| MD | HB464 | Pass | Altering the definition of "practice audiology" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the licensure and regulation of audiologists to include certain procedures that do not require anesthesia. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-26 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 1048 |
| MD | SB13 | 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 925 |
| 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 | 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 | SB220 | 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 766 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB332 | 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 923 |
| MD | SB59 | Pass | Requiring a hospital to take certain actions relating to the care of infants as soon as practicable before the hospital discharges an infant after the birth of the infant, including providing oral and written educational resources to the parent or le... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 879 |
| MD | SB362 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 717 |
| MD | HB499 | Pass | Requiring each owner of a private dental office to designate a licensed dentist to be the supervising dentist for the private dental office; requiring a supervising dentist to complete the registration required by the State Board of Dental Examiners ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 905 |
| MD | HB647 | Pass | Establishing requirements and prohibitions for pet insurance policies that are issued to a resident of the State or are sold, solicited, negotiated, or offered in the State, including disclosure requirements and requirements and prohibitions related ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 740 |
| 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 | SB578 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, 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 782 |
| MD | SB614 | 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 beginning January 1, 2025; establishing that certain insure... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 823 |
| MD | SB594 | 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; requiring the study to identify and compare obesity coverage in other... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 778 |
| 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 | 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 | SB938 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop, on or before December 1, 2026, a public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast canc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 812 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB1071 | 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 886 |
| 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 | HB404 | Pass | Requiring a law enforcement agency that receives a certain request for a wellness check of an individual to conduct a wellness check or submit a request for the relevant law enforcement agency to conduct a wellness check without unreasonable delay; a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 743 |
| MD | HB567 | Pass | Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to es... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 |
| MD | SB541 | Pass | Regulating the manner in which a controller or a processor in possession of a consumer's personal data may process the consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 |
| MD | SB1028 | 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 599 |
| MD | HB1013 | Pass | Authorizing a licensed clinical professional counselor to sign a certificate of illness or disability when a State employee uses sick leave for 5 or more consecutive workdays. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 657 |
| 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 | 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 | SB117 | 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 178 |
| MD | HB539 | Pass | Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| MD | HB669 | Pass | Altering the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers' compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; altering the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purpo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 |
| MD | SB567 | Pass | Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 300 |
| MD | SB843 | Pass | Altering the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers' compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; altering the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purpo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
| MD | SB1044 | Pass | Altering the definition of "provide esthetic services" to include certain services and to provide that it does not include the diagnosis of illness, disease, or injury or performing ablation of the dermis or hypodermis. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 |
| MD | HB1195 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education and Maryland Department of Health to develop guidelines to reduce the risk of exposure to anaphylactic major food allergens in child care settings; requiring the State Department of Education to create a ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 |
| MD | HB1302 | Pass | Altering the definition of "provide esthetic services" to include certain services and to provide that it does not include the diagnosis of illness, disease, or injury or performing ablation of the dermis or hypodermis. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 |
| MD | SB18 | Pass | Authorizing a pharmacist to order and administer certain vaccinations to individuals in certain age groups if certain requirements are met; altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist can administer to individuals who are at least 3 years old; and al... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232 |
| MD | SB210 | Pass | Delaying the effective date to January 1, 2030, of certain provisions of law that repeal the authority of paramedics to administer influenza and COVID-19 immunizations under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 75 |
| MD | SB217 | Pass | Conforming provisions of State health insurance law with existing federal requirements, including by updating effective dates for federal regulations, clarifying federal consumer protection regulations resulting from changes to the federal No Surpris... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 |
| MD | HB30 | Pass | Conforming provisions of State health insurance law with existing federal requirements, including updating effective dates for federal regulations, clarifying federal consumer protection regulations resulting from changes to the federal No Surprises ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 117 |
| MD | SB476 | Pass | Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 |
| MD | HB584 | Pass | Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 13 |