| MD | SB343 | Pass | Establishing certain procedures regarding the persons who may establish or receive distributions from an ABLE account in the Maryland ABLE Program for a certain eligible individual; and requiring the Maryland 529 Board to adopt certain procedures reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 |
| MD | SB556 | Pass | Authorizing the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, to set the compensation of certain Commission employees; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Secretar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 |
| MD | SB622 | Pass | Requiring certain Medicaid funding to be used to provide community services to individuals waiting for services through certain waiver programs; authorizing certain Medicaid funding to be used for expanding provider capacity in certain waiver program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 |
| MD | SB858 | Pass | Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised child; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622 |
| 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 | SB231 | Pass | Requiring, unless the child's family has requested that the child be removed, that a child on the registry for the Autism Waiver remain on the registry if the child's family relocates out of the State for military service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 |
| MD | HB726 | Pass | Requiring, unless the child's family requests that the child be removed, that a child on the registry for the Autism Waiver remain on the registry if the child's family relocates out of the State for military service; and providing that if a child on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| 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 | SB390 | 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 589 |
| 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 | SB560 | 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 448 |
| MD | SB26 | 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 282 |
| MD | HB48 | Pass | Repealing the Collaborative Care Pilot Program; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model under the Maryland Medical Assistance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 |
| 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 | SB8 | Pass | Requiring a treatment plan for an individual with a mental disorder admitted to a certain health care facility to include a certain discharge goal and an estimate of the probable length of the inpatient stay the individual requires before transfer to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| 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 | SB101 | Pass | Repealing the Collaborative Care Pilot Program; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model under the Maryland Medical Assistance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 |
| MD | SB3 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 an appropriation of $12,000,000 to the 9-8-8 Trust Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260 |
| MD | SB154 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign to encourage the use of mental health advance directives in the State; and requiring the Behavioral Health Administration and the Maryland Health Care Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297 |
| MD | SB188 | 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 361 |
| 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 | HB288 | Pass | Requiring the owners and operators of grocery stores with annual gross incomes greater than $10,000,000 or restaurants with annual gross incomes of more than $1,000,000, beginning on January 1, 2024, to place an automated external defibrillator in a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 |
| MD | SB255 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for certain wraparound, intensive in-home, and case management services; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Behavioral Health Administration to fund ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | HB271 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 an appropriation of $12,000,000 to the 9-8-8 Trust Fund for the purpose of designating and maintaining 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for a national suicide pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |
| 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 | 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 | SB283 | 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; providing that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 286 |
| MD | SB299 | Pass | Requiring the owners and operators of grocery stores with annual gross incomes greater than $10,000,000 or restaurants with annual gross incomes of more than $1,000,000, beginning on January 1, 2025, to place an automated external defibrillator in a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 |
| 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 | HB477 | Pass | Requiring, on or before August 1, 2024, certain public senior higher education institutions, in consultation with students, to develop and implement a reproductive health services plan to provide at the institution or to refer students to a comprehen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 |
| MD | SB341 | Pass | Requiring, on or before August 1, 2024, certain public senior higher education institutions, in consultation with students, to develop and implement a reproductive health services plan; requiring the University of Baltimore, in lieu of developing and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 |
| MD | SB362 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at the Center for Mental Health Services for federal planning, development, and implementation grant funds related to certified comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 275 |
| MD | SB460 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2023, 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 252 |
| MD | SB511 | Pass | Repealing the $500,000 cap on the amount of grants that may be awarded by the Maryland Transit Administration under the Maryland Senior Rides Program; repealing the $400,000 cap on funding for the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program; establishing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331 |
| MD | SB534 | Pass | Extending to June 30, 2025, the inclusion of certain audio-only telephone conversations under the definition of "telehealth" for the purpose of certain provisions of law relating to reimbursement and coverage of telehealth by the Maryland Medical Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| MD | HB556 | Pass | Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 |
| MD | SB516 | Pass | Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB584 | Pass | Altering the duties of the Parkinson's Disease Registry Advisory Committee; requiring the Committee to meet quarterly beginning on July 1, 2023; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with the State-designated health informatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 383 |
| MD | SB582 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to make recommendations to provide appropriate, accessible, and comprehensive behavioral health services that are available on demand to individuals in the State; establishing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 |
| MD | SB648 | Pass | Authorizing a nursing home that contracts with or uses an electronic health information network or electronic medical record vendor to direct the network or vendor to release electronic medical records and electronic health care transactions to a bus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 333 |
| MD | SB806 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and the Maryland Department of Health to develop a report comparing options for offering affordable health care and dental care coverage to State residents who are ineligible for the Maryland Medical Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 384 |
| MD | SB581 | Pass | Establishing the Behavioral Health Value-Based Purchasing Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to establish and implement an intensive care coordination model using value-based purchasing in the specialty behavioral health system; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 |
| MD | SB678 | 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 300 |
| MD | SB805 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for biomarker testing that is supported by medical and scient...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 |
