| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 26 (HB 111) - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an Express Lane Eligibility Program by January 1, 2025, to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; and requiring the Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to submit a final report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2024, of its findings and recommendations, including recommended legislative and regulatory changes. | SB 26 HB 111 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 (5/3) |
| SB 201 (HB 82) - Maryland Medical Assistance and Children's Health Insurance Programs - School-Based Behavioral Health Services - Reimbursement | 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. | SB 201 HB 82 | Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. (1/20) Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) |
| SB 203 (HB 1053) - Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response | Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected child exploitation and human trafficking; requiring transportation-sector employers to certify that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring certain transportation-sector employers to establish procedures for reporting suspected child exploitation and human trafficking to certain entities; etc. | SB 203 HB 1053 | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (1/24) Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) |
| SB 255 (HB 322) - Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth | 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. | SB 255 HB 322 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 (5/3) |
| SB 410 - Public Health - Childbirth - Paternity Test | Requiring, when a child is born at a health care facility, the attending physician to offer to the presumed father of the child the option to take a paternity test; requiring the offer to take a paternity test be made orally and in writing and before a birth certificate form is completed for the child; etc. | SB 410 | Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) |