Health
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Madison Fields Therapeutic Equestrian Center [HB-1627]
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Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $125,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Madison House Autism Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Madison Fields Therapeutic Equestrian Center, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/10/2017
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Public Health - Certificates of Birth - Births Outside an Institution [HB-1632]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the attending clinician or a designee of the attending clinician to prepare a certificate of birth, secure specified signatures, and file the certificate within 5 calendar days after a birth occurs outside an institution with an attending clinician; requiring the attending clinician, within 5 calendar days after the birth, to provide the date of birth and specified information that is required on a certificate of birth; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Environment - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Blood Lead Level [HB-1625]
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[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the elevated blood lead level at which an owner of an affected property is required to satisfy the modified risk reduction standard; and altering the elevated blood lead level at which a local health department is required to notify specified persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2017
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Individuals With Disabilities - Establishing Community-Based Long-Term Services and Supports (Maryland Disability Integration Act) [HB-1613]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring public entities to provide community-based long-term services and supports to specified individuals; requiring the Department of Disabilities to adopt a comprehensive plan that includes a specific and reasonable time frame and that is funded from any source; requiring the Department to complete its comprehensive plan no later July 1, 2018; providing that public entities may not discriminate against individuals who require long-term services and supports by specified means; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marice Ivette Morales
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Generic Drugs and Medical Supplies Purchasing Cooperative Workgroup [HB-1610]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a workgroup to study the advisability of the State, along with hospitals, pharmacies, health care facilities and private medical practices, forming a generic drugs and medical supplies purchasing cooperative; requiring that the workgroup include specified individuals; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations regarding specified matters and report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Generic Drugs and Medical Supplies Purchasing Cooperative Workgroup [SB-1126]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a workgroup to study the advisability of the State, along with hospitals, pharmacies, health care facilities, and private medical practices, forming a generic drugs and medical supplies purchasing cooperative; requiring the workgroup to include specified individuals; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations regarding specified matters and report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2017
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Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Mandrin Inpatient Care Center [SB-1128]
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[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Hospice of the Chesapeake, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Mandrin Inpatient Care Center facility, located in Anne Arundel County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/11 At 2:00 P.m. on 03/11/2017
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Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Licensing of Outpatient Programs and Provision of Naloxone Kits [SB-1129]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from requiring, under specified circumstances, that an outpatient substance use disorder treatment program be granted specified accreditation as a condition of licensure; requiring each hospital emergency department to establish and implement a policy of providing a naloxone kit to patients admitted for an opioid overdose and training the patients in the proper method of administering the naloxone before the patient is released; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2017
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Health Insurance - Volunteer Emergency Responders - Benefits Under Blanket Policies and Contracts [SB-1130]
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[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Excluding, from specified provisions of State insurance laws, specified blanket health insurance policies and contracts that provide health insurance benefits to specified volunteer emergency responders; providing that the blanket health insurance policies and contracts are subject to specified provisions of State insurance laws; requiring the blanket health insurance policies and contracts to disclose that the policies and contracts do not provide comprehensive health coverage; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/23/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Health. [SB-42]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Relating To Health. Short form bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Kalani English
Referred To Cph. on 01/20/2017
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Relating To Health. [SB-44]
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[Public Health ]
Relating To Health. Short form bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Kalani English
Referred To Cph. on 01/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commission on Access to Tax-Preferred Health and Childcare Savings Accounts for All Marylanders [HB-1559]
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[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Commission on Access to Tax-Preferred Health and Childcare Savings Accounts for All Marylanders; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Health. [SB-43]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Relating To Health. Short form bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Kalani English
Referred To Cph. on 01/20/2017
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Nonprofit Health Entity - Acquisition - Waiver of Waiting Period [HB-1553]
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[Nonprofit ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the appropriate regulating entity, if it determines that waiving the waiting period under specified provisions of law is in the best interest of the public, to waive the 90-day waiting period between the date a determination is made on the acquisition of a nonprofit health entity and the date the determination takes effect.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 722 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Health and Safety Guidelines and Procedures - Digital Devices [SB-1089]
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[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to develop health and safety guidelines and procedures for the use of digital devices in public school classrooms; and requiring each county board of education to implement specified health and safety guidelines and procedures for the use of digital devices in public school classrooms beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/17/2017
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Health - Family Planning Services - Continuity of Care [SB-1081]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Human Services ]
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. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 810 on 05/27/2017
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Creation of a State Debt - Garrett County - Believe in Tomorrow Children's House at Deep Creek Lake [HB-1542]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Believe in Tomorrow Children's House at Deep Creek Lake respite housing facility, located in Garrett County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell R Beitzel
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/10/2017
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Elementary School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act) [HB-1529]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a public school student in elementary school to be provided a daily program of physical activity totaling 150 minutes each week to include physical education, and developmentally appropriate, moderate-to-vigorous activity, including recess; requiring that the program of physical activity for a specified category of student be consistent with the student's Individualized Education Plan; requiring public elementary schools to designate a physical activity leadership team to plan and coordinate specified activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Athletic Trainers - Scope of Practice [HB-1536]
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[Sports ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the definition of "practice athletic training" to allow athletic trainers to apply, under the supervision of a licensed physician, specified principles and methods for managing injuries suffered by individuals in good overall health who are employed in professions specified by the State Board of Physicians in regulations; requiring the Board to adopt regulations specifying the professions that involve athletic activities and may result in an individual who is employed in the profession suffering a specified injury; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2017
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Nonprofit Health Entity - Acquisition - Waiver of Waiting Period [SB-1075]
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[Nonprofit ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the appropriate regulating entity, if it determines that waiving the waiting period under specified provisions of law is in the best interest of the public, to waive the 90-day waiting period between the date a determination is made on the acquisition of a nonprofit health entity and the date the determination takes effect.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2018