MD HB 1030 - Nicole A. Williams
Task Force to Study Murder Prevention and Reduction in Maryland
02/13/2023 - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Establishing the Task Force to Study Murder Prevention and Reduction in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to conduct a comprehensive examination of factors contributing to homicides in the State; and requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services and to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
MD HB 1107 - Brian A. Chisholm
Anne Arundel County - School-Age Children Mental Health Support System Pilot Program
02/14/2023 - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Establishing the School-Aged Children Mental Health Support System Pilot Program in Anne Arundel County to help implement the goals and recommendations of the Anne Arundel Mental Health Task Force with focus on providing mental and behavioral health supports to school-age children in Anne Arundel County; and requiring the Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency to submit a report on the effectiveness of the program to the Anne Arundel County Delegation and the House Ways and Means Committee of the General Assembly by August 1, 2024, and 2025.
MD HB 1148 - Jamila Woods
Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291
Establishing the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to make recommendations to provide appropriate, accessible, and comprehensive behavioral health services that are available on demand to individuals in the State; establishing the Behavioral Health Care Coordination Value-Based Purchasing Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to apply for certain federal planning grant funds; requiring the Department to apply to participate in a certain demonstration program; etc.
MD HB 1153 - Jamila Woods
Behavioral Health Programs - Residential Programs - Food Service Facility Requirements
03/17/2023 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Prohibiting regulations adopted by the Maryland Department of Health from requiring certain residential programs to comply with food service facility regulations if the residential program has fewer than 17 residents.
MD HB 1176 - Jamila Woods
Public Safety - Voluntary 9-1-1 Registry
03/17/2023 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Establishing the 9-1-1 Registry Program to authorize individual adults, parents or guardians of minor children, or guardians of individuals with special needs to register with a local jurisdiction or local 9-1-1 call center in order to alert first responders of certain behaviors, diagnoses, or traits that individuals with special needs may present during encounters with first responders; and requiring local jurisdictions and local 9-1-1 centers to create 9-1-1 registry programs meeting certain characteristics.
MD HB 121 - Jamila Woods
Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Resident Grievance System
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263
Requiring a treatment plan for an individual with a mental disorder admitted to a certain health care facility to include a discharge goal and an estimate of the probable length of the inpatient stay before the individual can be transferred to a certain setting; requiring certain facility staff to review and reassess a plan of treatment within certain time periods; requiring the Department of Health to report annually to the General Assembly on the Resident Grievance System and the grievances received related to State facilities; etc.
MD HB 1219 - Chao Wu
Maryland Educator Shortage Act of 2023
03/16/2023 - Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish specific goals for the recruitment and retention of teachers in teacher preparation programs; transferring the administration of the Teaching Fellows for Maryland program to the Department and altering the qualifications for the program; establishing the Grow Our Own Educators Scholarship Program and Fund to provide scholarships to individuals who pledge to work full-time as a teacher in the State; establishing the Educator Internship Stipend Program; etc.
MD HB 1227 - House Committee on Health and Government Operations
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Dispensers - Veterinarians
03/03/2023 - Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
Altering the definition of "dispenser" for purposes of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to include certain licensed veterinarians when dispensing controlled substances for animals in the usual course of providing professional services; and providing that the Program is not required to disclose prescription drug monitoring data to veterinarians.
MD HB 1272 - Samuel I. Rosenberg
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Enforcement - Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims - Sunset Extension
03/20/2023 - Referred Finance
Extending the termination date by 2 years for certain provisions of law relating to Maryland Insurance Commissioner enforcement duties regarding administrative services organizations that administer a certain delivery system for specialty mental health services.
MD HB 1288 - Nicholas P. Charles II
Video Lottery Employee Licenses - Crimes of Moral Turpitude or Gambling Offenses - Alterations
03/16/2023 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
Altering the circumstances under which the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission is required to disqualify an applicant who committed a crime involving moral turpitude or gambling from holding a video lottery employee license.
MD HB 145 - N. Scott Phillips
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility
03/06/2023 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Altering the eligibility requirements for an individual to be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as a police officer to remove a certain requirement on an individual who is a permanent legal resident of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces.
MD HB 162 - Nicole A. Williams
Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry - Establishment
03/10/2023 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Requiring the Department of State Police to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc.
