Subject Patients | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | HB1296 | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to issue a cease and desist order or obtain injunctive relief against an individual for taking any action for which the Board determines there is a preponderance of evidence of grounds for discipline under a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 |
| MD | SB981 | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to issue a cease and desist order or obtain injunctive relief against an individual for taking any action for which the Board determines there is a preponderance of evidence of grounds for discipline under a ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 |
| MD | HB56 | Requiring applicants for a license or certificate from the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to submit to a criminal history records check; authorizing the Board to take specified disciplinary actions against specified individuals... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| MD | SB59 | Repealing an exemption for specified veterans' hospital patients from the requirement to obtain an angler's license under specified circumstances; repealing a provision of law that lists nontidal species for which the Department of Natural Resources ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 |
| 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 | 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 | SB557 | Altering the circumstances under which a health care provider is required to disclose a medical record without the authorization of a person in interest; altering a specified notice that must be sent to specified parties in order to require a health ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 |
| 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 | 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 | HB180 | Establishing that it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the possession of marijuana or the possession of specified drug paraphernalia that the marijuana or drug paraphernalia was intended for medical use by an individual with a specified ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62 |
| MD | HB360 | Repealing provisions of law that authorize health maintenance organizations to offer a benefit package that provides specified limited benefits; repealing provisions of law that authorize a specified group health insurance policy to provide for the c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 |
| MD | SB580 | Establishing that it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the possession of marijuana or the possession of specified drug paraphernalia that the marijuana or drug paraphernalia was intended for medical use by an individual with a specified ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 61 |
| 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 | HB1481 | Altering the circumstances under which a health care provider is required to disclose a medical record without the authorization of a person in interest; altering requirements for a notice to be sent to specified parties in order to require a health ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | HB1137 | 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] | 2013-04-05 Unfavorable Report by Appropriations |
| MD | SB1073 | Establishing the Task Force to Evaluate the Quality of Patient Care Under a Capitated Payment System; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study matters related to the impact of moving from... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. |
| MD | SB274 | 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] | 2013-03-28 |
| MD | HB287 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified study of paratransit services provided for dialysis patients in the State; requiring the study to make specified determinations and evaluate scheduling of specified dialysis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB783 | Altering the jurisdiction of the State Board of Pharmacy to exclude licensed dentists who personally prepare and dispense specified prescription strength dental products and specified antibiotics to patients receiving dental care pro bono under speci... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB60 | Prohibiting a specified professional counselor or therapist from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a person who is receiving counseling from the professional counselor or therapist or received counseling from the p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-27 |
| MD | SB1040 | Modifying specified standards for involuntary admissions of individuals with mental disorders to specified facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for emergency evaluations of ind... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| MD | HB302 | Authorizing the medical use of marijuana under specified circumstances; repealing criminal provisions that allow the imposition of a fine or the use of an affirmative defense for use or possession of marijuana or use or possession of drug paraphernal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB121 | 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] | 2013-03-22 |
| MD | SB502 | Requiring a specified judgment obtained in favor of a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient to be increased by a specified amount under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to collect from a Program... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB821 | Creating an exception to the privilege of communications of a patient or client if the disclosure is necessary to prove a charge in a specified criminal proceeding against the patient, former patient, client, or former client; creating an exception t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| MD | HB600 | Requiring a specified judgment obtained in favor of a Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipient to be increased by a specified amount under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to collect from a Program... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| MD | SB726 | Requiring physicians, under specified circumstances, to provide a pregnant woman the opportunity to view the active ultrasound image of the embryo or fetus before the performance or inducement of an abortion; and requiring a physician to allow the pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| 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 | SB515 | Altering the jurisdiction of the State Board of Pharmacy to exclude licensed dentists who personally prepare and dispense specified prescription strength dental products and specified antibiotics to patients receiving dental care pro bono under speci... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB898 | 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] | 2013-03-15 |
| MD | HB826 | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to create a stakeholder workgroup to study the implementation of personalized medicine in the State; establishing the membership of the workgroup; requiring the workgroup to review federal reports and rec... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| 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 | SB382 | Requiring that a petition for emergency evaluation of a specified individual include, under specified circumstances, a statement of whether the individual has possession of or access to firearms; authorizing a court, under specified circumstances, to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1265 | Authorizing hospitals, related institutions, and specified insurers to establish patient safety early intervention programs; prohibiting the use of specified statements made during specified discussions held in accordance with specified patient safet... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
| MD | HB1258 | Modifying specified standards for involuntary admissions of individuals with mental disorders to specified facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for emergency evaluations of ind... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| MD | HB810 | Requiring specified mental health professionals under specified circumstances to report to the Director of Mental Hygiene specified information about an individual that the mental health professional is currently treating; requiring the Director to r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) |
| MD | HB1496 | Requiring the Mental Hygiene Administration, in collaboration with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, to provide a specified report on the psychiatric bed registry to specified committees of the General Assembly on or befo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | SB386 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified study of paratransit services provided for dialysis patients in the State; requiring the study to make specified determinations and evaluate scheduling of specified dialysis... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-12 |
| MD | SB835 | Authorizing hospitals, related institutions, and specified insurers to establish patient safety early intervention programs; prohibiting the use of specified statements made during specified discussions held in accordance with specified patient safet... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
