Long-term Care
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an immunization rate tracking system for employees and residents of certain long-term care facilities. [HB-1361]
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Relating to an immunization rate tracking system for employees and residents of certain long-term care facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eugene Wu
Read First Time on 02/27/2019
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Relating to inspection procedures in certain long-term care facilities and the creation of a long-term care legislative oversight committee. [HB-117]
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Relating to inspection procedures in certain long-term care facilities and the creation of a long-term care legislative oversight committee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Pena Raymond
Read First Time on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Determinations of Eligibility for Long-Term Care Services - Reports and Meetings [SB-939]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
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Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Human Resources, to submit a report on the State's progress in determining the eligibility of applicants for long-term care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2016 and quarterly thereafter; requiring that specified meetings be held to discuss the reports and to develop strategies to resolve ongoing issues with delays in eligibility determinations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard S Madaleno
Third Reading Passed (45-0) on 04/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums [SB-896]
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[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a one-time $500 credit to a maximum of $250 for taxable years beginning January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2018, and a maximum of $500 for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2019, and for each taxable year thereafter; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - End-of-Life Decision-Making Informational Booklet [SB-873]
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[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with a the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, to develop an end-of-life decision-making informational booklet; requiring the Department to distribute the booklet to specified health care providers, make the booklet available to the public on a specified Web site, and annually review and update the booklet as necessary; requiring health care providers to provide the booklet to specified patients under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Dental Hygienists - Scope of Practice - Authority to Practice Under General Supervision of Licensed Dentists [SB-538]
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Altering a specified provision of law to provide that a general license to practice dental hygiene authorizes the licensee to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in a specified facility with a population that lacks direct access to dental care, rather than only in a long-term care facility; altering the requirements that a dental hygienist is required to meet before being authorized to practice dental hygiene under general supervision of a licensed dentist in a specified facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Modifications [SB-537]
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Requiring that specified authorized providers be registered with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program before obtaining a new or renewal controlled dangerous substance registration; requiring that specified prescribers be registered with the Program before obtaining a new or renewal registration or by July 1, 2017, whichever is sooner; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify and publish a list of monitored prescription drugs with a low potential for abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions [SB-382]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring that specified authorized providers and prescribers be registered with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program before obtaining a specified new or renewal registration or by July 1, 2017, whichever is sooner; requiring that specified pharmacists be registered with the Program by a certain date; requiring specified prescribers and pharmacists to request and assess specified drug monitoring data under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Housing, Health, and Economic Stability of Maryland Seniors [HB-978]
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[Housing ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Economic Development ]
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Establishing the Task Force to Study Housing, Health, and Economic Stability of Maryland Seniors; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to submit a preliminary report on or before January 31, 2017 and a final report including its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before October 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Dental Hygienists - Scope of Practice - Authority to Practice Under General Supervision of Licensed Dentists (Oral Health Access for Underserved Marylanders Act) [HB-830]
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[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering a specified provision of law to provide that a general license to practice dental hygiene authorizes the licensee to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in a specified facility with a population that lacks direct access to dental care, rather than only in a long-term care facility; altering the requirements that a dental hygienist is required to meet before being authorized to practice dental hygiene under general supervision of a licensed dentist in a specified facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/23/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions [HB-456]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring that specified authorized providers and prescribers be registered with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program before obtaining a specified new or renewal registration or by July 1, 2017, whichever is sooner; requiring that specified pharmacists be registered with the Program by a certain date; requiring specified prescribers and pharmacists to request and assess specified drug monitoring data under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Modifications [HB-437]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring that specified authorized providers be registered with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program before obtaining a new or renewal controlled dangerous substance registration; requiring that specified prescribers be registered with the Program before obtaining a new or renewal registration or by July 1, 2017, whichever is sooner; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify and publish a list of monitored prescription drugs that have low potential for abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 147 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions Act - End-of-Life Decision-Making Informational Booklet [HB-416]
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[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with a the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, to develop an end-of-life decision-making informational booklet; requiring the Department to distribute the booklet to specified health care providers, make the booklet available to the public on a specified Web site, and annually review and update the booklet as necessary; requiring health care providers to provide the booklet to specified patients under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank S. Turner
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Abuser Registry Workgroup Recommendations - Report [HB-279]
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[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations of the Abuser Registry Workgroup; and requiring the Department to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 02/16/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
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Department of Veterans Affairs - Charlotte Hall Veterans Home Fund - Establishment [HB-186]
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[Human Services ]
Establishing the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to maintain the operation of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home; requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer the Fund for staff salaries and benefits, physical improvements to the Home, and specified operating expenses; prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, any unspent portions of the Fund from being transferred to or reverting to the General Fund of the State; specifying the contents of the fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 317 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Medical Laboratories - Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing [HB-1392]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a person to advertise for, solicit business in the State for, offer, or perform direct-to-consumer genetic testing only if specified conditions are met.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil C Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums [HB-1300]
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[Senior Citizens ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to study long term care insurance enrollment in the State and consider methods to increase enrollment in long-term care insurance; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and proposed legislation to address enrollment in long-term care insurance to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Determinations of Eligibility for Long-Term Care Services - Reports and Meetings [HB-1181]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
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[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Human Resources, to submit a report on the State's progress in determining the eligibility of applicants for long-term care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2016, and quarterly thereafter; requiring that specified meetings be held to discuss the reports and to develop strategies to resolve ongoing issues with delays in eligibility determinations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 303 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Commission on the Long-Term Care Medical Assistance Program Eligibility Determination Process [SB-832]
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Establishing the Commission on the Long-Term Care Medical Assistance Program Eligibility Determination Process; providing for the composition, chair, duties, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide specified data to the Commission on the request of the Commission; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Cost of Residents' Care - Determination and Payment of Funds [SB-795]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Authorizing a comprehensive care facility or an extended care facility to petition the appropriate circuit court for an order permitting the facility to request a determination of the funds available to pay for the cost of a resident's care from the medical assistance program and to obtain specified information; requiring the circuit court to issue a specified order under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015