MD HB 170 - David Moon
Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court
02/20/2023 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Requiring a court to consider certain factors before sentencing a minor convicted as an adult and to state on the record its consideration of the factors at the time of sentencing; establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determination under certain circumstances.
MD HB 232 - Nicole A. Williams
Child in Need of Assistance – Neglect – Cannabis Use
03/03/2023 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Providing that the use of cannabis by a parent or certain other individuals who care for a child does not qualify as neglect except in certain circumstances, for purposes of provisions of law relating to children in need of assistance.
MD HB 260 - Jennifer White
Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270
Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for sign language interpreters under the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund to be used exclusively to cover the documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the Board's duties, including development of programs to assist licensure of marginalized interpreters, development of certain mentorship programs, and financial assistance for certain applicants; etc.
MD HB 271 - Heather Bagnall
9–8–8 Trust Fund – Funding
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 an appropriation of $12,000,000 to the 9-8-8 Trust Fund for the purpose of designating and maintaining 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline and for developing and implementing a statewide initiative for the coordination and delivery of behavioral health crisis response services in the State.
MD HB 295 - Jennifer R. Terrasa
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Withdrawal Policy - Reimbursement of Tuition and Fees (Cameron Carden Act of 2023)
03/10/2023 - Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Requiring constituent institutions and centers of the University System of Maryland to authorize students to withdraw under extenuating circumstances of illness, injury, hospitalization, and mental health and wellness and to reimburse the student any tuition and fees paid by the student for the semester during which the student withdraws.
MD HB 305 - Smith
Health Insurance - Utilization Review - Revisions
01/26/2023 - Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review, including provisions regarding benchmarks for standardizing and automating the preauthorization process, the online preauthorization system for payors, preauthorizations for prescription drugs, and private review agents; altering timelines related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; increasing the penalties for violating certain provisions of law regarding private review agents; etc.
MD HB 322 - Kathy Szeliga
Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for intensive in-home services, case management, and wraparound services; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Behavioral Health Administration to fund 100 slots in the mental health case management program for children or youth at risk of out-of-home placement who are not eligible for program services; requiring the Governor to include funding in the annual budget bill for customized goods and services for certain youth; etc.
MD HB 324 - Lesley J. Lopez
Child Abuse and Neglect - Domestic Violence
01/26/2023 - Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
Establishing a rebuttable presumption that "neglect" in provisions of law relating to child abuse and neglect and children in need of assistance does not include certain behaviors on the part of a victim of domestic violence; and prohibiting a court from considering certain instances of domestic violence in determining whether a child is a child in need of assistance under certain circumstances.
MD HB 340 - Bonnie L. Cullison
Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Oversight
02/27/2023 - Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human resources that is accessible to State residents, rather than a certain telephone service; repealing the requirement that the Maryland Department of Health evaluate the performance of certain call centers and make certain recommendations regarding the quality of service provided by call centers; etc.
MD HB 375 - Dalya Attar
Education - Coaches - Mental Health Training
03/21/2023 - Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental illness and behavioral distress in students who participate in athletic programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education; requiring public schools and public institutions that offer athletic programs to provide a certain training to coaches; etc.
MD HB 385 - J. Sandy Bartlett
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act)
01/26/2023 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo at least 40 hours of training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
MD HB 418 - Jamila Woods
Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287
Establishing the Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund to provide reimbursement for costs associated with educating, training, certifying, recruiting, placing, and retaining behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in coordination with certain entities, to conduct a comprehensive behavioral health workforce needs assessment on or before October 1, 2024, and submit the assessment to certain committees of the General Assembly by October 15, 2024.
MD HB 475 - Samuel I. Rosenberg
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact
03/18/2023 - Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
Entering into the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an advanced practice registered nurse to practice in a party state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Commission of APRN Compact Administrators and its duties and powers; providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact; providing that the Compact is contingent on the enacting of substantially similar legislation in six other states; etc.
MD HB 488 - Chao Wu
Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Mental Health Professionals in Public Schools
02/01/2023 - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
Expanding the purpose of the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include assisting in the repayment of loans for mental health professionals serving as school psychologists, resource psychologists, psychologist coordinators, social workers, social worker supervisors, or mental health coordinators in the public schools; and requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance to publicize the Program to eligible mental health professionals to help recruit and retain mental health professionals in the public schools.
