| MD | HB1071 | Pass | Altering the maximum fines for smoking cannabis in a public place; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from initiating a stop or a search of a person, a motor vehicle, or a vessel based solely on certain factors; prohibiting, under certain circumst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 802 |
| MD | HB495 | Pass | Prohibiting the State Department of Education from increasing the copayment levels, reducing the reimbursement rates, reducing the income eligibility requirements, or implementing an enrollment freeze for the Child Care Scholarship Program in effect ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 732 |
| MD | HB1219 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for early childhood education teacher certification completed through an alternative teacher preparation program; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627 |
| MD | HB908 | Pass | Making permanent the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; requiring a community solar energy generating system to serve at least 40% of its kilowatt-hour output to low-income and moderate-income subscribers under certain circumsta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 652 |
| MD | HB1149 | Pass | Requiring certain Medicaid funding to be used to provide community services to individuals waiting for services through waiver programs; authorizing certain Medicaid funding to be used for expanding provider capacity in certain waiver programs; and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| MD | HB614 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Aging to oversee long-term care and train the staff of long-term care and dementia care navigation programs; requiring each area agency to establish a long-term care and dementia care navigation program; and requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 668 |
| MD | HB480 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to bury the eligible spouse or dependent of a veteran in a State veterans' cemetery without charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 |
| MD | HB325 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to issue a license to an animal control facility to administer rabies vaccines; requiring the Board to establish an expedited process to authorize a veterinary practitioner who holds a curre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 588 |
| MD | HB626 | Pass | Establishing the Human-Relevant Research Fund under the administration of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants and loans to promote State-funded research intended to develop human-relevant alternatives to using nonhuman a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| MD | HB673 | Pass | Repealing certain requirements that the Maryland Transit Administration increase fares for certain transit services according to the Consumer Price Index; and repealing certain provisions prohibiting the Administration from increasing fares under cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 484 |
| MD | HB63 | Pass | Altering the Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program to be the Certified Local Farm and Fish Program; expanding the purpose of the Program to include food from certified Chesapeake invasive species providers in the overall percentage goal of 20% of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 576 |
| MD | HB470 | Pass | Prohibiting the setting on fire or burning of oriented strand board for certain fire-fighting training; and establishing an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 for a first violation of the Act and a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for a seco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580 |
| MD | HB6 | Pass | Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and periodically update standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include the standards in certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 |
| MD | HB676 | Pass | Making certain provisions of law governing cemeteries applicable to pet cemeteries; providing that a certain registered cemeterian, registered crematory operator, or permit holder who sells or offers to sell to the public certain services for pet rem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 |
| MD | HB319 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with certain State and federal agencies, to study the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in pesticides in the State; and requiring the Department to report its findings...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 |
| MD | HB214 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on Public Health to make recommendations to improve the delivery of foundational public health services in the State; requiring the Commission to conduct an assessment of the foundational public health capabilities of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385 |
| MD | HB273 | Pass | Altering the education requirements for an applicant for licensure as an environmental health specialist; altering the grounds for which the Board may take disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee to include misfeasance and malfeasance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 |
| MD | HB283 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2024, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide gender-affirming treatment in a nondiscriminatory manner; requiring that the gender-affirming treatment be assessed according to nondiscriminatory criteria th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 |
| MD | HB376 | Pass | Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deduc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| MD | HB420 | Pass | Requiring that the Health Services Cost Review Commission exercise its authority to consider certain standards when determining the reasonableness of certain rates in a manner that is consistent with the all-payer model contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 |
| MD | HB669 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for a real estate appraisal license and for a certificate for residential or general real estate appraisal to include completion of certain criteria in the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 387 |
| MD | HB705 | Pass | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's rights to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 245 |
| MD | HB811 | Pass | Requiring a hospital to include testing for fentanyl as part of a urine drug screening; and requiring the hospital, if a urine drug screening detects fentanyl, to report the deidentified test results to the Maryland Department of Health through the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 |
| MD | HB814 | Pass | Extending the termination date of certain provisions of law that establish and govern the funding for the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program; and requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, in consultation with the M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 257 |
| MD | HB917 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to approve a license expansion to a noncontiguous property with a second separate use permit issued by the City if a certain condition is met; authorizing the establishment and convers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 295 |
