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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
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
HB1259 - Health Insurance - Breast and Lung Cancer Screening - Coverage Requirements
Tiffany T. Alston, Diana M. Fennell, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Including image-guided breast biopsy in the definition of "supplemental breast examination" for the purpose of certain provisions of law requiring insurers, health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for supplemental breast examinations; clarifying that coverage requirements for lung cancer screening apply to follow-up diagnostic imaging; 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
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
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
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
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
HB189 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Personal Care Aides - Wage Reports
Robbyn Lewis, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring residential service agencies to submit certain reports to the Maryland Department of Labor regarding wage rates for personal care aides on or before September 1 each year, beginning in 2025; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by the 180th day after the release of the final federal Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services rule on an overview of the final rule and plans or steps that the Department will take to operationalize the rule.
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
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Maryland district HD-041
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg was born and raised in Baltimore. He earned his B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1968 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1971. Rosenberg served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983 to 1987. He was a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1987 to 1995. In 1994, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district. He serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.read less
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