Subject Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | HB57 | Requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to reconvene the Abuser Registry Workgroup; requiring the Abuser Registry Workgroup to undertake a specified review, monitor the implementation of specified recommendations, and recommend specified changes;... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| MD | HB102 | Altering the frequency with which specified payments from a special fund are required to be paid; requiring the reduction of specified grants and payments under specified circumstances; providing that a specified District Court surcharge shall be add... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 |
| MD | SB281 | Establishing an exception to the prohibition against carrying a deadly weapon on public school property; making it a misdemeanor to possess or use specified firearm ammunition during the commission of a crime of violence; limiting the authorization f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 |
| MD | SB632 | Establishing the State Brain Injury Trust Fund as a special fund used to support specified services for individuals with brain injuries; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or the Secretary's designee to administer the Fund; requirin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| MD | SB790 | Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to set a fee, by regulation, for specified services of the Advance Directive Registry; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to take the steps necessary to make the Registry ope... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 |
| MD | HB890 | Providing for an Overdose Response Program overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Department to adopt regulations and authorizing the Department to take other actions; specifying the requirements an individual must mee... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB1159 | Altering a requirement that the Public Service Commission, on or before September 1 of each year, determine whether specified electric companies have met specified service quality and reliability standards; requiring the Secretary of Health and Menta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 |
| MD | SB334 | Requiring that, subject to a provision of law, a center where mammography testing is performed to include in a screening results letter that is sent to a patient as required by federal law, notice about breast density; authorizing the Department of H... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 |
| MD | HB312 | Requiring, subject to a specified provision of law, specified centers that produce, develop, or interpret mammograms to provide a specified notice to specified patients under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hy... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 |
| MD | SB764 | Establishing the Task Force to Study Housing and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation,... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 |
| MD | HB957 | Establishing the Accessible Homes for Senior Homeowners Grant Program; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to make grants to families of limited income under the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program under specified circ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 657 |
| MD | SB1026 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to study whether it is necessary to continue to require a specified license and permit for the sale, manufacturing, and processing of honey and herb mixtures, including flavored honey; requiring t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 |
| MD | SB80 | Adding the Division of Drug Control of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to the list of units of the Department to which the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program must disclose prescription monitoring data under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 |
| MD | HB9 | Requiring a food establishment, beginning March 1, 2014, to display a specified poster relating to food allergies; requiring, on or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Restaurant Association o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252 |
| MD | SB83 | Adding to the duties of the Secretary of Aging; establishing the Aging and Disability Resource Center Program in the Department of Aging; designating the Program as the State's Aging and Disability Resource Center for purposes of the federal Older Am... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 |
| MD | HB99 | Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale specified child care products containing flame-retardant chemicals (TCEP); providing that the Act does not apply to the sale or distribution of a child care product that is resold, of... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 |
| MD | SB195 | Requiring a hospital, under specified circumstances, to provide notice to a patient of the patient's outpatient status, the billing implications of the outpatient status, and the impact of the outpatient status on the patient's eligibility for Medica... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 202 |
| MD | HB179 | Altering the authority of pharmacists to administer vaccinations; authorizing a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to an individual in a specified age group who has a prescription or to an adult under a written protocol that meets specified requir... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 256 |
| MD | HB228 | Altering eligibility requirements for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the definition of "former foster care adolescent" to conform to federal eligibility requirements; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide spec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 |
| MD | SB355 | Requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to reconvene the Abuser Registry Workgroup; requiring the Abuser Registry Workgroup to undertake a specified review, monitor the implementation of specified recommendations, and recommend specified changes;... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 |
| MD | HB303 | Establishing the Task Force to Study Point-of-Care Testing for Lead Poisoning; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the use of and reimbursement for... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 |
| MD | SB380 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and potential environmenta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 248 |
| MD | SB390 | Requiring a food establishment, beginning March 1, 2014, to display a specified poster relating to food allergies; requiring, on or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Restaurant Association o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 |
| MD | SB401 | Altering the authority of pharmacists to administer vaccinations; authorizing a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to an individual in a specified age group who has a prescription or to an adult under a written protocol that meets specified requir... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 |
