2019 SESSION OF THE
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| 2019 SESSION OF THE |
| Volume 25, Number 5 | February 13, 2019 |
Here are some of the hot issues as the 2019 Legislative Session develops:
Baltimore YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program
House Hearing on Hospital Patient?s Bill of Rights
Bills of interest are listed below
Many thanks to Ms. Jacobs – her testimony was well received by the members of the committee! Our State Affairs team will be working with our partners at MHA to ensure that the requirements in the bill align with standards adopted at Johns Hopkins, as well as standards established under federal law and by the Joint Commission.
Bills of interest are listed below
BILLS INTRODUCED
Behavioral Health HB755 Public Health - Gabapentin - Monitoring by Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and Report Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of Gabapentin by all prescribers and dispensers in the State; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to submit a report on whether Gabapentin should be added to the a controlled dangerous substances schedule to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 31, 2019. Hearing Date: Wed 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB783 Task Force to Study Behavioral and Mental Health in Maryland Establishing the Task Force to Study Behavioral and Mental Health in Maryland; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2020; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB837/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: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB938 Behavioral Health Transformation Act of 2019 Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a delivery system for certain specialty behavioral health services, rather than for only specialty mental health services, for enrollees of managed care organizations; requiring the delivery system to assume certain financial risk; requiring the delivery system to provide certain services to certain individuals; requiring the delivery system to reimburse certain providers and collect certain data; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB941 Public Behavioral Health System - Implementation Plans to Improve Efficiency, Accountability, and Outcomes - Workgroup Requiring the Secretary of Health to convene a stakeholder workgroup to develop certain implementation plans to improve efficiency, accountability, and outcomes of certain specialty behavioral health services; requiring the workgroup to include certain representatives; requiring that certain implementation plans include certain recommendations for a certain timeline and certain necessary steps to achieve certain outcomes; requiring the Secretary of Health to submit certain reports on or before certain dates; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB974 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services - Out-of-State Treatment Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to authorize a Program recipient to receive adult residential substance use disorder treatment services from an out-of-state provider if the provider meets Program requirements for adult residential substance use disorder services, enrolls in the Program, and accepts the Program reimbursement rate for residential substance use disorder treatment services. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1060 Residential Rehabilitation Programs - Reporting of Critical Incidents Requiring the Secretary of Health to provide the address of a residential rehabilitation program to certain entities at least 14 days before issuing a certain license; requiring the administrative head of a residential rehabilitation program to report a certain critical incident to certain entities 24 hours after receiving certain notification; requiring a certain local behavioral health authority to conduct a certain assessment and evaluation within 14 days after receiving a certain report; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1170/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: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1274 Opioid Restitution Fund Establishing the Opioid Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund, and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; providing for the investment of money in and expenditures from the Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB312 Life Insurance - Prohibition on Discrimination - Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Prohibiting an insurer, based solely on information about the purchase or possession of an opioid overdose reversal drug by an applicant or insured or a prescription for an opioid overdose reversal drug prescribed to an applicant or insured, from taking certain actions relating to a policy of life insurance; and applying the Act to life insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 SB531 Public Health - Overdose Response - Storage Warehouses Requiring the owner or operator of a storage warehouse, in accordance with certain provisions of law, to obtain and store naloxone and certain related paraphernalia on the premises and to make naloxone available to individuals to administer to certain individuals under certain circumstances. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 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: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019, January 1, 2020 SB644 Circuit Court Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures - Funding - Drug Treatment and Education Providing that 95% of fines, penalties, and forfeitures that are recovered in certain criminal cases concerning controlled dangerous substances, prescriptions, and other substances be used to provide funding for county drug treatment and education programs. Hearing Date: Fri 2/22 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB693/HB1154 Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications Altering the applicability of certain security breach investigation requirements to certain businesses; altering the applicability of certain security breach notification requirements to a certain owner or licensee of computerized data; prohibiting a certain business from charging a certain owner or licensee of computerized data a fee for providing information that the owner or licensee needs to provide a certain notification; and prohibiting a certain owner or licensee from using certain information for certain purposes. Hearing Date: Tue 3/12 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1173 Baltimore City Police Officers - Incentives for Purchase of Dwelling in Baltimore City Establishing the Baltimore City Police Officer Down Payment Assistance Program and the Baltimore City Police Officer Deferred Payment Loan Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; allowing certain eligible officers who purchase certain dwellings to claim a credit against the State income tax; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the tax imposed on a dwelling owned by certain eligible officers; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019, July 1, 2019, October 1, 2019 SB581/HB1260 Economic and Community Development Tax Credits - Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program Establishing the Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program in the Department of Commerce; expanding certain economic development tax credits administered by the Department under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations relating to the Program; authorizing a certain additional tax credit under the heritage structure rehabilitation tax credit program for certain commercial rehabilitations that qualify as certain opportunity zone projects; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 2:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB632/HB1287 Housing - Community Development Program Act - Funding Requiring the Administrator of a certain abandoned property fund to distribute certain funds in excess of $80 million to the Community Development Program Fund under certain circumstances; altering the contents of the Community Development Program Fund to include any funds distributed from a certain abandoned property fund; and repealing a certain provision providing for the construction of certain Acts of 2018 concerning the Community Development Program Act. Hearing Date: Wed 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB680/HB1172 Economic Development - Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland Renaming the Regional Additive Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland to be the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland; renaming the associated fund to be the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland Fund; expanding the purposes of the Partnership; altering the membership and composition of the Board; requiring the Board to expand certain apprenticeship opportunities; expanding the political subdivisions that may provide financial support to the Partnership; altering the composition of the Fund; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB682 Procurement - Prohibited Russian Entities Specifying that certain persons identified on a certain list are ineligible for certain procurement activities with certain public bodies; requiring the Board of Public Works, on or before December 31, 2019, to use credible information to create a list of persons that are prohibited Russian entities; requiring the Board to update the list every 180 days; requiring the Board, within a certain number of days before adding a person to the list, to provide the person with 90 days' written notice; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB824 Financial Aid - Guaranteed Access Grants - Verification and Administration by Institutions of Higher Education Authorizing certain institutions of higher education to verify the eligibility of an applicant for, and on verification administer, Guaranteed Access Grants under the Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Program of Educational Excellence Awards under certain circumstances; requiring certain institutions to verify certain qualifications, evaluate certain income eligibility, maintain certain records, and provide the Maryland Higher Education Commission with a certain audit as part of the verification and administration process; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: Upon Enactment [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB682 Procurement - Prohibited Russian Entities Specifying that certain persons identified on a certain list are ineligible for certain procurement activities with certain public bodies; requiring the Board of Public Works, on or before December 31, 2019, to use credible information to create a list of persons that are prohibited Russian entities; requiring the Board to update the list every 180 days; requiring the Board, within a certain number of days before adding a person to the list, to provide the person with 90 days' written notice; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB534 Public Buildings and Places of Public Accommodation - Diaper-Changing Facilities in Restrooms Requiring, except under certain circumstances, that a diaper-changing facility be installed in certain restrooms in certain public buildings and certain places of public accommodation; requiring the Board of Public Works, through the Department of General Services, to adopt certain standards; requiring certain standards to be filed with the Secretary of State; requiring that certain bodies be responsible for the enforcement of certain provisions of the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/14 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB681 State Department of Education and Maryland Department of Health - School-Based Health Centers - Ombudsmen Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Secretary of Health to each designate an ombudsman for school-based health centers; altering the membership of the Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers to include each ombudsman; requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the State Department of Education to conduct a certain assessment and, develop a plan, in consultation with certain stakeholders, for a certain model and expansion of the type of organizations that can sponsor school-based health centers; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB733/SB661 Primary and Secondary Education - Community Schools - Established Establishing community schools in the State; requiring a community school to have a community school coordinator and a community school leadership team; requiring the community school leadership team to conduct a certain assessment of needs and assets and to develop a certain implementation plan; requiring the community school leadership team, in cooperation with the community school coordinator, to oversee the implementation of the plan; authorizing local school systems to form a school-community partnership; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB985 Public High Schools - Science Credit Requirement - Computer Science and Computer Programming Authorizing a student who is enrolled at a public high school to satisfy a certain requirement to earn credits in science by completing a credit in computer science or computer programming. Hearing Date: Fri 3/8 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1000/SB586 School Maintenance Incentive Funding Act of 2019 Requiring the Governor to include a certain amount in the annual State budget for each county board of education to support the maintenance of school buildings and equipment; requiring a certain appropriation to be in addition to any other State funds provided to the county board in a certain fiscal year; and requiring each county board to use certain funds only for the maintenance of school buildings and equipment. