2019 SESSION OF THE
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| 2019 SESSION OF THE |
| Volume 25, Number 4 | February 6, 2019 |
Here are some of the hot issues as the 2019 Legislative Session develops:
Bills of interest are listed below
BILLS INTRODUCED
Behavioral Health HB116/SB846 Public Health - Correctional Services - Opioid Use Disorder Examinations and Treatment Repealing the requirement for a certain inmate to be placed on a program of methadone detoxification under certain circumstances; requiring State and local correctional facilities to conduct a certain assessment of each inmate within 24 hours of incarceration to determine whether opioid treatment or medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction is appropriate; requiring State and local correctional facilities to provide certain treatments to inmates suffering from opioid use disorder under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB427/SB403 Behavioral Health Administration - Outpatient Civil Commitment - Statewide Expansion Requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to establish a statewide outpatient civil commitment program; requiring a local behavioral health authority that chooses to participate in the program to coordinate community-based treatment for individuals admitted to the program; establishing an Outpatient Civil Commitment Advisory Committee; requiring the Administration to submit a certain report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1 each year; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB402/HB306 Mental Health - Involuntary Admission - Inmates in Correctional Facilities Repealing a certain provision of law to allow an application for involuntary admission to a facility of an inmate in certain institutions to be made by any person who has a legitimate interest in the welfare of the individual; altering the circumstances under which a facility operated by the Maryland Department of Health is required to receive and evaluate an inmate in a correctional facility who has been certified for involuntary admission; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB403/HB427 Behavioral Health Administration - Outpatient Civil Commitment - Statewide Expansion Requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to establish a statewide outpatient civil commitment program; requiring a local behavioral health authority that chooses to participate in the program to coordinate community-based treatment for individuals admitted to the program; establishing an Outpatient Civil Commitment Advisory Committee; requiring the Administration to submit a certain report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1 each year; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB482 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Behavioral Health Services Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to certain limitations, to provide reimbursement for certain medically necessary and appropriate behavioral health services to managed care organizations; requiring managed care organizations, rather than a certain delivery system, to provide certain health services beginning January 1, 2021; requiring the Secretary of Health to include in certain capitation payments funding for community provider rates; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB506 Maryland Department of Health - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services - Needs Assessment Study Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain study to determine the existing capacity and estimated unmet needs for mental health and substance use disorder services by region of the State; requiring that the study include a review of certain issues related to certain services; authorizing the Department to contract with an entity to conduct a certain study; requiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the State budget in fiscal year 2021 for the study; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB528 Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment Establishing the Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to administer the Program; requiring the Program to award certain grants to nonprofit organizations to establish and expand certain community behavioral health programs; establishing a certain eligibility requirement; requiring an eligible nonprofit organization to secure certain contributions for the proposal; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB631/HB599 Health Insurance - Coverage for Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Requirements and Reports Requiring certain carriers on or before July 1 each year to submit a report to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to demonstrate the carrier's compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; requiring a carrier on or before July 1 each year to submit a report to the Commissioner on data for certain benefits by certain classification; requiring the reports to include certain information and be submitted in a certain manner; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019, January 1, 2020 SB635 Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures Authorizing a certain facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to take an individual who is involuntarily admitted under certain circumstances into confinement on observation status; requiring an individual confined on observation status to be examined within 24 hours by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; requiring that certain regulations require that a certain impartial hearing officer receive testimony from the physician, psychologist, or nurse practitioner; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB789 Involuntary Commitment - Procedures for Admission Authorizing local correctional facilities to apply for involuntary admission to a certain facility of a certain inmate if the Behavioral Health Administration agrees to pay certain expenses; prohibiting the Administration from refusing to admit an inmate based on the source of the referral of the inmate; requiring a certain examining physician to disclose the need for a certain order to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB820 Public Health - Co-Prescribing, Prescribing and Dispensing Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs Authorizing a prescribing licensed health care provider to co-prescribe or prescribe or a pharmacist to dispense an opioid overdose reversal drug under certain circumstances; prohibiting a prescribing licensed health care provider and pharmacist from taking certain actions until the prescribing licensed health care provider or pharmacist completes certain training; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB846/HB116 Public Health - Correctional Services - Opioid Use Disorder Examinations and Treatment Repealing the requirement for a certain inmate to be placed on a program of methadone detoxification under certain circumstances; requiring State and local correctional facilities to conduct a certain assessment of each inmate within 24 hours of incarceration to determine whether opioid treatment or medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction is appropriate; requiring