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.
SB-471: Morgan State University - Task Force on Reconciliation and Equity
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017
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.
SB-474: Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 03/01/2017
You have voted SB-474: Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services.
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.
SB-475: Developmental Disabilities Administration - Crisis Resolution and Crisis Prevention Services - Funding and Reporting
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017
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.
HB-541: Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017
You have voted HB-541: Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services.
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.
SB-476: Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017
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.
SB-436: Income Tax - Credit for Nurse Practitioner or Licensed Physician in Preceptorship Program - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 234 on 04/18/2017
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.
SB-466: Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - 9-1-1 Director's Council (Carl Henn's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Rereferred To Health And Government Operations on 04/08/2017
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.
HB-547: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2017
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.
SB-433: Substance Use Treatment - Inpatient and Intensive Outpatient Programs - Consent by Minor
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 578 on 05/25/2017
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.
HB-513: Education - Participants in Interscholastic Athletic Activities - Concussions - Penalties for Coaches
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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.
SB-415: Public Health - Essential Generic Drugs - Price Gouging - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017