| MD | HB787 | Pass | Requiring each local correctional facility and each correctional facility in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to have a policy in place regarding the medical care of pregnant inmates that addresses certain matters including a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 827 |
| MD | SB629 | Pass | Requiring each local correctional facility and each correctional facility in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to have a policy in place regarding the medical care of pregnant inmates that addresses certain matters including a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 828 |
| MD | SB360 | Veto | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County, from time to time, to borrow not more than $32,700,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, including ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB48 | Pass | Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a State correctional officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and providing that the Act applies only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 588 |
| MD | SB62 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners issue paper copies of licenses; prohibiting, under certain circumstances, an applicant for a license to practice chiropractic from being required under a certain provision of law ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658 |
| MD | SB105 | Pass | Altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders; requiring that the Secretary of Health, rather than the Governor, make appointments to the Advisory Council; and prohibiting the Secretary from appointing v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660 |
| MD | SB108 | Pass | Repealing requirements that fees for the licensure and permitting of behavioral health programs and facilities, medical laboratories, tissue banks, and health care facilities be set by the Secretary of Health; repealing certain provisions of law rega...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661 |
| MD | SB271 | Pass | Requiring, except under certain circumstances, certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide coverage for certain fertilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 716 |
| MD | SB444 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on the Social Determinants of Health in Baltimore City; requiring, to the extent practicable, the Task Force to reflect a certain diversity; requiring the Task Force to identify and examine certain negative social factors ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 |
| MD | HB605 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority to engage an outside consultant to conduct a market-specific study to make certain determinations related to a State student loan refinancing program in Maryland; requiring the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| MD | SB284 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply, by September 1, 2018, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an amendment to a certain waiver to implement a pilot program to provide limited dental coverage to certain individuals;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 |
| MD | HB205 | Pass | Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a State correctional officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 589 |
| MD | HB517 | Pass | Altering a certain provision of law to exempt a prescriber from being required to request certain data from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program if the opioid or benzodiazepine is prescribed or dispensed to an individual to treat or prevent acute...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 772 |
| MD | HB908 | Pass | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide coverage for certain fertility preservation procedures; providing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 715 |
| MD | SB682 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, in consultation with certain entities, jointly to develop a certain statewide plan, identify a Medicare reimbursement process, study and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605 |
| MD | SB874 | Pass | Providing that certain immunity provisions relating to medical cannabis apply to the possession of medical cannabis; and prohibiting certain third-party vendors authorized by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to take certain actions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 601 |
| MD | SB835 | Pass | Establishing the Collaborative Care Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to implement a Collaborative Care Model in primary care settings to provide health care services to recipients enrolled in HealthChoice; requiring the Department t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 683 |
| MD | SB1063 | Pass | Prohibiting referral of a patient to a certifying provider by certain persons or entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| MD | HB1035 | Pass | Prohibiting referral of a patient to a certifying provider by certain persons or entities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599 |
| MD | SB1056 | Pass | Establishing the Rural Health Collaborative Pilot in the Maryland Department of Health to lead a regional partnership in building a rural health system that enhances access to and utilization of health care services designed to meet certain goals; es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| MD | HB1682 | Pass | Establishing the Collaborative Care Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to implement a Collaborative Care Model in primary care settings to provide health care services to recipients enrolled in HealthChoice; requiring the Department t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 |
| MD | HB1804 | Pass | Establishing the Academic Health Center Immunotherapy Research Fund to provide matching grants to statewide academic health centers for immunotherapy research only; requiring a statewide academic health center to dedicate funding from other sources f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| MD | HB2 | Pass | Altering the definition of "grower" to mean an entity that cultivates or packages medical cannabis and is authorized to provide cannabis to certain entities; establishing a Compassionate Use Fund to provide access to medical cannabis for certain indi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 |
| MD | SB1239 | Pass | Making certain provisions relating to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property of a minor under certain circumstances applicable to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 |
| MD | SB33 | Pass | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for instruction by a licensed health care provider on fertility awareness-based methods; prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 |
| MD | SB13 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with interested stakeholders, to assess the benefits and feasibility of developing an electronic system to allow health care providers to access a patient's prescription medication histor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 |
