Public Health
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Health Record and Payment Clearing House - Pilot Program [HB-1516]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, on or before December 31, 2017, to research and evaluate public and private health record and payment clearing houses, develop standards, determine specified information, and report its recommendations and funding requests to the General Assembly; requiring the Commission to establish for use in a pilot program a health record and payment clearing house on or before January 1, 2019; specifying the capabilities of the proposed health records and payment clearing house; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
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Medical Records - Disclosure of Directory Information and Medical Records [HB-1468]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the circumstances under which a health care provider may disclose a medical record developed primarily in connection with mental health services; authorizing a health care provider to disclose directory information about a patient to a specified individual except under specified circumstances; requiring a health care provider to inform a patient of health care information that the health care provider may include in a specified directory and the persons to whom the information may be disclosed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 700 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Immunizations of Adolescents - Recommendations [HB-1481]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations to develop and make available to each primary care provider a notice regarding the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to immunizations of adolescents and guidance for making a specified recommendation as required under a specified provision of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2017
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Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Medical Cannabis Grower Licenses [SB-1038]
[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; requiring the Commission to grant specified approval to specified applicants.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017
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University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity - Workgroup on Health in All Policies [HB-1225]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations to units of State and local government on laws and policies to implement that will positively impact the health of residents of the State; requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, to report the workgroup findings to the General Assembly by January 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Health Care Facilities and Health Care Systems - Availability of Buprenorphine Prescribers [HB-1278]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Requiring health care facilities that are not part of a health care system and health care systems to make available to patients the services of at least one health care provider who is authorized to prescribe buprenorphine under federal law for every 100 patients; authorizing specified health care facilities and health care systems to contract with specified health care providers to comply with a specified provision of this Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James J. Tarlau
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program [HB-1233]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Program to include a specified initial cap on participation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - State Funding for Abortions - Prohibition and Exceptions [HB-1223]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Prohibiting the use of State funds to pay for an abortion procedure or health benefits coverage of abortion procedures; and providing that the prohibition does not apply if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest or the woman has a life-endangering condition arising from the pregnancy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/24/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health - Medical Cannabis Grower, Processor, and Dispensary Licenses - Sale or Transfer and Forfeiture [HB-1482]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a medical cannabis grower, processor, or dispensary to sell or transfer a license under specified circumstances; requiring specified licensees to forfeit a license under specified circumstances; authorizing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to extend the time frame for specified licensees to become operational under specified circumstances; and requiring specified entities buying or obtaining a specified license to meet specified requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Commission to Study Firearm Violence - Establishment [HB-1521]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Maryland Commission to Study Firearm Violence; providing for the membership of the Commission; requiring the Commission to award specified loans and grants, develop specified recommendations, administer a specified fund, and develop specified processes; establishing the Maryland Firearm Violence Research Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to a specified provision of law; specifying the purpose of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendment - Cannabis - Right to Use, Possess, and Cultivate [HB-1236]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Amending the Maryland Constitution to establish that, subject to specified exceptions, an individual in the State who is at least 21 years old has the right under State law to use cannabis, possess up to 2 ounces of cannabis, and cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants; providing that the right enumerated in the amendment may not be infringed except that the transfer of cannabis by purchase or sale shall be regulated as necessary to ensure health and safety and taxed for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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The Problem Gambling Funding and Treatment Act of 2017 [HB-1227]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Specifying that the primary purpose of the Problem Gambling Fund is to provide funding for problem gambling treatment and prevention programs; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to use the funds to establish outreach programs for compulsive and problem gamblers and specified other individuals; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that, if the expanded purpose of the Fund results in a need for additional funding, the General Assembly will consider legislation to increase specified fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 845 on 05/27/2017
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Medical Laboratories - Advertising or Solicitation of Business - Repeal of Prohibition [HB-1489]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing a prohibition on specified advertising or solicitation of business for any medical laboratory, from anyone except a physician or specified medical care facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017
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Heroin and Opioid Prevention Effort (HOPE) and Treatment Act of 2017 [HB-1329]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the State Court Administrator of the Administrative Office of the Courts to assess specified drug court programs to make specified determinations; stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Administrative Office request an appropriation of $2,000,000 in additional funding for grants to expand the scope of drug court programs; requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to establish at least one crisis treatment center by June 1, 2018; authorizing the Overdose Response Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medication Adherence Technology Pilot Program [HB-1216]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Establishing a specified pilot program to expand the use of medication adherence technology to increase prescription drug adherence of specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer the pilot program; requiring the Department to select and provide a medication adherence technology system to specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert H. McMillan
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Public Institutions of Higher Education - Access of Students to Emergency Contraception [HB-1205]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a public institution of higher education to require a student health center to provide during the regular hours of operation of the student health center on-site access to specified emergency contraception and contraceptive counseling or referrals for contraceptive counseling to other qualified health care providers; requiring a public institution of higher education to ensure the availability of specified emergency contraception at all times; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [HB-1172]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop and make available a standardized form for a BSL-3 laboratory for specified purposes; requiring the laboratories to report specified information to the Department on or before September 30, 2018, and on or before September 30 each subsequent year; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31, 2018, and on or before December 31 each subsequent year, the number and location of the laboratories, in total and by local jurisdiction, to specified State officials; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2017
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Substance Use Treatment - Inpatient and Intensive Outpatient Programs - Consent by Minor [HB-1093]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing parents or specified guardians to apply, on behalf of a minor, for admission of the minor to a certified intensive outpatient alcohol and drug abuse program; requiring specified programs to make a specified note on an application for admission in order for an individual to be retained for specified treatment; providing that specified programs have the right to discharge an individual admitted for specified treatment if the individual is not complying with the policies and procedures of the treatment program or the facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Atrazine Study [HB-1204]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture, to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of atrazine in the State; specifying the parameters of the study; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report the findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2018, and to make the report available to the public on its Web site.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
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Health Care Providers - Opioid Prescriptions - Limitations and Requirements [HB-1211]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a health care provider, under specified circumstances, from writing a prescription for an opiod for more than a 7-day supply; and requiring a health care provider who is prescribing an opioid to a minor to discuss specified information with the minor and, under specified circumstances, the minor's custodial parent or legal guardian.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017