Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights [HB-808]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to promote the health, safety, and well-being of patients and to foster communication between patients and health care providers; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a specified patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide translators or an interpreter for specified patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post copies of the patient's bill of rights in specified areas; etc.
HB-808: Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Turner
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2017
Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights [SB-660]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to promote the health, safety, and well-being of patients and to foster communication between patients and health care providers; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a specified patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide translators or an interpreter for specified patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post copies of the patient's bill of rights in specified areas; etc.
SB-660: Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/27/2017
Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions [HB-482]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Nursing; requiring that specified petitions for membership on the Board have at least a specified number of signatures of support from nurses with a specified license; altering the requirements for the election of Board officers; requiring the Board to hold a special election within a specified time period to fill a specified vacancy of a Board officer under specified circumstances; altering the requirements for a quorum of the Board; authorizing the Board to employ a deputy director; etc.
HB-482: Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 515 on 05/04/2017
Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions [SB-385]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Nursing; requiring that specified petitions for membership on the Board have at least a specified number of signatures of support from nurses with a specified license; altering the requirements for the election of Board officers; requiring the Board to hold a special election within a specified time period to fill a specified vacancy of a Board officer under specified circumstances; altering the requirements for a quorum of the Board; authorizing the Board to employ a deputy director; etc.
SB-385: Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 516 on 05/04/2017
Public Health - Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Identification and Posting of Information [HB-184]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify, in consultation with stakeholders who wish to participate, specified up-to-date, evidence-based, written information relating to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; requiring the Department to post specified information in a printable form on the Department's Web site that may be accessed by health care practitioners engaged in treating children and adolescents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; etc.
HB-184: Public Health - Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Identification and Posting of Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 768 on 05/25/2017
Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements [SB-193]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify patients in writing and on each visit of specified information relating to professional liability insurance coverage; requiring the notification to be signed by the patient and retained by the physicians as part of the patient records; requiring the physician to post specified information in a specified location in their place of practice; requiring the State Board of Physicians to develop specified language for the notification; etc.
SB-193: Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 02/09/2017
General Provisions - State Designations - Great Seal [SB-88]
[Arts and Culture ]
Repealing a specified statutory translation of the Calvert family motto depicted on the Great Seal of the State; and establishing a specified meaning for the Calvert family motto, "Fatti maschii parole femine", which generally means "Strong deeds, gentle words".
SB-88: General Provisions - State Designations - Great Seal
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 496 on 05/04/2017