State and local correctional facilities to provide certain treatments to inmates suffering from opioid use disorder under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB432 Higher Education - Cyber Warrior Diversity Program - Revisions Altering the locations of the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program in the State to include the University of Maryland Baltimore County Training Centers and Langston Hughes Community, Business and Resource Center; requiring the Program to use the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program curriculum and to award contracts and memoranda of understanding to small disadvantaged businesses; requiring Langston Hughes Community, Business and Resource Center to hold a certain conference on or before December 1 each year; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB558 Community Career Centers for 21st-Century Jobs Requiring each local workforce development board to recruit employers to provide youth apprenticeships, registered apprenticeships, and job opportunities for certain students and graduates; requiring each local workforce development board to match high school students with youth apprenticeships, registered apprenticeships, and job opportunities; requiring the State and certain local governing bodies, beginning in fiscal year 2021, to distribute a certain amount of funding to local workforce development boards; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB588 Career Education Act of 2019 Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop a mobile application to target employers in industries in which industry skills align with the skills developed through membership in a certain student organization; requiring county boards of education to treat the pursuit of certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing postsecondary education; requiring a county board to pay any fees related to career technology student organizations; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB793 Community Safety and Strengthening Act Requiring certain appropriations for certain Baltimore City youth programs; establishing the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program to provide young individuals with the opportunity to begin a career in law enforcement; authorizing the Johns Hopkins University to establish a police department based on a certain memorandum of understanding under certain circumstances; requiring the memorandum of understanding to require that the Baltimore Police Department has certain responsibilities and take certain actions; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 2/22 12:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB594/SB670 Financial Institutions - Student Loan Servicers - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices Prohibiting a student loan servicer from employing any scheme, device, or artifice to mislead a student loan borrower; prohibiting a student loan servicer from engaging in any unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice toward any person; prohibiting a student loan servicer from knowingly or recklessly misapplying or refusing to correct a misapplication of a certain payment; requiring a student loan servicer to respond to a certain inquiry or complaint in a certain manner; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB440 Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Expansion Act of 2019 Repealing the limit on the number of Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Planning Grants that may be awarded to a local school system in each year; removing the prohibition against new P-TECH Planning Grants being awarded to establish a new P-TECH school until after the 2016-2017 cohort of P-TECH students completes the 6-year pathway sequence; and repealing certain intent language regarding a prohibition against additional P-TECH schools. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB664 State Department of Education - Nonprofit Youth Development Program - Established Establishing the Nonprofit Youth Development Program in the State Department of Education to provide grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations whose mission and programs target at-risk youth using certain strategies; requiring the Governor to include a $1,000,000 appropriation to the Program beginning in fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter; requiring the State Superintendent to review certain applications and award certain grants; requiring the State Superintendent to adopt certain regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB619 University of Maryland Medical System Corporation - Board of Directors - Conflicts of Interest, Prestige of Office, and Financial Disclosure Prohibiting a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation from being employed by or having a financial interest in an entity subject to the authority of the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation; prohibiting a member of the Board from intentionally using the prestige of office for private gain or the gain of another; and altering the financial disclosure requirements for certain members of the Board. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB402/HB306 Mental Health - Involuntary Admission - Inmates in Correctional Facilities Repealing a certain provision of law to allow an application for involuntary admission to a facility of an inmate in certain institutions to be made by any person who has a legitimate interest in the welfare of the individual; altering the circumstances under which a facility operated by the Maryland Department of Health is required to receive and evaluate an inmate in a correctional facility who has been certified for involuntary admission; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB538 Health - Hospital-Based Facilities - Disclosure of Facility Fees Requiring certain hospitals and health systems to provide each patient with a written notice that includes certain information related to facility fees that are charged for outpatient services provided at hospital-based facilities; requiring that each initial billing statement to a patient from a hospital or health system that includes a facility fee include certain information; requiring that a certain written notice be provided to certain patients in a certain manner and at a certain time; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB597/HB646 Maryland Health Care Commission - State Health Plan and Certificate of Need for Hospital Capital Expenditures Altering the frequency, from at least once every 5 years to every year, at which the Maryland Health Care Commission is required to adopt a State health plan; requiring the State health plan to be consistent with a certain contract; requiring, annually or on petition by any person, the Commission to assess each State health plan chapter, make a certain determination, and establish a certain priority order and timeline in a certain manner; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB605 Hospitals - Emergency Departments - Identification, Treatment, and Rescue of Human Trafficking Victims Requiring hospitals that provide emergency medical services to have a certain protocol and, to the