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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Health - Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs [SB-97]
Repealing the Prince George's County AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program; authorizing the establishment of Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs; requiring a local health department or a specified community-based organization to apply to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and a local health officer for authorization to operate a Program; requiring the Department and a local health officer to approve or deny an application within 60 days of receiving a completed application; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 348 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Determinations of Eligibility for Long-Term Care Services - Reports and Meetings [SB-939]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Human Resources, to submit a report on the State's progress in determining the eligibility of applicants for long-term care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2016 and quarterly thereafter; requiring that specified meetings be held to discuss the reports and to develop strategies to resolve ongoing issues with delays in eligibility determinations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Third Reading Passed (45-0) on 04/07/2016
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War on Cancer and Diabetes - Awareness Campaign [SB-933]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and promote a specified public information, awareness, and education campaign on cancer and diabetes; requiring the campaign to reach out to the general public and specified populations, disseminate specified information in a specified manner, and distribute materials free of charge to specified locations; authorizing the Secretary to request the services of interested advocacy groups and to contract for any necessary services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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Birth Certificates - Homeless Individuals - Prohibition on Collection of Fee [SB-931]
Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from collecting a fee for issuing a certified or abridged copy of a birth certificate to a homeless individual; requiring the Department to accept as proof of homelessness a signed written statement from a homeless services provider located in the State; requiring that the homeless individual may receive one copy of a birth certificate without a fee in a single transaction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 452 on 05/10/2016
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Health Benefit Plans - Network Access Standards and Provider Network Directories [SB-929]
Requiring specified carriers to maintain or adhere to specified standards that ensure that enrollees have access to specified health care providers and covered services; specifying the provisions of State insurance law relating to provider panels that apply to managed care organizations; authorizing the Commissioner to designate an insurer or nonprofit health service plan to offer a preferred provider insurance policy that conditions the payment of benefits on the use of preferred providers under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Lyme Disease - Laboratory Test - Required Notice [SB-926]
Requiring specified health care providers and specified medical laboratories to provide a specified written notice to a patient for whom the health care provider or medical laboratory performs a laboratory test for the presence of Lyme disease; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide written notice to specified committees of the General Assembly before submitting any proposed regulations under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 450 on 05/10/2016
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Occupational Licenses - Denial for Criminal Conviction - Notice of Prohibition [SB-923]
Clarifying that specified departments of State government and specified units in specified departments of State government are prohibited from denying a specified license to an applicant solely on the basis that the applicant has previously been convicted of a crime except in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring specified departments of State government and each unit that issues specified licenses in specified departments to post specified notice on their Web sites in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/07/2016
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Human Services - Homelessness - Emergency Cold Weather Planning [SB-920]
Establishing an emergency cold weather council in each county; establishing the membership of emergency cold weather councils; requiring emergency cold weather councils to create specified plans; requiring local administering agencies to provide a specified plan to the Department of Human Resources on or before October 1 each year; requiring local administering agencies to initiate specified plans under specified conditions; requiring specified agencies to collaborate to create a specified reporting system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2016
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Public Health - State-Identified HIV Priorities [SB-91]
Requiring rebates received by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program as a result of State General Fund expenditures to be distributed to a specified special nonlapsing fund and used only to fund State-identified priorities for HIV prevention, surveillance, and care; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations establishing, as appropriate, income and other eligibility criteria for the receipt of specified HIV prevention and care services.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 46 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Specialty Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services - Parity [SB-899]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations necessary to ensure that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is in compliance with specified federal laws; providing that the Department is not required to adopt specified regulations for any change that may be made through a process other than the regulatory process; requiring the regulations to include standards regarding treatment limitations for specialty mental health and substance use disorder services that comply with the federal laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Public Health - Auto-Injectable Epinephrine - Certification for Emergency Administration [SB-898]
Establishing requirements for an authorized entity to obtain and store a supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; prohibiting an authorized entity from obtaining and storing auto-injectable epinephrine unless the authorized entity has at least two who are certificate holders or specified affiliated individuals; requiring an authorized entity to maintain a copy of a specified certificate issued to specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2016
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Nursing Services - Skills Checklist [SB-895]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to specify in regulations the skills checklist used as part of the process of determining the competency of nurses, certified nursing assistants, and home health aides to render nursing services through a residential service agency or a home health agency that is participating in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2016
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provision of Substance Use Services to Enrollees of Managed Care Organizations [SB-89]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits for specified substance abuse services by managed care organizations to specified enrollees in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring a managed care organization to provide or arrange to provide substance-related disorder services for children in State supervised care; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a delivery system for substance-related disorder services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 01/25/2016
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Health Care Decisions Act - End-of-Life Decision-Making Informational Booklet [SB-873]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with a the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, to develop an end-of-life decision-making informational booklet; requiring the Department to distribute the booklet to specified health care providers, make the booklet available to the public on a specified Web site, and annually review and update the booklet as necessary; requiring health care providers to provide the booklet to specified patients under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2016
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Primary and Secondary Education - Immunizations of Children Entering School [SB-868]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations, to adopt regulations requiring that before a child enters ninth grade, the child has received a specified number of doses of human papillomavirus vaccine.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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State Government - Occupational Licensing of Ex-Offenders - Transfer of Statutory Provisions [SB-804]
Transferring from the Criminal Procedure Article to the State Government Article the provisions of law relating to the prohibition on the denial by specified departments of State government of an occupational license to an ex-offender solely on the basis that the applicant has been previously convicted of a crime unless a specified determination is made including the factors to be considered in making the determination.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2016
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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Data Collection and Use - Pregnancy Rates [SB-793]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations to implement a system for collecting data on the total number of abortions performed in the State and using specified data for assessing the overall pregnancy rate and teen pregnancy rate in the State; requiring that the regulations ensure the protection of the confidentiality of specified individuals; and requiring the Department to adopt the regulations on or before December 1, 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [SB-749]
Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a 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: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016
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Integrated Community Oncology Reporting Program [SB-739]
Establishing the integrated community oncology reporting program; establishing the purpose of the program; requiring the program to be administered by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Maryland Health Care Commission; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, to adopt regulations to implement the program; establishing requirements for the regulations; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
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Alcoholic Beverages Article [SB-724]
Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Alcoholic Beverages Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws of the State relating to the regulation and control of the manufacture, sale, distribution, transportation, and storage of alcoholic beverages by the State and specified jurisdictions in the State, the establishment of boards of license commissioners in specified jurisdictions, and the establishment of liquor control boards and departments of liquor control; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 41 on 04/12/2016