Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories [SB-400]
[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.
SB-400: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/27/2017
Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Composition and Licenses [HB-487]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the membership of the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission; providing that an appointment made to the Commission is subject to confirmation by the Senate of Maryland; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the racial diversity of the State; prohibiting a member of the Commission from being employed or otherwise affiliated with a grower, processor, or dispensary for 2 years from the date on which the term of the member ended; increasing the number of growers that may be licensed by the Commission; etc.
HB-487: Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Composition and Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2017
Charles County - Collective Bargaining for Public Safety Officials [HB-446]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the definition of "employer" to include Charles County under specified provisions of law; authorizing fire, emergency medical service, paramedic, and rescue employees to collectively bargain with specified counties and municipal corporations; altering a specified provision of law to provide that, with respect to Charles County, a memorandum of understanding between Charles County and a specified exclusive representative is subject to specified provisions concerning budgetary and fiscal procedures; etc.
HB-446: Charles County - Collective Bargaining for Public Safety Officials
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 178 on 04/18/2017
Public Schools - Suspensions and Expulsions [HB-425]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the suspension or expulsion of prekindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students from public schools with specified exceptions for an expulsion required by federal law or a suspension for not more than 5 school days under specified circumstances; requiring the principal or school administration to contact a student's parent or guardian under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-425: Public Schools - Suspensions and Expulsions
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 844 on 05/27/2017
Health Care Practitioners - Use of Teletherapy [HB-352]
[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.
HB-352: Health Care Practitioners - Use of Teletherapy
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2018
Montgomery County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone MC 10-17 [HB-313]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the size of the safety zone for archery hunters in Montgomery County within which archery hunting may not take place except under specified circumstances; and requiring archery hunters in Montgomery County to use a tree stand when hunting specified animals within 50 to 100 yards of a dwelling house, residence, church, public or nonpublic school, or other building or camp occupied by human beings.
HB-313: Montgomery County - Archery Hunting - Safety Zone MC 10-17
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 443 on 05/04/2017
Education - Behavior Intervention Plans - Physical Restraint and Seclusion [HB-331]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public agency and a nonpublic school from using physical restraint except under specified circumstances; prohibiting a public agency and a nonpublic school from using seclusion except under specified circumstances; requiring a public agency or a nonpublic school that uses seclusion to take specified actions; requiring schools to report to the State Department of Education on or before December 1 each year specified information relating to physical restraint and seclusion incidents; etc.
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Membership Act [HB-285]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that specified members of the board of directors of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; requiring one regular member of the board of directors of the Commission who is appointed by the Governor to be a resident of Montgomery County or Prince George's County; etc.
HB-285: Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Membership Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 04/18/2017