extent practicable, a trained forensic nurse examiner on staff who is present at all times in the hospital's emergency department to identify, treat, and rescue victims of human trafficking who arrive at the emergency department for treatment; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB614 Health Care Facilities - Blood Pressure Screening Establishing that the goal of the Act is to reduce the number of individuals with untreated high blood pressure; requiring certain health care facilities to screen for hypertension each patient receiving health care services from the health care facility; requiring that the screening consist of at least one certain screening test; requiring a health care provider who obtains a certain result on a certain screening to provide a certain referral for treatment and services; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB635 Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures Authorizing a certain facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to take an individual who is involuntarily admitted under certain circumstances into confinement on observation status; requiring an individual confined on observation status to be examined within 24 hours by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; requiring that certain regulations require that a certain impartial hearing officer receive testimony from the physician, psychologist, or nurse practitioner; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB649 Health Care Facilities - Change in Bed Capacity - Certificate of Need Exemption Exempting an increase or decrease in bed capacity from the certificate of need requirement if the increase or decrease will occur in an intermediate care facility that offers residential or intensive substance-related disorder treatment services, an existing general hospice program, or a hospital with acute psychiatric beds, under certain circumstances, and written notice of the intent to change bed capacity is filed with the Maryland Health Care Commission at least 45 days before increasing or decreasing bed capacity; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: Upon Enactment SB803 Health Facilities - Hospitals - Disclosure of Outpatient Facility Fees (Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act) Requiring certain hospitals to provide each patient with written notice that includes certain information related to outpatient facility fees that are charged for services provided at the hospital; requiring that a certain notice be provided to certain patients in certain manners and at certain times; requiring that a certain notice be in plain language and in a certain form; prohibiting a hospital from charging, billing, or attempting to collect a certain fee unless the patient was given certain notice; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB364 Health Care Practitioners - Medical Examinations on Anesthetized or Unconscious Patients Prohibiting health care practitioners and certain students and trainees from performing certain examinations on a patient who is under anesthesia or unconscious unless informed consent has been obtained from the patient for the examination, the examination is within the scope of care, or the patient is unconscious and the examination is required for diagnostic purposes; authorizing certain health occupations boards to take certain actions against certain health care practitioners under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/12 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB419/SB577 Pharmacists - Administering Injectable Medications and Biological Products Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of certain regulations to administer an injectable medication or a biological product to a patient under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, on or before September 1, 2020, and in consultation with the State Board of Physicians and the State Board of Nursing, to adopt certain regulations for pharmacists to administer an injectable medication or a biological product; establishing certain requirements for the regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB430/HB696 Maryland Health Care Commission - Authorized Prescribers - Reporting of Financial Gratuities or Incentives Requiring each authorized prescriber who receives a financial gratuity or incentive from a pharmaceutical distributor or manufacturer to file a certain disclosure form with the Maryland Health Care Commission within 30 days of the receipt of the financial gratuity or incentive: authorizing the Commission to impose a fine of up to $1,000 per violation; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations; and providing for the prospective application of the Act. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB459 Medical Records - Compulsory Process Requests - Advisory Protocol and Voluntary Training Requiring, on or before September 30, 2020, the Office of the Attorney General to develop a certain advisory protocol and voluntary training program for health care providers regarding how to respond to compulsory process requests for medical records that includes information regarding certain requirements; and requiring the Office to consult certain entities in developing the advisory protocol and voluntary training program. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB469/HB409 Drugs and Devices - Electronic Prescriptions - Requirements Requiring, except under certain circumstances, a certain health practitioner to issue a prescription electronically; authorizing an authorized prescriber to issue a written or oral prescription only under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Health, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Care Commission, to adopt certain regulations regarding a certain waiver that includes certain provisions; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB820 Public Health - Co-Prescribing, Prescribing and Dispensing Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs Authorizing a prescribing licensed health care provider to co-prescribe or prescribe or a pharmacist to dispense an opioid overdose reversal drug under certain circumstances; prohibiting a prescribing licensed health care provider and pharmacist from taking certain actions until the prescribing licensed health care provider or pharmacist completes certain training; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB378 Public Health - State-Provided Health Care Benefits Establishing the Office of Health Care Coverage in the Maryland Department of Health to establish and carry out the HealthcareMaryland Program to provide benefits to State residents who do not receive federal benefits through Medicare, TRICARE, plans that are subject to ERISA, or any other federal medical program; requiring the Office to contract with a certain number of managed care organizations; requiring certain employers to pay to the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation a certain annual payroll tax; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019, July 1, 2021 HB434/SB307 Pediatric Stroke - Awareness, Training, and Resource Materials (Laney Jaymes Fitzsimmons Act) Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to promote awareness in and provide training for directors of student services in local education agencies regarding pediatric stroke; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide to the State Department of Education certain information regarding pediatric stroke. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB545 Health Insurance - Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy Act Prohibiting certain carriers from prohibiting an enrollee from selecting, or limiting the ability of an enrollee to select, a pharmacy of the enrollee's choice for the receipt of certain services; prohibiting certain carriers, under certain circumstances, from denying a pharmacy the right to participate as a contract provider under a health benefit plan if certain requirements are met or imposing on an enrollee certain payments, fees, reimbursement amounts, limitations, or conditions for certain services; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB546 Health Insurance - Access to and Coverage of Specialty Drugs - Definition Altering the definition of "specialty drug" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing access to specialty drugs through certain pharmacies to include a drug designated as a limited distribution drug, a drug that is not available in an oral or self-administered formulation, or a drug that requires special handling above and beyond refrigeration or patient counseling; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2020 SB315 Insurance Law - Application to Direct Primary Care Agreements - Exclusion Defining a "direct primary care agreement" as a written contract in which a primary care provider agrees to provide certain primary care services to a patient for a certain fee and for a certain period of time and that has certain elements; excluding a direct primary care agreement from certain definitions for the purpose of certain provisions of insurance law; and providing that certain provisions of insurance law do not apply to a direct primary care agreement. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB405/HB435 Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Formulary Changes Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from making certain formulary changes during a plan year and the open enrollment period that precedes the plan year, except under certain circumstances; defining "utilization management restriction"; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB410 Health Insurance - Coverage for Insulin - Prohibition on Deductible, Copayment, and Coinsurance Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a deductible, copayment, or coinsurance requirement on insulin; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2020 SB631/HB599 Health Insurance - Coverage for Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Requirements and Reports Requiring certain carriers on or before July 1 each year to submit a report to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to demonstrate the carrier's compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; requiring a carrier on or before July 1 each year to submit a report to the Commissioner on data for certain benefits by certain classification; requiring the reports to include certain information and be submitted in a certain manner; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019, January 1, 2020 SB759 Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board Establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; providing for the purpose of the Board; providing for the membership of the Board; requiring certain conflicts of interest to be disclosed and considered when appointing members to the Board; requiring the Board to identify certain prescription drug products with certain costs; establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB761 Health Insurance - Payments to Noncontracting Specialists and Noncontracting Nonphysician Specialists Requiring a carrier to inform members and beneficiaries of the procedure to request a certain referral to certain noncontracting health care providers; requiring, under certain circumstances, certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to pay a certain amount for certain services provided to a member by certain noncontracting healthcare providers when a referral is granted to the member; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2020 SB802 Maryland Health Insurance Option (Protect Maryland Health Care Act of 2019) Establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Option and the purpose of the Option; requiring certain individuals who are under a certain age to maintain certain minimum essential coverage for the individual and certain household members; requiring a certain individual to pay a certain amount if certain coverage is not maintained for a certain period of time of a certain taxable year; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB819 Health Insurance - Pharmaceutical Manufacturers - Transparency and Reporting Requiring the Secretary of Health, by a certain date each year, to identify a certain number of certain prescription drugs on which the State spends a certain amount of money; requiring the Secretary to require a certain pharmaceutical manufacturer to report certain cost changes and expenditures during a certain period of time; requiring the Secretary, by a certain date each year, to publish a report on the Maryland Department of Health's website based on the information the Secretary receives under certain provisions of the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB867 Health Insurance - Coverage for Diagnostic Laboratory Tests for Lyme Disease Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide certain health insurance benefits under certain insurance policies or contracts to provide coverage for certain diagnostic laboratory tests for Lyme disease; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2020 SB868/HB697 Health Insurance - Consumer Protections Repealing a certain provision of law applying certain provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act to certain health insurance coverage issued or delivered in the State by certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, or health maintenance organizations; prohibiting certain carriers from excluding or limiting certain benefits or denying coverage under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain carriers from establishing certain rules for eligibility based on health status factors; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB378 Public Health - State-Provided Health Care Benefits Establishing the Office of Health Care Coverage in the Maryland Department of Health to establish and carry out the HealthcareMaryland Program to provide benefits to State residents who do not receive federal benefits through Medicare, TRICARE, plans that are subject to ERISA, or any other federal medical program; requiring the Office to contract with a certain number of managed care organizations; requiring certain employers to pay to the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation a certain annual payroll tax; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019, July 1, 2021 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB461/SB400 