Organ Donorship
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013 [SB-274]
Altering eligibility requirements for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the definition of "former foster care adolescent" to conform to federal eligibility requirements; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide specified grants; adding to the purposes for which a specified assessment in hospital rates may be used; exempting the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and its employees from specified provisions of law governing third party administrators; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2013
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Driver Education Program - Classroom Instruction - Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation Education [HB-912]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include an online course of a specified duration that pertains to organ, eye, and tissue donation in the State and becoming an organ, eye, or tissue donor; allowing the online course to be completed in or outside the classroom; and requiring that the online course be established and operated by Donate Life Maryland.
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Health Progress Act of 2013 [HB-228]
Altering eligibility requirements for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the definition of "former foster care adolescent" to conform to federal eligibility requirements; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide specified grants; adding to the purposes for which a specified assessment in hospital rates may be used; exempting the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and its employees from specified provisions of law governing third party administrators; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 159 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Organ Donation - Presumed Consent (Patricia Hanberry Gift of Life Act) [HB-171]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to notify an applicant for a driver's license or identification card that the applicant shall be deemed to have consented to be an organ donor unless the applicant expressly chooses not to consent; requiring the Administration to provide for a method by which the applicant can designate that the applicant does not consent to being an organ donor; and requiring the Administration to indicate whether an individual is an organ donor on the individual's driver's license or identification card.
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 02/18/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Regulatory Authority - Permit and Licensing Renewals and Building Plan Reviews [HB-164]
Lengthening the renewal period for tissue bank permits and residential service agency licenses; altering the entity to which specified food establishments must submit for review specified plans and specifications before the construction, remodeling, or alteration of the food establishments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 84 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Crimes - Trafficking of Human Organs - Penalties [HB-1311]
Prohibiting a person from recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving an individual, either living or deceased, for the purpose of removing one or more of the individual's organs by specified means; prohibiting a person from transporting or transplanting an organ obtained in a specified manner to one or more other persons under specified circumstances; providing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health Care Decisions by Surrogates - Donations of Nonvital Organs [HB-449]
Authorizing a person that is authorized to make health care decisions for another under a specified provision of law to authorize the donation of a nonvital organ of a patient under specified circumstances; providing for the application of the Act; and defining the term "nonvital organ".
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [SB-756]
Repealing the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act and enacting the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; authorizing specified persons to make, amend, or revoke specified anatomical gifts; providing the methods by which anatomical gifts may be made; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to contract with and provide compensation to a nonprofit entity for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a donor registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Health - Cord Blood Transplant Program [SB-584]
Establishing the Cord Blood Transplant Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for specified purposes; establishing the Cord Blood Transplant Center Support Fund; providing for the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department to administer the Fund; specifying that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund not subject to a specified provision of law; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the fund separately and invest and reinvest money in the Fund in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Health - Cord Blood Transplant Program [HB-983]
Establishing the Cord Blood Transplant Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for specified purposes; establishing the Cord Blood Transplant Center Support Fund; providing for the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department to administer the Fund; specifying that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund not subject to a specified provision of law; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the fund separately and invest and reinvest money in the Fund in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [HB-1153]
Repealing the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act and enacting the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; authorizing specified individuals to make, amend, or revoke specified anatomical gifts; providing the methods by which anatomical gifts may be made; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to contract with and provide compensation to a nonprofit entity for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a donor registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/11/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act [HB-1451]
Repealing the Maryland Anatomical Gift Act and enacting the Maryland Revised Anatomical Gift Act; authorizing specified persons to make, amend, or revoke specified anatomical gifts; providing the methods by which anatomical gifts may be made; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to contract with and provide compensation to a nonprofit entity for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a donor registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/01/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Unborn Human Beings and Infants (Humane Disposition of Human Remains Act) [HB-1179]
Requiring a certain health care facility or abortion clinic to disclose, provide, and inform a parent of certain information within a certain period of time except under certain circumstances; requiring a parent to authorize the final disposition of bodily remains in a certain manner after receiving a certain notification and information and before a certain time; authorizing a parent to authorize a certain final disposition to be overseen by certain individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions [HB-1133]
Altering the purposes for which certain anatomical gifts may be used; repealing provisions of law that require certain persons to search certain individuals for a document of gift or any other information identifying the individual as a donor, that specify procedures to be taken if a document is located, and that concern certain administrative sanctions; requiring a certain procurement organization to make a certain search of certain registries under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Living Organ Donors [HB-944]
Increasing, from $7,500 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain expenses paid or incurred by an individual that are attributable to the individual's donation of an organ; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Transport of a Body After Anatomical Gift - Fees - Prohibition [SB-917]
Prohibiting certain entities that provide certain services for the transportation of a body from charging a fee to certain individuals if the body has undergone a procedure to provide an anatomical gift and the deceased's custodian is indigent or medically indigent; and prohibiting a unit of State government that provides services for the transportation of a body under certain circumstances from charging a fee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions [SB-869]
Altering the purposes for which certain anatomical gifts may be used; repealing provisions of law that require certain persons to search certain individuals for a document of gift or any other information identifying the individual as a donor, that specify procedures to be taken if a document is located, and that concern certain administrative sanctions; requiring a certain procurement organization to make a certain search of certain registries under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Third Reading Passed (45-0) on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Living Organ Donors [SB-651]
Increasing, from $7,500 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain expenses paid or incurred by an individual that are attributable to the individual's donation of an organ; altering the definition of "qualified expenses" for purposes of the subtraction modification to include unreimbursed expenses for child care, elder care, and medication; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020