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MDSB210PassDelaying the effective date to January 1, 2030, of certain provisions of law that repeal the authority of paramedics to administer influenza and COVID-19 immunizations under certain circumstances.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 75
MDSB224PassRequiring a person in charge of a cemetery to write on a burial-transit permit, the date of final disposition, the name and physical address of the cemetery, the burial, inurnment or scattering section and the lot and space number, or if the body or ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106
MDSB219PassExtending to December 31, 2030, the termination date of the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 48
MDSB212PassAltering the membership and terms of members of the Behavioral Health Advisory Council; altering the membership of the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access; requiring the Commission, in coordination with the Council, to make reco...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42
MDHB1048PassAltering the membership and terms of members of the Behavioral Health Advisory Council; altering the membership of the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access; and requiring the Commission, in coordination with the Council, to make ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41
MDHB1521PassAltering the eligibility requirements for the Maryland Children's Health Program; and repealing the requirement that the Program be administered, based on the family income of eligible individuals, through the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 47
MDHB119Enroll
75%
Altering certain HIV and syphilis reporting and testing requirements for hospitals and health care providers for pregnant women and newborns, including by requiring that the pregnancy status of certain individuals be included in certain reports and t...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB230Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration and local health departments to access electronically from the Maryland Department of Health a copy of a death certificate and, on request, provide any person authorized by regulations with a certified or ...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB149Enroll
75%
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 rec...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB96Enroll
75%
Repealing a certain requirement related to the inclusion of a core condition in the system for newborn screening; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to implement testing for a core condition listed in the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel ...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB353Enroll
75%
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB408Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report, on or before December 1, 2024, December 1, 2025, and December 1, 2026, to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on current opioid overdose reversal...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB453Enroll
75%
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before July 1, 2026, to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish a ...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB445Engross
50%
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB577Enroll
75%
Requiring the Comptroller to implement procedures to offer an individual filing a Maryland resident individual income tax return electronically the opportunity to register to make an anatomical gift in accordance with the Maryland Revised Uniform Ana...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB614Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to prostheses beginning January 1, 2025; establishing that certain insure...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB865Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to prostheses; establishing that certain insurers, nonprofit health servi...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB878Engross
50%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2029; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before No...
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
MDSB1092Enroll
75%
Increasing the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge to $40.00 per year for certain motor vehicles; altering certain provisions of law related to the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund, including provisions related to the...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB986Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the impact of requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity, including coverage for intensive behavioral therapy, bariatric surger...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB983Enroll
75%
Increasing the number of certain bargaining units for the purpose of specifying certain pay rates for certain employees of the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring that the pay rates of certain Department employees who are in certain bargaini...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1099Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-loca...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB975Enroll
75%
Establishing the Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health to assist reproductive health care clinics in the State with costs associated with security improvements and safety operational expenses; and...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1028Enroll
75%
Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil re...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB991Enroll
75%
Establishing the Language Assistance Services Pilot Program in the Behavioral Health Administration to provide grants to local behavioral health authorities to reimburse behavioral health providers for language assistance services for children with l...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1472Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include at least $500,000 in the annual budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program.
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB245Enroll
75%
Adding the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to the governmental activities and units subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; and extending the termination date to June 30, 2028, for certain provisions of law related to the Commi...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDHB152Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the Stat...
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2024-04-06
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators M. Washington, Hester and Simonaire)
MDHB97Enroll
75%
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, manufacturers of baby food to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of the manufacturer's final baby food product for certain toxic heavy metals; requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, manufact...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB117Enroll
75%
Repealing the requirement that the Secretary of Health and the State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders determine whether to approve the inclusion of a core condition in the system for newborn screening within 1 year after the ad...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDHB358Enroll
75%
Establishing a Workgroup on Health and Wellness in Prince George's County to review and evaluate health and wellness practices, programs, services, and resources in Prince George's County and make recommendations regarding best practices in health an...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB718Enroll
75%
Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission; requiring the Secretary of Higher Education to issue grants to at least two pilot sites that meet certain requirements by July 1, 2025; requiring ...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB790Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide Maryland Medical Assistance Program services for individuals under the Employed Individuals with Disabilities Program in accordance with certain requirements; prohibiting the Department from limi...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1304Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollee...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB153Enroll
75%
Adding an attorney representing a patient to the list of individuals to whom a health care provider is prohibited from charging a fee for providing copies of a medical record that will be used for the purpose of filing a claim regarding or appealing ...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB238Enroll
75%
Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted in each public indoor area and each public entrance to an indoor area where smoking or vaping is prohibited; r...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB13Enroll
75%
Altering the use of the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to require that the Fund be used only for pediatric cancer research instead of only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment; and establishing the Pediatric Cancer Research Commis...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB189Enroll
75%
Requiring residential service agencies to submit certain reports to the Maryland Department of Labor regarding wage rates for personal care aides on or before September 1 each year, beginning in 2025; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health t...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB220Enroll
75%
Repealing the exceptions that allow the sale, distribution, or purchase of tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, and electronic smoking devices to or for certain individuals who are active duty members of the military; authorizing the Maryland Dep...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB51Enroll
75%
Altering the use of the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to require that the Fund be used only for pediatric cancer research instead of only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment and to allow funds from the Fund to be used for admini...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB354Engross
50%
Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to support certain students in licensed practical nursing education programs, alleviate the shortage of nursing professionals by increasing graduat...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB576Enroll
75%
Authorizing a psychiatric nurse practitioner to evaluate an emergency evaluee for purposes of involuntary admission; authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of H...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB583Enroll
75%
Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local age...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB594Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the impact of requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; and requiring the Department to report its findings to the House Heal...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB723Enroll
75%
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, manufacturers of baby food to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of baby food for toxic heavy metals; requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, manufacturers of baby food to make certain inform...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1071Enroll
75%
Requiring hospitals to establish and maintain certain protocols and capacity related to the treatment of patients who are being treated for an opioid-related overdose or opioid-related emergency medical condition; requiring hospitals to make a referr...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1080Enroll
75%
Increasing the number of certain bargaining units for the purpose of specifying certain pay rates for certain employees of the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring that the pay rates of certain Department employees who are in certain bargaini...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1155Enroll
75%
Requiring hospitals to establish and maintain certain protocols and capacity related to the treatment of patients who are being treated for an opioid-related overdose or opioid-related emergency medical condition; requiring hospitals to make a referr...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1230Enroll
75%
Prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale or advertising for sale a tianeptine product to an individual; and establishing a penalty for a retailer who violates the Act of a fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment for up to ...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB59Enroll
75%
Requiring a hospital to take certain actions relating to the care of infants as soon as practicable before the hospital discharges an infant after the birth of the infant, including providing oral and written educational resources to the parent or le...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
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