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HB879 - Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost Sharing Contribution - Requirements
Steven Craig Johnson, Andre V. Johnson, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enrollee when calculating cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; requiring persons that provide financial assistance payments, discounts, product vouchers, or other out-of-pocket expenses to notify an insured or enrollee of certain information; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB722 - Health – Minors – Gender and Sex Transition Procedures
Lauren Arikan, Christopher Troy Adams, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a health care provider from knowingly engaging in or causing certain medical or surgical procedures to be performed on a minor without the consent of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the minor if performed for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or affirm the minor's perception of, the minor's gender or sex and the appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor's sex; establishing certain penalties for a violation of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB51 - Public Health - Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund and Commission
Samuel I Rosenberg, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
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 administrative expenses; and establishing the Pediatric Cancer Research Commission to oversee the award of competitive grants from the Fund and to develop criteria and a process for reviewing grant applications.
STATUS
Passed
HB1270 - Health Benefit Plans - Prescription Drugs - Rebates and Calculation of Cost Sharing Requirements
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that the calculation of an enrollee's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for a prescription drug be based on the list price of the drug reduced by at least 85% of the total amount of rebates received or expected to be received by the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager for the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and prohibiting the disclosure of certain information concerning rebates.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1401 - State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program
Teresa E. Reilly, Lauren Arikan, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1335 - Reckless and Negligent Driving - Death of Another - Must-Appear Violation (Sherry's and Christian's Law)
Kathy J Szeliga
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the reckless or negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person, unless a court for good cause shown waives the requirement to appear.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1315 - Public Service Commission - Electricity Generation Facilities - Premature Retirement (Keep the Lights On Act)
Brian Alan Chisholm, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain factors before authorizing or approving any agreement related to the premature retirement of an electricity generation facility; establishing a rebuttable presumption that an electricity generation facility should not be prematurely retired; and prohibiting the Commission from authorizing or approving an agreement related to the premature retirement of an electricity generation facility under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB675 - Primary and Secondary Education - Education Savings Account Program - Established (Maryland Universal School Choice Act)
Robin L. Grammer, Lauren Arikan, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Education Savings Account program in the State administered by the State Department of Education to provide grants to the account of the parent of an eligible student in order to provide for the eligible student's education; requiring the parent of an eligible student to participate in a certain agreement with the Department; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.
STATUS
Introduced
HB676 - Right to Try Act - Individualized Investigational Treatments
Matt Morgan, Tiffany T. Alston, Lauren Arikan
Last updated 5 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
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; altering the definition of "eligible patient" under the Right to Try Act to include individuals who have life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses, rather than only individuals who have terminal illnesses; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB756 - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent
Thomas S. Hutchinson, Carl Anderton, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish a State flag to drape the casket of an eligible decedent; establishing the process for a State flag to be claimed after burial; providing that only one flag may be provided for the death of an eligible decedent; and prohibiting the Secretary of State from procuring a flag that is not wholly produced in the United States.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-007
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Kathy Szeliga was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010. She represents District 7 which covers parts of Baltimore and Harford Counties. Previously she worked at Verizon as a project manager. In the legislature, Delegate Szeliga has been a member of the Appropriations Committee and its Public Safety & Administration Subcommittee, the Education Subcommittee, the Spending Affordability Committee, and the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Some of the legislation she has sponsored includes bills to increase penalties for repeat drunk drivers, improve services for autistic children, and help victims of human trafficking.read less
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