Maryland Higher Education Commission - Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Education - Regulation (Private Nonprofit Institution of Higher Education Protection Act of 2019) Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to determine whether a reportable incident constitutes private inurement if a private nonprofit institution of higher education engages in a reportable incident; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB464/SB399 Private Career Schools and For-Profit Institutions of Higher Education - Disclosures and Regulation Requiring private career schools and certain for-profit institutions of higher education to provide certain students with certain information before the student signs an enrollment agreement, completes registration, or makes a financial commitment; requiring certain information to be displayed in a certain manner and on the school's or institution's websites; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB633/SB396 Higher Education - Legal Representation Fund for Title IX Proceedings - Established Establishing the Legal Representation Fund for Title IX Proceedings as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund is to provide funds for reasonable costs and attorney's fees for students provided counsel under certain provisions of law; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Fund; providing for the investment of money in and expenditures from the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $500,000 to the Fund; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB432 Higher Education - Cyber Warrior Diversity Program - Revisions Altering the locations of the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program in the State to include the University of Maryland Baltimore County Training Centers and Langston Hughes Community, Business and Resource Center; requiring the Program to use the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program curriculum and to award contracts and memoranda of understanding to small disadvantaged businesses; requiring Langston Hughes Community, Business and Resource Center to hold a certain conference on or before December 1 each year; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB617 Free College, Career Skills, and Youth Apprenticeship Act of 2019 Establishing a certain college and career readiness standard; altering the grade by which students must be assessed in college and career readiness, beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, and according to a certain method; requiring that each public high school provide access to certain pathways and certain counseling services; establishing the Career and Technology Education Committee; requiring the Committee to establish certain goals in certain years and report certain information to the General Assembly; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB714 Institutions of Higher Education - Student Drug Use - Parent Notification Authorizing an institution of higher education, under certain circumstances, to notify the parent or legal guardian of a student who is addicted to drugs, at risk of a drug overdose, or at risk of death from drug use; and providing for the immunity of an institution of higher education from civil liability in a tort claim under State law for making a certain disclosure. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB717 Independent Institutions of Higher Education - Police Force Authorizing an independent institution of higher education to establish a campus police force based on a certain memorandum of understanding entered into by the institution and the local jurisdiction in which the institution is located; authorizing a police officer of a campus police force of an independent institution of higher education to exercise the powers granted to a peace and police officer only on certain property with certain exceptions; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB798 Higher Education - Policy on Student Concerns About Athletic Programs and Activities Requiring each institution of higher education to develop and adopt a policy on student concerns about athletic programs and activities that meets certain requirements on or before October 1, 2019; requiring each institution of higher education to post the policy and any changes to the policy on the institution's website and to submit the policy to the Maryland Higher Education Commission and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2019; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB492 Investment in Job Skills Act of 2019 Establishing the Career and Technology Education Grant Program; authorizing, rather than requiring, the Governor to appropriate at least $3,000,000 in the annual budget for Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to create a statewide media campaign to promote participation in career and technical education, apprenticeships, and workforce development in workforce shortage occupations; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019, October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB589 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Managed Care Organizations That Use Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement Requirements Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to establish minimum and maximum reimbursement levels for certain drug products; providing that certain provisions of the Act apply to managed care organizations that use pharmacy benefits managers to manage prescription drug coverage; and requiring a pharmacy benefits manager that contracts with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization to reimburse the pharmacy an amount that is at least equal to a certain cost plus a certain fee. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB482 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Behavioral Health Services Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to certain limitations, to provide reimbursement for certain medically necessary and appropriate behavioral health services to managed care organizations; requiring managed care organizations, rather than a certain delivery system, to provide certain health services beginning January 1, 2021; requiring the Secretary of Health to include in certain capitation payments funding for community provider rates; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB524/HB605 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telemedicine - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, under certain circumstances, to include psychiatric nurse practitioners who are providing Assertive Community Treatment or mobile treatment services to certain Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients in the types of providers eligible to receive reimbursement for health care services that are delivered through telemedicine and provided to Program recipients; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB598 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, to provide coverage for any medically appropriate drug that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hepatitis C and that is determined to be necessary by the treating physician of the Program recipient. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB609 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage - Treatment for Contagious Diseases Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, to provide coverage for any medically appropriate drug or other treatment for the treatment of a contagious disease that is determined to be necessary by the treating physician; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for certain drugs or other treatments for the treatment of a contagious disease; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB869 Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing for certain benefits and compensation of a claimant under the Act; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for certain premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; requiring the Maryland Patient Safety Center to convene a certain Perinatal Clinical Advisory Committee; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB419/SB577 Pharmacists - Administering Injectable Medications and Biological Products Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of certain regulations to administer an injectable medication or a biological product to a patient under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, on or before September 1, 2020, and in consultation with the State Board of Physicians and the State Board of Nursing, to adopt certain regulations for pharmacists to administer an injectable medication or a biological product; establishing certain requirements for the regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB466/SB342 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Program Evaluation Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to provide prescription monitoring data to authorized users, rather than the authorized administrator, of another state's prescription drug monitoring program; repealing the termination date of the Program; repealing the requirement that the Department of Legislative Services conduct a certain evaluation of the Program under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB545 Health Insurance - Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy Act Prohibiting certain carriers from prohibiting an enrollee from selecting, or limiting the ability of an enrollee to select, a pharmacy of the enrollee's choice for the receipt of certain services; prohibiting certain carriers, under certain circumstances, from denying a pharmacy the right to participate as a contract provider under a health benefit plan if certain requirements are met or imposing on an enrollee certain payments, fees, reimbursement amounts, limitations, or conditions for certain services; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB589 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Managed Care Organizations That Use Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement Requirements Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to establish minimum and maximum reimbursement levels for certain drug products; providing that certain provisions of the Act apply to managed care organizations that use pharmacy benefits managers to manage prescription drug coverage; and requiring a pharmacy benefits manager that contracts with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization to reimburse the pharmacy an amount that is at least equal to a certain cost plus a certain fee. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB195/HB25 Public Health - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to review prescription monitoring data for indications of a possible misuse or abuse of a monitored prescription drug; requiring the Program to report the possible misuse or abuse to the prescriber or dispenser of the monitored prescription drug and to provide certain education to the prescriber or dispenser; authorizing the Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the Office of Controlled Substances Administration for further investigation; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB342/HB466 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Program Evaluation Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to provide prescription monitoring data to authorized users, rather than the authorized administrator, of another state's prescription drug monitoring program; repealing the termination date of the Program; repealing the requirement that the Department of Legislative Services conduct a certain evaluation of the Program under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB469/HB409 Drugs and Devices - Electronic Prescriptions - Requirements Requiring, except under certain circumstances, a certain health practitioner to issue a prescription electronically; authorizing an authorized prescriber to issue a written or oral prescription only under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Health, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Care Commission, to adopt certain regulations regarding a certain waiver that includes certain provisions; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB498 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Disclosure of Data - Managed Care Organizations Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to disclose prescription monitoring data, in accordance with certain regulations, to the medical director or the designee of the medical director of Medicaid managed care organizations for the purpose of complying with the Corrective Managed Care Program of the Maryland Medicaid Pharmacy Program or the standards developed by the Maryland Medicaid Opioid Drug Utilization Review Workgroup. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB577/HB419 Pharmacists - Administering Injectable Medications and Biological Products Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of certain regulations to administer an injectable medication or a biological product to a patient under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, on or before September 1, 2020, and in consultation with the State Board of Physicians and the State Board of Nursing, to adopt regulations for pharmacists to administer an injectable medication or biological product; establishing certain requirements for the regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB598 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, to provide coverage for any medically appropriate drug that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hepatitis C and that is determined to be necessary by the treating physician of the Program recipient. