Health
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
The Protection of the Federal Affordable Care Act [HJR-9]
Expressing the sharp disagreement of the General Assembly of Maryland with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act; urging the U.S. Congress to promptly protect provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act that ensure all Marylanders have access to affordable health insurance coverage, free from discriminatory rates and policies; and urging the Governor of Maryland to join in urging the U.S. Congress to promptly protect specified provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Signed By The President And The Speaker - Joint Resolution 5 on 05/25/2017
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Public Health - Health Record and Payment Clearing House - Pilot Program [HB-1516]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, on or before December 31, 2017, to research and evaluate public and private health record and payment clearing houses, develop standards, determine specified information, and report its recommendations and funding requests to the General Assembly; requiring the Commission to establish for use in a pilot program a health record and payment clearing house on or before January 1, 2019; specifying the capabilities of the proposed health records and payment clearing house; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Food Deserts - Small Loans [HB-1492]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to meet the funding obligations for sustainable communities and food deserts by using any specified financial assistance available to the Department; authorizing the Department to provide small loans under the Business Development Program that are not more than $50,000 per loan to approved entities for assistance in providing better access to healthy food in food deserts; and authorizing the Department to work with intermediaries to administer the specified small loans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Medical Records - Disclosure of Directory Information and Medical Records [HB-1468]
Altering the circumstances under which a health care provider may disclose a medical record developed primarily in connection with mental health services; authorizing a health care provider to disclose directory information about a patient to a specified individual except under specified circumstances; requiring a health care provider to inform a patient of health care information that the health care provider may include in a specified directory and the persons to whom the information may be disclosed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 700 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Pharmacists - Substitution and Dispensing of Biological Products [HB-1273]
Authorizing a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed product under specified circumstances; requiring a pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee, except under specified circumstances, to inform specified consumers of the availability of an interchangeable biological product and the approximate cost difference as compared to a specified drug; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to maintain on its Web site a link to specified lists of biological products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 726 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity - Workgroup on Health in All Policies [HB-1225]
Requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations to units of State and local government on laws and policies to implement that will positively impact the health of residents of the State; requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, to report the workgroup findings to the General Assembly by January 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health - Medical Cannabis Grower, Processor, and Dispensary Licenses - Sale or Transfer and Forfeiture [HB-1482]
Authorizing a medical cannabis grower, processor, or dispensary to sell or transfer a license under specified circumstances; requiring specified licensees to forfeit a license under specified circumstances; authorizing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to extend the time frame for specified licensees to become operational under specified circumstances; and requiring specified entities buying or obtaining a specified license to meet specified requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax - Diapers - Exemption [HB-1245]
Exempting from the sales and use tax the sale of diapers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - Liquid Waste Hauler - Vehicle License and Inspection [HB-1224]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in business as a liquid waste hauler in the State unless the vehicle used by the person to haul liquid waste is licensed annually by the Department of the Environment; establishing specified requirements for the application for and the issuance of a specified vehicle license; requiring the Department to set reasonable fees for the licensing and inspection of specified vehicles in a specified manner; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; providing for penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendment - Cannabis - Right to Use, Possess, and Cultivate [HB-1236]
Amending the Maryland Constitution to establish that, subject to specified exceptions, an individual in the State who is at least 21 years old has the right under State law to use cannabis, possess up to 2 ounces of cannabis, and cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants; providing that the right enumerated in the amendment may not be infringed except that the transfer of cannabis by purchase or sale shall be regulated as necessary to ensure health and safety and taxed for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [HB-1347]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Requirements [HB-1510]
Requiring a prospective bidder or offeror when submitting a bid or offer for a public work contract to submit to the public body a specified contractor safety and health plan and a specified attestation; requiring a contractor safety and health plan to include specified information; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified safety and health calculation worksheet and specified safety and health rating system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 04/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Substance Use Treatment - Inpatient and Intensive Outpatient Programs - Consent by Minor [HB-1093]
Authorizing parents or specified guardians to apply, on behalf of a minor, for admission of the minor to a certified intensive outpatient alcohol and drug abuse program; requiring specified programs to make a specified note on an application for admission in order for an individual to be retained for specified treatment; providing that specified programs have the right to discharge an individual admitted for specified treatment if the individual is not complying with the policies and procedures of the treatment program or the facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - State Correctional Officers [HB-1101]
Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a State correctional officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and providing that the Act applies only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or application to any claims arising before October 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Cannabis - Legalization [HB-1185]
Repealing specified civil and criminal prohibitions against the use and possession of marijuana; establishing exemptions from prosecution for specified persons for using, obtaining, purchasing, transporting, or possessing cannabis under specified circumstances; establishing exemptions from prosecution for specified retailers, cannabis product manufacturers, cannabis cultivation facilities, craft cannabis cultivators, and safety compliance facilities under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Specialty Drugs - Authority to Dispense [HB-1117]
Altering the conditions pharmacies must meet to be authorized by specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to dispense specified specialty drugs; requiring the insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to post specified performance standards on their Web sites; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Providers - Opioid Prescriptions - Limitations and Requirements [HB-1211]
Prohibiting a health care provider, under specified circumstances, from writing a prescription for an opiod for more than a 7-day supply; and requiring a health care provider who is prescribing an opioid to a minor to discuss specified information with the minor and, under specified circumstances, the minor's custodial parent or legal guardian.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Maryland Community Health Worker Act [HB-1113]
Establishing the State Board of Community Health Workers; specifying the purpose and composition of the Board; specifying the terms of a Board member; requiring the Governor to appoint a new member, within a specified time period, if a vacancy on the Board occurs; authorizing the Governor to remove a member of the Board under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to serve as the chair of the Board; requiring the Board to elect specified officers from among its members; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Favorable With Amendments {124430/1 Report Adopted on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Family Law - Treatment Foster Care Homes - Siblings [HB-1207]
Authorizing the placement of more than two children in a treatment foster care home in order to place siblings together if the local department makes a written finding that placing the siblings together is in their best interests and that the siblings will not harm other children placed at the same treatment foster care home; and requiring the local department to notify the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources of the placement.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 492 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Comprehensive Dental Benefits for Adults - Authorization [HB-1158]
Authorizing the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, beginning on January 1, 2019, and subject to specified limitations, to provide comprehensive dental services for adults whose annual household income is at or below 133 percent of the poverty level.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017