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HB1229 - Public Health - Kratom Consumer Protection Act
Adrienne A. Jones, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a kratom product to disclose the factual basis on which the representation is made; establishing prohibitions related to the preparation, distribution, and sale of kratom products, including prohibitions related to the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of 21 years and the marketing of kratom to minors; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB959 - Health Occupations - Certified Dialysis Technicians - Continuing Education Requirement
Harry Bhandari, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Altering the continuing education requirement for certified dialysis technicians to complete 3 hours of continuing education approved by the Board.
STATUS
Passed
HB1053 - State Board of Nursing - Executive Director Qualifications
Anne R Kaiser, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Altering the qualifications for the executive director of the State Board of Nursing.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB499 - Health Occupations - Private Dental Offices - Infection Control
Heather Bagnall, Tiffany T. Alston, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each owner of a private dental office to designate a licensed dentist to be the supervising dentist for the private dental office; requiring a supervising dentist to complete the registration required by the State Board of Dental Examiners and be responsible for all infection control activities within the private dental office; authorizing the Board to charge a fee for the registration of a supervising dentist under the Act; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1230 - Public Health - Tianeptine Consumer Protection Act
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Adrienne A. Jones, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, exposing for sale, or advertising for sale a tianeptine product to an individual; and establishing a penalty for a retailer who violates the Act of a fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment for up to 90 days or both.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB829 - Public Health - Service Sector Employees - Mental Health Awareness and Skills Building Training
Tiffany T. Alston, Gabriel Acevero, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget, to provide a virtual mental health awareness and skills building training program for service sector employees; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget and in coordination with the Maryland Department of Labor and the Public Service Commission, to conduct a public awareness campaign to increase the awareness among service sector employees of the availability of the training program.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB1178 - Handgun Permit Holders - Authority to Carry Handguns in State Parks and Forests
Kevin Bailey Hornberger, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting an individual to whom a handgun permit has been issued from wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun in a State park or forest.
STATUS
Introduced
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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Maryland House from Maryland
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