| MD | HB557 | Pass | Repealing a certain reporting requirement relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain materials, parts, and equipment used to repair, maintain, or upgrade aircraft or certain aircraft systems; and extending the termination date of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 957 |
| MD | HB676 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law authorizing certain activity by manufacturers of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices under the Right to Try Act to apply to manufacturers of certain individualized investigational treatments; alte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 960 |
| MD | HB934 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which individuals without a license to practice medicine may perform X-ray duties; authorizing the State Board of Physicians to impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation on the physician's office and $...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 872 |
| MD | HB1143 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission to address factors throughout the health care system that contribute to increased emergency department wait times; authorizing the Commission to request data from certain e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 844 |
| MD | HB153 | Pass | Adding an attorney representing a patient to the list of individuals to whom a health care provider is prohibited from charging a fee for providing copies of a medical record that will be used for the purpose of filing a claim regarding or appealing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 838 |
| MD | HB292 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of Contract Appeals to award an interested party reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including attorney's fees, if an appeal is sustained and there is a violation of law or regulation; and authorizing the Board of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 820 |
| MD | HB381 | Pass | Requiring an applicant for a license to practice optometry and certain applicants for the renewal of a license to submit to a criminal history records check obtained from the Criminal Justice Information Central Repository of the Department of Public...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 814 |
| MD | HB576 | Pass | Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 703 |
| MD | HB177 | Pass | Requiring a hospital, as soon as practicable before discharging an infant after the birth of the infant, to provide oral and written resources to the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital, before discharging an infant, to ask the parent or l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 880 |
| MD | HB786 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to waive certain education requirements for certain applicants for a limited license to practice dentistry who provide dental services for adults.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 901 |
| MD | HB149 | Pass | Extending the time period from 5 to 7 years during which a health care provider is prohibited from destroying medical records and laboratory and X-ray reports; requiring that the notice required to be provided regarding the destruction of medical rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 779 |
| MD | HB84 | Pass | Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, each hospital and urgent care center in the State to implement an evidence-based protocol for the early recognition and treatment of a patient with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock that is based on gener...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 922 |
| MD | HB827 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to study professional employer organizations in the State to review certain regulations, histories, health plans, requirements, and regulatory structures in other states and to address any potential imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 796 |
| MD | HB874 | Pass | Extending, from October 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, the date by which an individual must be licensed by the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators before practicing as an assisted living manager in the State; altering the requirements for the man...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 785 |
| MD | HB938 | Pass | Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor and certain members of the General As...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 861 |
| MD | HB1229 | Pass | Requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a kratom product to disclose the factual basis on which the representation is made; establishing prohibitions related to the preparation, distribution, and sale of kratom pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 |
| MD | HB51 | Pass | Altering the use of the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to require that the Fund be used only for pediatric cancer research instead of only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment and to allow funds from the Fund to be used for admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 924 |
| MD | HB959 | Pass | Altering the continuing education requirement for certified dialysis technicians to complete 3 hours of continuing education approved by the Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 843 |
| MD | HB1053 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for the executive director of the State Board of Nursing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 855 |
| MD | HB548 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 |
| MD | HB97 | Pass | Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, manufacturers of baby food to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of the manufacturer's final baby food product for certain toxic heavy metals; requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, manufact...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 953 |
| MD | HB969 | Pass | Requiring, if a victim's initial determination of death recorded on the victim's death certificate was amended or corrected to be undetermined or homicide, an assistant State's Attorney with knowledge of the case to meet with a person in interest on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 829 |
| MD | HB1259 | Pass | Including image-guided breast biopsy in the definition of "supplemental breast examination" for the purpose of certain provisions of law requiring insurers, health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for supplement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 868 |
| MD | HB1333 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to develop and monitor the statewide health equity plan required under a cooperative grant funding agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; requiring the Maryland Commission on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 787 |
| MD | HB1293 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a 3-year public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer on or be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 813 |
| MD | HB1171 | Pass | Prohibiting the sale of natural membrane condoms, rather than all nonlatex condoms, through a vending machine or other automatic device; excluding the violation of a certain provision of the Act from certain penalties; and authorizing registered nurs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 933 |
| MD | HB1125 | Pass | Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 818 |
| MD | HB1155 | Pass | Requiring hospitals to establish and maintain certain protocols and capacity related to the treatment of patients who are being treated for an opioid-related overdose or opioid-related emergency medical condition; requiring hospitals to make a referr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 885 |
| MD | HB1339 | Pass | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide certain coverage for certain hearing aids for adults; aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 951 |
| MD | HB980 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to present decisions for the allocations of money from the Opioid Restitution Fund to the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to post on the Department's website cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 852 |
| MD | HB1162 | Pass | Establishing the 9-1-1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to identify and examine recruitment and retention challenges that affect 9-1-1 specialists in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to submit an interim report of its findings and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 911 |
| MD | HB1092 | Pass | Altering the purposes of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to including funding the costs of telecommunications cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 800 |
| MD | HB1051 | Pass | Establishing requirements on local health departments and certain health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 799 |
| MD | HB1122 | Pass | Requiring a person, at least 60 days before the closing date of the acquisition of a nursing home, to submit a request for acquisition to the Maryland Health Care Commission and provide certain notice to residents, resident representatives, and emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 817 |
| MD | HB1056 | Pass | Prohibiting a 340B manufacturer from taking certain direct or indirect actions to limit or restrict the acquisition or delivery of a 340B drug; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 962 |
| MD | HB1497 | Pass | Altering the definition of "practice massage therapy" to include, subject to certain education and training requirements, instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation techniques that enhance or imitate manual techniques; altering the circumstances un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 788 |
| MD | HB1337 | Pass | Requiring carriers to report additional data on the number of members entitled to health care benefits under a policy, plan, or certificate and the number of clean claims for reimbursement processed by a carrier to Maryland Health Commissioner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 891 |
| MD | HB932 | Pass | Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review; altering requirements related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; altering certain reporting requirements on health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 847 |
| MD | HB411 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on current opioid overdose reversal drugs and, for any current opioid overdose reversal drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, whe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 850 |
| MD | HB353 | Pass | Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 840 |
| MD | HB806 | Pass | Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 920 |
| MD | HB822 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide Maryland Medical Assistance Program services for qualified applicants who are at least 16 years old and for existing Program recipients under the Employed Individuals with Disabilities Program in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 846 |
| MD | HB865 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to prostheses; establishing that certain insurers, nonprofit health servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 822 |
| MD | HB432 | Pass | Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | HB481 | Pass | Authorizing a person to receive a raffle ticket for each antlerless deer hunted by the person during a certain raffle program that has as its objective the hunting of antlerless deer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 |
| MD | HB715 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue certain complimentary fishing and hunting licenses to certain veterans who the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines are unemployable; and exempting certain veterans who the U.S. Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 |
| MD | HB756 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish a State flag to drape the casket of an eligible decedent; establishing the process for a State flag to be claimed after burial; providing that only one flag may be provided for the death of an eligible dece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481 |
| MD | HB1064 | Pass | Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for the payment of a death benefit under a collective bargaining agreement to a spouse or beneficiary of a law enforcement officer or fire fighter whose death arises out of the course of employment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 |
| MD | HB1512 | Pass | Repealing the termination date for certain provisions of law that expand the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include certain costs associated with the connection of a property using an on-site sewage disposal system to a certain existi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 545 |
| MD | HB809 | Pass | Providing that a member of a board, committee, commission, task force, or workgroup created by State law may be removed or suspended for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duties, or other good cause by the individual or entity that appointed the m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 |
