentation of Claims Against Medicaid Recipients [SB-150]
[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: Sen. Chris West
Hearing Canceled on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Schools - Student Health - Certificate of Dental Health [HB-15]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, each student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in the State to submit a certificate of dental health to the school on a schedule established by the Department; and requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, to adopt certain regulations and to develop and disseminate a standard form for a certificate of dental health to county boards of education and certain parents and guardians.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Fletcher Harrison
Hearing Canceled on 01/28/2020
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Vital Records - Birth Certificates - Change of Name of Child [SB-102]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Maryland Department of Health has the authority to change the name on a birth certificate without a court order to allow the Department, if only one parent is named on the birth certificate of the child, to change the name on receipt of certain documents from the parent named on the birth certificate; and providing that only one affidavit signed by both parents named on the birth certificate is required under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/20/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vital Records - Birth Certificates - Change of Name of Child [SB-102]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Maryland Department of Health has the authority to change the name on a birth certificate without a court order to allow the Department, if only one parent is named on the birth certificate of the child, to change the name on receipt of certain documents from the parent named on the birth certificate; and providing that only one affidavit signed by both parents named on the birth certificate is required under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/20/2020
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doulas [SB-110]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, and as permitted by federal law, to provide certified doula services including childbirth education and support services and emotional and physical support provided during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum; authorizing the Secretary of Health to contract with certified doulas for the provision of care under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 1/30 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/20/2020