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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Health - State Facilities and Residential Centers - Definition of Abuse [HB-346]
Altering definitions of "abuse" for purposes of specified reporting requirements by specifying that "abuse" does not include actions that comply with State and federal laws and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene policies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Hygiene Administration - [HB-217]
Authorizing the Director of the Mental Hygiene Administration to transfer individuals from a public mental health facility to the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center under specified circumstances; requiring the Director to give specified individuals notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the Office of Administrative Hearings; providing that decisions of administrative law judges made under the Act are final; authorizing the Director to transfer individuals between public mental health facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Deficit Reduction Financing Act of 2011 [HB-1294]
Repealing law providing for the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, the Stem Cell Research Commission, and State-funded stem cell research; repealing laws relating to senatorial and delegate scholarships; altering or repealing grant programs; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering the distribution of highway user revenues for fiscal year 2012; stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding constraining spending in the State budget by implementation of specified actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Leader
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Mental Hygiene Administration - Facilities - Trauma-Informed Care [HB-1150]
Requiring specified facilities to provide clinical, direct care, and other staff with regular patient interaction training in trauma- informed care and to conform with trauma-informed care principles under specified circumstances; requiring specified individuals to report specified abuse under specified circumstances; requiring State facilities to report complaints of sexual abuse or sexual harassment to the State designated protection and advocacy system; requiring the Mental Hygiene Administration to implement a pilot program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Safety - Sexual Offender Advisory Board [SB-856]
Altering the composition of the Sexual Offender Advisory Board; requiring specified members of the Board to have specified expertise; providing for the terms of the appointed members of the Board to be staggered in a specified manner; altering the duties of the Board; requiring the Board to make a specified report by a specified date; and repealing a requirement that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provide staff to the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Brochin
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Crimes - Sex Offenders - Notification, Registration, and Penalties [SB-854]
Increasing the maximum and mandatory minimum penalties for a person convicted of rape in the second degree of a child under the age of 13 years; increasing the maximum and mandatory minimum penalties for a person convicted of a sexual offense in the second degree against a child under the age of 13 years; altering requirements relating to the registration on a specified registry of individuals who have committed specified sex offenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James DeGrange
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - Early Retirement [SB-802]
Providing specified employees of Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center with the opportunity to receive an early retirement allowance; requiring that these employees file documents on or before December 31, 2010, with the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring that a specified reduction be made to the retirement allowances of these employees of Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation Withdrawn on 03/09/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - [SB-636]
Adding the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center to the list of State facilities maintained under the direction of the Mental Hygiene Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Administration, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to continue the operation of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/15/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Family Planning Works Act [SB-521]
Altering the eligibility requirements for family planning services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program by requiring the Program to provide those services to all women whose family income is at or below 250 percent of the poverty level; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly to use any long-term savings from this Act to continue the operation of the Upper Shore Community Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing Cancelled on 02/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Discharge from Commitment of Person Previously Found Not [SB-474]
Authorizing a court on its own initiative or a motion of a party to hold a specified de novo hearing after receiving a report of recommendations from the Office of Administrative Hearings regarding discharge from commitment of a person previously found not criminally responsible; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Offender in Need of Commitment [SB-405]
Creating a procedure in which a person who has been convicted of or charged with a sexually violent offense and who suffers from a specified mental abnormality or personality disorder may be placed in the custody of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene until the person meets specified criteria; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010 [SB-1065]
Providing for the lifetime supervision of specified sexual offenders; providing for the civil commitment of specified sexually violent offenders; prohibiting the earning of diminution credits by specified child sexual offenders; eliminating parole eligibility for specified child sexual offenders; requiring a specified notation on the drivers' licenses of specified registrants; requiring the Internet posting of known aliases of specified registrants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Lowell Stoltzfus
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Safety - Sexual Offender Advisory Board [HB-931]
Altering the composition of the Sexual Offender Advisory Board; requiring specified members of the Board to have specified expertise; providing for the terms of the appointed members of the Board to be staggered in a specified manner; altering the duties of the Board; requiring the Board to make a specified report by a specified date; and repealing a requirement that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provide staff to the Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Busch
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - Early Retirement [HB-338]
Providing specified employees of Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center with the opportunity to receive an early retirement allowance; requiring that these employees file documents on or before December 31, 2010, with the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring that a specified reduction be made to the retirement allowances of these employees of Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center; and providing for the termination of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - [HB-156]
Adding the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center to the list of State facilities maintained under the direction of the Mental Hygiene Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Administration, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to continue the operation of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/16/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010 [HB-1413]
Providing for the lifetime supervision of specified sexual offenders; providing for the civil commitment of specified sexually violent offenders; prohibiting the earning of diminution credits by specified child sexual offenders; eliminating parole eligibility for specified child sexual offenders; requiring a specified notation on the drivers' licenses of specified registrants; requiring the Internet posting of known aliases of specified registrants; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Family Planning Works Act [HB-1358]
Altering the eligibility requirements for family planning services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program by requiring the Program to provide those services to all women whose family income is at or below 250 percent of the poverty level; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly to use any long-term savings from the Act to continue the operation of the Upper Shore Community Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts - State Hospital [HB-1161]
Authorizing specified counties and municipal corporations to finance the costs of public improvements located in or supporting a State hospital redevelopment; authorizing specified counties and municipal corporations to designate special taxing districts, create special funds, and provide for the levy of specified taxes to pay costs of infrastructure improvements located in or supporting a State hospital redevelopment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety (Safe Care Act) [SB-943]
Requiring State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to develop a workplace safety plan; establishing certain requirements for a certain workplace safety plan; requiring that certain training address certain risks and include certain instruction on certain matters; requiring certain State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to collaborate with a certain committee for certain purposes; requiring that certain procedures include certain other procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Referred Economic Matters on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Enhanced Security Compassionate Release Program [HB-1233]
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 Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/17/2017