Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Qualified Pet Expenses [SB-238]
[Taxes ]
[Animals ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax of up to $3,000 for certain expenses paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year for certain qualified pets; requiring the Comptroller to adopt certain regulations; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
SB-238: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Qualified Pet Expenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation on 02/12/2018
Public Health - Assisted Living Programs - Educational Material on Influenza Virus [HB-482]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring assisted living program facilities to provide their residents with educational material on the influenza virus on or before September 1 each year; and requiring that the educational material include certain information.
HB-482: Public Health - Assisted Living Programs - Educational Material on Influenza Virus
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2018
Assisted Living Education on Influenza [HB-455]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring each assisted living program to provide its residents with educational material on the influenza virus on or before September 1 each year; requiring that the educational material include certain information; and prohibiting an assisted living program from being required to pay for or provide an influenza virus vaccine, unless otherwise required by law.
HB-455: Assisted Living Education on Influenza
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/13/2018
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
SB-871: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
Public Health - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Information and Informed Consent [SB-783]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a health care provider, before each administration of a human papillomavirus vaccine, to provide an individual with a certain information sheet and obtain written consent on a certain form; requiring that a certain information sheet include, at a minimum, certain statements; requiring that a certain consent form developed by the Maryland Department of Health include certain information; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; etc.
SB-783: Public Health - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Information and Informed Consent
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/11/2019
Public Health - Vaccination Reporting Requirements - ImmuNet [HB-316]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a health care provider who administers a vaccine or the agent of the health care provider in the State to report all vaccines administered to the Maryland immunization registry, ImmuNet, with certain exceptions; altering certain responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and the Maryland Department of Health relating to certain forms and a certain brochure regarding ImmuNet and vaccinations; etc.
HB-316: Public Health - Vaccination Reporting Requirements - ImmuNet
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 502 on 05/13/2019
Public Health – Human Papillomavirus Vaccine – Information and Informed Consent [HB-1332]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a health care provider, before each administration of a human papillomavirus vaccine, to provide an individual with a supplemental information sheet and obtain a Maryland HPV vaccine written consent form; requiring that a certain information sheet include, at a minimum, certain statements; requiring that a certain consent form developed by the Maryland Department of Health include certain information; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; etc.
HB-1332: Public Health – Human Papillomavirus Vaccine – Information and Informed Consent
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/15/2019
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1087]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
HB-1087: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/28/2019
Relating To Vaccinations. [SB-926]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Remove the authority of the department of health to adopt, amend, or appeal vaccination and immunization recommendations of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
SB-926: Relating To Vaccinations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kaiali'i Kahele
Referred To Cph/edu, Jdc. on 01/24/2019
Relating To Vaccinations And Conscientious Objectors. [HB-1182]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizes conscientious beliefs as a basis for exemption from vaccination and immunization requirements. Authorizes licensed naturopathic physicians to certify exemption from immunization requirements. Requires that the first option for quarantine of an individual be quarantined inside that individual's residence.
HB-1182: Relating To Vaccinations And Conscientious Objectors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Ward
Referred To Hlt, Jud, Referral Sheet 6 on 01/28/2019
Washington County Board of Education - Access to Public School Courses - Nonpublic School Students [SB-989]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Washington County Board of Education to allow a nonpublic school student to enroll in up to three classes in the public school that the nonpublic school student would otherwise be required to attend; requiring a specified nonpublic school student to meet specified eligibility requirements for public school students; requiring the State and county to reimburse a specified public school a specified amount of money under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-989: Washington County Board of Education - Access to Public School Courses - Nonpublic School Students
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016
Primary and Secondary Education - Immunizations of Children Entering School [SB-868]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations, to adopt regulations requiring that before a child enters ninth grade, the child has received a specified number of doses of human papillomavirus vaccine.
SB-868: Primary and Secondary Education - Immunizations of Children Entering School
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
Washington County Board of Education - Access to Public School Courses - Nonpublic School Students [HB-1557]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Washington County Board of Education to allow a nonpublic school student to enroll in up to three classes in the public school that the nonpublic school student would otherwise be required to attend; requiring a nonpublic school student enrolled in public school classes to be counted toward a county's student enrollment for the purpose of calculating the county governing body's specified maintenance of effort requirement in a specified manner; etc.
HB-1557: Washington County Board of Education - Access to Public School Courses - Nonpublic School Students
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/22/2016
Primary and Secondary Education - Immunizations of Children Entering School [HB-1178]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations, to adopt regulations requiring that before a child enters ninth grade, the child has received a specified number of doses of human papillomavirus vaccine.
HB-1178: Primary and Secondary Education - Immunizations of Children Entering School
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/16/2016
Public Health - Vaccination Reporting Requirements - ImmuNet [SB-598]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring all health care providers in the State to report all vaccinations to the Maryland immunization registry, ImmuNet; altering specified responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene relating to specified forms and a specified brochure; etc.
SB-598: Public Health - Vaccination Reporting Requirements - ImmuNet
Sponsored by: Sen.
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/16/2015
Public Health - Immunizations - Related Institutions [SB-597]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the circumstances under which an employee of a related institution is not required to receive a specified vaccine; and authorizing a related institution to permit an employee to refuse to receive a specified vaccine after being fully informed by the related institution of the health risks associated with not receiving the vaccine.
SB-597: Public Health - Immunizations - Related Institutions
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2015
Pharmacists - Scope of Practice - Administration of Drugs [SB-346]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing specified pharmacists to administer a self-administered drug to a patient under specified circumstances in accordance with specified regulations; defining a specified term; etc.
SB-346: Pharmacists - Scope of Practice - Administration of Drugs
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/31/2015
Public Health - Religious Exemptions from Immunization Requirements - Repeal [HB-687]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Religion ]
Repealing the prohibition against the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene requiring the immunization of an individual under specified circumstances; and repealing the requirement that the Department adopt rules and regulations for religious exemptions under a specified provision of law.
HB-687: Public Health - Religious Exemptions from Immunization Requirements - Repeal
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/17/2015
Pharmacists - Scope of Practice - Administration of Drugs [HB-657]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing specified pharmacists to administer a self-administered drug to a patient under specified circumstances in accordance with specified regulations; defining a specified term; etc.
HB-657: Pharmacists - Scope of Practice - Administration of Drugs
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 447 on 05/12/2015
Vaccine Certification For Pharmacists [SB-71]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
An Act relating to the practice of pharmacy; and relating to the administration of vaccines and related emergency medications.
SB-71: Vaccine Certification For Pharmacists
Sponsored by: Rep. Geran Tarr
Fn1: (ced) on 09/10/2015