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HB1143 - Emergency Medical Services - Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission - Establishment
Harry Bhandari, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 entities; and requiring the Commission, beginning November 1, 2025, to report annually to the Governor and General Assembly on its activities and findings including updates on the development, impact and, implementation of the recommended programs on emergency department wait times.
STATUS
Passed
HB1333 - Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity and Commission on Public Health - Revisions
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 Health Equity to coordinate with the Maryland Department of Health and the Health Services Cost Review Commission when establishing a certain advisory committee; and altering the reporting requirements for the Commission on Public Health.
STATUS
Passed
HB1125 - Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates
Ken Kerr, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 assistants and geriatric nursing assistants; requiring an applicant for certification as a certified nursing assistant to complete a nursing assistant competency evaluation; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1155 - Hospitals - Opioid Overdose and Opioid-Related Emergency Medical Conditions - Treatment
Vaughn Stewart, Jason C. Buckel, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 6 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
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 referral for patients who are diagnosed with opioid use disorder or administered or prescribed medication for opioid use disorder to an appropriate provider to voluntarily continue treatment in the community and work with peer support professionals for a certain purpose; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB999 - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network
Terri Hill, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open access science, technology, and innovation network or hub of citizen scientists and experts in science, technology, and industry for certain purposes; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB1174 - State Government - Technology Advisory Commission - Established
Terri Hill, Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Seth A. Howard
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB980 - Public Health - Opioid Restitution Advisory Council and Fund - Revisions
Samuel I Rosenberg, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
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 certain information regarding allocations of money from the Fund; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, on the best process for making the expenditures of all opioid settlement agreements accessible to the public.
STATUS
Passed
HB68 - Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy
Dana M Stein, Terri Hill, Jessica Feldmark
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a provider to post the provider's most recent disclosure statement on the provider's website; increasing from yearly to quarterly the number of times a provider is required to hold a meeting open to all the provider's subscribers; requiring at the last quarterly meeting of the year an officer of the provider to give an aggregated, deidentified summary of internal grievances; requiring a provider to submit a written report to a subscriber or a beneficiary if the subscriber's unit has not been reoccupied within 9 months; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1069 - Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established
Aaron M. Kaufman, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing to study and make recommendations regarding certain services, programs, advocacy, outreach efforts, and other items to improve the quality of life of individuals who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB961 - State Government - Commission on New Americans - Established
Deni Taveras, Gabriel Acevero, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 8 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
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