| MD | HB988 | Pass | Modifying the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program by clarifying and altering certain provisions relating to the administration of the Program; establishing the employer and employee shares of the total rate of contribution; prohibiting the tot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258 |
| MD | HB1156 | Pass | Providing that a therapy management contract may be entered into in writing or orally; requiring, if a therapy management contract is entered into orally, the parties to the therapy management contract to reduce the contract to writing within 30 days...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 |
| MD | HB302 | Pass | Establishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council to study and make recommendations on matters relating to individuals with rare diseases in the State; requiring the Council to convene public hearings, make inquiries, and solicit comments from the publi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 |
| MD | HB234 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to take disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee for failing to comply with a Board order; authorizing the Board to grant a stay of enforcement of a Board order in accordance with th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 |
| MD | HB278 | Pass | Defining "clinical nurse specialist" and "practice as a clinical nurse specialist" for the purpose of authorizing clinical nurse specialists to prescribe drugs and durable medical equipment under regulations adopted by the State Board of Nursing; des...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328 |
| MD | HB321 | Pass | Requiring the Cigarette Restitution Fund to include a separate account consisting of payments received by the State from certain enforcement actions related to the sale and marketing of electronic smoking devices; and providing that distributions fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| MD | HB571 | Pass | Authorizing the Attorney General to direct that an Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council committee be formed if required by a court or administrative order or settlement agreement entered into by the Attorney General; requiring the Maryland Depart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 |
| MD | HB172 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to approve licensed athletic trainers to perform dry needling, a certain type of intramuscular manual therapy involving the insertion of one or more solid needles into the muscle and related tissues to effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302 |
| MD | HB333 | Pass | Establishing requirements related to the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by certain hospital patients who were eligible for free care, including requirements related to the consideration of data and the reporting and disclosure of certain i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310 |
| MD | HB111 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an Express Lane Eligibility Program by January 1, 2025, to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
| MD | HB418 | Pass | Establishing the Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund to provide reimbursement for costs associated with educating, training, certifying, recruiting, placing, and retaining behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals; and requiring t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 |
| MD | HB454 | Pass | Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring that an applicant provide proof that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States or have a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number as a condition for licensu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 376 |
| MD | HB456 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations necessary to ensure that individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled have appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 |
| MD | HB260 | Pass | Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for sign language interpreters under the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund to be used exclusively t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270 |
| MD | HB717 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Nursing to appoint peer advisory committees to provide advice related to midwifery; authorizing registered nurses certified as nurse-midwives and licensed certified midwives to personally prepare and dispense a starter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368 |
| MD | HB977 | Pass | Establishing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the Maryland Department of Health to advance forensic science and carry out other duties as provided by law; renaming the State Postmortem Examiners Commission to be the Postmortem Examiners Ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268 |
| MD | HB596 | Pass | Repealing the $500,000 cap on grants that may be awarded by the Maryland Transit Administration under the Maryland Senior Rides Program; repealing the $400,000 cap on the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program; establishing the State Coordinating Com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 |
| MD | HB817 | Pass | Requiring the Division of State Documents to make at least the 15 most recent issues of the Maryland Register available to the public for online searching; altering the requirements for a unit of State government to submit certain proposed or emergen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 350 |
| MD | HB121 | Pass | Requiring a treatment plan for an individual with a mental disorder admitted to a certain health care facility to include a discharge goal and an estimate of the probable length of the inpatient stay before the individual can be transferred to a cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 |
| MD | HB1159 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which a dentist who is a faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and was trained at a foreign dental school must be qualified by the State Board of Dental Examiners to take an examination offe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 326 |
| MD | HB1151 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for all services rendered to an enrollee by a li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 301 |
| MD | HB812 | Pass | Regulating the disclosure of certain information related to legally protected health care by custodians of public records, health information exchanges, and electronic health networks; requiring that the regulations adopted by the Maryland Health Car...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 |
| MD | HB290 | Pass | Altering the Maryland Dent-Care Program; establishing a requirement regarding the reimbursement of dental-related services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; establishing requirements on the Maryland Department of Health regarding the cre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 |
| MD | HB374 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to adopt regulations for pharmacy benefits managers that contract with managed care organizations that establish requirements for conducting audits of pharmacies or pharmacists; establishing requirements and prohibit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 |
| MD | HB322 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for intensive in-home services, case management, and wraparound services; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Behavioral Health Administration to fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 |
