Correctional Services - Parole, Commutation of Sentence, Pardon, and Remission of Sentence - Notification [HB-1247]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to notify a victim or victim's representative by certified mail that a parole release hearing has been scheduled or that an incarcerated individual is being considered for a commutation of sentence, pardon, or remission of sentence; and requiring the Department to make at least two attempts in writing by certified mail to notify a victim or victim's representative of certain decisions of the Parole Commission.
HB-1247: Correctional Services - Parole, Commutation of Sentence, Pardon, and Remission of Sentence - Notification
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Otto
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hearing Aids [HB-1355]
Altering the circumstances under which certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide coverage for medically appropriate and necessary hearing aids for adults to require coverage if the hearing aid is ordered, fitted, and dispensed by a licensed hearing aid dispenser.
HB-1355: Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hearing Aids
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed on 03/25/2025
Primary and Secondary Students - Vision and Hearing Studies and Evaluations [HB-1242]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations on vision support treatments and services for students; requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2026; and requiring the Maryland State School Health Council to evaluate certain issues regarding vision and hearing difficulties in primary and secondary students.
HB-1242: Primary and Secondary Students - Vision and Hearing Studies and Evaluations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hearing Aids [SB-641]
Altering the circumstances under which certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide coverage for medically appropriate and necessary hearing aids for adults to require coverage if the hearing aid is ordered, fitted, and dispensed by a licensed hearing aid dispenser.
SB-641: Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hearing Aids
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Favorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/28/2025
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-1494]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 1/1/2026 to provide optional coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
SB-1494: Relating To Hearing Aids.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
The Committee(s) On Hlt Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 03/12/2025
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-1495]
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2027. (SD1)
SB-1495: Relating To Hearing Aids.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 421) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam/cpn. on 02/13/2025
HB-406: State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Hearing Aid Dispenser Members
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2025
You have voted HB-406: State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Hearing Aid Dispenser Members.
HB-1476: State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 909 on 05/16/2024
You have voted HB-1476: State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members.
Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage [HB-1339]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide certain coverage for certain hearing aids for adults; authorizing a limit on the benefit payable of $1,400 per hearing aid every 36 months; and authorizing an insured or enrollee to choose a certain hearing aid and pay a certain amount for the hearing aid without financial or contractual penalty to the provider of the hearing aid.
HB-1339: Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 951 on 05/16/2024
Primary and Secondary Students - Vision and Hearing Studies and Evaluations [HB-893]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations on vision support treatments and services for students; requiring the workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2025; and requiring the Maryland State School Health Council to evaluate certain issues regarding vision and hearing difficulties in primary and secondary students.
HB-893: Primary and Secondary Students - Vision and Hearing Studies and Evaluations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage [SB-778]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide certain coverage for certain hearing aids for adults; authorizing a limit on the benefit payable of $1,400 per hearing aid every 36 months; and authorizing an insured or enrollee to choose a certain hearing aid and pay a certain amount for the hearing aid without financial or contractual penalty to the provider of the hearing aid.
SB-778: Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 952 on 05/16/2024
You have voted SB-714: State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members.
Relating To Hearing Aids. [HB-818]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2024 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 01/01/2024.
HB-818: Relating To Hearing Aids.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-606]
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2026. (SD2)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-609]
Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued on or after 01/01/2024 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of an unspecified amount per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established [HB-98]
Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining Co-Navigation Services as services providing visual and environmental information or sighted services to assist with communication accessibility in an individual's preferred language and communication mode, and to assist with accessing an individual's physical surroundings and making informed decisions about those surroundings.
HB-98: Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2024