| MD | HB42 | Pass | Repealing the exceptions that allow the sale, distribution, or purchase of tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, and electronic smoking devices to or for certain individuals who are active duty members of the military; authorizing the Maryland Dep... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 765 |
| MD | HB119 | Pass | Altering certain HIV and syphilis reporting and testing requirements for hospitals and health care providers for pregnant women and newborns; providing that certain documents related to certain HIV and syphilis reports are not discoverable and are no... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 |
| 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 | HB238 | Pass | Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted in each public indoor area and each public entrance to an indoor area where smoking or vaping is prohibited; r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 |
| MD | HB189 | Pass | Requiring residential service agencies to submit certain reports to the Maryland Department of Labor regarding wage rates for personal care aides on or before September 1 each year, beginning in 2025; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 865 |
| MD | HB39 | Pass | Authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse a residential service agency for personal assistance services only if the personal assistance services are provided by an individual classified as an employee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 881 |
| MD | HB127 | Pass | Establishing the Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) Standing Order Program to authorize pharmacists to dispense nPEP under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations necessary for the administ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 753 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB328 | Pass | Altering the required contents of a hospital's financial assistance policy by removing the requirement that the provision of reduced-cost medically necessary care and payment plans be in accordance with the mission and service area of the hospital; a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 959 |
| 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 | 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 | HB408 | Pass | Altering the membership of a county's mental health advisory committee by including an individual with experience with mental health care for veterans or individuals serving in the military on the list of groups from which individuals may be appointe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 907 |
| MD | HB461 | Pass | Renaming the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life to be the State Advisory Council on Serious Illness Care. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 915 |
| 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 | HB583 | Pass | Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local age... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 706 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB845 | Pass | Requiring the Comptroller to implement and administer a certain individual income tax credit eligibility awareness campaign to identify and encourage individuals to apply for certain individual income tax credits; authorizing the Comptroller to enter... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 725 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB933 | Pass | Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 780 |
| 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 | 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 | HB986 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the impact of requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity, including coverage for intensive behavioral therapy, bariatric surger... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 |
| 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 | HB1009 | Pass | Altering the number of years after completion of a project funded in part by a grant of the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program after which the State may recover funding under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 802 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1134 | Pass | Altering the definition of "accredited residential treatment center" for certain provisions of law governing hospitals and related institutions to include residential treatment centers accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation F... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 853 |
| 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 | HB1078 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests if the patient is in a residence or a location other than the office of the patient's provider and the provider follows the sam... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 889 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1439 | Pass | Increasing the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge for certain motor vehicles; providing for the distribution of revenues derived from the surcharge; altering certain provisions of law related to the Maryland Trauma Physicia... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718 |
| MD | HB1472 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include at least $500,000 in the annual budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 783 |
| MD | HB1168 | Pass | Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| MD | HB230 | Pass | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration and local health departments to access electronically from the Maryland Department of Health a copy of a death certificate and, on request, provide any person authorized by regulations with a certified or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 406 |
| MD | HB96 | Pass | Repealing a certain requirement related to the inclusion of a core condition in the system for newborn screening; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to implement testing for a core condition listed in the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 |
| MD | HB723 | Pass | Authorizing the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief on behalf of the State on the basis of an imminent or ongoing violation of certain rights of residents of certain health care facilities; requiring that the resident bill of rights for assist... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 141 |
| MD | HB833 | Pass | Establishing a presumption that placement with a child's parent is in the best interest of the child, the child is receiving proper care and attention, and there is not a certain emergency situation if the child's parent is receiving certain substanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 371 |