Health Insurance - Purchasing Out of State - Feasibility Study [HB-1015]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to study the feasibility and desirability of allowing State residents to purchase health insurance out of state and of establishing an Interstate Health Insurance Compact; requiring the study to examine specified items and issues; and requiring the Administration to report its findings and any recommendations.
HB-1015: Health Insurance - Purchasing Out of State - Feasibility Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 04/05/2010
State Government - Disclosure of Personal Information on Websites - Prohibition [HB-1042]
Prohibiting on or after June 1, 2010, specified courts, the Maryland General Assembly, and specified departments and specified units of the Executive Branch of State government from publicly posting or displaying on specified Internet websites an individual's personal information under specified circumstances; authorizing specified persons to request that specified official custodians mask specified personal information in the Internet version of specified records; etc.
HB-1042: State Government - Disclosure of Personal Information on Websites - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Insurance - Coordination of Benefits - Health Insurance and Personal Injury [HB-1073]
Prohibiting specified health maintenance organization contracts, health insurance policies, and policies of nonprofit health service plans from containing a provision requiring personal injury protection benefits to be paid before benefits under the policies and contracts.
HB-1073: Insurance - Coordination of Benefits - Health Insurance and Personal Injury
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Correctional Services - State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights [HB-1090]
Providing for specified rights of a State correctional officer relating to employment, investigation, and discipline under specified circumstances; providing for the procedures for the investigation or interrogation of a State correctional officer; establishing procedures for an application for a show cause order under specified circumstances; establishing a specified limitation on administrative charges against a State correctional officer; etc.
HB-1090: Correctional Services - State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Favorable With Amendments Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
Health Insurance - Clinically Integrated Organizations [HB-1093]
Authorizing a contract between specified health insurance carriers and specified clinically integrated organizations to include specified payment provisions; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt specified regulations; requiring specified carriers to file a contract with the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to provide a specified copy of a specified contract to the executive director of the Maryland Health Care Commission; etc.
HB-1093: Health Insurance - Clinically Integrated Organizations
Sponsored by: Rep. John Donoghue
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Price - Mandatory Gratuity [HB-1186]
Altering an exclusion from the definition of "taxable price" under the sales and use tax for a mandatory gratuity or service charge in the nature of a tip for serving food or beverage for consumption on the premises of the vendor.
HB-1186: Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Price - Mandatory Gratuity
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/18/2010
Developmental Disabilities Administration - Low Intensity Support Services [HB-1226]
Establishing a Low Intensity Support Services Program in the Developmental Disabilities Administration; requiring low intensity support services to be flexible to meet the needs of individuals and families; requiring the Developmental Disabilities Administration to provide specified funding for low intensity support services for specified individuals; providing that individuals seeking low intensity support services are not required to submit or complete specified applications; etc.
HB-1226: Developmental Disabilities Administration - Low Intensity Support Services
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Practice in Long-Term Care Facilities [HB-1302]
Authorizing a dental hygienist to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a dentist in long-term care facilities under specified circumstances; requiring specified dental hygienists to have a specified written agreement; requiring the dental hygienists to ensure that the supervising dentist is available for consultation with the dental hygienist; requiring specified dental hygienists to consult with the supervising dentist or a treating physician under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-1302: Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Practice in Long-Term Care Facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Disposal of Unused Prescription Drugs [HB-1387]
Requiring specified containers of prescription drugs to include specified information; requiring specified labels of prescription drugs to include a specified notice; requiring specified pharmacists to include an information sheet with specified prescription drugs; requiring pharmacies to develop a program for the disposal of unused prescription drugs; requiring the program to include the provision of specified containers; requiring pharmacies to dispose of specified containers in a specified manner; etc.
HB-1387: Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Disposal of Unused Prescription Drugs
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/01/2010
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Podiatric Medical Examiners Residency [HB-1410]
Authorizing an accredited hospital to apply to the Health Services Cost Review Commission for funding to establish a specified podiatric medical examiners residency program; requiring the Commission to select one accredited hospital that applied for funding and transfer funds sufficient for the accredited hospital to provide a specified residency program to a specified number of podiatric medical residents each year for a specified number of years; etc.
HB-1410: Health Services Cost Review Commission - Podiatric Medical Examiners Residency
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/01/2010