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HB97 - Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)
Deni Taveras, Cheryl E. Pasteur, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, manufacturers of baby food to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of the manufacturer's final baby food product for certain toxic heavy metals; requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, manufacturers of baby food to make certain information related to the testing and a link to certain guidance available on the manufacturer's website; requiring a consumer to report to the Maryland Department of Health if the consumer believes that baby food is being sold with toxic heavy metals; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB934 - State Board of Physicians - Performance of X-Ray Duties Without a License
Thomas S. Hutchinson, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Altering the circumstances under which individuals without a license to practice medicine may perform X-ray duties; authorizing the State Board of Physicians to impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation on the physician's office and $1,000 for each individual violation of the Act; and requiring the Board, by October 1, 2029, to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the number of individuals registered to perform limited X-ray duties and the continuation or replacement of the registration process.
STATUS
Passed
HB850 - State Procurement - Small Business Preference Procurement
Chris Tomlinson, Mark Edelson, Michael J. Griffith
Last updated 5 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each procurement unit to establish a price preference for small businesses; and designating the Board of Public Works as the regulatory authority for the Small Business Preference Program.
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
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
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
HB1339 - Health Insurance - Hearing Aids for Adults - Coverage
Teresa E. Reilly, Steven J. Arentz, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 5 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide certain coverage for certain hearing aids for adults; authorizing a limit on the benefit payable of $1,400 per hearing aid every 36 months; and authorizing an insured or enrollee to choose a certain hearing aid and pay a certain amount for the hearing aid without financial or contractual penalty to the provider of the hearing aid.
STATUS
Passed
HB1333 - Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity and Commission on Public Health - Revisions
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to develop and monitor the statewide health equity plan required under a cooperative grant funding agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to coordinate with the Maryland Department of Health and the Health Services Cost Review Commission when establishing a certain advisory committee; and altering the reporting requirements for the Commission on Public Health.
STATUS
Passed
HB1143 - Emergency Medical Services - Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission - Establishment
Harry Bhandari, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission to address factors throughout the health care system that contribute to increased emergency department wait times; authorizing the Commission to request data from certain entities; and requiring the Commission, beginning November 1, 2025, to report annually to the Governor and General Assembly on its activities and findings including updates on the development, impact and, implementation of the recommended programs on emergency department wait times.
STATUS
Passed
HB1125 - Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates
Ken Kerr, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistants and geriatric nursing assistants; requiring an applicant for certification as a certified nursing assistant to complete a nursing assistant competency evaluation; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Maryland district HD-013
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Pamela Lanman Guzzone was born in Mount Kisco, NY. She earned her B.A. from Lehigh University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1981. Guzzone was a Commissioner on Maryland's Workers Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2005. She served as Chair from 2002 to 2005. Guzzone also worked as Counsel to the Maryland Hospital Association from 1992 to 1998. Guzzone currently represents District 13 in the Maryland State Senate, first elected in 2006.read less
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