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HB938 - State–Owned Nursing Homes – Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines – Reporting Requirements
Brian M. Crosby, Matt Morgan, Todd B. Morgan
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor and certain members of the General Assembly; requiring the department charged with oversight, rather than the contractor, to provide certain information to certain persons within 30 days after the contractor's final acceptance of a plan of correction or completion of an informal dispute resolution; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB149 - Medical Records - Destruction - Notice and Retrieval
Jesse Tyler Pippy, Ken Kerr, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Extending the time period from 5 to 7 years during which a health care provider is prohibited from destroying medical records and laboratory and X-ray reports; requiring that the notice required to be provided regarding the destruction of medical records be made to the last known e-mail address of the patient or the parent or guardian of a minor; requiring a health care provider to make a medical record available for retrieval by a patient or a parent or guardian of a minor within a certain time period and at a certain location; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB827 - Maryland Insurance Administration – Professional Employer Organizations – Study
Lily Qi, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to study professional employer organizations in the State to review certain regulations, histories, health plans, requirements, and regulatory structures in other states and to address any potential impacts of proposed statutory changes in the State relating to the offering of health coverage by professional employer organizations on the small group market in the State; and requiring the Administration to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB84 - Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers - Sepsis Protocol (Lochlin's Law)
Ken Kerr, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, each hospital and urgent care center in the State to implement an evidence-based protocol for the early recognition and treatment of a patient with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock that is based on generally acceptable standards of care; requiring a specialty psychiatric hospital to establish a certain process; and requiring hospitals and urgent care centers to require periodic training in the implementation of the protocol for certain staff.
STATUS
Passed
HB55 - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families
Andrew C. Pruski, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; requiring the Commission to consult with the Office of Military and Federal Affairs and the Maryland Military Installation Council as part of the study process; and requiring the Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB1084 - Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act
Ashanti Martinez, Jamila J. Woods, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and that on-site work, or travel to and from the workplace, would be unsafe for the employee and the duties of the employee may reasonably be fulfilled at the home of the employee.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1098 - Public Health - Prohibited Ingredients in Food
Tiffany T. Alston, Gabriel Acevero, Robbyn Lewis
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the State food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or red dye 3.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1078 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests if the patient is in a residence or a location other than the office of the patient's provider and the provider follows the same standard of care that the provider would follow when providing the services on-site.
STATUS
Passed
HB1137 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Calcium Score Testing
Jamila J. Woods, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for calcium score testing for individuals who have at least three of the following risk factors: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or a family history of premature coronary artery disease.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1105 - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Certification Requirement and Exceptions
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring an individual, subject to certain exceptions, to be certified as an advanced practice registered nurse before practicing advanced practice registered nursing in the State.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-024
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Tiffany T. Alston was born on September 6, 1971 in Washington, D.C. She earned her B.S. degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland in 1993. She earned her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1998. Alston served in the House of Delegates from 2011 to 2012. She is a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and the Women Legislators of Maryland.read less
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