MD HB 515 - Joe Vogel
Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills - Requirements
03/06/2023 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
Requiring the State Department of Education to adopt regulations to incorporate active shooter safety drills in the annual schedule of drills for local school systems; requiring local school systems to take certain actions regarding active shooter safety drills, including collecting and reporting certain data to the Maryland Center for School Safety, and providing certain notice to parents, students, and school personnel; etc.
MD HB 546 - Natalie Ziegler
Serving Every Region Through Vocational Exploration Act of 2023
03/16/2023 - Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Establishing the Service Year Option Program; requiring the Department of Service and Civic Innovation to administer and provide staff for the Program; requiring a Program participant to work at least 30 hours per week and partner with an on-site mentor while working in a service placement; requiring a participating employer to pay a Program participant $15 per hour; authorizing the Department to disburse a stipend of up to $3,000 to a Program participant who completes a service placement; etc.
MD HB 573 - Joe Vogel
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402
Establishing the Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to study the provision of and access to mental health services in institutions of higher education; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2023.
MD HB 667 - Brooke Grossman
Criminal Law - Overdosing in Public - Prohibition
02/27/2023 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Prohibiting a person from overdosing in certain public places or on a public conveyance; and authorizing a court to refer a person who overdoses in certain public places or on a public conveyance to drug court or substance abuse treatment rather than imposing a term of imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD HB 681 - Jamila Woods
Recovery Residence Grant Program - Establishment
04/06/2023 - Referred Rules
Establishing the Recovery Residence Grant Program within the Maryland Department of Health to award competitive grants to recovery residences to support operations, services, and programs; requiring the Department to establish certain procedures; requiring the annual budget bill to include $500,000 for the Program in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027; and requiring the Department to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 each year, beginning in 2024.
MD HB 694 - Aletheia McCaskill
Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical
03/19/2023 - Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
Authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to register as a rehabilitation practitioner and perform specified services for workers' compensation purposes; requiring a licensed certified social worker-clinical to be certified by the State Board of Social Work Examiners to qualify for registration; etc.
MD HB 722 - Kenneth P. Kerr
Physician Assistants - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2023)
02/14/2023 - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
Altering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admission of individuals to mental health facilities, the Emergency and Allergy Treatment Program, the Attendant Care Program, and petitions for extreme risk protective orders; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to cover charges related to examinations by a physician assistant for certain emergency evaluees; etc.
MD HB 723 - Vaughn M. Stewart III
Natural Resources – Forest Preservation and Retention
05/08/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541
Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; altering certain methods of calculating forest afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; authorizing local jurisdictions to adopt certain alternative afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a workgroup to evaluate and recommend incentives for private landowners to conserve forest; etc.
MD HB 732 - Ariana B. Kelly
Health - Mental Health Care Provider Immunity and Establishment of Specialty Tertiary Care Psychiatric Programs
02/27/2023 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Establishing that certain mental health care providers, administrators of certain programs, and certain employees of administrators have immunity from liability for certain actions related to harm to or from certain patients; and providing that the Maryland Department of Health is a "reporting agency" for the purpose of certain provisions of law governing public-private partnerships under certain circumstances.
MD HB 751 - Tony Bridges
Public Safety – Officer and Community Wellness Training Grant Fund
03/20/2023 - Referred Judicial Proceedings Budget and Taxation
Establishing the Officer and Community Wellness Training Grant Fund to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies for Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety training and Critical Incident Stress Management peer support training; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill $1,000,000 for the Fund; and requiring the Governor's Office Of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to administer the Fund and report to the Governor and General Assembly on December 31 each year.
MD HB 785 - Jamila Woods
Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocol and Prior Authorization - Revisions
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to establish a certain process for requesting an exception to a step therapy or fail-first protocol; prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring more than a certain number of prior authorizations for a prescription for different dosages of the same prescription drug; etc.
MD HB 812 - Jamila Woods
Health - Reproductive Health Services - Protected Information and Insurance Requirements
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249
Regulating the disclosure of certain information related to legally protected health care by custodians of public records, health information exchanges, and electronic health networks; requiring that the regulations adopted by the Maryland Health Care Commission regarding clinical information to be exchanged through the State-designated exchange restrict data of patients who have obtained legally protected health care; establishing the Protected Health Care Commission; etc.
MD HB 813 - Steven C. Johnson
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Prescription Digital Therapeutics
02/13/2023 - Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide coverage for prescription digital therapeutics for Program recipients; and defining "prescription digital therapeutic" as a product, a device, an Internet application, or any other technology approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that has an approved indication for the prevention, management, or treatment of certain medical conditions, primarily uses software to achieve results, and requires a prescription.
