| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 14 (HB 291) - Health Occupations - Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors - Licensure | Altering the educational requirements that individuals must meet to be licensed as clinical or graduate alcohol and drug counselors. | SB 14 HB 291 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 265 (5/3) |
| SB 78 - Health Occupations - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Temporary Licensure, Certification, Registration, and Permitting | Requiring health occupations boards to issue an expedited temporary license, certificate, registration, or permit to a service member, veteran, or military spouse who meets certain requirements; requiring each health occupations board to include a check-off box prominently on each license, certification, or registration application form; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to publish prominently certain information on its website; etc. | SB 78 | Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. (1/11) |
| SB 145 (HB 103) - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional Licenses to Practice Social Work | Authorizing the State Board of Social Work Examiners, under certain circumstances, to issue a conditional license to practice social work to an applicant who, except for passing a required examination, has met the appropriate education and experience requirements for a certain license if the required examination was unavailable to the applicant for a period of at least 15 business days; providing that a conditional license is valid until 180 days after the examination becomes readily available to the applicant; etc. | SB 145 HB 103 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317 (5/3) House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Hutchinson and Woods) (4/7) |
| SB 187 (HB 454) - Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers | Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring that an applicant provide proof that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States or have a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number as a condition for licensure, certification, or registration; requiring each health occupations board to require each applicant for a license to disclose the Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number of the applicant or, as permitted by federal law, provide alternative documentation; etc. | SB 187 HB 454 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 375 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 376 (5/3) |
| SB 213 (HB 278) - Health Occupations - Clinical Nurse Specialists - Prescribing | Defining "clinical nurse specialist" and "practice as a clinical nurse specialist" for the purpose of authorizing clinical nurse specialists to prescribe drugs and durable medical equipment under regulations adopted by the State Board of Nursing; designating a clinical nurse specialist as an "authorized prescriber" under the Maryland Pharmacy Act; and authorizing a licensed physician to personally prepare and dispense a prescription written by a clinical nurse specialist. | SB 213 HB 278 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328 (5/3) |
| SB 258 (HB 633) - Hospital Credentialing - Reappointment Process for Physician Staff - Modification | Requiring that the credential reappointment process for physician staff included in certain minimum standards for hospitals licensed in the State be conducted in accordance with standards of the accreditation body that accredits a hospital, rather than every 2 years. | SB 258 HB 633 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359 (5/3) |
| SB 370 (HB 531) - Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates | Requiring a certified nursing assistant to successfully complete an approved nursing assistant training program meeting certain requirements; requiring the State Board of Nursing to provide certain notifications to geriatric nursing assistants and nursing homes regarding certain provisions of this Act; and requiring the Board to update the title of geriatric nursing assistants on the renewal of a license. | SB 370 HB 531 | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |
| SB 375 - State Board of Physicians - Inactive and Emeritus Status | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to place a licensee on emeritus status under certain circumstances; requiring the Board, under certain circumstances, to reinstate the license of an individual who is on inactive or emeritus status; exempting licensees who are on inactive status or emeritus status from continuing medical education requirements; repealing the requirement that the Board issue a license to an individual who is on inactive status under certain circumstances; etc. | SB 375 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 58 (4/11) |
| SB 509 (HB 702) - Health Care Facilities - Nursing Homes - Acquisitions and Licensure | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to provide certain information regarding the acquisition of a nursing home to the Office of Health Care Quality; requiring the Secretary of Health to consider the information before taking action regarding licensure to operate a nursing home; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to study and make recommendations regarding the expansion of the certificate of need program over acquisitions of nursing homes and issue a report on or before December 1, 2023. | SB 509 HB 702 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 (5/3) |
| HB 196 - Health Occupations - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Temporary Licensure, Certification, Registration, and Permitting | Requiring health occupations boards to issue an expedited temporary license, certificate, registration, or permit to a service member, veteran, or military spouse who meets certain requirements; requiring each health occupations board to include a check-off box prominently on each license, certification, or registration application form to indicate whether the individual is a service member, veteran, or military spouse; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to publish prominently certain information on its website; etc. | HB 196 | Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (1/26) |
| HB 453 - State Board of Physicians - Inactive and Emeritus Status | Authorizing the Board to place a licensee on emeritus status under certain circumstances; requiring the Board, under certain circumstances, to reinstate the license of an individual who is on inactive or emeritus status; exempting licensees who are on inactive status or emeritus status from continuing medical education requirements; repealing the requirement that the Board issue a license to an individual who is on inactive status under certain circumstances; etc. | HB 453 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 59 (4/11) |
| HB 507 - State Board of Physicians - Supervised Medical Graduates | Authorizing a supervised medical graduate to provide delegated duties under direct supervision in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board of Physicians; etc. | HB 507 | Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. (3/19) |