Public Health
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Health Occupations Boards - Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities [SB-503]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring each health occupations board established under the Health Occupations Article to report an update on specified efforts to educate specified individuals regarding racial and ethnic health disparities to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 499 on 05/04/2017
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Temporary Family Health Care Structures - Permits [SB-532]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Community Development ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a legislative body to consider a temporary family health care structure a permitted accessory use in a single-family residential zoning district on specified lots if the structure is used by a caregiver of a mentally or physically impaired person under specified circumstances; specifying the procedures for an individual to apply for a specified permit; prohibiting a local department of planning and zoning from denying an application under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telehealth - Requirements [HB-658]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Altering specified coverage and reimbursement requirements for health care services delivered through telemedicine under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide coverage of and reimbursement for specified health care services that are delivered through telehealth; deeming a health care service provided through telehealth to be equivalent to a specified health care service for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2017
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Public Health - Suspected Overdoses - Reporting Requirement [HB-661]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring specified individuals who treat or are in charge of a hospital that treats an individual for a suspected overdose that was caused or shows evidence of having been caused by a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance to notify the county sheriff, or the county police in a specified county, or the Department of State Police of the suspected overdose within 48 hours after the individual is treated; requiring that a report of a suspected overdose include specified information; and establishing a specified penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard K Impallaria
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Health Care Decisions Act - Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making - Disqualified Individuals [SB-562]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting specified individuals from serving as a health care agent under specified circumstances; establishing a specified exception; prohibiting specified individuals from making decisions about health care for specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring a person who obtains specified information that would prohibit an individual from serving as a health care agent or making health care decisions for a specified individual to provide the information to a specified health care provider or facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Public Health - Essential Off-Patent or Generic Drugs - Price Gouging - Prohibition [HB-631]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a manufacturer or wholesale distributor from engaging in price gouging in the sale of an essential off-patent or generic drug; establishing that it is not a violation of a specified provision of the Act for a wholesale distributor to increase a price of an essential off-patent or generic drug under specified circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to notify the Attorney General of an increase in the price of an essential off-patent or generic drug under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 818 on 05/27/2017
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Public Health - Use of Medical Oxygen in Residential Dwellings - Smoking and Open Flame Restrictions [HB-600]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
Prohibiting an individual from lighting or smoking specified matters or substances that contain tobacco in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; prohibiting an individual from having an open flame in a room of a residential dwelling in which medical oxygen is being used and within a specified number of feet of a specified room of a specified residential dwelling; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Pharmacists - Contraceptives - Prescribing and Dispensing [HB-613]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of State Board of Pharmacy regulations to prescribe and dispense specified contraceptives; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, on or before September 1, 2018, and in consultation with the State Board of Physicians, the State Board of Nursing, and specified stakeholders to adopt regulations establishing the conditions under which pharmacists may prescribe and dispense contraceptives; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 820 on 05/27/2017
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Vital Records - Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Certificates - Fees [HB-618]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
Limiting the circumstances under which a fee may be collected by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or a local health department for a birth, death, or fetal death certificate requested by an agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/21/2017
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Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Repeal of Exception Regarding Hotel and Motel Rooms [HB-597]
[Public Health ]
Repealing a specified provision of law that exempts specified hotel and motel rooms from the requirements of the Clean Indoor Air Act under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/20/2017
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Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [HB-580]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adjust the rate of reimbursement for community providers each fiscal year by the rate adjustment included in the State budget for that fiscal year; requiring, on or before December 1, 2019, and on or before December 1 annually thereafter, the Department to submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly on the impact of the reimbursement rate adjustment on community providers and other specified outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2017
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Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services [SB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Cigarette Restitution Fund to include a separate account to be used for substance use treatment, with priority given to residential treatment services, recovery support housing, and specified crisis response services, and for rate adjustments for specified agencies or programs; requiring specified distributions from the account to be used to supplement and not supplant specified other funds; prohibiting more than $10,000,000 from being appropriated from the account in any fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 03/01/2017
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Creates the Louisiana Human Trafficking Prevention Commission and Advisory Board. (8/1/17) [SB-42]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Creates the Louisiana Human Trafficking Prevention Commission and Advisory Board. (8/1/17)
Sponsored by: Rep. Francis C. Thompson
Signed By The Governor. Becomes Act No. 181. on 06/12/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices - Right to Try Act [HB-584]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make available the investigational drug, biological product, or device to eligible patients; requiring a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to notify a specified patient and a specified health care provider of specified side effects or risks; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to develop an informed consent form that meets specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 771 on 05/25/2017
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Developmental Disabilities Administration - Crisis Resolution and Crisis Prevention Services - Funding and Reporting [SB-475]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a specified report on the Waiting List Equity Fund to include information regarding individuals in the crisis resolution category of the waiting list for developmental disabilities services; establishing mandated appropriations for developmental disabilities community services; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that an individual, after receiving services provided with specified funds, continue to receive uninterrupted developmental disabilities services in accordance with the individual's needs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017
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Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Review of Drug Transparency and Notification Laws and Initiatives [SB-437]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to review specified prescription drug transparency and notification laws and initiatives and information for purposes of assessing proposals for the adoption and implementation of laws or other initiatives in the State; authorizing the Commission, as part of its review, to consider specified studies and to receive input from experts on prescription drug pricing; and making the Act subject to a specified contingency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Cigarette Restitution Fund - Establishment of Behavioral Health Treatment Account and Funding for Substance Use Treatment Services [HB-541]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Cigarette Restitution Fund to include a separate account to be used for substance use treatment, with priority given to residential treatment services, recovery support housing, and specified crisis response services, and for rate adjustments for specified agencies or programs; requiring specified distributions from the account to be used to supplement and not supplant specified other funds; prohibiting more than $10,000,000 from being appropriated from the account in any fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie L. McIntosh
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017
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Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [SB-476]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for specified fiscal years include specified rate increases for specified community providers over the funding provided in specified legislative appropriations; requiring the Behavioral Health Administration and the Medical Care Programs Administration jointly to conduct a specified study and implement a specified payment system; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before December 1, 2019, to submit an annual report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [HB-547]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a specified determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform specified actions is deemed "unprofessional conduct"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Substance Use Treatment - Inpatient and Intensive Outpatient Programs - Consent by Minor [SB-433]
[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: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 578 on 05/25/2017