| MD | HB581 | Providing for the establishment of a specified number of palliative care pilot programs in specified hospitals in the State; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to select the pilot programs in a specified manner; requiring specified palliat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 |
| MD | SB610 | Providing for an Overdose Response Program overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Department to adopt regulations and authorizing the Department to take other actions; specifying the requirements an individual must mee... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| MD | SB679 | Establishing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and demographic diversity of the State in appointing individuals to t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 |
| MD | HB690 | Establishing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and demographic diversity of the State in appointing individuals to t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306 |
| MD | HB1101 | Establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; establishing the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission F... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 403 |
| MD | HB1062 | Requiring a hospital, under specified circumstances, to provide specified notice to a patient of the patient's outpatient status and the billing implications of the outpatient status; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cons... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 203 |
| MD | HB1009 | Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations for specified cosmetic surgical facilities; authorizing the Secretary to investigate specified complaints relating to cosmetic surgical facilities; requiring specif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 398 |
| MD | SB881 | Authorizing the Community Health Resources Commission to contract with a specified third party for specified services; prohibiting a specified third party from releasing, publishing, or using in a specified manner specified information; providing tha... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328 |
| MD | HB1343 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and potential environmenta... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 |
| MD | HB1429 | Providing that specified former officials or employees of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene may not be considered to have participated significantly in a contract under specified circumstances for purposes of specified restrictions on emplo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 418 |
| MD | SB496 | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance program to provide a specified reimbursement for services delivered by telemedicine under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations for a specified pu... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 |
| MD | SB273 | Requiring specified licensing units and boards to give credit to former service members for relevant military training, education, and experience in connection with the issuance of occupational and professional licenses, certificates, and registratio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 154 |
| MD | HB225 | Requiring specified licensing units and boards to give credit to former service members for relevant military training, education, and experience in connection with the issuance of occupational and professional licenses, certificates, and registratio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-17 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 155 |
| MD | HB164 | Lengthening the renewal period for tissue bank permits and residential service agency licenses; altering the entity to which specified food establishments must submit for review specified plans and specifications before the construction, remodeling, ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 |
| MD | HB364 | Requiring each county or municipality that owns or operates a swimming pool to develop and implement a specified automated external defibrillator program that meets requirements for swimming pools owned or operated by the county or municipality; requ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 107 |
| MD | HB1183 | Altering the circumstances under which a retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees is required to allow specified customers to use the facility; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to create a specified i... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 148 |
| MD | HB61 | Establishing the State Brain Injury Trust Fund as a special fund used to support specified services for individuals with brain injuries; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or the Secretary's designee to administer the Fund; requirin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | SB455 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a mandatory abortion survey system; requiring specified hospitals and facilities to report abortions to the Department using a specified form, in a specified manner, and on or before ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB869 | Authorizing the Community Health Resources Commission to contract with a specified third party for specified services; prohibiting a specified third party from releasing, publishing, or using in a specified manner specified information; providing tha... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | SB977 | Establishing the Task Force to Evaluate Regional Health Delivery and Health Planning in Rural Areas; requiring the Task Force to evaluate regional health delivery and health planning in rural areas, with a specified emphasis, to include specified ite... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| MD | HB931 | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide a specified reimbursement for services delivered by telemedicine under specified circumstances; and requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations for a specifie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB1388 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to study whether it is necessary to continue to require a specified license and permit for the sale, manufacturing, and processing of honey and herb mixtures, including flavored honey; requiring t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB536 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified study regarding the ordering of magnetic resonance imaging services by specified physicians; and requiring the Department to submit the results of the study to specified com... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-06 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB1010 | Requiring a local department of social services and the Developmental Disabilities Administration to plan for the transfer of responsibility for the case management, care, supervision, and treatment of a medically fragile child with a developmental d... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 |
| MD | SB792 | Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 |
| MD | HB1202 | Authorizing certified professional midwives to practice in the State if the certified professional midwife is certified to practice by the North American Registry of Midwives and by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring certified pro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
