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HB1007 - Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024
Julie Palakovich Carr, Jheanelle K. Wilkins, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation's income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1020 - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation
Sarah Wolek, Jared Scott Solomon, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an innovative manner to meet the educational needs of the region and fostering individual academic success leading to career success which positively impacts the economy of the entire region.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1078 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests if the patient is in a residence or a location other than the office of the patient's provider and the provider follows the same standard of care that the provider would follow when providing the services on-site.
STATUS
Passed
HB1051 - Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024)
Jennifer White Holland, Jheanelle K. Wilkins, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 5 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Establishing requirements on local health departments and certain health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requiring hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance Program to identify risk factors and causes of Severe Maternal Morbidity; requiring the Program to report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1076 - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity
Denise Roberts, Karen R. Toles, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 5 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year for students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinate with the Instructional Resources Center to provide the materials in a specialized format to blind or visually impaired students; requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, certain textbook publishers to provide an electronic file of pupil edition textbooks; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1137 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Calcium Score Testing
Jamila J. Woods, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for calcium score testing for individuals who have at least three of the following risk factors: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or a family history of premature coronary artery disease.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1040 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Limited Behavioral Health Services
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Kevin M. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide limited behavioral health services to individuals under the age of 18 years regardless of whether the individual has a behavioral health diagnosis; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to seek input from stakeholders in determining the limited behavioral health services to be covered; and requiring by January 1 each year, the Department to report to the General Assembly on the limited behavioral health services provided under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1157 - Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established
Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Program and to take certain actions to develop and implement the Program; establishing the eligibility for certain teacher candidates in the Program and requiring teacher candidates to be paid a certain rate and offered certain benefits under the Program; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1522 - University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act)
Karen R. Toles, Stephanie Smith, Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Last updated 7 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, to address a certain funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing that funds made available by the Act may be used for development of infrastructure and academic programs, investment in faculty, scholarships, and certain other institutional needs.
STATUS
Introduced
HB691 - Legally Protected Health Care - Gender-Affirming Treatment
David H. Moon, Ashanti Martinez, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "legally protected health care" to include certain gender-affirming treatment, including medications and supplies, for the purposes of certain provisions of law that prohibit health occupations disciplinary actions and certain actions in criminal and civil proceedings and the use of certain resources in furtherance of certain investigations and proceedings related to legally protected health care.
STATUS
Introduced
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