Public Health - Dog Bites - Proof of Rabies Vaccination Required [HB-1204]
[Public Health ]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the owner of a dog that bites a human to provide to the individual who was bitten by the dog specified proof that the dog has been adequately vaccinated against rabies; and establishing a civil penalty.
HB-1204: Public Health - Dog Bites - Proof of Rabies Vaccination Required
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2014
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority and Reporting Requirements [SB-401]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the authority of pharmacists to administer vaccinations; authorizing a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to an individual in a specified age group who has a prescription or to an adult under a written protocol that meets specified requirements; altering a vaccination reporting requirement; requiring a pharmacist, under specified circumstances, to document at least one effort to inform specified health care practitioners or other sources of care that a vaccination has been administered; etc.
SB-401: Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority and Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 255 on 05/02/2013
Public Health - Feral Cats - Rabies Vaccinations [HB-922]
[Animals ]
[Public Health ]
Providing that a feral cat caregiver shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that specified feral cats are vaccinated for rabies, ear-tipped, and there is written record made of a specified vaccination; providing that an ear-tipped cat is deemed to have had a rabies vaccination; and defining terms.
HB-922: Public Health - Feral Cats - Rabies Vaccinations
Sponsored by: Rep. Wade Kach
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/18/2013
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority and Reporting Requirements [HB-179]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the authority of pharmacists to administer vaccinations; authorizing a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to an individual in a specified age group who has a prescription or to an adult under a written protocol that meets specified requirements; altering a vaccination reporting requirement; requiring a pharmacist, under specified circumstances, to document at least one effort to inform specified health care practitioners or other sources of care that a vaccination has been administered; etc.
HB-179: Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority and Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 256 on 05/02/2013
Immunization Program; Vaccine Assessments [SB-169]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act establishing in the Department of Health and Social Services a statewide immunization program and the State Vaccine Assessment Council; creating a vaccine assessment account; requiring a vaccine assessment from assessable entities and other program participants for statewide immunization purchases; repealing the temporary child and adult immunization program; and providing for an effective date.
SB-169: Immunization Program; Vaccine Assessments
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux
Effective Date(s) Of Law 1/1/15 on 06/20/2014
Statewide Immunization Program [HB-374]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act establishing in the Department of Health and Social Services a statewide immunization program and the State Vaccine Assessment Council; creating a vaccine assessment account; requiring a vaccine assessment from assessable entities and other program participants for statewide immunization purchases; repealing the temporary child and adult immunization program; and providing for an effective date.
HB-374: Statewide Immunization Program
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/13/2014
Education - Domicile Requirements for Attendance - Exception [SB-605]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a county superintendent to allow a child to remain at a specified school under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Juvenile Services each to adopt regulations establishing factors relating to the best interests of specified children; requiring the State Department of Education to adopt specified regulations to implement specified provisions of a specified federal law; etc.
SB-605: Education - Domicile Requirements for Attendance - Exception
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority [SB-408]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Expanding the authority of pharmacists to administer specified vaccinations to specified individuals in accordance with specified regulations; and requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to adopt specified regulations.
SB-408: Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
First Reading Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 02/01/2012
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses - Public Awareness, Treatment, and Outreach [HB-641]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as funds are available, to conduct a needs assessment, initiate a statewide public awareness campaign, solicit funding, and review and recommend initiatives related to the hepatitis B virus; requiring the Department, as funds are available, to coordinate with the Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop specified hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus plans; etc.
HB-641: Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses - Public Awareness, Treatment, and Outreach
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority [HB-561]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Expanding the authority of pharmacists to administer specified vaccinations to specified individuals in accordance with specified regulations; and requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to adopt specified regulations.
HB-561: Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/20/2012
State Immunization Program [SB-144]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act temporarily reinstating the child and adult immunization program in the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date.
SB-144: State Immunization Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Olson
Fin Rpt Cs 6dp Same Title on 02/29/2012
State Immunization Program [HB-310]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act temporarily reinstating the child and adult immunization program in the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date.
HB-310: State Immunization Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Dennis Egan
Effective Date(s) Of Law 5/23/12 on 05/24/2012
Department Of Agriculture And Food [HB-191]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Environmental ]
An Act establishing a state department of agriculture and food and relating to its powers and duties; relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Natural Resources; and providing for an effective date.
HB-191: Department Of Agriculture And Food
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Thompson
Fn4: (gov) on 04/07/2011
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Children [SB-845]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Altering to 9 years the minimum age of an individual to whom a pharmacist may administer an influenza vaccination, in accordance with specified regulations; requiring a pharmacist to report an influenza vaccination administered to an individual between the ages of 9 and 18 to the Maryland Immunization Registry; etc.
SB-845: Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Children
Sponsored by: Sen. Roy Dyson
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines - Regulations [SB-713]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing certain provisions of law that require the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations regarding the administration of specified vaccines by pharmacists with the agreement of the State Board of Physicians and the State Board of Nursing; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to consult with specified boards regarding specified regulations; and requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to meet annually with specified boards to review specified regulations.
SB-713: Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines - Regulations
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/21/2011
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Children [HB-986]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Altering to at least 9 years old the age of an individual to whom a pharmacist may administer a specified vaccination under specified circumstances; requiring a pharmacist to report to the Maryland Immunization Registry an influenza vaccination administered by the pharmacist to individuals between the ages of 9 and 18; and altering requirements for regulations relating to specified vaccinations.
HB-986: Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Children
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
SB-1101: Amends existing law relating to daycare facilities to revise a document name, to provide for the signing of an immunization record and to provide that the signature on an immunization record shall verify certain information.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Governor Signed Session Law Chapter 103 Effective: 07/01/11 on 03/22/2011
You have voted SB-1101: Amends existing law relating to daycare facilities to revise a document name, to provide for the signing of an immunization record and to provide that the signature on an immunization record shall verify certain information..
Education - Immunizations - Children Entering Seventh Grade or Higher [SB-659]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's regulations regarding immunizations to include the requirement that the parent or legal guardian of a child born on or after January 1, 1990, entering the seventh grade or the equivalent in this State or transferring into a school in this State at the seventh grade or higher level on or after September 1, 2010, to have specified immunizations administered to the child.
SB-659: Education - Immunizations - Children Entering Seventh Grade or Higher
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/22/2010