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State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Require That Health Insurance Policies Cover Medical Marijuana [HB-1064]
An Act To Require That Health Insurance Policies Cover Medical Marijuana

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Hickman Reports Read on 06/12/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Morgan State University - Task Force on Reconciliation and Equity [SB-471]
Requiring Morgan State University to convene a task force to foster reconciliation and achieve racial equity by taking specified actions; requiring the task force to include specified members and consult with specified units of State government; requiring the task force to hold hearings at locations throughout the State and invite persons to testify, to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters, and to monitor and evaluate the implementation of specified recommendations using specified criteria; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services [SB-474]
Requiring the Cigarette Restitution Fund to include a separate account to be used for substance use treatment, with priority given to residential treatment services, recovery support housing, and specified crisis response services, and for rate adjustments for specified agencies or programs; requiring specified distributions from the account to be used to supplement and not supplant specified other funds; prohibiting more than $10,000,000 from being appropriated from the account in any fiscal year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 03/01/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

State Retirement and Pension System - Small Procurements - Medical Evaluations for Disability Retirement Benefits [SB-448]
Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum threshold amount for a small procurement by the State Retirement Agency for an independent medical evaluation by a physician and specified related testimony for purposes of disability retirement benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone Approved By The Governor - Chapter 82 on 04/11/2017

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State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Ensure Protection of Patients [SB-1032]
An Act To Ensure Protection of Patients

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Geoffrey Gratwick Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 04/18/2018

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State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage for Covered Services Provided by Naturopathic Doctors [SB-1030]
An Act To Require Health Insurance Coverage for Covered Services Provided by Naturopathic Doctors

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Chenette Sent To The Engrossing Department. on 03/22/2018

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Developmental Disabilities Administration - Crisis Resolution and Crisis Prevention Services - Funding and Reporting [SB-475]
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: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services [HB-541]
Requiring the Cigarette Restitution Fund to include a separate account to be used for substance use treatment, with priority given to residential treatment services, recovery support housing, and specified crisis response services, and for rate adjustments for specified agencies or programs; requiring specified distributions from the account to be used to supplement and not supplant specified other funds; prohibiting more than $10,000,000 from being appropriated from the account in any fiscal year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [SB-476]
Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for specified fiscal years include specified rate increases for specified community providers over the funding provided in specified legislative appropriations; requiring the Behavioral Health Administration and the Medical Care Programs Administration jointly to conduct a specified study and implement a specified payment system; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before December 1, 2019, to submit an annual report; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Support permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act [SR-57]
Support permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lea Whitford (s) Filed With Secretary Of State on 04/24/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Supporting permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act [HR-3]
Supporting permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy (h) Filed With Secretary Of State on 04/26/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Income Tax - Credit for Nurse Practitioner or Licensed Physician in Preceptorship Program - Alterations [SB-436]
Altering the application of a specified fee assessed by the Board of Nursing for the renewal of a nurse practitioner who holds an advanced practice certification; altering the number of hours, so that the required minimum of three rotations must each consist of at least 100 hours of community-based clinical training, that a specified nurse practitioner or licensed physician must work in a specified preceptorship program in order to qualify for a specified credit against the State income tax; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt Approved By The Governor - Chapter 234 on 04/18/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Provide for health care and insurance coverage laws [HB-652]
Provide for health care and insurance coverage laws

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rob Cook (h) Vetoed By Governor on 05/08/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - 9-1-1 Director's Council (Carl Henn's Law) [SB-466]
Establishing the 9-1-1 Director's Council to work with a specified Board and specified organizations to identify, plan for, coordinate, and make recommendations regarding the call-taking and dispatch operations of public safety answering points in the State; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to work with the Maryland Association of Counties to secure specified staff and support; requiring the Council to report its recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 each year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton Rereferred To Health And Government Operations on 04/08/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-547]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a specified determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform specified actions is deemed "unprofessional conduct"; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Substance Use Treatment - Inpatient and Intensive Outpatient Programs - Consent by Minor [SB-433]
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: Sen. Delores Kelley Approved By The Governor - Chapter 578 on 05/25/2017

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State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Clarify Insurance Coverage in School-based Health Centers [HB-770]
An Act To Clarify Insurance Coverage in School-based Health Centers

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Heidi Brooks Reports Read on 05/09/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Education - Participants in Interscholastic Athletic Activities - Concussions - Penalties for Coaches [HB-513]
Requiring a county board of education, on the recommendation of the county superintendent, to suspend a coach who violates specified provisions of law relating to the removal from play of a student who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or other head injury in a practice or game and the return to play of the student; requiring a county board to send to a coach a copy of specified charges and give the coach an opportunity to request a hearing before suspending the coach; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Public Health - Essential Generic Drugs - Price Gouging - Prohibition [SB-415]
Prohibiting a manufacturer or wholesale distributor from engaging in price gouging in the sale of an essential generic drug; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to notify the manufacturer of an essential generic drug and the Attorney General of a specified increase in the price of the essential generic drug under specified circumstances; requiring a manufacturer of an essential generic drug to submit a specified statement to the Attorney General within 20 days after receipt of a specified notice; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017

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State (Montana)
Montana 2017 Regular Session

Revise tax exemption laws for certain nonprofit pharmacy operations [SB-364]
Revise tax exemption laws for certain nonprofit pharmacy operations

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Albert Olszewski (s) Died In Standing Committee on 04/28/2017

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