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MDSB600Engross
50%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the feasibility of including removable full and partial dentures and setting adequate reimbursement rates for providers on a per-patient basis for house calls and extended care facility calls among...
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2024-03-28
Second Reading Passed
MDSB701Enroll
75%
Altering the amount of funds in each of calendar years 2024 and 2025, the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange is authorized to designate for annual subsidies under the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program to include unspent f...
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2024-03-28
Returned Passed
MDSB212Engross
50%
Altering the membership and terms of members of the Behavioral Health Advisory Council; requiring the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, in coordination with the Council, to make recommendations regarding the continuation of t...
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2024-03-27
Third Reading Passed (139-0)
MDSB594Engross
50%
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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2024-03-27
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDSB697Engross
50%
Removing a certain reimbursement limit on grant awards to certain members of the National Guard for the cost of certain health care and dental care premiums, subject to the limitation that the total amount of grants awarded to eligible recipients in ...
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2024-03-27
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB219Engross
50%
Extending to December 31, 2030, the termination date of the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program.
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2024-03-26
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDSB371Engross
50%
Requiring residential service agencies to submit certain reports to the Maryland Department of Labor regarding wage rates for personal care aides by September 1 each year, beginning in 2025; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report t...
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2024-03-25
[Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDSB790Engross
50%
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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2024-03-25
[Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDSB1092Engross
50%
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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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB614Engross
50%
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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2024-03-19
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDSB1057Intro
25%
Altering the financial eligibility criteria for the home- and community-based services waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include categorically needy individuals with an income ...
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB497Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to cover nonprescription naloxone hydrochloride and any other drug or product that is approved by the federal...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB945Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Insurance Administration jointly to conduct a study of Maryland Medical Assistance Program and commercial health insurance coverage to measure the number and percentage of individuals who h...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB631Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete an insurance study on public and private options for leveraging resources to help individuals prepare for long-term care services and support needs; and requirin...
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2024-02-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB1175Intro
25%
Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on an individual presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the individual has an emergency medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatme...
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2024-02-15
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB741Intro
25%
Requiring each public senior higher education institution to adopt a policy regarding pregnant and parenting students using certain guidelines; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the policy on the institution's webs...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1024Intro
25%
Requiring each public school to develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB349Intro
25%
Authorizing certain retirees who began State service before July 1, 2011, to be eligible for prescription drug benefits in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; specifying that prescription drug benefits shall be discont...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB862Intro
25%
Prohibiting an individual from committing or threatening certain actions, including certain actions related to sex trafficking, with the intent of coercing a pregnant woman to have an abortion; providing that a pregnant minor is considered an emancip...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB876Intro
25%
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide limited behavioral health services to individuals under the age of 18 years regardless of whether the individual has a behavioral health diagnosis; and requiring...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB988Intro
25%
Establishing the Self-Directed Mental Health Services Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to facilitate access to clinically appropriate, person-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed self-directed services in the most in...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB1021Intro
25%
Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimb...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB1019Intro
25%
Requiring that the calculation of an enrollee's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for a prescription drug be based on the list price of the drug reduced by at least 85% of the total amount of rebates received or expected to be received by th...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB990Intro
25%
Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations from applying a prior authorization requirement, step therapy protocol, or fail...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB208Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to increase the hourly reimbursement rate for certain personal assistance services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to a minimum of $25 per hour; requiring provider agencies to pay the greater ...
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2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB716Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse physicians billing for maternal fetal medicine services at the rate set under the federal Medicare fee schedule.
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2024-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB124Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage and certain reimbursement for annual behavioral health wellness visits.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB487Intro
25%
Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay nonparticipating health care providers for services.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB28Intro
25%
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a cert...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB179Intro
25%
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a cert...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB328Intro
25%
Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028 include an 8% reimbursement rate increase for providers of certain health care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's...
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2024-01-13
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
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