Rep. Faye Howell
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District HD-029B
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 0
Sponsored Legislation
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease [HB-1188]
Renaming the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease to be the Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish and implement a system of providing information on the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait to individuals diagnosed with either trait or the individual's family; requiring the Department to maintain on its website a list of resources for health care practitioners and a plan for updating its website to meet certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 279 on 05/12/2022
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Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [HB-1195]
Altering the circumstances under which an equity court is authorized to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child to include if the child's parent is deceased or the petition for visitation rights was filed after an action for divorce, annulment, custody, or paternity was filed by a parent of the child; and specifying the circumstances under which an equity court is required to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Health Care Commission - Studies of Issues Affecting Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease [HB-1192]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and certain experts and stakeholders, to conduct studies on individuals who provide medical services in emergency departments and their knowledge of sickle cell disease, the coordination of health care for individuals with sickle cell disease who are transitioning from pediatric to adult health care in the State, and on Maryland Medical Assistance Program enrollees seeking medical care for sickle cell disease outside the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act) [HB-1403]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop plans to reduce the waitlist or registry for certain waiver programs by 50% beginning in fiscal year 2024; and requiring the Department to submit the plans to the Governor and the chairs of certain committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Prescription Insulin Drugs - Limits on Copayment and Coinsurance (Insulin Cost Reduction Act) [HB-1397]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to limit the amount a covered individual is required to pay in copayments or coinsurance for a covered prescription insulin drug to not more than $30 for a 30-day supply.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 405 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact – City of Bowie [HB-1439]
Authorizing the City of Bowie to participate in the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact; and providing that the Compact is intended to provide for emergency management mutual assistance between certain jurisdictions and for mutual cooperation in emergency management-related exercises, testing, or other training activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Abortion Care Access Act [HB-937]
Establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program in the Maryland Department of Health to ensure that there are a sufficient number of health professionals to provide abortion care; establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Fund; establishing certain requirements regarding abortion services, including provision and coverage requirements, for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,500,000 to the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Gubernatorial Veto Override (legislative Date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 56 on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Motor Fuel Taxes – Tax–Free Period [HB-1486]
Providing that, for the 30-day period beginning on the effective date of the Act, certain motor fuel taxes that would otherwise be imposed do not apply; requiring the Comptroller to pay a refund advance of motor fuel tax to qualifying retailers under certain circumstances; requiring a qualifying retailer to pay certain motor fuel tax to the Comptroller within 30 days after the expiration of the tax-free period; authorizing the suspension of certain licenses of a qualifying retailer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1 on 03/18/2022