Public Health
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Milk Products - Direct-to-Consumer Sale of Raw Milk for Human Consumption [HB-1449]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Agriculture ]
Excluding certain sales of raw milk for human consumption from certain State regulation of milk products; requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Secretary of Health before the person may sell raw milk direct to the consumer for human consumption; and establishing certain requirements for raw milk produced and sold direct to the consumer for human consumption in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns [HB-1352]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with sickle cell disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop an education and awareness campaign for institutions of higher education in the State regarding students with sickle cell disease; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards [HB-1289]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish by regulation standards relating to the discharge of patients from drug and alcohol treatment programs and certain referral services offered to patients by certain drug and alcohol treatment programs; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the status of the adoption and revision of regulations to implement the requirements of the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017, and a plan for the enforcement of the statutory and regulatory requirements under the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Vaccinations by Pharmacists and Health Insurance Coverage for Immunizations [HB-1315]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist may administer, subject to certain requirements, to an individual of at least a certain age; and altering the vaccinations included in the minimum package of child wellness services for which certain health insurers and nonprofit health service plans are required to provide coverage to include those recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of December 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 738 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations [HB-1301]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, managed care organizations, and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring prior authorization for a transfer to a special pediatric hospital.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 612 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department [HB-1426]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Carroll County Board of Commissioners as the Carroll County Board of Health; requiring the board of health to take certain actions related to operating procedures for the Carroll County Health Department, records of the Department, and evaluations of the health officer, deputy health officers, and other employees of the health department; authorizing the board of health to remove the health officer or a deputy health officer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Students - Vision and Hearing Studies and Evaluations [HB-1242]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations on vision support treatments and services for students; requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2026; and requiring the Maryland State School Health Council to evaluate certain issues regarding vision and hearing difficulties in primary and secondary students.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Youth Sports Programs - Registrations, Personnel, and Policy [HB-1393]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring youth sports programs to maintain and update a registry of youth sports program personnel who participate in the youth sports program; requiring a parent or guardian of a youth registered with a youth sports program to sign and submit to the youth sports program an acknowledgment of the receipt of certain information; and requiring a youth sports program to post its removal and return-to-play policy on its website, if available.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment [HB-1244]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 756 on 05/20/2025
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Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards [HB-1380]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in coordination with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, to adopt regulations establishing minimum perinatal care standards for hospitals that meet or exceed the Maryland Perinatal System Standards for each hospital that provides obstetrical services; and requiring each hospital that provides obstetrical services and freestanding birthing centers, as a condition of licensure, to comply with certain minimum perinatal care standards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 709 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer and Study [HB-1382]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review and make recommendations on statutory and regulatory provisions regarding the human immunodeficiency virus that may be outdated or discriminatory and report its findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Provision of Health Care Services - Study [HB-1376]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to include in the contract for a study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryland Community Health Resources
Commission a requirement that the independent consultant study the current provision of health care services in the State; requiring the study to consider recommendations for strategies the State should consider to ensure high quality health care for all Marylanders; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents [HB-1306]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in benign or classical hematology with a focus on sickle cell disease; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2027 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $6,000,000 to support clinic operations, staffing, training, and social support services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals and Tissue Banks - Autologous and Directed Blood Donations - Requirements [HB-1456]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a tissue bank that facilitates autologous or directed blood donations to comply with a physician's order prescribing an autologous or directed blood donation; authorizing a tissue bank to charge a certain fee for facilitating an autologous or directed blood donation; and requiring a hospital to allow an individual to provide an autologous or directed blood donation under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Youth Sports Safety Advisory Commission [HB-1272]
[Sports ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing the Youth Sports Safety Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations to minimize risk and maximize safety for youth athletes; and requiring the Commission to submit a report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) [HB-1368]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services – Public Benefits – Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse [HB-1402]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to seek approval for a certain waiver to impose a certain lockout period on certain individuals who fail to report a change in eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Reproductive Health Care Data - Report [HB-1357]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to collect and compile annual data on the costs of birth, postpartum care, pregnancy care, and abortion; requiring the Department to post on its website and submit to the General Assembly a reproductive health care data report each December 1, beginning in 2025; and requiring the report to include the aggregated cost data for certain categories of care, comparative data by region within the State, analysis of trends in the cost of care, and recommendations for improving cost efficiency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa E. Reilly
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-5-602, relative to maternal health screening. [SB-1283]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactive, and makes certain other changes to the process of conducting required pregnancy serological tests. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-602.
Sponsored by: Sen. Becky Duncan Massey
Pub. Ch. 46 on 03/28/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to medical laboratories. [SB-1385]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
As enacted, requires a medical laboratory supervisor to be readily available for consultations during all hours when tests are performed; prohibits a medical laboratory supervisor from being required to be on laboratory premises. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bo Watson
Pub. Ch. 232 on 04/29/2025