MD HB 82 - Bonnie L. Cullison
Maryland Medical Assistance and Children's Health Insurance Programs - School-Based Behavioral Health Services - Reimbursement
01/29/2023 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring, on or before December 1, 2023, the Maryland Department of Health to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a State plan amendment authorizing certain reimbursement of behavioral health services when provided in a school setting by certain health care providers under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program.
MD HB 823 - Jamila Woods
Mental Health Law - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
04/10/2023 - Rereferred to Finance
Authorizing a county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program; defining "assisted outpatient treatment" as a specific regimen of outpatient treatment for a mental health disorder to which an individual is ordered by the court to adhere; requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings; etc.
MD HB 824 - Nicole A. Williams
Public Safety - Regulated Firearms - Possession and Permits to Carry, Wear, and Transport a Handgun
03/10/2023 - Motion Special Order until 3/14 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
Altering the disqualifiers for possession of a regulated firearm; altering the maximum fees, qualifications for issuance, and the renewal period for a permit to carry, wear, or transport a handgun; altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Secretary of State Police to revoke a certain permit on a finding that the holder does not meet certain qualifications; etc.
MD HB 901 - C. T. Wilson
Consumer Protection - Online Products and Services - Children's Data
03/18/2023 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Requiring a business that offers an online product likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment under certain circumstances; prohibiting a business from offering a certain online product before completing a data protection impact assessment; requiring businesses to document certain risks associated with certain online products; requiring certain privacy protections for certain online products; prohibiting certain data collection and sharing practices; providing certain exemptions; etc.
MD HB 927 - David Moon
Criminal Law - Use or Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance - De Minimis Quantity
02/13/2023 - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
Making certain violations relating to the use or possession of certain de minimis quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances a civil offense rather than a misdemeanor; authorizing a court to refer a person under the age of 21 years who commits a certain violation to mental health assessment and treatment under certain circumstances; and requiring that a certain case proceed in drug court under certain circumstances.
MD HB 933 - Chao Wu
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
02/17/2023 - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
MD HB 952 - Kathy Szeliga
Crimes – Firearms – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023)
02/13/2023 - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower or transferee under certain circumstances.
MD HB 988 - Robbyn T. Lewis
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258
Modifying the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program by clarifying and altering certain provisions relating to the administration of the Program; establishing the employer and employee shares of the total rate of contribution; prohibiting the total rate of contribution from exceeding 1.2% of an employee's wages; requiring the State to pay for certain contributions for certain covered employees; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse certain community providers for certain employer contributions in a certain manner; etc.
MD HB 995 - Natalie Ziegler
Commercial Law - Health Data Privacy
03/14/2023 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Regulating the collection and use of consumer health data by private entities; prohibiting a private entity from certain collection and use of certain health data without the consent of the consumer; authorizing consumers to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumers' health data; requiring private entities that collect consumer health data to make certain disclosures to consumers; prohibiting a private entity that collects health data of a consumer from selling, leasing, or trading the data; etc.
MD SB 1 - Pamela G. Beidle
Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023)
03/14/2023 - Referred Judiciary
Prohibiting a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm onto the real property of another unless the other has given certain permission; prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm under certain circumstances and in certain locations; altering the circumstances under which a person is prohibited from possessing a regulated firearm; altering provisions of law relating to obtaining and revoking a permit to wear, carry, or transport a firearm; etc.
MD SB 110 - Michael A. Jackson
Public Safety – Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission
01/16/2023 - Hearing 2/01 at 1:30 p.m.
Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a period exceeding 1 year only if the individual is certified by the Commission or for a period not to exceed 1 year if the individual is provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers.
MD SB 126 - Cheryl C. Kagan
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility
01/16/2023 - Hearing 2/01 at 1:30 p.m.
Altering the eligibility requirements for an individual to be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as a police officer to remove a requirement that an individual who is a permanent legal resident of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces.
MD SB 13 - Christopher R. West
Family Law - Custody Evaluators - Qualifications and Training
01/16/2023 - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring that an individual meet certain educational and experiential requirements in order to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; requiring that, beginning October 1, 2024, an individual complete 20 hours of initial training in certain areas in order to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; requiring that an individual receive 5 hours of ongoing education and training every 2 years in order to continue to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; etc.
