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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
HB464 - Health Occupations – Practice Audiology – Definition
Ashanti Martinez, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 4 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "practice audiology" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the licensure and regulation of audiologists to include certain procedures that do not require anesthesia.
STATUS
Passed
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
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
HB1122 - Maryland Health Care Commission – Nursing Homes – Acquisitions
Ken Kerr, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a person, at least 60 days before the closing date of the acquisition of a nursing home, to submit a request for acquisition to the Maryland Health Care Commission and provide certain notice to residents, resident representatives, and employees of the nursing home; establishing requirements regarding the approval or denial of a request for acquisition of a nursing home; providing for judicial review of a final decision of the Commission regarding a request for acquisition of a nursing home; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB411 - Maryland Department of Health - Reports on Standing Orders and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs
Nicholaus R Kipke, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on current opioid overdose reversal drugs and, for any current opioid overdose reversal drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, whether the Department has added the drug to a standing order and, if not, the reasons why the drug has not been added; and requiring the report to be submitted by December 1, 2024, December 1, 2025, and December 1, 2026.
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
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
HB1188 - Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects
Anne R Kaiser, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; renaming the Major Information Technology Development Fund to be the Information Technology Investment Fund; requiring a certain amount of the Fund to be set aside for certain projects each fiscal year; requiring the Board of Public Works to expedite the placement on an agenda and approval of certain contracts; and altering the name, duties, and membership of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB806 - Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024)
Ken Kerr, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licensure as a physician assistant; authorizing physician assistants who are employees of the federal government to perform acts, tasks, or functions during a certain disaster; and requiring the State Board to review and update the list of duties for physician assistants.
STATUS
Passed
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