| MD | SB59 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 879 |
| MD | SB197 | Pass | Authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse a residential service agency for personal assistance services only if the personal assistance services are provided by an individual classified as an employee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 882 |
| MD | SB332 | Pass | Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, each hospital and urgent care center in the State to implement an evidence-based protocol for the early recognition and treatment of a patient with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock that is based on gener...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 923 |
| MD | SB362 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 717 |
| MD | SB403 | Pass | Altering the definition of "accredited residential treatment center" for certain provisions of law governing hospitals and related institutions to include residential treatment centers accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 854 |
| MD | SB613 | Pass | Extending, from October 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, the date by which individuals must be licensed by the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators before practicing as an assisted living manager in the State; altering the requirements for the manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 786 |
| MD | SB712 | Pass | Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor, certain members of the General Assem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 860 |
| MD | SB791 | Pass | Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review; altering requirements related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; altering certain reporting requirements on health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 848 |
| MD | SB1092 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 |
| MD | SB1000 | Pass | Requiring a person, at least 60 days before closing on an acquisition of a nursing home, to submit a request for acquisition to the Maryland Health Care Commission and provide notice to residents, resident representatives, and employees of the nursin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 816 |
| MD | SB1071 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 886 |
| MD | SB952 | Pass | Establishing certain requirements for assisted living referrers, including requirements related to the maintenance of general liability insurance, criminal history records checks, and the provision of certain agreements and descriptions of services; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 839 |
| MD | SB1059 | Pass | Establishing requirements on certain health departments and health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requiring t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 |
| MD | SB999 | Pass | Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 819 |
| MD | SB973 | Pass | Codifying a private hospital grant program for the purpose of making recommendations to the Governor for funding for capital projects at private hospitals in the State; requiring the Maryland Hospital Association to establish a certain review committ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 790 |
| MD | SB245 | Pass | 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, 2035, for certain provisions of law related to the Commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 |
| MD | SB1106 | Pass | Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| MD | SB1103 | Pass | Altering the required contents of the written notice regarding outpatient facility fees; requiring the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, in consultation with certain entities, to study and make recommendations regarding hospital outpat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 |
| MD | SB217 | Pass | Conforming provisions of State health insurance law with existing federal requirements, including by updating effective dates for federal regulations, clarifying federal consumer protection regulations resulting from changes to the federal No Surpris...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 |
| MD | SB590 | Intro
25% | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted |
| MD | SB878 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Guzzone) Adopted |
| MD | SB1006 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a hospital, under certain circumstances, to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to a governmental unit or an entity that is under contract with the unit for the purpose of canceling the debt; requiring that a hospital's ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Third Reading Passed (114-20) |
| MD | SB784 | Engross
50% | Altering the sales and use tax rate imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from 6% to 11%; and providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain firearm accessories and ammunition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB874 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a hospital or an ambulatory surgical facility from employing or contracting with an individual to provide surgical technology services unless the individual completes certain educational requirements and holds a certain credential or prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB825 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a county, to delegate to the county the authority to conduct site visits and full surveys of nursing homes; and requiring that the Maryland Department of Health and certain counties equally share the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB1104 | Intro
25% | Requiring out-of-network health care facilities to provide certain information to a consumer and obtain certain consent before providing a health care service; requiring that certain out-of-network status information be provided in a certain consent ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB863 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief on behalf of the State on the basis of an imminent or ongoing violation of certain rights of residents of certain health care facilities; authorizing the Attorney General to request a court t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB1175 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB813 | Intro
25% | Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB820 | Intro
25% | Requiring a hospital to provide certain oral and written instructions on safe sleep environments for infants to the parent or legal guardian of an infant before the hospital discharges an infant into the care of the parent or legal guardian; requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB1020 | Intro
25% | Requiring each hospital licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to conduct investigations regarding alleged violatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB487 | Intro
25% | Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay nonparticipating health care providers for services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
