2016 SESSION OF THE
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| 2016 SESSION OF THE |
| Volume 22, Number 1 | January 20, 2016 |
Here are some of the hot issues as the 2016 Legislative Session develops:
The Maryland General Assembly convened on Wednesday, January 13th, for its 436th Legislative Session. In addition to enacting the state’s operating and capital budgets, the legislature will consider upwards of 2500 pieces of legislation. The Office of State Affairs provides a weekly update on proposed legislation of interest through the Legislative Hotline. The Hotline is sent every Wednesday during the 90-day legislative session.
Some dates of major legislative importance include:
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BILLS INTRODUCED
Behavioral Health HB24 Public Health - Overdose Response Program - Educational Training Program Requirement Requiring educational training for an Overdose Response Program overseen by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to include training in the requirement to immediately contact medical services after the administration of naloxone by a certificate holder instead of training in the importance of contacting emergency medical services. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2016 SB89 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provision of Substance Use Services to Enrollees of Managed Care Organizations Repealing specified provisions of law relating to the provision of benefits for specified substance abuse services by managed care organizations to specified enrollees in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring a managed care organization to provide or arrange to provide substance-related disorder services for children in State supervised care; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a delivery system for substance-related disorder services; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 1/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2016 SB97 Public Health - Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs Repealing the Prince George's County AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program; authorizing the establishment of Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs by specified entities; requiring a Program to provide for the exchange by participants of used hypodermic needles and syringes; requiring a Program to operate in accordance with procedures approved by specified local health officers, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the recommendations of the Standing Advisory Committee; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 1/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2016 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB32 Restoring and Sustaining Baltimore City Communities Act of 2016 Requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a specified property tax credit against the property tax imposed on specified property located in specified communities in Baltimore City; establishing the amount and duration of the property tax credit; providing for the eligibility requirements of the property tax credit; providing the Act shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after June 30, 2016; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 1/27 2:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2016 HB36 Rebuilding Baltimore City Communities Act of 2016 Requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a specified property tax credit against the property tax imposed on specified property located in specified communities in Baltimore City; establishing the amount and duration of the property tax credit; providing for the eligibility requirements of the property tax credit; providing the Act shall apply to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2016; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 1/27 2:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2016 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB109 Public Schools - Health and Safety - Food Transparency Requiring specified local school systems to include specified information relating to items sold a la carte on monthly dining menus; requiring a specified monthly menu to include specified information under specified circumstances; and requiring specified local school systems to create an individual monthly a la carte menu for each school under specified circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/4 2:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2016 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB12 Health Care Facilities - Closures or Partial Closures of Hospitals - County Board of Health Approval Prohibiting a person proposing to close or partially close a hospital that receives State and county funding from closing or partially closing the hospital except under specified circumstances; requiring the county board of health for the county in which the hospital is located to hold a public hearing at a location within 5 miles of the hospital and within 30 days of receiving notice of the proposed closure or partial closure; requiring the board of health to consider specified factors; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: Upon Enactment [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB108 Nurse Support Program Assistance Fund - Revisions Altering the types of nursing positions that are eligible to receive grants from the Nurse Support Program Assistance Fund. Hearing Date: Wed 1/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2016 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB91 Public Health - State-Identified HIV Priorities Requiring rebates received by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program as a result of State General Fund expenditures to be distributed to a specified special nonlapsing fund and used only to fund State-identified priorities for HIV prevention, surveillance, and care. Hearing Date: Wed 1/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2016 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB120 Higher Education - Senatorial Scholarships - Awards Authorizing the recipients of senatorial scholarships to hold an award for a fifth undergraduate academic year or for a semester subsequent to a fourth undergraduate academic year if the recipient makes a specified request, is a full-time student, continues to be a resident of the State, continues to be a student at the institution and takes courses leading to a degree, and has exhausted the funds available during the previous 4 years of study; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 1/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: Upon Enactment [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB6 Criminal Law - Improper Prescription of Controlled Dangerous Substance Resulting in Death Prohibiting an authorized provider from prescribing, administering, distributing, or dispensing a controlled dangerous substance to a person if such practice is not in conformity with specified provisions of law and the standards of the authorized provider's profession relating to controlled dangerous substances and the person's use or ingestion of the controlled dangerous substance is a contributing cause of the person's death; establishing penalties of up to 20 years in prison or a fine of up to $100,000 or both; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 1/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2016 HB56/SB63 Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices - Right to Try Act Authorizing a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make available the investigational drug, biological product, or device to eligible patients; specifying the manner in which a specified drug, product, or device may be provided to eligible patients; prohibiting a health occupations board from taking specified action against a health care provider's license on a specified basis; establishing that this Act does not create a specified cause of action; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 1/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2016 SB63/HB56 Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices - Right to Try Act Authorizing a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make available the investigational drug, biological product, or device to eligible patients; specifying the manner in which a specified drug, product, or device may be provided to eligible patients; prohibiting a health occupations board from taking specified action against a health care provider's license on a specified basis; establishing that the Act does not create a specified cause of action; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 1/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2016 Legislative Session Office Legislative Hotline is a service of Johns Hopkins Government Affairs. © 2016 The Johns Hopkins Institutions. 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For more information, please contact: Nicole McCann
For more information, please contact: Nicole McCann
For more information, please contact: Nicole McCann
Economic Development
For more information, please contact: Chelsea Beaupre
For more information, please contact: Chelsea Beaupre
General Education
For more information, please contact: Chelsea Beaupre
Health Care Facilities
For more information, please contact: Nicole McCann
Health Care Occupations
For more information, please contact: Nicole McCann
Health, General/Public/Environmental
For more information, please contact: Nicole McCann
Higher Education/Financial Aid
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle
Pharmaceuticals
For more information, please contact: Rianna Matthews-Brown
For more information, please contact: Rianna Matthews-Brown
For more information, please contact: Rianna Matthews-Brown
STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION
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