| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 376 (HB 351) - Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Previous Cesarean Section | Allowing a licensed direct-entry midwife to assume or take responsibility for a client who had a previous cesarean section and regulating the circumstances under which the responsibility may be assumed or taken; altering the required contents of a certain informed consent agreement; and requiring the State Board of Nursing, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to develop a transport protocol for clients who had a previous cesarean section. | SB 376 HB 351 | Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) Referred Finance (3/3) |
| SB 587 (HB 1135) - Health Care Facilities - Use of Medical Cannabis | Requiring certain health care facilities to allow a qualifying patient with a certain written certification to consume medical cannabis within the health care facility if the patient is receiving certain medical care at the health care facility; and authorizing a health care facility to suspend compliance with the requirement under certain circumstances. | SB 587 HB 1135 | Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/15) |
| SB 666 (HB 773) - Maryland False Claims Act and Maryland False Health Claims Act - Revisions | Authorizing certain persons to continue with actions under the Maryland False Claims Act and the Maryland False Health Claims Act when the governmental entity or the State elects not to proceed with the action; authorizing the governmental entity or the State to serve certain subpoenas under the Maryland False Claims Act and the Maryland False Health Claims Act; and requiring certain penalties under the Maryland False Claims Act and the Maryland False Health Claims Act be at least $5,000. | SB 666 HB 773 | Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/16) |
| HB 858 - Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office - Authority of Director - Dispositive Issues of Law | Authorizing the Director of the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office to rule on dispositive issues of law under certain circumstances. | HB 858 | Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/6) |
| HB 862 - Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury or Wrongful Death | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively. | HB 862 | Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |