Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, And Opticians
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Optometrists - Prescriptions for Glasses and Contact Lenses - Pupillary Distance Measurement [HB-1292]
Requiring the prescribing optometrist to include, in each prescription for glasses or contact lenses provided to a patient, the pupillary distance measurement at no additional cost to the patient.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks [HB-381]
Requiring an applicant for a license to practice optometry and certain applicants for the renewal of a license to submit to a criminal history records check obtained from the Criminal Justice Information Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and providing that information obtained from the Central Repository is confidential, may not be redisseminated, and is to be used only for licensing purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 814 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Board of Examiners in Optometry – Sunset Extension [SB-240]
Continuing the State Board of Examiners in Optometry in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 391 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Medical Records - Destruction - Notice and Retrieval [HB-149]
Extending the time period from 5 to 7 years during which a health care provider is prohibited from destroying medical records and laboratory and X-ray reports; requiring that the notice required to be provided regarding the destruction of medical records be made to the last known e-mail address of the patient or the parent or guardian of a minor; requiring a health care provider to make a medical record available for retrieval by a patient or a parent or guardian of a minor within a certain time period and at a certain location; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 779 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks [SB-175]
Requiring an applicant for a license to practice optometry and certain applicants for the renewal of a license to submit to a criminal history records check obtained from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and providing that information obtained from the Central Repository is confidential, may not be redisseminated, and shall be used only for licensing purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 815 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-184]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care services for residents of the State by January 1, 2026; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to Healthy Maryland, including provisions regarding eligibility, participation by and payments to health care providers, benefits, payroll premiums, funding, and collective negotiations with health care providers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
School Health and Vision Services – Screenings and Eye Examinations [HB-1054]
Altering the duties of the State Department of Education's and the Maryland Department of Health's primary contact employees for school-based health centers to include the implementation and oversight of the Vision for Maryland Program; altering the requirements for vision screenings for students; requiring a county board of education to determine whether certain students should receive an eye examination and eyeglasses; establishing the Pediatric Vision Program and the Vision for Maryland Program to expand vision support services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
School Health and Vision Services - Screenings and Eye Examinations [SB-573]
Altering the duties of the State Department of Education's and the Maryland Department of Health's primary contact employees for school-based health centers to include the implementation and oversight of the Vision for Maryland Program; altering the requirements for vision screenings for students; requiring a county board of education to determine whether certain students should receive an eye examination and eyeglasses; establishing the Pediatric Vision Program and the Vision for Maryland Program to expand vision support services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 02/23/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Sunset Extension [SB-728]
Continuing the State Board of Examiners in Optometry in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2025, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 53 on 04/11/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation [SB-388]
Requiring the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, guidelines for developing a standardized behavioral health questionnaire to identify students with behavioral health services needs; requiring each behavioral health services coordinator to develop and implement a standardized behavioral health questionnaire based on the guidelines developed by the Consortium; and requiring that the questionnaire be given to the parent or guardian of each student at certain times.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation [HB-265]
Requiring the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, guidelines for developing a standardized behavioral health questionnaire to identify students with behavioral health services needs; requiring each behavioral health services coordinator to develop and implement a standardized behavioral health questionnaire based on the guidelines developed by the Consortium; and requiring that the questionnaire be given to the parent or guardian of each student at certain times.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Schools - Health and Vision Services - Required Screenings and Eye Examinations [HB-1233]
Altering the requirements for vision screenings for students in public schools; requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain students receive an eye examination and eyeglasses under certain circumstances and in coordination with certain programs, if necessary; requiring a county board or county health department to provide students with certain information when the student registers for school; establishing the Pediatric Vision Program; establishing the Vision for Maryland Program to expand vision support services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation [HB-657]
Requiring the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, guidelines for developing a standardized behavioral health questionnaire to identify students with behavioral health services needs; requiring that the questionnaire be given to the parent or guardian of each student when the student enrolls for school and every year thereafter; and requiring each behavioral health services coordinator to develop and implement a certain standardized behavioral health questionnaire.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing Canceled on 04/05/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Sunset Extension [SB-202]
Continuing the State Board of Examiners in Optometry in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending until July 1, 2025, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Third Reading Passed (134-0) on 04/11/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-534]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2021