MD SB 138 - Jason C. Gallion
Overdose Awareness Day
02/17/2023 - Hearing 3/03 at 2:00 p.m.
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.
MD SB 154 - Malcolm Augustine
Public Health - Mental Health Advance Directives - Awareness and Statewide Database
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign to encourage the use of mental health advance directives in the State; and requiring the Behavioral Health Administration and the Maryland Health Care Commission jointly to study how first responders and behavioral health crisis providers can access a certain advanced directive database when responding to a behavioral health crisis and to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on their findings on or before December 1, 2023.
MD SB 190 - Young
Correctional Services - Pregnant Incarcerated Individuals - Substance Use Disorder Assessment and Treatment
01/24/2023 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be screened for substance use disorder at intake regardless of the jurisdiction or the length of the individual's sentence, be referred to health care providers, and be provided with certain medications and treatment; requiring a correctional unit to arrange for health insurance coverage and follow-up health care before release of a pregnant incarcerated individual; and requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be provided with medical records on release.
MD SB 255 - Katie Fry Hester
Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for certain wraparound, intensive in-home, and case management services; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Behavioral Health Administration to fund 100 slots in the mental health case management program for children or youth at risk of out-of-home placement who are not eligible for Program services; requiring the Governor to include funding in the annual budget bill for certain behavioral health services and supports; etc.
MD SB 263 - Karen Lewis Young
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401
Establishing the Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to study the policies and procedures adopted by institutions of higher education in the State regarding access to mental health care and the prevention and treatment of mental illness in students; and requiring the Committee to report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2023.
MD SB 27 - Christopher R. West
Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program
01/16/2023 - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to address and ameliorate the harmful effects of offenses on a victim in a certain manner; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
MD SB 28 - Christopher R. West
Child Custody – Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time
01/16/2023 - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" in certain instances and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time"; authorizing the court, in determining certain legal-decision-making authority and parenting time in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; authorizing the court to award joint legal decision making to both parents or make other modifications to a custody or visitation order under certain circumstances; etc.
MD SB 283 - Malcolm Augustine
Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 286
Establishing the Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund to provide reimbursement for costs associated with educating, training, certifying, recruiting, placing, and retaining behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals; providing that money expended from the Fund is supplemental to and not intended to supplant other funding; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in coordination with certain other agencies, to conduct a comprehensive behavioral health workforce needs assessment by October 1, 2024.
MD SB 3 - Malcolm Augustine
9–8–8 Trust Fund – Funding
01/12/2023 - Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 an appropriation of $12,000,000 to the 9-8-8 Trust Fund.
MD SB 308 - Stephen S. Hershey Jr.
Health Insurance – Utilization Review – Revisions
01/27/2023 - First Reading Finance
Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review, including provisions regarding benchmarks for standardizing and automating the preauthorization process, the online preauthorization system for payors, preauthorizations for prescription drugs, and private review agents; altering timelines related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; increasing the penalties for violating certain provisions of law regarding private review agents; etc.
MD SB 318 - Benjamin F. Kramer
Healthy Indoor Air Quality Grant Program
03/30/2023 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
Establishing the Healthy Indoor Air Quality Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration; providing that the purpose of the Program is to improve indoor air quality by providing grants to qualified individuals or businesses to install indoor air quality equipment, approved by the Administration, in a home, rental dwelling unit, or commercial building that includes enhanced ventilation and filtration systems, bipolar ionization technologies, or ultraviolet lighting; etc.
MD SB 33 - Jill Priscilla Carter
Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment
03/13/2023 - Referred Judiciary
Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
MD SB 346 - Christopher R. West
Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 269
Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for sign language interpreters under the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund to be used exclusively to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the Board's duties, including the development of programs to assist the licensure of marginalized interpreters, the development of certain mentorship programs, and financial assistance for certain applicants; etc.
MD SB 362 - John F. Mautz IV
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics - Planning Grant Funds and Demonstration Application
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 275
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at the Center for Mental Health Services for federal planning, development, and implementation grant funds related to certified community behavioral health clinics for fiscal year 2025; and requiring the Department to apply to the Administration for inclusion in the state certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration program for fiscal year 2026.
