Subject Health | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | HB1262 | Requiring the owner or operator of a facility with a synthetic infill turf field to post a specified sign in a conspicuous location informing individuals using the field of specified health and safety recommendations of the Department of Health and M... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB456 | Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion of a pregnant woman unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| MD | HB1486 | Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop and adopt by regulation a specified safety questionnaire and safety rating system; requiring the Department to calculate by using a specified safety rating system the safety rati... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| MD | SB894 | Repealing the requirement that a prosecution for an offense under § 14-601 of the Health Occupations Article of practicing, attempting to practice, or offering to practice medicine without a license be instituted within 3 years after the offense was... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| MD | HB416 | Providing that specified police officers and deputy sheriffs are presumed to be suffering from an occupational disease for a lower back impairment under the workers' compensation law under specified circumstances; providing that the presumption shall... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB855 | Requiring that a public school student in elementary school be provided a daily program of physical activity totaling at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week, including at least 90 minutes of physical education; requiring that the program... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | HB1100 | Establishing an independent Medical Marijuana Oversight Commission; providing for the purpose and membership of the Commission; providing for the terms of the members of the Commission; providing for the appointment of a chair and vice chair of the C... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1329 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement specified prepayment systems to prevent fraud and abuse in the payment of claims for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1153 | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Need for Recess in Maryland Public Schools; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| MD | SB738 | 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] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | SB644 | Applying the provisions of the Public Information Act to the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB1312 | Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion of a pregnant woman unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a specified physician... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| MD | SB934 | Amending specified prior authorizations of State Debt to alter the requirement that specified grantees provide specified matching funds; extending the deadline for specified grantees to present evidence that a matching fund will be presented; providi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| MD | HB1417 | Requiring a public school student to complete instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator to graduate from high school, beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2013-2014 school year; requiri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| MD | HB917 | Requiring a specified residential property disclosure statement to contain specified information relating to whether the property has been used for illegal drug production; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to maintain a specified ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) |
| MD | SB494 | Requiring the Commission on Maryland Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence to study and develop specified strategies and recommendations for advancing telemedicine technologies and use. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| MD | HB714 | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of AIDS Interfaith Residential Services, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, and design of the AIDS Interfaith Residential S... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB843 | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a wellness pilot project in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the wellness pi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Finance Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1497 | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Collington Square Non-Profit Corporation, Inc. for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB213 | Providing immunity from civil liability to an individual who uses an automated external defibrillator (AED) to provide assistance or medical aid to a victim at the scene of an emergency under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| MD | SB700 | Increasing the tobacco tax rate on cigarettes and other tobacco products; providing that the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program shall receive funding from the Other Tobacco Products Tax Fund under specified circumstances; requiring money fr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Hearing 3/13 at 1:15 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) |
| MD | SB898 | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Process for Assisting Cancer Patients at Local Departments of Social Services; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| MD | HB67 | Altering the certification requirement regarding a patient's incapacity to make an informed decision regarding treatment to allow the second individual making the certification to be a psychologist, rather than a second physician; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1116 | Requiring an office or a facility in which a cosmetic surgical procedure is performed to be licensed as a freestanding ambulatory care facility; authorizing the State Board of Physicians to take specified disciplinary action against a licensee who pe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB954 | Authorizing vessel liability insurance in the State; providing for the types of basic and additional coverage under a policy of vessel liability insurance; requiring specified minimum security for specified vessels that are principally operated in th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1117 | Requiring each insurer that provides motor vehicle liability insurance in the State to provide specified medical and hospital benefits to specified individuals under specified circumstances; establishing the minimum amount of coverage and the qualify... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB394 | Making the possession of marijuana a civil offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $100; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | SB601 | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Depart... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB16 | Altering the effective date of specified regulations adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 |
| MD | SB913 | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of L.A.M.B., Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-09 |
| MD | SB938 | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Collington Square Non-Profit Corporation, Inc. for the repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-09 |
| MD | SB1053 | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Fayette Street Outreach Organization, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruct... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-09 |
| MD | SB412 | Prohibiting, with a specified exception, a person from applying a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities and schools; authorizing a person to apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Withdrawn |
| MD | SB492 | Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of AIDS Interfaith Residential Services, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, and design of the AIDS Interfaith Residential S... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Unfavorable Report by Budget and Taxation Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1134 | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Impact of the Heat Island Effect on Maryland; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| MD | HB149 | Repealing a requirement that the AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program in Baltimore City provide for the exchange of used hypodermic needles and syringes for sterile hypodermic needles and syringes on a one-for-one basis; and al... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1150 | Requiring the Prince George's County Health Department to establish and implement a system for grading and classifying health inspection results for specified food service facilities; requiring the Health Department to provide specified food service ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HJ1 | Expressing support for the reform of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| MD | HB185 | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish a wellness pilot project in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; requiring the wellness pi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | HB433 | Prohibiting, with a specified exception, a person from applying a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities and schools; authorizing a person to apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of specified child care facilities... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1242 | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to implement specified measures and specified automated health care billing systems; requiring the Department to conduct specified reviews of specified claims; requiring the Departme... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB873 | Providing that an occupational disease presumption applies to specified deputy sheriffs who develop heart disease and hypertension under specified circumstances; and providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for specified deputy sheriffs ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| MD | HB1501 | Establishing the Task Force to Evaluate Regional Health Delivery and Health Planning in Rural Areas; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| MD | SB509 | Requiring an office or a facility in which a cosmetic surgical procedure is performed to be licensed as a freestanding ambulatory care facility; authorizing the State Board of Physicians to take specified disciplinary action against a licensee who pe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
| MD | HB683 | Increasing the tobacco tax rate on cigarettes and other tobacco products; providing that the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program shall receive funding from the Other Tobacco Products Tax Fund under specified circumstances; requiring money fr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
| MD | HB1099 | 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] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | SB101 | Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2006 to provide that a specified grant for the White Rose Foundation Service Center may not terminate before June 1, 2014; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| MD | SB746 | Limiting the duration of a step therapy or fail-first protocol imposed by a specified insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization; requiring the insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| MD | SB698 | Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an emplo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| MD | HB322 | Establishing the Yellow Dot Program in the Motor Vehicle Administration to provide specified health information to emergency responders under specified circumstances; requiring the Administration to design and make available specified materials neces... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-26 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
