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HB1155 - Hospitals - Opioid Overdose and Opioid-Related Emergency Medical Conditions - Treatment
Vaughn Stewart, Jason C. Buckel, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 5 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
HB1171 - Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices
Nicole A. Williams, Elizabeth M. Embry, Kris Fair
Last updated 5 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the sale of natural membrane condoms, rather than all nonlatex condoms, through a vending machine or other automatic device; excluding the violation of a certain provision of the Act from certain penalties; and authorizing registered nurses to provide, without a prescription, nonprescription drugs and devices in a local health department under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
HB1074 - Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Sunset Repeal and Modification of Reporting Requirements
Heather Bagnall, Tiffany T. Alston, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain reporting requirements on health insurance carriers relating to compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; altering requirements for certain analyses of nonquantitative treatment limitations required of health insurance carriers; establishing certain remedies the Commissioner may use to enforce compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and related reporting requirements; repealing the requirement that a certain form be used for the reporting requirements; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1168 - Human Remains - Alkaline Hydrolysis and Natural Organic Reduction (Green Death Care Options Act)
Anne R Kaiser, Regina T. Boyce, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 5 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil remains by certain facilities; requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the Director of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations governing the performance of natural organic reduction; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1293 - Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention
Jamila J. Woods, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a 3-year public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer on or before December 1, 2026; requiring the Department to implement the public education campaign on or before January 1, 2027; requiring the Governor to appropriate, in certain fiscal years, certain funding to the Department for the public information campaign from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB381 - State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Criminal History Records Checks
Terri Hill, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Requiring an applicant for a license to practice optometry and certain applicants for the renewal of a license to submit to a criminal history records check obtained from the Criminal Justice Information Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and providing that information obtained from the Central Repository is confidential, may not be redisseminated, and is to be used only for licensing purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB342 - State Procurement - Prompt Payment of Suppliers
Heather Bagnall, Tiffany T. Alston, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Providing that certain provisions requiring prompt payments for State procurement contracts apply to payments owed by a contractor to a supplier.
STATUS
Passed
HB292 - State Procurement - Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals - Attorney's Fees
Ken Kerr, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Board of Contract Appeals to award an interested party reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including attorney's fees, if an appeal is sustained and there is a violation of law or regulation; and authorizing the Board of Contract Appeals to award a contractor under any State contract the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a claim, including attorney's fees, if the unit processing the claim acts in bad faith, without justification, or in violation of law.
STATUS
Passed
HB34 - Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact
Ken Kerr, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold interstate compact licenses to practice social work in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; and providing for withdrawal from the Compact.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB153 - Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients
Samuel I Rosenberg, Dana M Stein, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Adding an attorney representing a patient to the list of individuals to whom a health care provider is prohibited from charging a fee for providing copies of a medical record that will be used for the purpose of filing a claim regarding or appealing a denial of Social Security disability income or Social Security benefits.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Maryland district HD-039
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Lesley J. Lopez is Vice President for Policy at the Public Leadership Institute. Ms. Lopez writes model legislation at the state and local level and develops messaging strategies on issues such as education, immigration, and reproductive rights that are used throughout the country. Prior to joining PLI, Ms. Lopez was a Policy Analyst with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). At NCLR, she focused on federal legislation and policy around issues affecting the Hispanic community including education, health, housing, immigration, workforce development and asset building.read less
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