Public Health
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Licensing of Outpatient Programs and Provision of Naloxone Kits [SB-1129]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from requiring, under specified circumstances, that an outpatient substance use disorder treatment program be granted specified accreditation as a condition of licensure; requiring each hospital emergency department to establish and implement a policy of providing a naloxone kit to patients admitted for an opioid overdose and training the patients in the proper method of administering the naloxone before the patient is released; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2017
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Nursing Homes - Partial Payment for Services Provided [SB-1109]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make an advance payment to a nursing home at the request of the nursing home under specified circumstances; providing that the advance payment may not exceed 50% of the estimated amount due for the uncompensated services; requiring the Department to pay the balance due to a nursing home under specified circumstances; requiring a specified report regarding eligibility applications be submitted to specified committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Hearing 4/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Medical Cannabis Grower Licenses - Maximum [SB-1107]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Increasing from 15 to 25 the maximum number of medical cannabis grower licenses that the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission may issue before June 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017
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Health Care Practitioners - Use of Teletherapy [SB-1106]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing specified health care practitioners to use teletherapy for a specified patient under specified circumstances; and requiring specified health occupations boards to adopt specified regulations on or before April 1, 2018, that, to the extent practicable, are uniform and nonclinical.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 610 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Drug Overdose Prevention Programs - Revisions [HB-1549]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the registration of a person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses a controlled dangerous substance in the State under specified conditions; requiring a local drug overdose fatality review team to review specified information and records related to a specified individual; providing the Overdose Response Program to authorize specified individuals to administer an opioid antagonist under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Health and Safety Guidelines and Procedures - Digital Devices [SB-1089]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to develop health and safety guidelines and procedures for the use of digital devices in public school classrooms; and requiring each county board of education to implement specified health and safety guidelines and procedures for the use of digital devices in public school classrooms beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/17/2017
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Health - Family Planning Services - Continuity of Care [SB-1081]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Family Planning Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure the continuity of family planning services in the State; requiring the Program to provide family planning services to specified individuals through specified providers; authorizing the Department to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to ensure access to and continuity of services provided by specified family planning providers in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 810 on 05/27/2017
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Behavioral Health Administration - Outpatient Civil Commitment Pilot Program [SB-1042]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Behavioral Health Administration to establish an outpatient civil commitment pilot program to allow for the release of an individual who is involuntarily admitted for inpatient treatment under a specified provision of law on the condition of the individual's admission into the pilot program; requiring the pilot program to include specified criteria, requirements, and rights; requiring the Administration, under specified circumstances, to submit a specified report by December 1 of each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 577 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Medical Cannabis Grower Licenses [HB-1429]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, on or before December 31, 2017, to license 25 medical cannabis growers; requiring the Commission to actively seek to achieve geographic diversity when licensing medical cannabis growers, while giving additional weight and consideration to specified applicants; requiring the Commission to actively seek applicants for a medical cannabis grower license that incorporate elements of a specified research program in their applications; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/07/2017
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Health - Patient-Centered Opioid Addiction Treatment Act [HB-1276]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2018, specified opioid treatment programs to meet specified requirements; requiring an opioid treatment program to establish specified treatment protocols; requiring an opioid treatment program to provide a copy of the protocols to the Office of Health Care Quality before being licensed by the Behavioral Health Administration; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Hospitals - Acquisitions of Physician Offices, Group Practices, and Outpatient Health Care Entities - Notice [HB-1460]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a hospital to provide specified patients of a specified office, practice, or entity specified notice of a specified acquisition at least 30 days before the acquisition; requiring a specified notice to be in a specified form; establishing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor carrying a maximum fine of $500; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Reform Act [HB-1443]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct wide-ranging specified outreach to small, minority, and women business owners and entrepreneurs that may have an interest in applying for specified medical cannabis-related licenses; requiring the Commission to partner with specified entities to identify employment opportunities within the medical cannabis industry; establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Compassionate Use Fund to provide access to medical cannabis for specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Senate Refuses To Recede on 04/10/2017
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Behavioral Health Administration - Outpatient Civil Commitment Pilot Program [HB-1383]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Behavioral Health Administration to establish an outpatient civil commitment pilot program to allow for the release of an individual who is involuntarily admitted for inpatient treatment under a specified provision of law on the condition of the individual's admission into the pilot program; requiring the pilot program to include specified criteria, requirements, and rights; requiring the Administration, under specified circumstances, to submit a specified report on or before December 1 of each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 576 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Grower and Processor Licenses and Local Impact Grants [HB-1501]
[Cannabis ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to distribute $250,000 in local impact grants each year to specified counties and municipalities for a specified purpose; requiring a local development council to be established in a specified geographic area and to consist of specified members appointed in a specified manner; requiring specified counties and municipalities to develop a specified plan, in consultation with a specified local development council, before any expenditure of local impact grant funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Medical Cannabis Grower Licenses [HB-1259]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Increasing the number of medical cannabis grower licenses that may be authorized by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission from 15 to 17; and requiring the Commission to grant specified approval to specified applicants.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Courts - Criminal and Civil Immunity - Prescribing, Dispensing, and Administering Opioid Antagonists [HB-1379]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Providing that a health care provider, under specified circumstances, is not criminally or civilly liable for prescribing, dispensing, or administering an opioid antagonist to treat or prevent a drug overdose or any adverse effect arising from the use of a specified opioid antagonist; providing that an individual who is not a health care provider is not criminally or civilly liable for specified effects arising from the individual administering an opioid antagonist under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Ibogaine Treatment Pilot Program [HB-1372]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Establishing the Ibogaine Treatment Pilot Program; requiring the Program to begin on or before January 1, 2019, and to continue for 4 years; providing for the purposes of the Program; establishing the Ibogaine Treatment Pilot Program Advisory Board; providing for the purposes of and membership of the Advisory Board; requiring a specified health care facility to submit a specified proposal to participate in the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell R Beitzel
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Protection of the Federal Affordable Care Act [SJR-7]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Expressing the sharp disagreement of the General Assembly of Maryland with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act; urging the U.S. Congress to promptly protect provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act that ensure all Marylanders have access to affordable health insurance coverage, free from discriminatory rates and policies; urging the Governor of Maryland to join in urging the U.S. congress to promptly protect specified provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 3/30 At 2:30 P.m. on 03/30/2017
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The Protection of the Federal Affordable Care Act [HJR-9]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Expressing the sharp disagreement of the General Assembly of Maryland with the repeal of the Affordable Care Act; urging the U.S. Congress to promptly protect provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act that ensure all Marylanders have access to affordable health insurance coverage, free from discriminatory rates and policies; and urging the Governor of Maryland to join in urging the U.S. Congress to promptly protect specified provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Signed By The President And The Speaker - Joint Resolution 5 on 05/25/2017
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Health Care Providers - Prescription Opioids - Limits on Prescribing (The Prescriber Limits Act of 2017) [HB-1432]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring health care providers to prescribe the lowest effective dose of an opioid and in a quantity no greater than the quantity needed for the expected duration of specified pain unless the opioid is prescribed to treat a specified disorder or specified pain; requiring the dosage, quantity, and duration of specified prescribed opioids to be based on an evidence-based clinical guideline for prescribing controlled dangerous substances; authorizing specified disciplinary action by health occupations boards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 570 on 05/25/2017