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HB581 - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
69 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each department and independent unit to post certain completed information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of each department or independent unit by October 1, 2025; and establishing the Government Efficiency Commission.
STATUS
Passed
HB938 - State–Owned Nursing Homes – Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines – Reporting Requirements
Brian M. Crosby, Matt Morgan, Todd B. Morgan
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor and certain members of the General Assembly; requiring the department charged with oversight, rather than the contractor, to provide certain information to certain persons within 30 days after the contractor's final acceptance of a plan of correction or completion of an informal dispute resolution; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB757 - State Board of Physicians - Supervised Medical Graduates and Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists (Bridge to Medical Residency Act)
Robbyn Lewis, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a supervised medical graduate to provide delegated duties under direct supervision in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board of Physicians; prohibiting an individual from practicing as a supervised medical graduate for more than 2 years; and repealing the termination of certain provisions of law relating to delegation of duties by licensed physicians to cardiovascular invasive specialists.
STATUS
Passed
HB1002 - Office of the Attorney General - Investigative Authority - Health Care Fraud
Health and Government Operations, Regina T. Boyce, Kevin M. Harris
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Office of the Attorney General, a Deputy Attorney General, or an Assistant Attorney General to issue a subpoena to a person to produce certain materials, answer written interrogatories, and give certain testimony in furtherance of an ongoing health care fraud investigation under the Maryland False Health Claims Act or other civil authority; authorizing the Attorney General to report a failure to obey a certain subpoena to the circuit court with jurisdiction over the matter; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB786 - Health Occupations – Limited License to Practice Dentistry – Services for Adults
Heather Bagnall, Tiffany T. Alston, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to waive certain education requirements for certain applicants for a limited license to practice dentistry who provide dental services for adults.
STATUS
Passed
HB149 - Medical Records - Destruction - Notice and Retrieval
Jesse Tyler Pippy, Ken Kerr, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Extending the time period from 5 to 7 years during which a health care provider is prohibited from destroying medical records and laboratory and X-ray reports; requiring that the notice required to be provided regarding the destruction of medical records be made to the last known e-mail address of the patient or the parent or guardian of a minor; requiring a health care provider to make a medical record available for retrieval by a patient or a parent or guardian of a minor within a certain time period and at a certain location; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB84 - Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers - Sepsis Protocol (Lochlin's Law)
Ken Kerr, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
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 generally acceptable standards of care; requiring a specialty psychiatric hospital to establish a certain process; and requiring hospitals and urgent care centers to require periodic training in the implementation of the protocol for certain staff.
STATUS
Passed
HB55 - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families
Andrew C. Pruski, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; requiring the Commission to consult with the Office of Military and Federal Affairs and the Maryland Military Installation Council as part of the study process; and requiring the Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB1019 - Mental Health Law - Petitions for Emergency Evaluation
Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall, Diana M. Fennell
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by the court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and for good cause shown, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, but not to exceed a total of 30 days; requiring the court to include the date the petition expires on the petition; and authorizing peace officers to use reasonable and necessary force when executing a petition.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1096 - Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 8 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-021
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk is currently serving in her fourth term as State Delegate representing the 21st legislative district in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties. She serves on the Appropriations Committee where she sits on the Transportation & Environment and the Public Safety & Administration subcommittees as well as the Capital Budget subcommittee which funds all state infrastructure. Additionally, Delegate Peña-Melnyk sits on various workgroups and statewide taskforces and represents the Maryland General Assembly on two national committees: the Council of State Governments' Economic Development, Trade & Cultural Affairs Committee and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators' Labor & Civil Rights Taskforce.read less
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