| MD | HB249 | Pass | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for instruction by a licensed health care provider on fertility awareness-based methods; prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| MD | SB350 | Pass | Requiring the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University to convene a task force to foster reconciliation and inclusionary justice and work toward achieving racial equity by taking certain actions; requiring the task force to include cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 417 |
| MD | SB230 | Pass | Requiring a health care provider to disclose a certain medical record in accordance with compulsory process not later than 30 days after receiving certain documentation and certain fees; authorizing a health care provider, on a showing of good cause,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 |
| MD | SB574 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to establish a Sepsis Public Awareness Campaign Workgroup; providing for the membership of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to develop a certain public awareness campaign, identify, review, and evaluate certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 |
| MD | HB847 | 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 coverage for the medically necessary diagnosis, evaluatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471 |
| MD | HB115 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with interested stakeholders, to assess the benefits and feasibility of developing an electronic system to allow health care providers to access a patient's prescription medication histor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | SB492 | Pass | Requiring the Board of Public Works to collect certain information related to health care for all construction-related, competitive sealed bids for projects for a certain time period; requiring the Board to direct certain agencies to include certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 468 |
| MD | HB691 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to distribute at least $400,000 annually from the Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund to the qualified nonprofit organization responsible for the maintenance and operation of a certain donor registry; requiring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | SB619 | Pass | Repealing a certain requirement that a health maintenance organization or a certain health care facility have a certificate of need before taking certain actions to establish a certain ambulatory surgical facility or center; altering the conditions u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449 |
| MD | SB660 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a demonstration program supported by State general funds to cover health care services provided to certain individuals that are not covered by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; authorizi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| MD | HB1467 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to establish a Sepsis Public Awareness Campaign Workgroup; providing for the membership of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to develop a certain public awareness campaign, identify, review, and evaluate certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 |
| MD | HB1582 | Pass | Establishing a State Medical Director for Children Receiving Child Welfare Services in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Director and all personnel under the direct supervision of the Director to have access to all confidential informat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 407 |
| MD | SB774 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a State plan amendment to the Family Planning Program; altering from 6 to 12 months the time period for a single dispensing of a supply of pres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 |
| MD | HB1136 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review certain reports and, in counties where fewer than 50% of students who have failed hearing and vision screenings are receiving the recommended services, to coordinate with the county board or the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 |
| MD | HB1024 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to ensure that the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program complies with certain provisions of the Insurance Article relating to the coverage of contraceptive drugs and devices a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510 |
| MD | HB994 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a State plan amendment to the Family Planning Program; altering from 6 to 12 months the time period for a single dispensing of a supply of pres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 |
| MD | SB986 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to ensure that the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program complies with certain provisions of the Insurance Article relating to the coverage of contraceptive drugs and devices a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| MD | SB912 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Coordination Services Grant Program Fund to make grants to counties and municipalities to provide care coordination services to low-income pregnant and postpartum women and to children from birth to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 |
| MD | HB1473 | Pass | Establishing the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program at Institutions of Higher Education; authorizing individuals employed by a food service facility or a recreation and wellness facility at an eligible institution to obtain, store, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 527 |
| MD | SB896 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to establish a Maryland Health Record and Payment Integration Program Advisory Committee to study the feasibility of creating a health record and payment integration program, certain approaches, and certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 452 |
| MD | SB944 | Pass | Prohibiting a person or an agent, a representative, or a designee of the State or a local government from requiring, coercing, or compelling an individual to undergo a certain implanting of a certain identification device; authorizing an individual w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 453 |
| MD | HB1437 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which a licensed direct-entry midwife is prohibited from assuming or continuing to take responsibility for a patient's pregnancy and birth care and is required to arrange for the orderly transfer of care of the patien...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528 |
| MD | HB1685 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Coordination Services Grant Program Fund to make grants to counties and municipalities to provide care coordination services to low-income pregnant and postpartum women and to children from birth to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558 |
| MD | HB1282 | Pass | Repealing a certain requirement that a health maintenance organization or a certain health care facility have a certificate of need before taking certain actions to establish a certain ambulatory surgical facility or center; altering the conditions u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 |