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB609 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage - Treatment for Contagious Diseases Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, to provide coverage for any medically appropriate drug or other treatment for the treatment of a contagious disease that is determined to be necessary by the treating physician; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for certain drugs or other treatments for the treatment of a contagious disease; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB759 Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board Establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; providing for the purpose of the Board; providing for the membership of the Board; requiring certain conflicts of interest to be disclosed and considered when appointing members to the Board; requiring the Board to identify certain prescription drug products with certain costs; establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB819 Health Insurance - Pharmaceutical Manufacturers - Transparency and Reporting Requiring the Secretary of Health, by a certain date each year, to identify a certain number of certain prescription drugs on which the State spends a certain amount of money; requiring the Secretary to require a certain pharmaceutical manufacturer to report certain cost changes and expenditures during a certain period of time; requiring the Secretary, by a certain date each year, to publish a report on the Maryland Department of Health's website based on the information the Secretary receives under certain provisions of the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB116/SB846 Public Health - Correctional Services - Opioid Use Disorder Examinations and Treatment Repealing the requirement for a certain inmate to be placed on a program of methadone detoxification under certain circumstances; requiring State and local correctional facilities to conduct a certain assessment of each inmate within 24 hours of incarceration to determine whether opioid treatment or medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction is appropriate; requiring State and local correctional facilities to provide certain treatments to inmates suffering from opioid use disorder under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB427/SB403 Behavioral Health Administration - Outpatient Civil Commitment - Statewide Expansion Requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to establish a statewide outpatient civil commitment program; requiring a local behavioral health authority that chooses to participate in the program to coordinate community-based treatment for individuals admitted to the program; establishing an Outpatient Civil Commitment Advisory Committee; requiring the Administration to submit a certain report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1 each year; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB195/HB25 Public Health - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to review prescription monitoring data for indications of a possible misuse or abuse of a monitored prescription drug; requiring the Program to report the possible misuse or abuse to the prescriber or dispenser of the monitored prescription drug and to provide certain education to the prescriber or dispenser; authorizing the Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the Office of Controlled Substances Administration for further investigation; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB403/HB427 Behavioral Health Administration - Outpatient Civil Commitment - Statewide Expansion Requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to establish a statewide outpatient civil commitment program; requiring a local behavioral health authority that chooses to participate in the program to coordinate community-based treatment for individuals admitted to the program; establishing an Outpatient Civil Commitment Advisory Committee; requiring the Administration to submit a certain report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1 each year; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB506 Maryland Department of Health - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services - Needs Assessment Study Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain study to determine the existing capacity and estimated unmet needs for mental health and substance use disorder services by region of the State; requiring that the study include a review of certain issues related to certain services; authorizing the Department to contract with an entity to conduct a certain study; requiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the State budget in fiscal year 2021 for the study; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB387/SB477 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Transportation Authority Police Expanding a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for law enforcement officers to include law enforcement officers who are members of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and reside in a political subdivision in which the crime rate exceeds the State's crime rate; and applying the Act to all taxable years after December 31, 2018. Hearing Date: Wed 2/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB462/SB539 Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Body-Worn Camera Policy Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to include in certain policies requirements that a body-worn camera purchased or otherwise procured for use by a law enforcement officer on or after January 1, 2020, have certain video redaction software and automatically record and save 2 minutes of certain audio and video footage and that a law enforcement officer who is issued a body-worn camera activate the camera at the time of dispatch. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB552 Interception of Oral Communication - Law Enforcement Officer Providing that the failure of law enforcement to notify a certain individual that the individual is being recorded does not affect the admissibility of a certain recording. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB625/SB847 Baltimore Police Department - Commission to Restore Trust in Policing - Extension and Funding Altering, from 2019 to 2020, the due date for a certain report that the Commission to Restore Trust in Policing is required to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly; extending for an additional year the termination date for the Commission; and requesting and encouraging the Governor to appropriate in 2020 and 2021 sufficient funds to allow the Commission to complete its work in a timely and comprehensive manner. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB635 Public Safety - Use of Force De-Escalation Training of Law Enforcement Officers - Reports Requiring a law enforcement agency to report, beginning October 1, 2019 and every 2 years thereafter, to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention on certain policies and procedures related to use of force de-escalation training for its law enforcement officers; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to adopt procedures for the collection, analysis, and compilation of certain use of force de-escalation training information received from a certain law enforcement agency; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB649/SB666 Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Acceptance of Out-of-State Training Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to establish a certain process for certifying an individual who completes a police training program in another state or military police academy. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB670 Public Safety - Special Police Officers - Employing Entity Authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or other governmental body of the State to apply for the appointment of special police officers to protect property owned, leased, or regularly used by another governmental body with the written consent of the other governmental body. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB402/HB306 Mental Health - Involuntary Admission - Inmates in Correctional Facilities Repealing a certain provision of law to allow an application for involuntary admission to a facility of an inmate in certain institutions to be made by any person who has a legitimate interest in the welfare of the individual; altering the circumstances under which a facility operated by the Maryland Department of Health is required to receive and evaluate an inmate in a correctional facility who has been certified for involuntary admission; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB499 Baltimore City - Baltimore Police Department - Percentage of Civilian Employees and Police Officers Requiring the composition of the Baltimore Police Department to consist of not less than 20% civilian employees and not more than 80% police officers by January 1, 2022; and requiring the Department to report by January 1, 2022, and every 6 months thereafter, on the number of police officers and civilian employees to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Delegation to the General Assembly. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB717 Independent Institutions of Higher Education - Police Force Authorizing an independent institution of higher education to establish a campus police force based on a certain memorandum of understanding entered into by the institution and the local jurisdiction in which the institution is located; authorizing a police officer of a campus police force of an independent institution of higher education to exercise the powers granted to a peace and police officer only on certain property with certain exceptions; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB793 Community Safety and Strengthening Act Requiring certain appropriations for certain Baltimore City youth programs; establishing the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program to provide young individuals with the opportunity to begin a career in law enforcement; authorizing the Johns Hopkins University to establish a police department based on a certain memorandum of understanding under certain circumstances; requiring the memorandum of understanding to require that the Baltimore Police Department has certain responsibilities and take certain actions; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 2/22 12:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB815 Public Safety - Crisis Intervention Team Technical Assistance Center Establishing the Crisis Intervention Team Technical Assistance Center in the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to appoint certain coordinators to the Technical Assistance Center; requiring the Technical Assistance Center to take certain actions; establishing the Collaborative Planning and Implementation Committee for the Technical Assistance Center; providing for the membership of the Collaborative Committee; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 2/22 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB834 Public Safety - Law Enforcement Accountability - Civilian Oversight Adding a certain investigator to the list of individuals who may be considered a certain investigating officer or interrogating officer for purposes of a certain provision of law; prohibiting a record of a certain complaint against a law enforcement officer from being expunged; repealing a requirement that the Civilian Review Board of Baltimore City expunge certain records; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB838 Maryland Public Information Act - Personnel Records of Law Enforcement Officers - Inspections by Investigative Agencies Requiring a custodian of the personnel record of a law enforcement agency on a law enforcement officer to allow inspection of the record by a representative of an agency with the power and jurisdiction to administratively investigate alleged misconduct of the law enforcement officer who is the subject of the record. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB843 Baltimore City - Community Oversight and Accountability Commission of Baltimore City Repealing provisions of law establishing and relating to the Civilian Review Board of Baltimore City; establishing the Community Oversight and Accountability Commission of Baltimore City; specifying the purpose of the Commission; providing for the composition, chair, voting, terms, powers, duties, staffing, procedures, and reporting of the Commission; establishing certain requirements for members of the Commission; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB844 Public Safety - Baltimore City Anti-Violence Program Grant Fund - Establishment Establishing the Baltimore City Anti-Violence Program Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to a certain provision of law requiring interest on State money in special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State; specifying the purpose and contents of the Fund; requiring Fusion Partnerships, Inc. to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller, in conjunction with Fusion Partnerships, to account for the Fund; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 12:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB387/SB477 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Maryland Transportation Authority Police Expanding a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for law enforcement officers to include law enforcement officers who are members of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police and reside in a political subdivision in which the crime rate exceeds the State's crime rate; and applying the Act to all taxable years after December 31, 2018. Hearing Date: Wed 2/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB570/SB178 Behavioral Health Programs - Medical Directors - Telehealth Requiring that regulations adopted under certain provisions of law regulating behavioral health programs include provisions authorizing a behavioral health program located in a federally designated health professional shortage area to satisfy any regulatory requirement that the medical director be on-site through the medical director's use of telehealth. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB524/HB605 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telemedicine - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, under certain circumstances, to include psychiatric nurse practitioners who are providing Assertive Community Treatment or mobile treatment services to certain Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients in the types of providers eligible to receive reimbursement for health care services that are delivered through telemedicine and provided to Program recipients; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 Legislative Session Office Legislative Hotline is a service of Johns Hopkins Government Affairs. © 2019 The Johns Hopkins Institutions. Baltimore, Maryland.
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