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1125 High Schools - Postsecondary Career and Technology Education Programs - Reporting on Student Acceptance Rates Requiring each local school system to report to the State Department of Education on or before March 1 each year the number of high school students accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs during the previous calendar year and the types of programs in which the students were accepted; and requiring the Department on or before April 1 each year to publish on its website a list of the high schools that reported on students who were accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/1 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1137 Task Force to Study the Home and Hospital Teaching Program for Students Establishing the Task Force to Study the Home and Hospital Teaching Program for Students; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2019; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 2/22 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1168 Education - Career and Technical Education Expansion Grant - Established Altering the allowable use of funds from the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education Fund; establishing the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Expansion Grant; stating the purpose of the Grant; requiring the Governor to appropriate from the Fund $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 to each county board of education to be used to expand CTE programs and facilities in the county; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1242/SB915 Public School Students - Vision Services and the Vision for Maryland Program Requiring each county board of education to coordinate with the Vision for Maryland Program to ensure that certain students are able to receive eye examinations and, if necessary, eyeglasses; requiring each county board or county health department to provide eye examinations for certain students; establishing the Vision for Maryland Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to carry out the Program in consultation with certain entities; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB502 Education - Workforce Development Sequence Scholarship - Eligibility Expanding the definition of "Workforce Development Sequence" under the Workforce Development Sequence Scholarship; and expanding the allowable uses of the Scholarship to include fees for certain skills or aptitude assessments. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB734/HB690 Education - Students With Reading Difficulties - Screenings and Interventions Requiring each county board of education, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, to ensure that a certain student is screened to identify if the student is at risk for reading difficulties; requiring a county board, under certain circumstances, to conduct a certain informal diagnostic assessment and provide certain supplemental reading instruction, progress monitoring, and notice and reports to a certain parent or guardian; requiring county boards to provide certain resources on their websites; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB884 Public Schools - School Resource Officers - Firearms Required Requiring a Baltimore City school police officer and a school resource officer to carry a firearm while present on the premises of the school to which the officer is assigned. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB940 Unregulated Space in Hospital Operating Suites Pilot Project Establishing an unregulated space in hospital operating suites pilot project; requiring the pilot project to be operated by the Health Services Cost Review Commission; authorizing the Commission to allow up to five hospitals to participate in the pilot project; providing that certain hospitals may be subject to a certain rate determination; authorizing certain hospitals to make available certain operating room space to certain patients and payers under certain conditions; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB592/SB669 Health Care Facilities - Comprehensive and Extended Care Facilities - Discharges and Transfers Altering the basic rights afforded to each resident of a comprehensive care facility and an extended care facility; altering the contents of a certain form required to be provided to certain facilities by the Maryland Department of Health; requiring that a certain written notice be provided to certain residents; requiring a facility to provide a certain written notice as soon as practicable before discharge or transfer under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB607/SB901 Maryland Trauma Fund - State Primary Adult Resource Center - Reimbursement of On-Call and Standby Costs Altering the purpose of the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund to include subsidizing the documented costs incurred by the State primary adult resource center to maintain certain on-call and standby health care providers; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to develop certain guidelines for the reimbursement of certain costs. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB626 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 a certain intermediate care facility that has a current license issued by the Secretary of Health, an existing general hospice program that has a current license issued by the Secretary, or a hospital with acute psychiatric beds under certain circumstances that has a current license issued by the Secretary and certain notice is filed with the Maryland Health Care Commission within a certain period of time. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: Upon Enactment HB646/SB597 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 on or before October 1 each 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: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB849/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: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB856/SB953 Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Related Institutions - Discrimination Protections Altering the actions with regard to which hospitals and related institutions are prohibited from discriminating against individuals on certain bases; altering the characteristics of an individual on the basis of which hospitals and related institutions are prohibited from discriminating against the individual in certain actions; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB895 Hospitals - Prescription Drugs - Dispensing of Schedule III Drug Prescriptions Requiring an accredited hospital to fill a prescription for and dispense a prescription drug that contains a Schedule III controlled dangerous substance and was prescribed at another accredited hospital in the State. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB897 Health - Psychiatric Hospitals - Units Licensed as Limited Private Inpatient Facilities Requiring certain hospitals that provide certain care in a unit that is licensed as a limited private inpatient facility to authorize patients to seek insurance reimbursement for certain services, bill certain patients in a certain manner, and provide certain staff assistance; and requiring the Office of Health Care Quality, on or before December 31, 2019, to make a certain report to certain committees of the General Assembly. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB930 Hospitals - Changes in Status - Notification and Approval Requiring a hospital, if the hospital is seeking to close, partially close, downsize, merge, or delicense and workers may be displaced, to provide at least 90 days' notice to certain entities, a certain community, and affected workers; providing for the content of a certain notice; requiring approval by the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Health Care Commission, and the Health Services Cost Review Commission before a hospital closes, partially closes, downsizes, merges, or is delicensed under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB940 Unregulated Space in Hospital Operating Suites Pilot Project Establishing an unregulated space in hospital operating suites pilot project; requiring the pilot project to be operated by the Health Services Cost Review Commission; authorizing the Commission to allow up to five hospitals to participate in the pilot project; providing that certain hospitals may be subject to a certain rate determination; authorizing certain hospitals to make available certain operating room space to certain patients and payers under certain conditions; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB971/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. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1059 Health Care Facilities - Closing or Partial Closing - Public Notice Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to publish a certain notice of the closing or partial closing of a certain health care facility within a certain time period; requiring the Commission to ensure that a certain notice is available to the public for certain purposes and a certain local governing body and certain members of the General Assembly; requiring the Commission to publish a notice of certain informational meetings; specifying certain procedures for the publication of certain notices by the Commission; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1122 Outpatient Mental Health Centers - Requirements for Medical Directors Requiring certain outpatient mental health centers to employ a medical director who is a licensed psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, has overall responsibility for clinical services, and is on-site at least 20 hours per week. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1193 Health - Abortion - Facility Requirements Requiring each facility in the State in which an abortion is performed to meet the standards required for an ambulatory surgical facility, including any standards established in regulations. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB448/SB365 Health Occupations - Violations of the Maryland Dentistry Act - Penalties and Cease and Desist Orders Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to issue a cease and desist order for certain violations; altering certain penalties for certain acts related to the unauthorized practice of dentistry or dental hygiene; authorizing the Board to levy a civil fine of not more than $50,000 for certain violations under certain circumstances; altering from a misdemeanor to a felony certain penalties for violating certain provisions of law related to dental laboratory work or advertising a dental appliance; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2020 HB455 Physicians - Discipline - Procedures and Effects Requiring a disciplinary panel to obtain a third peer review report from the entity or individual with whom the Board contracted or dismiss certain complaints against licensed physicians if only one of the two peer review reports makes a certain finding that a certain violation did not occur; prohibiting hospitals and related institutions, certain insurers, and certain carriers from taking adverse action under certain circumstances against physicians based solely on the fact that the physician was placed on probation; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB471/SB447 Health Occupations - Requirements for the Practice of Optometry - Miscellaneous Revisions Requiring that, in addition to being licensed, an individual be certified under certain provisions of law and the Act before practicing optometry in the State within the scope of the certification; requiring certain optometrists to be certified under certain provisions of law before performing certain functions; altering the coursework requirements for certain certifications; establishing a new level of certification for licensed optometrists; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB547/SB900 State Board of Physicians - Naturopathic Doctors - Formulary Content and Scope of Practice Authorizing a certain formulary developed by the Naturopathic Doctors Formulary Council and adopted by the State Board of Physicians to include certain prescription drugs and devices; authorizing a licensed naturopathic doctor to dispense, order, or administer certain natural medicines in a certain manner; and authorizing a licensed naturopathic doctor to prescribe, dispense, and administer certain prescription drugs and medical foods in a certain manner. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB648/SB652 Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Entering into the Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; stating the goal of the Compact is to improve public access to physical therapy services; requiring a state to meet certain requirements to participate in the Compact; requiring a physical therapist to meet certain eligibility requirements to receive certain licensure and exercise a certain privilege; authorizing a licensee who is active duty military or the spouse of an individual who is active duty military to designate certain locations as the home state; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB696/SB430 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 certain fine under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations; defining certain terms; and providing for the application of the Act. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB738 Dental Hygienist - Scope of Practice - Authority to Practice Under General Supervision of Licensed Dentist Altering a certain provision of law to provide that a general license to practice dental hygiene authorizes the licensee to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in certain facilities, rather than only in a long-term care facility; altering the requirements that a dental hygienist is required to meet before being authorized to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in certain facilities; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB933 Abortion - Detection of Fetal Heartbeat Repealing certain provisions of law related to abortion; prohibiting a physician from performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat or if the physician determines that the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, except under certain circumstances; requiring a physician to use a certain method for detecting a fetal heartbeat under certain circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB964 Public Health - Abortions Sought by Minors - Parent or Guardian Consent Prohibiting a physician, except under certain circumstances, from performing an abortion on an unmarried minor unless the physician obtains certain consent from the parent or guardian of the minor; authorizing a physician to perform an abortion on a minor without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian under certain circumstances; authorizing a minor to file a certain petition with a certain court for a certain waiver; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB978 Abortions - Detection of Fetal Heartbeat (Keep Our Hearts Beating Act) Prohibiting a physician, except under certain circumstances, from performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat and if the physician determines that the fetus has a detectable heartbeat; requiring a physician to use a certain method for detecting a fetal heartbeat under certain circumstances; requiring a physician to include certain information in a woman's medical record under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1075 Health - Informed Consent (Woman's Right to Know Act) Prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion unless the woman on whom the abortion will be performed voluntarily provides her informed consent; providing that consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed if certain requirements are met; requiring a certain physician to provide a woman on whom an abortion may be performed certain information at least a certain amount of time before the abortion and in a certain manner; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1101 Health - Mifepristone - Administration Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations regarding the administration of mifepristone; requiring that mifepristone be provided by or under the supervision of a physician who meets certain qualifications and conditions; requiring each provider of mifepristone to make certain certifications and disclose certain information; establishing a certain penalty; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019, and each December 1 thereafter; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1104/SB958 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Licensure, Criminal History Records Checks, and Trainee Status - Revisions Repealing the requirement that the credit hours or educational requirements completed by certain applicants to be licensed by the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists be accredited by the American Art Therapy Association; requiring an applicant for trainee status to submit certain information to the Board, pay a certain fee, and submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the Central Repository to forward to the Board and to certain individuals certain information under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1151 Health - Abortion - 24-Hour Waiting Period Prohibiting a physician from performing or inducing an abortion on a woman before 24 hours have elapsed since the woman requested that the physician perform an abortion except under certain circumstances; prohibiting a claim or diagnosis that a woman will engage in conduct which she intends to result in her death or bodily injury to herself from being the basis of a certain certification; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1183/SB251 Public Health - Treatment for the Prevention of HIV - Consent by Minors Providing that a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to treatment for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1195 Health - Maryland Fetal Heartbeat Protection Act Repealing certain provisions of law related to prohibiting the State from interfering with the decision of a woman to terminate a pregnancy under certain circumstances; requiring a physician to inform a woman seeking an abortion of certain information under certain circumstances; prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion before a physician determines whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat and if a fetal heartbeat has been detected under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1252 Child Abuse and Neglect - Training of Health Care Professionals Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain boards with a list of certain recommended courses relating to the obligation to report child abuse and neglect and the identification of abused and neglected children; and requiring certain boards to post a certain list prominently on each board's website, provide information about certain recommended courses to certain health care professionals at a certain time, and advertise the availability of certain recommended courses in certain media. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB497/HB1295 Pharmacists - Aids for the Cessation of Tobacco Product Use - Prescribing and Dispensing Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of certain regulations to prescribe and dispense aids for the cessation of the use of tobacco products; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, by September 1, 2020, to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program to provide coverage for certain services rendered by a licensed pharmacist under the Act to the same extent as certain services rendered by any other licensed health care practitioner; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB565/HB835 Health Occupations - Practice of Optometry - Therapeutically Certified Optometrists Increasing the number of hours of continuing education that therapeutically certified optometrists are required to attend from 30 to 40; providing that continuing education on use and management of certain therapeutic pharmaceutical agents include a certain topic; prohibiting certain provisions of law regarding therapeutic pharmaceutical agents from being construed to authorize the optometric use of certain pharmaceutical agents, medical devices, or technologies; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB733/HB924 State Board of Physicians - Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists Authorizing a licensed physician, under certain circumstances and in accordance with certain regulations, to delegate certain duties to a registered cardiovascular invasive specialist assisting in the physician's performance of a fluoroscopy; establishing that the hospital in which a certain laboratory is located and the physician delegating the acts are responsible for ensuring that certain requirements are met; authorizing the State Board of Physicians to impose a certain civil penalty; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB607/SB901 Maryland Trauma Fund - State Primary Adult Resource Center - Reimbursement of On-Call and Standby Costs Altering the purpose of the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund to include subsidizing the documented costs incurred by the State primary adult resource center to maintain certain on-call and standby health care providers; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to develop certain guidelines for the reimbursement of certain costs. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB697/SB868 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: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB721/SB665 Health Insurance - Policy of Group Health Insurance - Associations Clarifying that, for purposes of provisions of law concerning health insurance, a chamber of commerce may be considered an association; repealing certain provisions of law that apply certain provisions of law governing small group market plans to health benefit plans offered by certain entities; applying the Act to policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB750 Health Insurance - Prior Authorizations - Medical Devices or Oxygen Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a second or subsequent prior authorization for the continued use of a medical device or oxygen that is prescribed for a chronic condition except under certain circumstances; 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: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB751 Health Insurance - Prior Authorization - Requirements Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to accept a prior authorization from a certain entity for any prescription drugs, devices, or health care services for the lesser of the course of treatment or 90 days; requiring a certain entity, under certain circumstances, to provide documentation of the prior authorization within 10 days after a request by an insured or an insured's designee; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB754 Health Insurance and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Cost Pricing and Reimbursement Authorizing a pharmacist or a pharmacy to decline to dispense a prescription drug or provide a pharmacy service to a certain member if the amount reimbursed by a certain insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization is less than the pharmacy acquisition cost for the same prescription drug or pharmacy service; requiring that each contract between a pharmacy benefits manager and a contracted pharmacy include a certain process to appeal, investigate, and resolve disputes regarding cost pricing and reimbursement; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB806 Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Individual Exchange - Copper Plans to Lower Rates Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, contingent on the approval of a waiver application under a certain provision of federal law, to make copper plans available in the Individual Exchange to certain individuals; requiring the Exchange to certify a certain health benefit plan as a copper plan if the plan provides certain coverage; requiring the Exchange, on or before October 1, 2019, to apply to certain officials for a certain waiver in order to implement the provision of copper plans in the State; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB829 Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Graduate Providers Prohibiting a carrier from rejecting a provider who provides community-based health services for an accredited program solely because the provider is a licensed graduate social worker, licensed master social worker, or licensed graduate professional counselor. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB837/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: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB856/SB953 Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Related Institutions - Discrimination Protections Altering the actions with regard to which hospitals and related institutions are prohibited from discriminating against individuals on certain bases; altering the characteristics of an individual on the basis of which hospitals and related institutions are prohibited from discriminating against the individual in certain actions; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/4 3:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB882 Health Insurance - Group Health Insurance Policies - Definition of Employee Altering the definition of "employee" to include a director of a corporate employer for purposes of certain provisions of law governing the issuance of policies of group health insurance to an employer or the trustees of a fund established by an employer. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB933 Abortion - Detection of Fetal Heartbeat Repealing certain provisions of law related to abortion; prohibiting a physician from performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat or if the physician determines that the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, except under certain circumstances; requiring a physician to use a certain method for detecting a fetal heartbeat under certain circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB964 Public Health - Abortions Sought by Minors - Parent or Guardian Consent Prohibiting a physician, except under certain circumstances, from performing an abortion on an unmarried minor unless the physician obtains certain consent from the parent or guardian of the minor; authorizing a physician to perform an abortion on a minor without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian under certain circumstances; authorizing a minor to file a certain petition with a certain court for a certain waiver; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB974 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services - Out-of-State Treatment Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to authorize a Program recipient to receive adult residential substance use disorder treatment services from an out-of-state provider if the provider meets Program requirements for adult residential substance use disorder services, enrolls in the Program, and accepts the Program reimbursement rate for residential substance use disorder treatment services. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB975/SB907 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a certain determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a certain physician; providing that the failure of a physician to perform certain actions is deemed "unprofessional conduct"; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations on or before January 1, 2020; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB978 Abortions - Detection of Fetal Heartbeat (Keep Our Hearts Beating Act) Prohibiting a physician, except under certain circumstances, from performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat and if the physician determines that the fetus has a detectable heartbeat; requiring a physician to use a certain method for detecting a fetal heartbeat under certain circumstances; requiring a physician to include certain information in a woman's medical record under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB989 Health Insurance - Multi-Carrier Common Online Provider Directory Information Systems - Designation and Acceptance of Information Altering the circumstances under which the Maryland Insurance Commissioner is authorized to designate a system as the multi-carrier common online provider directory information system; and altering the manner in which and circumstances under which a carrier is required to accept new and updated network directory information. Hearing Date: Thu 3/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1098 Health Insurance - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Small Business Tax Credit Subsidy Altering the contents of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Fund; and requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, in consultation with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner and as approved by the Board of Trustees of the Exchange, to submit a waiver under certain provisions of federal law as soon as practicable but not later than January 1, 2020, to allow the State to administer certain tax credit assistance to small businesses. Hearing Date: Thu 3/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1129 Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policy Plans - Open Enrollment Period Following Birthday Requiring a carrier to make available to an individual enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy plan different Medicare supplement policy plans with certain benefits during the 30 days following the individual's birthday; prohibiting a carrier, for a plan made to be available under certain provisions of the Act, from denying or conditioning the effectiveness of the plan on certain factors and from denying, reducing, or conditioning coverage to the individual based on certain factors; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1148 Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Records and Notice Concerning Medications Dispensed to Insureds Requiring each pharmacy benefits manager to maintain certain medication dispensing records for certain insureds and to notify certain pharmacists and prescribers of certain potential problems that the pharmacy benefits manager identifies. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 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: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019, January 1, 2020 SB665/HB721 Health Insurance - Policy of Group Health Insurance - Associations Clarifying that, for purposes of provisions of law concerning health insurance, a chamber of commerce may be considered an association; repealing certain provisions of law that apply certain provisions of law governing small group market plans to health benefit plans offered by certain entities; applying the Act to policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 SB727/HB1293 Health - Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program Establishing the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to administer the Program; authorizing the Department to adopt certain regulations; providing for the purpose and goals of the Program; requiring the Governor for certain fiscal years to include at least $500,000 in the annual budget for the Program; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB814/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: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB1087/SB871 Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB871/HB1087 Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB482 Income Tax Credit - Endowments of Maryland Historically Black Colleges and Universities Allowing a credit against the State income tax for a certain amount of donations to certain qualified permanent endowment funds at Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University, or University of Maryland Eastern Shore; providing for the carryforward of the credit; requiring the Comptroller, on application of a taxpayer, to issue a tax credit certificate; requiring the application to contain certain information; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB876/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: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB890 Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - University and College Textbooks Designating, beginning in calendar year 2019, the last 7 days of August each year to be a tax-free period during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for the sale of certain textbooks purchased by certain individuals; and designating, beginning in calendar year 2020, an additional sales and use tax-free period during the last 7 days of January each year for return-to-school textbook shopping. Hearing Date: Wed 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB896 Income Tax Credit - Small Businesses - Student Interns and Apprentices Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain small businesses that hire high school or college interns or apprentices under certain circumstances; providing that the credit may not exceed $7,500 for any taxable year; requiring a small business to submit certain documentation to qualify for the credit; providing that certain organizations exempt from taxation may receive the credit as a refund under certain circumstances; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/8 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB909 Income Tax Credit - Student Employees Allowing specified business entities a credit against the State income tax for the cost of hiring student employees who attend a high school at which at least 80% of the registered students are eligible for the federal free or reduced price meal program and who work for the business entity for specified time periods; providing that the credit may not exceed $5,000 for any taxable year; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/8 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1047 Task Force to Study Admission Practices at Public Senior Higher Education Institutions Establishing the Task Force to Study Admission Practices at Public Senior Higher Education Institutions; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain admission practices of Maryland public senior higher education institutions that relate to admission of in-State versus out-of-State students; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1273/SB599 Immigration Enforcement - County Boards of Education, Public Institutions of Higher Education, and Hospitals - Policies Requiring each county board of education, public institution of higher education, and hospital to establish a policy on or before July 1, 2020 that limits immigration enforcement on the premises to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and State law based on certain guidelines established by the Attorney General; and requiring the Attorney General, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to develop certain guidelines on or before December 31, 2019. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HJ6 Higher Education - Publishers of Academic Publications - cOAlition S and Plan S Encouraging each Maryland publisher of an academic publication of research funded by public grants, including institutions of higher education, to join cOAlition S and implement Plan S by the year 2024. Hearing Date: Mon 2/25 2:00 PM Effective Date: [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB595 Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions Adding bladder, kidney, or renal cell cancer to the types of cancer that are considered occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty and are compensable in a certain manner. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB634/SB738 Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range Requiring an employer, on request, to provide to an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant applied; prohibiting an employer from taking certain actions against an applicant for employment under certain circumstances; prohibiting an employer from relying on wage history, except under certain circumstances, for certain purposes, and from seeking the wage history by certain methods and from certain persons; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB640/SB555 Peace Orders - Workplace Violence Making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, issuance, and modification of certain peace orders and to the shielding of certain court records of certain peace order proceedings apply to certain peace orders filed by certain employers on the basis of certain acts committed against certain employees under certain circumstances; providing certain immunity from certain liability to a certain employer under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB686/SB912 Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Adverse Actions - Absence Control Policy Prohibiting a certain provision of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act from being construed to prohibit an employer from applying a certain absence control policy if the employer provides at least 40 hours of paid leave a year, excluding earned sick and safe leave; and providing the absence control policy is uniformly applied, is provided to all employees uniformly, has a progressive accountability structure and provides for a warning before any possible action is taken against an employee. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB790 Equal Pay for Equal Work - Enforcement - Civil Penalties (Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act) Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry or a court to require a certain employer to pay a civil penalty equal to 10% of the amount of damages owned by the employer for violations of the Equal Pay for Equal Work Law; authorizing the Commissioner or a court to order certain additional civil penalties or certain relief under certain circumstances; and requiring that a civil penalty be paid to the General Fund of the State to offset the cost of enforcing the Act. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB976 Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties Authorizing a county to establish a minimum wage rate for employees working in the county; altering the minimum wage that an employer is required to pay employees; and altering the minimum wage an employer is authorized to pay employees under 20 years of age under certain circumstances. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB994/SB839 Labor and Employment - Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box) Prohibiting certain employers from requiring an applicant for employment to disclose certain information regarding the criminal record of the applicant except under certain circumstances, conducting a certain criminal history records check, or taking certain other action before a conditional offer of employment has been extended; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to resolve complaints informally; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB1040 Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity (Overtime Modernization Act of 2019) Altering the conditions under which an individual who works in a certain administrative, executive, or professional capacity qualifies for an exemption from overtime pay; requiring that an individual be compensated on a salary basis at $900 or more per week, exclusive of board, lodging, or other facilities, to qualify as an individual who is employed in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1073/SB616 Joint Committee on Workforce Development Creating a Joint Committee on Workforce Development; specifying the membership of the Committee; providing that members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the appointing officer; providing for the appointment of cochairs of the Committee; establishing the powers and duties of the Committee; and requiring the Committee to submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1107/SB518 Discrimination in Employment - Pregnancy and Childbirth Requiring an employer to provide certain reasonable accommodations for certain employees and applicants for employment; applying certain requirements regarding reasonable accommodations in employment to employees and applicants for employment who have certain limitations caused by childbirth; altering the circumstances under which an employer is required to transfer an employee for the duration of the employee's limitation caused or contributed to by pregnancy; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/11 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1109 Employers - Health Crisis Hotline - Posting of Notice Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a notice of the Health Crisis Hotline; requiring an employer to keep the notice posted conspicuously at each place of employment; authorizing an employee of an employer who violates the posting requirement to file a complaint with the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to take certain actions on receipt of a complaint; authorizing the Commissioner to assess a penalty under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1115/SB515 Community Colleges - Workforce Readiness Grant Program - Established Establishing the Workforce Readiness Grant Program; specifying the purpose of the Program; authorizing each community college to accept certain donations that further the purpose of the Program; requiring the Governor to appropriate the lesser of $250,000 for each campus of each community college or the amount of certain donations in certain fiscal years; requiring that certain funding be in addition to certain State funding provided for certain community colleges; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1125 High Schools - Postsecondary Career and Technology Education Programs - Reporting on Student Acceptance Rates Requiring each local school system to report to the State Department of Education on or before March 1 each year the number of high school students accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs during the previous calendar year and the types of programs in which the students were accepted; and requiring the Department on or before April 1 each year to publish on its website a list of the high schools that reported on students who were accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/1 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1239 Discrimination in Employment for Use of Medical Cannabis - Prohibition Prohibiting an employer, except under certain circumstances, from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's receipt of a certain written certification for the use of medical cannabis or the individual's positive drug test under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not require an employer to allow certain use of medical cannabis or make certain reasonable accommodations; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/11 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1251 Baltimore City - Police Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Altering the matters for which certain employee organizations representing certain Baltimore City police officers or the City of Baltimore may request arbitration; repealing certain provisions limiting the matters that may be arbitrated and prohibiting the board of arbitration from providing for certain issues; requiring the adoption of certain financial terms of employment and certain terms of employment; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB681/HB1300 Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers Increasing, from 106 to 120 days, the period during which an employer is not required to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave; altering the circumstances under which an employer is required to reinstate certain unused sick and safe leave; and altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses earned sick and safe leave to provide certain verification. Hearing Date: Thu 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: Upon Enactment SB794 Labor and Employment - Heightened Security Interest Locations (Secure Maryland Wage Act) Requiring that certain employees working at a heightened security interest location be paid a certain wage or combination of wages and benefits; declaring findings of the General Assembly; specifying that certain provisions of the Act do not diminish certain rights of certain covered employees; specifying that a certain agreement to work for less than a certain wage is void under certain circumstances; requiring an employer to keep certain records for a certain period of time; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/15 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB839/HB994 Labor and Employment - Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box) Prohibiting certain employers from requiring an applicant for employment to disclose certain information regarding the criminal record of the applicant except under certain circumstances, conducting a certain criminal history records check, or taking certain other action before a conditional offer of employment has been extended; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to resolve complaints informally; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/15 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 SB854 Workers' Compensation - Medical Cannabis - Compensation and Benefits Providing that, under certain circumstances, a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee is not entitled to worker's compensation or benefits if a certain accidental personal injury, compensable hernia, or occupational disease was caused solely by the effect of medical cannabis on the employee; including medical cannabis in the medicine that an employer or its insurer is required to provide to a covered employee under certain circumstances; providing for the application of the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB864 Contracts and Employment - Discrimination Against Medical Cannabis Patients and Caregivers - Prohibition Prohibiting a party to a contract from rescinding a contract between the party and a qualifying patient or caregiver based on the individual's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver; prohibiting an employer from discriminating against a qualifying patient or caregiver in a certain manner based on the individual's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver or, with respect to a qualifying patient, a certain drug test result; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB505/SB86 Possession of Medical Cannabis - Local Correctional Facilities and Home Detention Program - Prohibition Providing that a certain provision of law may not be construed to authorize the possession of marijuana or cannabis on the grounds of a local correctional facility or while an offender is in a home detention program; authorizing the imposition of certain penalties for the possession of marijuana or cannabis on the grounds of a local correctional facility and while an offender is in a home detention program; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB656/SB771 Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing a civil offense for use or possession of a certain amount of cannabis for a person of at least a certain age; establishing a Cannabis Regulation Division in the Office of the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller to employ certain officers and employees; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB881 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Academic Research - Medical Uses and Properties of Cannabis Authorizing an institution of higher education or a related medical facility to file with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission a registration to purchase medical cannabis for the purpose of conducting a bona fide research project relating to the medical uses or properties of cannabis; requiring that a certain registration include certain information; providing that a certain registration is valid until the Commission receives certain notification; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB1156 Medical Cannabis - Medical Cannabis Business Development Fund - Establishment Establishing the Medical Cannabis Business Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer the Fund; requiring the Department, subject to a certain limitation, to make grants and provide financial assistance to certain minority and women business owners and entrepreneurs; requiring the Department, on or before January 15 each year, to report to the Commission and the General Assembly on certain matters; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1239 Discrimination in Employment for Use of Medical Cannabis - Prohibition Prohibiting an employer, except under certain circumstances, from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's receipt of a certain written certification for the use of medical cannabis or the individual's positive drug test under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not require an employer to allow certain use of medical cannabis or make certain reasonable accommodations; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/11 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1307 Marijuana Laws - Full Disclosure of Legal, Employment, and Health Risks Requiring the Office of the Attorney General, at least 90 days before the implementation of any law that reduces penalties for or legalizes the use of marijuana, to establish an information system, including the creation of a website and public service announcements for radio, television, newspapers, and billboards, to notify the public of the risks related to the change in the law. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB426 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Licensed Dispensaries Requiring the Commission to allow a person to have an ownership interest in up to six dispensaries licensed under a certain provision of law. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB552/HB736 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Prohibitions on Former Employees and Commissioners Prohibiting former employees of the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission and former commissioners of the Commission from being an owner or an employee of any business entity that holds a license under Title 13, Subtitle 33 of the Health - General Article or from having an official relationship with those business entities for the 1-year period immediately after the former employee is no longer employed by the Commission or the former commissioner is no longer serving as a commissioner. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB749 Medical Cannabis - Pesticide Use - Labeling and Study Requiring a certain dispensary or dispensary agent to ensure that medical cannabis grown using a pesticide and products containing medical cannabis grown using a pesticide have a label affixed at the time of sale stating that the medical cannabis was grown using pesticides; requiring the Department of Agriculture to study the health impacts of smoking medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides or being in close proximity to smoke from the burning of medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB854 Workers' Compensation - Medical Cannabis - Compensation and Benefits Providing that, under certain circumstances, a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee is not entitled to worker's compensation or benefits if a certain accidental personal injury, compensable hernia, or occupational disease was caused solely by the effect of medical cannabis on the employee; including medical cannabis in the medicine that an employer or its insurer is required to provide to a covered employee under certain circumstances; providing for the application of the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB855 Correctional Services - Medical Cannabis - Medical Treatment for Inmates Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in consultation with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, to adopt certain regulations relating to the treatment of certain inmates using medical cannabis at State and local correctional facilities; and requiring that certain regulations adopted by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission include certain procedures for the treatment of certain inmates. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB858 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Academic Research - Medical Uses and Properties of Cannabis Authorizing an institution of higher education or a related medical facility to file with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission a registration to purchase medical cannabis for the purpose of conducting a certain research project; requiring that a certain registration include certain information; providing that a certain registration is valid until the Commission receives certain notification; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB859 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Advertisements Requiring that all advertisements for medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, or medical cannabis-related services be consistent with certain federal regulations governing prescription drug advertising; prohibiting certain advertisements from being false or misleading; and requiring that all advertising for medical cannabis or medical cannabis products include a statement that the product is for use only by a qualifying patient. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB860 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Immunity - Revocation of Release Prohibiting certain persons from being subject to revocation of mandatory supervision, parole, or probation for the medical use of or possession of medical cannabis. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB861 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Registration of Certifying Providers - Repeal Repealing the requirement that the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission register certain individuals as certifying providers; repealing the requirement that a provider submit a certain proposal to the Commission to be registered as a certifying provider; repealing a provision of law that encourages and authorizes the Commission to approve certain applications; providing that a certifying provider is encouraged to issue written certifications for certain medical conditions; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB863 Labor and Employment - Screening for Use of Marijuana or Cannabis Prohibiting certain employers from requiring an applicant for employment or an employee to disclose the applicant's or employee's use of marijuana or cannabis and from taking certain other action; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit an employer from making a certain inquiry or taking certain other action; authorizing the Commissioner on a certain determination to resolve certain issues informally or by mediation; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB864 Contracts and Employment - Discrimination Against Medical Cannabis Patients and Caregivers - Prohibition Prohibiting a party to a contract from rescinding a contract between the party and a qualifying patient or caregiver based on the individual's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver; prohibiting an employer from discriminating against a qualifying patient or caregiver in a certain manner based on the individual's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver or, with respect to a qualifying patient, a certain drug test result; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB832/SB699 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services - Prohibition on Denial Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from denying an individual access to a home- and community-based services waiver due to a lack of funding for waiver services if the individual is living at home or in the community at a certain time, received certain services, will be or has been terminated from the Maryland Medical Assistance Program due to certain entitlement or enrollment, meets certain eligibility criteria, and certain services received by the individual would qualify for federal matching funds. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB847/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: Wed 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB938 Behavioral Health Transformation Act of 2019 Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a delivery system for certain specialty behavioral health services, rather than for only specialty mental health services, for enrollees of managed care organizations; requiring the delivery system to assume certain financial risk; requiring the delivery system to provide certain services to certain individuals; requiring the delivery system to reimburse certain providers and collect certain data; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB941 Public Behavioral Health System - Implementation Plans to Improve Efficiency, Accountability, and Outcomes - Workgroup Requiring the Secretary of Health to convene a stakeholder workgroup to develop certain implementation plans to improve efficiency, accountability, and outcomes of certain specialty behavioral health services; requiring the workgroup to include certain representatives; requiring that certain implementation plans include certain recommendations for a certain timeline and certain necessary steps to achieve certain outcomes; requiring the Secretary of Health to submit certain reports on or before certain dates; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1009/SB700 Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers - Alterations (Laurie's Law) Repealing the initial cap on participation in a certain waiver; requiring a certain waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include a request for a cap on waiver participation that is set at no less than a certain percentage of the projected annual demand for certain services; requiring the Department to screen individuals who are eligible to receive certain services as soon as possible after the Department receives certain notification; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 3/11 2:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB699/HB832 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services - Prohibition on Denial Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from denying an individual access to a home- and community-based services waiver due to a lack of funding for waiver services if the individual is living at home or in the community at a certain time, received certain services, will be or has been terminated from the Maryland Medical Assistance Program due to certain entitlement or enrollment, meets certain eligibility criteria, and certain services received by the individual would qualify for certain funds. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB700/HB1009 Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers - Alterations (Laurie's Law) Repealing the initial cap on participation in a certain waiver; requiring a certain waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include a request for a cap on waiver participation that is set at not less than a certain percentage of the projected annual demand for certain services; requiring the Department to screen individuals who are eligible to receive certain services as soon as possible after the Department receives certain notification; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB773 Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Qualification Exempting certain documents relating to a health care professional's income from discovery and admission on the question of whether the health care provider qualifies as an expert in a certain health care malpractice proceeding; altering the percentage of an expert's professional activities that may have been devoted to certain activities that directly involve testimony in personal injury claims in order for the expert to qualify to testify in relation to a certain proceeding; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB784/HB1323 Civil Actions - Health Care Malpractice Claims (Life Care Act 2019) Requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses to be based solely on average Medicare reimbursement rates in effect on the date of the award or verdict for the locality in which the care is to be provided; requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses for hospital facility services to be based on certain rates; requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses for nursing facility services to be based on a certain rate; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB813 Personal Injury or Wrongful Death - Noneconomic Damages Repealing a certain limitation on noneconomic damages for health care malpractice actions that arise on or after October 1, 2019; increasing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in an action for wrongful death in which there are two or more claimants or beneficiaries; and applying certain limitations on noneconomic damages in an action for personal injury or wrongful death to a health care malpractice action that arises on or after October 1, 2019. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] SB534 Public Buildings and Places of Public Accommodation - Diaper-Changing Facilities in Restrooms Requiring, except under certain circumstances, that a diaper-changing facility be installed in certain restrooms in certain public buildings and certain places of public accommodation; requiring the Board of Public Works, through the Department of General Services, to adopt certain standards; requiring certain standards to be filed with the Secretary of State; requiring that certain bodies be responsible for the enforcement of certain provisions of the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/14 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB675/HB864 Duties of a Guardian of the Person - Petition for Visitation Establishing the intent of the General Assembly to enforce the right of every adult in the State to visit with and receive certain communication from whomever the adult chooses, with a certain exception; establishing a rebuttable presumption in an action under the Act; authorizing a certain person to petition a certain court for reasonable visitation with a certain alleged incapacitated or protected person; requiring the petition to be verified and to state certain facts; providing for service of process; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB754 Health Insurance and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Cost Pricing and Reimbursement Authorizing a pharmacist or a pharmacy to decline to dispense a prescription drug or provide a pharmacy service to a certain member if the amount reimbursed by a certain insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization is less than the pharmacy acquisition cost for the same prescription drug or pharmacy service; requiring that each contract between a pharmacy benefits manager and a contracted pharmacy include a certain process to appeal, investigate, and resolve disputes regarding cost pricing and reimbursement; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB755 Public Health - Gabapentin - Monitoring by Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and Report Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of Gabapentin by all prescribers and dispensers in the State; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to submit a report on whether Gabapentin should be added to the a controlled dangerous substances schedule to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 31, 2019. Hearing Date: Wed 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB759 Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Pharmacy Choice Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from requiring that a beneficiary use a specific pharmacy or entity to fill a prescription if the pharmacy benefits manager has an ownership interest in the pharmacy or entity or if the pharmacy or entity has an ownership interest in the pharmacy benefits manager. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB847/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: Wed 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB895 Hospitals - Prescription Drugs - Dispensing of Schedule III Drug Prescriptions Requiring an accredited hospital to fill a prescription for and dispense a prescription drug that contains a Schedule III controlled dangerous substance and was prescribed at another accredited hospital in the State. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1085 Drug Manufacturers - Drug Take-Back Programs Requiring manufacturers of certain drugs to operate a certain drug take-back program or enter into a certain agreement with a drug take-back organization or the Maryland Department of Health; requiring, on or before a certain date, manufacturers of certain drugs and certain drug take-back organizations to submit a certain proposal to the Department; requiring manufacturers of certain drugs to pay certain costs and fees associated with the drug take-back program; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/14 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1148 Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Records and Notice Concerning Medications Dispensed to Insureds Requiring each pharmacy benefits manager to maintain certain medication dispensing records for certain insureds and to notify certain pharmacists and prescribers of certain potential problems that the pharmacy benefits manager identifies. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB656/SB771 Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing a civil offense for use or possession of a certain amount of cannabis for a person of at least a certain age; establishing a Cannabis Regulation Division in the Office of the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller to employ certain officers and employees; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB681 State Department of Education and Maryland Department of Health - School-Based Health Centers - Ombudsmen Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Secretary of Health to each designate an ombudsman for school-based health centers; altering the membership of the Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers to include each ombudsman; requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the State Department of Education to conduct a certain assessment and, develop a plan, in consultation with certain stakeholders, for a certain model and expansion of the type of organizations that can sponsor school-based health centers; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1031 Declaration of Rights - Right of Bodily Integrity and Privacy Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish that the people have the right to bodily integrity and privacy to make personal decisions about childbearing and procreation without unwarranted government intrusion; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. Hearing Date: Effective Date: HB1101 Health - Mifepristone - Administration Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations regarding the administration of mifepristone; requiring that mifepristone be provided by or under the supervision of a physician who meets certain qualifications and conditions; requiring each provider of mifepristone to make certain certifications and disclose certain information; establishing a certain penalty; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019, and each December 1 thereafter; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1112 Task Force to Study Health Care for Inmates in Correctional Facilities Establishing the Task Force to Study Health Care for Inmates in Correctional Facilities; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to meet at least monthly; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters related to health care for inmates in correctional facilities; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/12 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB1183/SB251 Public Health - Treatment for the Prevention of HIV - Consent by Minors Providing that a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to treatment for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1189/SB425 Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program in the Office of Home Energy Programs of the Family Investment Administration within the Department of Human Services in recognition of the additional challenges with energy bills for individuals with critical medical needs and limited financial resources; requiring the Office to partner with certain agencies and organizations in administering the Program; specifying the duties of the Office in administering the Program; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1195 Health - Maryland Fetal Heartbeat Protection Act Repealing certain provisions of law related to prohibiting the State from interfering with the decision of a woman to terminate a pregnancy under certain circumstances; requiring a physician to inform a woman seeking an abortion of certain information under certain circumstances; prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion before a physician determines whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat and if a fetal heartbeat has been detected under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB1242/SB915 Public School Students - Vision Services and the Vision for Maryland Program Requiring each county board of education to coordinate with the Vision for Maryland Program to ensure that certain students are able to receive eye examinations and, if necessary, eyeglasses; requiring each county board or county health department to provide eye examinations for certain students; establishing the Vision for Maryland Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to carry out the Program in consultation with certain entities; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB497/HB1295 Pharmacists - Aids for the Cessation of Tobacco Product Use - Prescribing and Dispensing Authorizing a pharmacist who meets the requirements of certain regulations to prescribe and dispense aids for the cessation of the use of tobacco products; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy, by September 1, 2020, to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program to provide coverage for certain services rendered by a licensed pharmacist under the Act to the same extent as certain services rendered by any other licensed health care practitioner; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB531 Public Health - Overdose Response - Storage Warehouses Requiring the owner or operator of a storage warehouse, in accordance with certain provisions of law, to obtain and store naloxone and certain related paraphernalia on the premises and to make naloxone available to individuals to administer to certain individuals under certain circumstances. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB600/HB761 Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Steering Committee, Services, Testing, and Funding (Sickle Cell Treatment Act of 2019) Altering the duties of the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain services relating to sickle cell disease in consultation with the Steering Committee; requiring local health departments to provide sickle cell disease testing and counseling at no cost to anyone referred by certain health care providers; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB734/HB690 Education - Students With Reading Difficulties - Screenings and Interventions Requiring each county board of education, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, to ensure that a certain student is screened to identify if the student is at risk for reading difficulties; requiring a county board, under certain circumstances, to conduct a certain informal diagnostic assessment and provide certain supplemental reading instruction, progress monitoring, and notice and reports to a certain parent or guardian; requiring county boards to provide certain resources on their websites; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB783/HB1332 Public Health - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Information and Informed Consent Requiring a health care provider, before each administration of a human papillomavirus vaccine, to provide an individual with a certain information sheet and obtain written consent on a certain form; requiring that a certain information sheet include, at a minimum, certain statements; requiring that a certain consent form developed by the Maryland Department of Health include certain information; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB477/SB292 Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer - Definition Altering the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain volunteer emergency medical technicians for purposes of a certain property tax credit; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB528/SB39 Baltimore City - Police Districts - Redistricting Requiring the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, following each decennial census of the United States, to prepare a plan for the adjustment of the geographic boundaries and composition of each Baltimore City police district and the reallocation of the resources and personnel of the Baltimore City Police Department among the districts using certain information; requiring the Commissioner to present the plan to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City within 1 year of the issuance of the decennial census data; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB640/SB555 Peace Orders - Workplace Violence Making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, issuance, and modification of certain peace orders and to the shielding of certain court records of certain peace order proceedings apply to certain peace orders filed by certain employers on the basis of certain acts committed against certain employees under certain circumstances; providing certain immunity from certain liability to a certain employer under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB699 Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to require certain entrance-level and in-service police training conducted by the State and each county and municipal police training school to include certain training relating to the criminal laws concerning hate crimes, the appropriate treatment of victims of hate crimes, and the proper procedures for reporting hate crime information. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB717 Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force Establishing the Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study the options for economical storage of audio and video recordings made by body-worn cameras and make recommendations for storage considering the budget limitations of State, county, local, and campus law enforcement entities; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB749 Firearms - Right to Purchase, Own, Possess, and Carry - Medical Cannabis (Patients' Rights Act) Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is a certain qualifying patient; defining the term "qualifying patient" to mean a person who is authorized under certain provisions of law to use medical cannabis; establishing the intent of the General Assembly that medical cannabis should be treated as legal for certain purposes and the State should not penalize a qualifying patient for using the drug legally; etc. Hearing Date: Mon 2/25 10:00 AM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB894 Criminal Law - Felony Second Degree Assault - Emergency Medical Care Workers Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is a worker who is providing emergency and related services in a certain department at a certain hospital or certain freestanding medical facility; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of the felony of assault in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB927 Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Firearms Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to require that certain entrance-level and in-service police training conducted by the State and each county and municipal police training school include, for police officers who are issued a firearm, classroom instruction, training, and qualification for the firearm that is comparable to certain requirements established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Hearing Date: Mon 2/25 10:00 AM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1011 Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Uniform Citizen Complaint Process (Anton's Law) Requiring that a certain uniform citizen complaint process require a complainant to be provided with a copy of the investigatory file relating to the complaint and copies of any prior complaints filed against a certain police officer. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1096/SB767 Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis Requiring that a sexual assault evidence collection kit be submitted to a forensic laboratory for analysis unless a certain requirement is met; requiring that a certain victim be given the option to consent to submission of a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit for analysis without making a certain commitment; requiring a certain law enforcement agency that receives a sexual assault evidence collection kit to take certain actions under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1145 Public Safety - Special Police Officers - Requirements Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop and establish a certain training curriculum for special police officers; requiring the Secretary of State Police to require a special police officer to complete a certain training curriculum before the issuance or renewal of a commission to be a special police officer; requiring a certain entity to pay the cost for completion of a certain training curriculum; requiring a certain special police officer to carry certain equipment under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1173 Baltimore City Police Officers - Incentives for Purchase of Dwelling in Baltimore City Establishing the Baltimore City Police Officer Down Payment Assistance Program and the Baltimore City Police Officer Deferred Payment Loan Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; allowing certain eligible officers who purchase certain dwellings to claim a credit against the State income tax; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the tax imposed on a dwelling owned by certain eligible officers; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019, July 1, 2019, October 1, 2019 HB1176 Public Safety - Certification of Police Officers - Medical Cannabis Employment Providing that employment by a business licensed as a certain cannabis dispensary, grower, or processor does not constitute involvement in the illegal distribution of a controlled dangerous substance for police officer certification or recertification under certain circumstances. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 HB1187 Public Safety - Baltimore Police Department Internal Affairs Unit Establishing the Baltimore Police Department Internal Affairs Unit in the Department of State Police; providing for the appointment and salary of a Director of the Unit; requiring the Director to take certain actions; requiring the Unit to perform certain duties; establishing that the offices of the Unit may not be located in Baltimore City; prohibiting the Baltimore Police Department from operating a division that performs the functions of the Unit as described in the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 1:00 PM Effective Date: January 1, 2020 HB1251 Baltimore City - Police Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Altering the matters for which certain employee organizations representing certain Baltimore City police officers or the City of Baltimore may request arbitration; repealing certain provisions limiting the matters that may be arbitrated and prohibiting the board of arbitration from providing for certain issues; requiring the adoption of certain financial terms of employment and certain terms of employment; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/5 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB569/HB1268 Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund - Established Establishing the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department of State Police to administer the Fund; requiring the Department to establish and publish procedures for the distribution of funding to law enforcement agencies; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund, and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/27 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB570 Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death Prohibiting a person from distributing fentanyl, any structural variation of fentanyl, or any analogue of fentanyl, the use of which is a contributing cause of the death of another; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; and providing that an individual who lawfully prescribes or administers fentanyl to an individual shall be immune from criminal prosecution for a violation of the Act. Hearing Date: Fri 2/22 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB644 Circuit Court Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures - Funding - Drug Treatment and Education Providing that 95% of fines, penalties, and forfeitures that are recovered in certain criminal cases concerning controlled dangerous substances, prescriptions, and other substances be used to provide funding for county drug treatment and education programs. Hearing Date: Fri 2/22 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB847/HB625 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: Wed 2/20 12:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 SB884 Public Schools - School Resource Officers - Firearms Required Requiring a Baltimore City school police officer and a school resource officer to carry a firearm while present on the premises of the school to which the officer is assigned. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB881 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Academic Research - Medical Uses and Properties of Cannabis Authorizing an institution of higher education or a related medical facility to file with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission a registration to purchase medical cannabis for the purpose of conducting a bona fide research project relating to the medical uses or properties of cannabis; requiring that a certain registration include certain information; providing that a certain registration is valid until the Commission receives certain notification; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 SB495/HB526 Medical Laboratories - Laboratory Tests and Procedures - Advertising Authorizing a person to directly or indirectly advertise for or solicit business in the State for a laboratory test or procedure ordered by a physician and performed by a medical laboratory that is certified under 42 U.S.C. ? 263a; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/20 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2019 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB477/SB292 Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer - Definition Altering the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain volunteer emergency medical technicians for purposes of a certain property tax credit; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019. Hearing Date: Tue 2/19 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 HB482 Income Tax Credit - Endowments of Maryland Historically Black Colleges and Universities Allowing a credit against the State income tax for a certain amount of donations to certain qualified permanent endowment funds at Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University, or University of Maryland Eastern Shore; providing for the carryforward of the credit; requiring the Comptroller, on application of a taxpayer, to issue a tax credit certificate; requiring the application to contain certain information; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB896 Income Tax Credit - Small Businesses - Student Interns and Apprentices Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain small businesses that hire high school or college interns or apprentices under certain circumstances; providing that the credit may not exceed $7,500 for any taxable year; requiring a small business to submit certain documentation to qualify for the credit; providing that certain organizations exempt from taxation may receive the credit as a refund under certain circumstances; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/8 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 HB909 Income Tax Credit - Student Employees Allowing specified business entities a credit against the State income tax for the cost of hiring student employees who attend a high school at which at least 80% of the registered students are eligible for the federal free or reduced price meal program and who work for the business entity for specified time periods; providing that the credit may not exceed $5,000 for any taxable year; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/8 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2019 SB581/HB1260 Economic and Community Development Tax Credits - Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program Establishing the Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program in the Department of Commerce; expanding certain economic development tax credits administered by the Department under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations relating to the Program; authorizing a certain additional tax credit under the heritage structure rehabilitation tax credit program for certain commercial rehabilitations that qualify as certain opportunity zone projects; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/26 2:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2019 Legislative Session Office Legislative Hotline is a service of Johns Hopkins Government Affairs. © 2019 The Johns Hopkins Institutions. 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