Maryland Senate Bill 700 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-21 - Motion to refer to Budget and Taxation (Senator King) Adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Repealing the initial cap on participation in a certain waiver; requiring a certain waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include a request for a cap on waiver participation that is set at not less than a certain percentage of the projected annual demand for certain services; requiring the Department to screen individuals who are eligible to receive certain services as soon as possible after the Department receives certain notification; etc.

Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers - Alterations (Laurie's Law)

Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]
Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21	Senate	Motion to refer to Budget and Taxation (Senator King) Adopted
2019-03-21	Senate	Favorable
2019-03-19	Senate	Special Order until 3/21 (Senator King) Adopted
2019-03-19	Senate	Favorable
2019-03-18	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2019-02-11	Senate	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0700?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0700f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0700.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0700_fin.pdf