Health
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
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Health - Family Planning Services - Continuity of Care [HB-1083]
Establishing the Family Planning Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure the continuity of family planning services in the State; requiring the Program to provide family planning services to specified individuals through specified providers; authorizing the Department to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to ensure access to and continuity of services provided by specified family planning providers in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 28 on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation by Satellite Organizations [HB-991]
Altering the definition of "qualifying not-for-profit organization", for purposes of provisions of law that authorize specified qualifying not-for-profit organizations to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, to include a corporation, a limited liability company, or any other entity wholly owned by the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Covered Employees - Performance of Essential Services During State of Emergency [HB-995]
Clarifying that an individual who is employed by a unit of State government or a political subdivision in the State and provides, under specified circumstances, specified essential services for the safety, care, and welfare of the people during a specified emergency is a covered employee for workers' compensation while traveling to and from the performance of specified essential services during the emergency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Developmental Disabilities Administration - Crisis Resolution and Crisis Prevention Services - Funding and Reporting [HB-984]
Requiring a specified report on the Waiting List Equity Fund to include information regarding individuals in the crisis resolution category of the waiting list for developmental disabilities services; establishing mandated appropriations for developmental disabilities community services; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that an individual, after receiving services provided with specified funds, continue to receive uninterrupted developmental disabilities services in accordance with the individual's needs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Health Care Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 [SB-1020]
Reorganizing the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission to be the Maryland Health Care and Cost Review Commission; repealing the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Health Services Cost Review Commission Fund, and related provisions of law; requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and General Assembly by January 1, 2018, a proposal for a streamlined certificate of need process and a specified list of health care facilities and services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Health Care Services Delivered Through Telehealth - Coverage [HB-983]
Requiring the health care services delivered through telehealth under health insurance to include counseling for substance use disorders; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after October 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 765 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health - Certified Recovery Residences - Urine Testing [HB-1010]
Requiring a specified credentialing entity to establish minimum standards requiring specified residents and employees of a certified recovery residence to submit to a urine test at a frequency and of a type determined by the credentialing entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/31/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Integrated Community Oncology Reporting Program [HB-1053]
Establishing the integrated community oncology reporting program; establishing the purpose of the program; requiring the program to be administered by the Maryland Health Care Commission; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to implement the program and to develop a specified application process; establishing a specified exception to a specified prohibition against self-referrals by specified health care practitioners; authorizing specified health care practitioners to use a specified exemption; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Licensed Pharmacists - Risks of Opioid Addiction - Notifications [HB-988]
Requiring a licensed pharmacist, if an opioid is dispensed by a licensed pharmacist or an individual engaging in a professional experience program and acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, to notify the individual to whom the opioid is dispensed of the risks of opioid addiction; and providing that the notice may be made orally or in writing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health - Standards for Involuntary Admissions and Petitions for Emergency Evaluation - Modification [HB-1009]
Modifying specified standards for the involuntary admission of specified individuals who have experienced a drug overdose to specified facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital to include an individual who has a mental disorder or is not a minor, has experienced a drug overdose, and has health insurance coverage as a dependent on the parent's health insurance plan; modifying specified standards for petitions for the emergency evaluation of specified individuals who have experienced a drug overdose; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Effect of Section 8 Housing on Neighborhoods in Baltimore County [HB-1059]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Effect of Section 8 Housing on Neighborhoods in Baltimore County; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study specified social and economic impacts Section 8 housing would have on Baltimore County; requiring the Task Force to report on its findings and recommendations on or before January 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick McDonough
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations [HB-1001]
Prohibiting a correctional facility from placing an inmate in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days or a total of 20 days in a 60-day period, with specified exceptions; establishing specified protections for inmates who are placed in restrictive housing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Schools and Shelters - Homeless Girls and Women - Feminine Hygiene Products [HB-1067]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to make available to specified entities specified supplies of feminine hygiene products for female residents in shelters and specified homeless female students; requiring, alternatively, if a specified contingency is met, the Department of Housing and Community Development to make available to specified entities supplies of feminine hygiene products for female residents in shelters and homeless female students; requiring specified products to be made available in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 641 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
University System of Maryland - Constituent Institutions - Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program [HB-950]
Requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland, on a recommendation from the Chancellor, to establish general standards and guidelines for a collegiate recovery program to be implemented at the constituent institutions; requiring the president of each constituent institution, in collaboration with faculty, staff, and students enrolled at the institution, to develop and implement a collegiate recovery program tailored for the institution; requiring the program to include specified features; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tarlau
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 582 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Privately Contracted School Bus Drivers - Annual Physical Examination Requirement [SB-990]
Prohibiting an individual from operating a school bus for a private, nongovernmental entity under a contract with a local school system to transport pupils unless the individual completes an annual medical physical examination and submits a copy of the examination report to the individual's employer attesting that the individual's medical health is satisfactory; establishing a penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hospitals - Changes in Status - Hospital Employee Retraining and Economic Impact Statements [HB-932]
Requiring a hospital that voluntarily converts to a freestanding medical facility or is acquired by another hospital or health system to pay a fee directly to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation if workers are displaced; prohibiting the fee from exceeding a 0.01 percent of the total revenue approved by the Health Services Cost Review Commission for a specified fiscal year; limiting the number of times the fee may be assessed; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Privately Contracted School Bus Drivers - Annual Physical Examination Requirement [HB-943]
Prohibiting an individual from operating a school bus for a private, nongovernmental entity under a contract with a local school system to transport pupils unless the individual completes an annual medical physical examination and submits a copy of the examination report to the individual's employer attesting that the individual's medical health is satisfactory; establishing a penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Cannabis - Legalization [SB-928]
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. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Coverage of Fertility Preservation Procedures for Iatrogenic Infertility [SB-918]
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide specified benefits under specified insurance policies or contracts to provide coverage for specified fertility preservation procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2017