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HB522 - Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access
Dana Jones, Kris Fair, Eric D. Ebersole
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on the premises of public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to adopt and implement a certain student telehealth policy before the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
STATUS
Passed
HB461 - Health - State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Renaming
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Renaming the State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life to be the State Advisory Council on Serious Illness Care.
STATUS
Passed
HB436 - Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors
Kris Fair, Gabriel Acevero, Eric D. Ebersole
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Altering, from 16 years old to 15 years and 9 months old, the age at which an individual may register to vote; requiring that a voter notification card sent to an individual under the age of 18 years include information regarding when the individual will be eligible to vote; and requiring the election director in the county where a registered voter under the age of 18 years becomes eligible to vote to send a notice that the voter is eligible to vote and information on the voting methods and locations available to the voter.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB548 - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Kris Fair, Terri Hill
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding any changes to State law, policies, and practices needed to create a program that enables broad, equitable, and affordable access to psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 31, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB491 - State Department of Assessments and Taxation and Department of General Services - Property Appraisal Aids - Geographic Images
Kris Fair, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to prepare, install, and maintain certain appraisal aids that consist of a database of statewide and local geographic images; requiring the Department of General Services to procure for the State a certain uniform system that includes any tools or services needed to prepare, maintain, and install the appraisal aids; and requiring each county and Baltimore City to reimburse the State for certain costs of the database geographic images.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB469 - Employment Discrimination - Exceptions - Religious Activities of Religious Employers
Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Specifying that the exception for religious employers to certain prohibitions against employment discrimination applies only to the religious activities of the employers.
STATUS
Introduced
HB457 - Environment - Synthetic Turf - Disclosure and Study
Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with representatives of the industry, local environmental and community stakeholders, and synthetic turf producers, retailers, and users, to conduct a study on the synthetic turf industry in the State and report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB566 - Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names
Brooke Grossman, Nick Allen, Elizabeth M. Embry
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City County of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2031.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB490 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Donations to Diaper Banks and Other Charitable Entities - Sunset Extension
Dana Jones, Nick Allen, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Extending the termination date applicable to a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for certain donations to diaper banks and other charitable entities; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, but before January 1, 2027.
STATUS
Passed
HB736 - Health Insurance and Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Opioid Reversal Drugs and Products (NARCAN Price Cap Act)
Joe Vogel, Jackie Addison, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to cover nonprescription naloxone hydrochloride and any other drug or product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of an opioid overdose without imposing a copayment or coinsurance requirement that exceeds $10 per package.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-003
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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Unfortunately I do not have access to the biography text from that URL. However, here is an attempt to generate a 500 character biography with line breaks between paragraphs: Kris was born in Bozeman, Montana in 1980. She studied political science at Montana State University, graduating in 2002. After college, Kris worked on several political campaigns before running for office herself. In 2008, she was elected to the state legislature, representing a district in Billings. As a legislator, Kris focused on education and agriculture issues. She served on the Education Committee, where she advocated for increased funding for schools and universities.read less
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