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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Consultation, Qualification for Licensure, License Renewal, and Representation to the Public [HB-1313]
Authorizing physicians licensed in another jurisdiction and engaged in consultation with a physician licensed in the State to practice medicine without a license from the State Board of Physicians under specified circumstances; authorizing applicants for licensure to qualify for licensure under specified circumstances; requiring the Board to send renewal notices to licensees by electronic or first-class mail; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 583 on 05/16/2013
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State Board of Physicians - Quasi-Judicial Powers and the Board of Review - Revisions [HB-1296]
Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to issue a cease and desist order or obtain injunctive relief against an individual for taking any action for which the Board determines there is a preponderance of evidence of grounds for discipline under a specified provision of law and that poses a serious risk to the health, safety, and welfare of a patient; repealing the authority for specified persons to appeal specified decisions to the Board of Review, followed by a specified appeal; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 597 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - State Labor Relations Board and State Higher Education Labor Relations Board - Enforcement Authority [HB-1280]
Requiring the State Labor Relations Board and the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board to decide specified controversies and disputes; authorizing the boards to order a respondent to make specified payments to a complainant under specified circumstances; authorizing the boards to bring actions to enforce specified orders; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Mental Hygiene - Reform of Laws and Delivery of Services [HB-1258]
Modifying specified standards for involuntary admissions of individuals with mental disorders to specified facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for emergency evaluations of individuals with mental disorders under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for clinical review panel approval; establishing the Task Force on the Delivery of Services to Individuals with Mental Illness; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Land Use - Clarifications and Corrections [HB-1257]
Clarifying specified provisions of law relating to zoning, planning, subdivision, and other land use laws of the State; altering the contents of a specified annual report to refer to approved rather than adopted plans; requiring specified charter counties on the tidal waters of the State to designate specified areas for specified purposes; clarifying that code counties as well as charter counties shall adopt specified visions and may adopt specified regulations; clarifying a requirement of consistency with the plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 674 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [HB-1096]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and allied health advisory committees in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2018, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board and committees; requiring the Board to adopt regulations to allow a licensee to receive up to a specified number of credit hours for providing specified services; establishing disciplinary panels through which allegations must be resolved; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Hammen
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 401 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers - Disciplinary Actions - Written Policy [HB-1095]
Requiring a law enforcement agency to adopt by January 1, 2014, a written policy and procedure to govern specified disciplinary actions that may be taken against a specified law enforcement officer; requiring each written policy to include specified information; requiring, under specified circumstances, a law enforcement officer to be disciplined in accordance with a specified policy and procedure; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/22/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Naturopathic Doctors [HB-1029]
Adding to the State Board of Physicians a naturopathic doctor who is appointed by the Governor in a specified manner; establishing the Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Committee within the Board; providing for the composition of the Committee; specifying the term of a Committee member; requiring the Committee to elect a chair from among its members; providing for the duties of the Committee; requiring, on or before January 1, 2015, specified individuals to have a specified license before practicing naturopathic medicine in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Approval - Act Committed While a Minor [SB-584]
Providing that if eligible for parole under specified provisions of law, a person or inmate who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment based on an act committed while a minor may be paroled without the approval of the Governor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/19/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Approval - Felony Murder Accomplice [SB-492]
Providing that, if eligible for parole, a person or an inmate who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment based on a first degree murder conviction involving circumstances in which the eligible person or inmate was not a principal in the first degree to the crime may be paroled without the approval of the Governor; providing that the Board of Review of Patuxent Institution or the Maryland Parole Commission shall make a specified determination by a preponderance of the evidence; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Hearing 3/1 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Elevator Safety Review Board - Licensing [SB-232]
Requiring the Elevator Safety Review Board to provide a certification of licensure on request of any person and on payment of a specified fee set by the Board; providing for specified information to be contained in the certification of licensure; requiring the Board to reinstate an expired license under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine [SB-180]
Establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine; specifying the duties of the Board; establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2014, an individual to have a license before practicing naturopathic medicine in the State; establishing the Naturopathic Formulary Council; requiring the Council to establish a naturopathic formulary, transmit the formulary to the Board, and review the formulary under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Recommit To Committee Education Health And Environmental Affairs (senator Conway) on 03/20/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine [HB-620]
Establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine; specifying the duties of the Board; establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2014, an individual to have a license before practicing naturopathic medicine in the State; establishing the Naturopathic Formulary Council; requiring the Council to establish a naturopathic formulary, transmit the formulary to the Board, and review the formulary under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Licensed Midwives [HB-1056]
Establishing the State Board of Midwives; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations consistent with specified standards; specifying that the Act does not limit the right of specified individuals to practice specified occupations; requiring the Board to set specified fees and to pay specified fees collected to the Comptroller; authorizing the Board to take specified disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee for specified reasons; subjecting the Act to the Program Evaluation Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Aquaculture [SB-847]
Making the Department of Natural Resources responsible for the employment of the State's Aquaculture Coordinator; transferring specified seafood-related programs, funds, and organizations from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Natural Resources; altering the membership of the Aquaculture Review Board; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue water column leases under specified circumstances; altering provisions relating to the issuance of submerged land leases; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Insurance - Surplus Lines [SB-694]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to participate in a specified database; altering the authority of the Commissioner to allow a commercial insured to waive specified search requirements for surplus lines coverage for specified purposes; authorizing a surplus lines broker not to perform a diligent search when placing specified coverage with an exempt commercial purchaser under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine [SB-560]
Establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine; specifying the duties of the Board; establishing the State Board of Naturopathic Medicine Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2013, an individual to have a license before practicing naturopathic medicine in the State; establishing the Naturopathic Formulary Council; requiring the Council to establish a naturopathic formulary, transmit the formulary to the Board, and review the formulary under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 03/24/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Approval [SB-172]
Requiring that, if the Board of Review decides to grant parole to an eligible person sentenced to life imprisonment who has served 25 years without application of diminution of confinement credits, and the Secretary approves the decision, the decision shall be transmitted to the Governor; authorizing the Governor to disapprove the decision by written transmittal to the Board of Review; providing that if the Governor does not disapprove the decision within 180 days after receipt, the decision becomes effective; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Special Order Until 4/11 (delegate Anderson) Adopted on 04/05/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Insurance - Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact [HB-911]
Entering the State of Maryland in the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact; specifying the purposes of the Compact; providing for the creation of the Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Commission as a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the compacting states; authorizing the Commission to adopt specified mandatory rules; providing that the Commission is solely responsible for its liabilities with specified exceptions; providing for venue for judicial proceedings; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Clinical Review Panels - Psychiatric Medication - Correctional Facilities [HB-654]
Providing that specified psychiatric medication may not be administered to individuals who refuse the medication while committed to the custody of specified facilities except under specified circumstances; providing for the composition, appointment, and duties of specified clinical review panels; requiring specified officials to give specified written notice to specified individuals; providing that an individual has specified rights during a meeting of a panel; authorizing the chair of a panel to take specified action; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/25/2011