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HB353 - Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Oversight
Bonnie L Cullison, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather than a certain telephone service; repealing the requirement that the Maryland Department of Health evaluate the performance of certain call centers and make certain recommendations regarding the quality of service provided by call centers; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB598 - Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition
Adrian Boafo, Nick Allen, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Last updated 5 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
STATUS
Passed
HB1337 - Health Insurance - Appeals and Grievances Process - Reporting Requirements
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring carriers to report additional data on the number of members entitled to health care benefits under a policy, plan, or certificate and the number of clean claims for reimbursement processed by a carrier to Maryland Health Commissioner.
STATUS
Passed
HB865 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to prostheses; establishing that certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must comply with certain provider network requirements; etc.
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
HB932 - Health Insurance - Utilization Review - Revisions
Bonnie L Cullison, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review; altering requirements related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; altering certain reporting requirements on health insurance carriers relating to adverse decisions; and establishing requirements on health insurance carriers and health care providers relating to the provision of patient benefit information.
STATUS
Passed
HB68 - Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy
Dana M Stein, Terri Hill, Jessica Feldmark
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a provider to post the provider's most recent disclosure statement on the provider's website; increasing from yearly to quarterly the number of times a provider is required to hold a meeting open to all the provider's subscribers; requiring at the last quarterly meeting of the year an officer of the provider to give an aggregated, deidentified summary of internal grievances; requiring a provider to submit a written report to a subscriber or a beneficiary if the subscriber's unit has not been reoccupied within 9 months; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1388 - Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses for Veterinary and Health Care Professionals and Study of the Health Care Market
Terri Hill, Harry Bhandari, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Applying to certain veterinary and health care professionals certain provisions of law stating that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State; establishing certain prohibitions regarding noncompete and conflict of interest provisions for certain health care employment contracts and similar documents and agreements; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to study certain issues related to the health care market in the State.
STATUS
Passed
HB1396 - Maryland Department of Health - Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Levels of Care - Study
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 7 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain study on linkages between levels of care within the substance use disorder treatment and recovery continuum of care; and requiring the Department to report the results of the study and make recommendations on improvements to existing discharge and linkage requirements to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1497 - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "practice massage therapy" to include, subject to certain education and training requirements, instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation techniques that enhance or imitate manual techniques; altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners is required to reinstate a license or registration; and requiring the Board to require a licensee or an applicant to submit to an examination by a health care provider under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-031
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Nicholaus R. Kipke is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2006. He represents District 31 which covers parts of Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. He completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Washington College. He went on to earn his juris doctorate at University of Maryland School of Law. After graduating law school, he clerked with The Honorable Joseph F. Murphy, Jr.read less
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