MD SB 45 - Susan C. Lee
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act)
02/14/2023 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
MD SB 459 - Jill Priscilla Carter
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act)
02/14/2023 - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
MD SB 482 - C. Anthony Muse
Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Mental Health Professionals in Public Schools
03/17/2023 - Referred Ways and Means Appropriations
Expanding the purpose of the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include assisting in the repayment of loans for mental health professionals serving as school psychologists, resource psychologists, psychologist coordinators, social workers, social worker supervisors, or mental health coordinators in the public schools; and requiring the Office of Student Financial Assistance to publicize the Program to eligible mental health professionals to help recruit and retain mental health professionals in the public schools.
MD SB 515 - Clarence K. Lam
Health Insurance – Step Therapy or Fail–First Protocol – Revisions
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 364
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, or health maintenance organizations to establish a certain process for requesting an exception to a step therapy or fail-first protocol; prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and pharmacy benefits managers from requiring more than a certain number of prior authorizations for a prescription for difference dosages of the same prescription drug; etc.
MD SB 526 - Craig J. Zucker
Natural Resources - Forest Preservation and Retention
05/08/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542
Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; altering exemptions from certain afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; altering certain methods of calculating forest afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; adding certain tree plantings and practices as methods that certain municipal corporations may use to meet afforestation or reforestation requirements; providing for judicial review of certain plans; etc.
MD SB 527 - Jeffrey D. Waldstreicher
Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs
03/18/2023 - Referred Appropriations
Altering the defined term "peer support counseling program" for peer services offered to fire, rescue, or emergency medical services members to be "peer support program"; and requiring peer support programs to be evidence-based.
MD SB 532 - Paul D. Corderman
Criminal Law - Overdosing in Public - Prohibition
03/27/2023 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Prohibiting a person from overdosing in certain public places or on a public conveyance; and authorizing a court to refer a person who overdoses in certain public places or on a public conveyance to drug court or substance abuse treatment rather than imposing a term of imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD SB 534 - John F. Mautz IV
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2023
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382
Extending to June 30, 2025, the inclusion of certain audio-only telephone conversations under the definition of "telehealth" for the purpose of certain provisions of law relating to reimbursement and coverage of telehealth by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations; requiring the Maryland Medical Health Care Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the delivery of health care services through telehealth by December 1, 2024; etc.
MD SB 555 - Mary Lynn Washington
Fair Wage Act of 2023
03/20/2023 - Referred Economic Matters
Increasing the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain periods of time; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain periods of time based on annual growth in a certain consumer price index; altering the authority of the Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase in the minimum wage rate; and repealing the requirement that the Governor's budgets for certain fiscal years include certain provider rate increases.
MD SB 558 - Guy Guzzone
Recovery Residence Grant Program – Establishment
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 276
Establishing the Recovery Residence Grant Program within the Maryland Department of Health to award competitive grants to recovery residences to support operations, services, and programs; requiring the Department to establish certain procedures; requiring the annual budget bill to include $500,000 for the Program in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027; and requiring the Department to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly about the number of grants and the program's grant recipients by December 1, 2024.
MD SB 582 - Malcolm Augustine
Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290
Establishing the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to make recommendations to provide appropriate, accessible, and comprehensive behavioral health services that are available on demand to individuals in the State; establishing the Behavioral Health Care Coordination Value-Based Purchasing Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department apply for certain federal planning grant funds; requiring the Department to apply to participate in a certain demonstration program; etc.
MD SB 600 - Karen Lewis Young
Health – Mental Health Care Provider Immunity and Establishment of Specialty Tertiary Care Psychiatric Programs
02/24/2023 - Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
Establishing that certain mental health care providers, administrators of certain programs, and certain employees of administrators have immunity from liability for certain actions related to harm to or from certain patients; and providing that the Maryland Department of Health is a "reporting agency" for the purpose of certain provisions of law governing public-private partnerships under certain circumstances.
MD SB 653 - Jill Priscilla Carter
Child in Need of Assistance - Neglect - Cannabis Use
03/21/2023 - Referred Judiciary
Providing that the use of cannabis by a parent or certain other individuals who care for a child does not qualify as neglect except in certain circumstances for purposes of provisions of law applicable to children in need of assistance.
MD SB 667 -
Annual Corrective Bill
03/14/2023 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any law other than to correct technical errors; and providing for the correction of certain errors and obsolete provisions by the publishers of the Annotated Code.
