| MD | HB809 | Engross
50% | Authorizing an individual enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education or a residential vocational training program to return to an out-of-home placement provider with whom the individual was previously placed under certain circumstances...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1355 | Engross
50% | Altering the circumstances under which certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide coverage for medically appropriate and necessary hearing aids for adults to require coverage if the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB459 | Engross
50% | Requiring certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage without the requirement for copayment, coinsurance, or deductible to professional firefighters for cancer screening in accorda...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB32 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic review board to make recommendati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB813 | Engross
50% | Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1243 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that is an in-network provider of covered medical ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1086 | Engross
50% | Requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, managed care organizations, and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations, if providing coverage for the delivery of anesthesi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB798 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and maintain an interactive dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending to share prescription opioid-related settlement informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1027 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Workgroup to Study Implementation of a Statewide 3-1-1 Nonemergency Telephone System; requiring the Workgroup to review a certain study completed by the Department of Information Technology in order to establish a plan to implement t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1314 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from using artificial intelligence to automatically deny prior authorizations; and prohibiting health care providers from charging a fee to obtain a pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1142 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group to ensure adequate access to applicable home- and community-based services and the existence of an adequate direct care workforce in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB871 | Engross
50% | Altering the definition of "community benefit" to include a community health worker workforce program which is intended to provide services to patients of a nonprofit hospital and to improve health outcomes; authorizing a nonprofit hospital and a com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB304 | Engross
50% | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; altering the required contents of a certain change order; altering the time within which a procurement officer shall make a decisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB1053 | Engross
50% | Clarifying that a parent of the recipient may provide services for the recipient of self-directed services under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1244 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1146 | Engross
50% | Requiring each crisis communication center in the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System to coordinate with the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network to provide supportive counseling, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and referr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB819 | Engross
50% | Establishing a price preference program for certain procurements by the Maryland Stadium Authority, the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College; establishing a certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB1001 | Engross
50% | Designating the original Maryland orange crush as the State cocktail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| MD | HB1208 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a person, from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, from selling food that contains Red Dye No. 3 in the State unless the food packaging includes a certain warning; and prohibiting a person, beginning on October 1, 2028, from manu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
Third Reading Passed (133-4) |
| MD | HB1007 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting insurance carriers that offer life insurance, long-term care insurance, and disability insurance policies or contracts from taking certain action regarding coverage based on whether an applicant or a policy or contract holder has requeste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1478 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish and maintain an online directory of each home health care provider; and requiring that the directory allow an individual to search the directory and identify a home health care provider based o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| MD | HB830 | Intro
25% | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for genetic testing for certain individuals who may have an increased risk of developing cancer and follow-up evidence-based cancer i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1481 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Adapted Vehicle Access Pilot Program to provide adapted vehicles to individuals who require a wheelchair for mobility; requiring the Department of Disabilities to implement and administer the Program, solicit certain donations for th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1544 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal as the highest State honor awarded to law enforcement officers for exceptional public service, valor, and heroism; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1351 | Intro
25% | Altering the period of time in which certain carriers are required to accept or deny certain social workers, counselors, therapists, and psychology associates for participation on the carrier's provider panel to within 30 days after the date a carrie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB509 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup for the purpose of studying issues related to the establishment and maintenance of a State cemetery inventory system; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB333 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Maryland Insurance Administration to include a cybersecurity expert as staff to perform certain functions and submit to the State Chief Information Security Officer a report on the cybersecurity p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1004 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understandin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB776 | Intro
25% | Repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1087 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for certain prescription drugs used to treat a symptom of or side effect from the treatment of stag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1292 | Intro
25% | Requiring a carrier to verify and, as necessary, update the carrier's provider directory at least once every 90 days and update the information that must be made available in the carrier's provider directory on the Internet within 2, rather than 15, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1555 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations that require funeral establishments, crematories, and reduction facilities to maintain adequate refrigerated holdi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1474 | Intro
25% | Authorizing an out-of-state licensed professional counselor to provide clinical professional counseling services to nonresident students enrolled in an institution of higher education in the State under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1499 | Intro
25% | Requiring a procurement contract for construction or services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or colle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB535 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned and neglected cemeteries in the State; establishing an income tax checkoff for contributions to the Fund; requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB763 | Engross
50% | Requiring that a certain program on the awareness and prevention of sexual abuse and assault include, for students in grades 6 through 8, material promoting the awareness and prevention of human and sex trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1200 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or muni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB1267 | Intro
25% | Authorizing public schools to designate Veterans' Day as a public school holiday.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB869 | Engross
50% | Repealing the limitation on the period during which the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide reimbursement for certain health care servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB848 | Engross
50% | Requiring that certain adverse decision and grievance decision notices include certain information in a certain manner; requiring that certain information submitted to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner be aggregated by zip code; requiring certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
[Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB995 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care System to make recommendations to improve State reporting on adverse decisions, reduce the number of adverse decisions, and develop recommendations for legisla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
[Hearing: Mar 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB745 | Engross
50% | Requiring the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to issue a license to practice behavior analysis to qualified applicants within 30 days of receiving the completed application; requiring the State Board to issue a license within 50...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
[Hearing: Mar 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB936 | Engross
50% | Requiring that a carrier provide notice by certain electronic means, in addition to written notice, of cancellation or nonrenewal of a small group market health benefit plan and include information regarding additional health benefit coverage options...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
[Hearing: Mar 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB938 | Engross
50% | Requiring the appointment of an alternate subscriber member to the governing body of a continuing care provider; and authorizing the alternate subscriber member to attend all meetings of the governing body and vote only if the regular subscriber is u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
[Hearing: Mar 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB468 | Engross
50% | Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and for good cause shown, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
[Hearing: Mar 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB406 | Engross
50% | Altering the appointment process for licensed hearing aid dispenser members of the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists by requiring the Board to notify all licensed hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
[Hearing: Mar 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB662 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a procurement officer to award an indefinite quantity contract under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt certain regulations relating to the assignment of work under an indefinite quantity contract includin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB573 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to approve a certain course of study for expanded function dental assistant certification; requiring that a course of study for initial dental assistant certification include at least 35 hours of in-per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB448 | Engross
50% | Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1069 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting the use of discretionary clauses in life insurance policies, health insurance policies, annuity contracts, and health maintenance organization contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
