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HB933 - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
Jessica Feldmark, Vanessa Atterbeary, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
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; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers.
STATUS
Passed
HB876 - Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Specialty Drugs
Steven Craig Johnson, Andre V. Johnson, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 7 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that meets certain criteria; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to be the same as the rate applied to a designated specialty pharmacy for dispensing the covered specialty drugs and billed at a nonhospital level of care or place of service.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB932 - Health Insurance - Utilization Review - Revisions
Bonnie L Cullison, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 insurance carriers relating to adverse decisions; and establishing requirements on health insurance carriers and health care providers relating to the provision of patient benefit information.
STATUS
Passed
HB1497 - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 under which the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners is required to reinstate a license or registration; and requiring the Board to require a licensee or an applicant to submit to an examination by a health care provider under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
HB1388 - Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses for Veterinary and Health Care Professionals and Study of the Health Care Market
Terri Hill, Harry Bhandari, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Applying to certain veterinary and health care professionals certain provisions of law stating that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State; establishing certain prohibitions regarding noncompete and conflict of interest provisions for certain health care employment contracts and similar documents and agreements; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to study certain issues related to the health care market in the State.
STATUS
Passed
HB961 - State Government - Commission on New Americans - Established
Deni Taveras, Gabriel Acevero, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 7 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on New Americans to study and periodically report on the contributions of new Americans and the availability of government services for new Americans; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2026, and at least once every 5 years thereafter a quantitative report detailing the contributions of new Americans and the services available to new Americans throughout the State.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB464 - Health Occupations – Practice Audiology – Definition
Ashanti Martinez, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 4 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
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.
STATUS
Passed
HB353 - Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Oversight
Bonnie L Cullison, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 than a certain telephone service; repealing the requirement that the Maryland Department of Health evaluate the performance of certain call centers and make certain recommendations regarding the quality of service provided by call centers; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1396 - Maryland Department of Health - Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Levels of Care - Study
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 7 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain study on linkages between levels of care within the substance use disorder treatment and recovery continuum of care; and requiring the Department to report the results of the study and make recommendations on improvements to existing discharge and linkage requirements to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1188 - Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects
Anne R Kaiser, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; renaming the Major Information Technology Development Fund to be the Information Technology Investment Fund; requiring a certain amount of the Fund to be set aside for certain projects each fiscal year; requiring the Board of Public Works to expedite the placement on an agenda and approval of certain contracts; and altering the name, duties, and membership of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission.
STATUS
Engrossed
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