MD SB 732 - Senate Committee on Finance
Department of Disabilities - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Maryland Commission on Disabilities - Alterations
03/17/2023 - Third Reading Passed (45-0)
Altering the membership of the Maryland Commission on Disabilities to add one individual with a traumatic brain injury.
MD SB 744 - Jason C. Gallion
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2023)
02/14/2023 - Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
MD SB 786 - Shelly L. Hettleman
Health - Reproductive Health Services - Protected Information and Insurance Requirements
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 248
Regulating the disclosure of certain information related to legally protected health care by custodians of public records, health information exchanges, and electronic health networks; requiring that the regulations adopted by the Maryland Health Care Commission regarding clinical information to be exchanged through the State-designated health information exchange restrict data of patients who have obtained legally protected health care; establishing the Protected Health Care Commission; etc.
MD SB 794 - John F. Mautz IV
Behavioral Health Programs - Residential Programs - Food Service Facility Requirements
03/17/2023 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Prohibiting regulations adopted by the Maryland Department of Health from requiring certain residential programs to comply with food service facility regulations if the residential program has fewer than 17 residents.
MD SB 8 - Malcolm Augustine
Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262
Requiring a treatment plan for an individual with a mental disorder admitted to a certain health care facility to include a certain discharge goal and an estimate of the probable length of the inpatient stay the individual requires before transfer to a certain setting; requiring certain facility staff to review and reassess a plan of treatment; establishing an appeals process related to the review of a treatment plan; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations relating to the appeals process; etc.
MD SB 820 - Alonzo T. Washington
Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements
03/14/2023 - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training related to teaching in a virtual learning environment as a component of instruction; providing that a county board of education may authorize a county superintendent of schools to provide virtual education to students instead of closing the public schools because of severe weather conditions; requiring the Department, by September 1, 2023, to establish a statewide universal learning management system for all public schools in the State; etc.
MD SB 828 - Antonio L. Hayes
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications
05/03/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 259
Modifying the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program by clarifying and altering certain provisions relating to the administration of the Program; establishing the employer and employee shares of the total rate of contribution; prohibiting the total rate of contribution from exceeding 1.2% of an employee's wage; requiring the State to pay for certain contributions for certain covered employees; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse certain community providers for certain employer contributions in a certain manner; etc.
MD SB 833 - Senate Select Committee on Prince George's County
Prince George’s County Violence Interrupter Support Program Fund
03/14/2023 - Referred Appropriations
Establishing the Prince George's County Violence Interrupter Support Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide funding for violence interrupter support programs that use community-based efforts to reduce incidents of violence in Prince George's County; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund in fiscal years 2025 through 2028; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.
MD SB 845 - Brian Jeffrey Feldman
End–of–Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
02/14/2023 - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
MD SB 858 - William C. Smith Jr.
Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law)
03/13/2023 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Altering the prohibition on reckless endangerment; altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised child; prohibiting the storage of firearms and ammunition in a manner that allows access by certain persons; requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide; authorizing a State income tax credit for the purchase of certain firearm safety devices during the taxable year; etc.
MD SB 86 - Susan C. Lee
Rifles and Shotguns – Possession – Age Requirement (Raise the Age Act of 2023)
01/16/2023 - Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Altering the prohibition on selling, renting, or transferring certain ammunition to a person under the age of 21 years; prohibiting a person who is under the age of 21 years from possessing a rifle or shotgun except under certain circumstances; etc.
MD SB 87 - Christopher R. West
Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman
01/16/2023 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Ombudsman to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department; requiring the Ombudsman to refer matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings when appropriate; establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board; etc.
MD SB 911 - Bryan W. Simonaire
Natural Resources - Fishing Licenses and Stamps - Exemptions
05/08/2023 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 497
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue an annual fishing license and stamp exemption to governmental entities and nonprofit organizations to provide fishing clinics and instructional opportunities to certain individuals; and altering certain reporting requirements for governmental entities and nonprofit organizations that are issued certain fishing license and stamp exemptions.
MD SB 92 - Clarence K. Lam
Department of General Services – Energy–Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023)
01/13/2023 - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and update standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include the standards in any requirements established for participation in a higher-performance building program in the State; and defining "State building" as one acquired, constructed, or renovated by the State or one for which 50% of the money for acquisition, construction, or renovation came from State funds.
MD SB 98 - Shelly L. Hettleman
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole
01/16/2023 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; and requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain inmates.