| MD | HB209 | Pass | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 945 |
| 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 | 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 | HB315 | Pass | Repealing and altering a reporting requirement to require the Maryland Judiciary, instead of the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, to report on the number of charges, convictions, and sentences for certain regulated firearm violations; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 |
| MD | HB358 | Pass | Establishing a Workgroup on Health and Wellness in Prince George's County to review and evaluate health and wellness practices, programs, services, and resources in Prince George's County and make recommendations regarding best practices in health an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 977 |
| MD | HB343 | Pass | Requiring the Cox Creek Oversight Committee to provide input to the Maryland Port Administration regarding management of dredged material at the Cox Creek Dredge Material Containment Facility; authorizing the Department of the Environment to approve ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 807 |
| 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 | HB378 | Pass | Requiring that an individual shall have received at a minimum a degree from a college or university accredited by an educational accrediting association as required by the Commission on Dietetic Registration to be licensed as a dietician-nutritionist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 961 |
| 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 | HB452 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Individual Tax Preparers to publish on the Board's website a certain code of ethics and rules of professional conduct by January 1, 2026; requiring the Board to notify the Comptroller and the Field Enforcement Bureau of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 731 |
| 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 | HB468 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland to study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, or other recommendations regarding certain best practices, standards, and guidelines; requiring the Commission to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 950 |
| MD | HB582 | Pass | Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Tow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 710 |
| MD | HB597 | Pass | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 |
| MD | HB575 | Pass | Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 705 |
| MD | HB565 | Pass | Requiring the Department of State Police to investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the individual is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 956 |
| 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 | HB755 | Pass | Altering the membership of the State Board of Social Work Examiners; and repealing obsolete references to certified social worker licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 930 |
| MD | HB763 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 939 |
| MD | HB759 | Pass | Requiring advanced practice registered nurses practicing as an advanced practice registered nurse in the State to notify patients in writing if the nurse does not maintain professional liability insurance coverage or if the coverage has lapsed and no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 869 |
| MD | HB814 | Pass | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain provisions relating to the taking of a child into custody by a law enforcement officer; expanding certain prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 |
| MD | HB823 | Pass | Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 |
| 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 | 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 | HB887 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to contract with an independent consultant to conduct a certain study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 795 |
| MD | HB906 | Pass | Altering the salary of the Sheriff of Garrett County; and repealing the requirement for the Garrett County Salary Study Commission to study and issue a report that contains recommendations relating to the salary of the Sheriff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 981 |
| MD | HB975 | Pass | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or crea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 984 |
| 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 | HB1105 | Pass | Requiring an individual, subject to certain exceptions, to be certified as an advanced practice registered nurse before practicing advanced practice registered nursing in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 890 |
| 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 | 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 | HB1127 | Pass | Authorizing the reimbursement of a sexual assault forensic exam conducted through peer-to-peer telehealth under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee to conduct a study on the feasibili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 832 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1037 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to identify reentry services in the State, develop a plan to establish a new division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctiona...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 937 |
| MD | HB1244 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each have a certain staff member who performs certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 963 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1340 | Pass | Repealing the monopoly of the Liquor Control Board for Wicomico County and its dispensaries on the sale and distribution of certain liquor at wholesale in the county; authorizing the holders of certain alcoholic beverages licenses to purchase alcohol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 964 |
| MD | HB1450 | Pass | Establishing the Howard County Task Force to Study Revenue Options for School Capital Needs to identify capital needs of Howard County Public Schools and study options for closing any identified funding gaps; requiring the Howard County Council to su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 992 |
| MD | HB1476 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to appoint the licensed audiologist members to the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists from a list submitted by the Maryland Academy of Audiology...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 909 |
| 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 | HB1498 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from aiding or abetting the unauthorized practice of massage therapy; and providing penalties for a first violation of the Act of a fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 1 year and for a subsequent offense, a fine of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 789 |
| 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 | HB1358 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Baltimore City to convene focus group meetings on the establishment of the Gwynns Falls State Park with community members and stakeholders that reside or operate in the vicinity of the proposed State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 965 |
| 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 |
