| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 124 (HB 400) - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Annual Behavioral Health Wellness Visits - Coverage and Reimbursement | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage and certain reimbursement for annual behavioral health wellness visits. | SB 124 HB 400 | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/24) Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (1/26) |
| SB 137 - Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Program Workgroup | Establishing the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Program Workgroup to study the feasibility of developing and implementing a registered nurse degree apprenticeship program in the State; and requiring the Workgroup, on or before April 1, 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations Committee. | SB 137 | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/24) |
| SB 359 (HB 425) - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact | 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. | SB 359 HB 425 | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/24) Referred Finance (2/26) |
| SB 418 (HB 891) - Seed Community Development Anchor Institution Fund - Alterations | Expanding the purpose and use of the Seed Community Development Anchor Institution Fund administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to include providing grants and loans to anchor institutions for a certain purpose in sustainable communities; and repealing a requirement that certain matching funds be from a private source. | SB 418 HB 891 | Returned Passed (4/1) Motion Special Order until 4/8 (Senator Hayes) Adopted (4/6) |
| SB 472 (HB 581) - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024) | Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each principal department and independent unit to post a completed update of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of the department or independent unit on or before October 1, 2025; and establishing the Government Efficiency Commission. | SB 472 HB 581 | Passed Enrolled (4/4) Passed Enrolled (4/5) |
| SB 474 (HB 579) - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024) | Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances; and altering the distribution of income tax revenue from corporations that is attributable to certain data centers. | SB 474 HB 579 | Passed Enrolled (4/5) Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/2) |
| SB 475 (HB 583) - Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment | Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence to the Governor and General Assembly on or before May 1, 2025; etc. | SB 475 HB 583 | Passed Enrolled (4/4) Passed Enrolled (4/5) |
| SB 511 (HB 650) - Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a report, or or before October 1, 2024, to the General Assembly that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring ratio for all nontraditional apprenticeable occupations in the State, with recommendations on strategies to streamline the expansion of apprenticeship ratios for all newly registered nontraditional apprenticeship occupations for purposes of meeting the goals of the Apprenticeship 2030 Commission. | SB 511 HB 650 | Returned Passed (4/3) Returned Passed (4/1) |
| SB 694 (HB 887) - Maryland Department of Health - Health Commissions and Maryland Insurance Administration - Study | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to contract with an independent consultant to conduct a certain study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the results of the study to the Governor, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before January 1, 2026. | SB 694 HB 887 | Returned Passed (4/3) Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 705 (HB 728) - Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act) | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program to facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified plans; providing that the operation and administration of the Program may include functions delegated by the Maryland Exchange to a third party; and providing that the implementation of the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application amendment. | SB 705 HB 728 | Returned Passed (3/28) Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 718 - Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment | Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission; requiring the Secretary of Higher Education to issue grants to at least two pilot sites that meet certain requirements by July 1, 2025; requiring the Secretary to report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 15 annually through 2029 on the implementation of the Program; and establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Advisory Committee to assist the Secretary in the development and implementation of the Program. | SB 718 | Passed Enrolled (4/6) |
| SB 741 (HB 771) - Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policy Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act) | Requiring each public senior higher education institution to adopt a policy regarding pregnant and parenting students using certain guidelines; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the policy on the institution's website by August 1, 2025. | SB 741 HB 771 | Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18) |
| SB 754 (HB 1368) - Health Insurance Carriers and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Clinician-Administered Drugs and Related Services | Prohibiting certain health insurance entities from taking certain actions with respect to the dispensing of clinician-administered drugs and related services; and authorizing certain health insurance entities to allow the use of a certain pharmacy or infusion site for an insured or an enrollee to obtain certain clinician-administered drugs and related services. | SB 754 HB 1368 | Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/2) Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 757 (HB 617) - State Information Technology - Prohibited Applications and Websites | Prohibiting certain employees, agents, or entities on any information technology owned or leased by a unit of State government from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or accessing any website developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent Holdings Ltd; requiring by December 31, 2024, the Department of Budget and Management, in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology, to prepare guidance for units of State government regarding access to certain applications and websites; etc. | SB 757 HB 617 | Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/26) |
| SB 759 (HB 698) - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Person of a Disabled Person - Expedited Proceedings | Requiring a court to rule on petitions to appoint a guardian of the person of a disabled person in order to seek transfer or discharge of a disabled person from a hospital within 10 days; and requiring that hearings to appoint a guardian of the person of a disabled person be held virtually unless the party seeking appointment requests that the hearing be held in person. | SB 759 HB 698 | Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/12) |
| SB 820 - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge | Requiring a hospital to provide certain oral and written instructions on safe sleep environments for infants to the parent or legal guardian of an infant before the hospital discharges an infant into the care of the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital before discharging an infant to ask a parent or legal guardian to describe the environment in which the infant will sleep; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain list of resources available for an infant's parent or legal guardian. | SB 820 | Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 830 (HB 934) - State Board of Physicians - Performance of X-Ray Duties Without a License | Altering the circumstances under which individuals without a license to practice medicine may perform X-ray duties; authorizing the State Board of Physicians to impose for each violation of the Act a civil penalty of up to $5,000 on the physician's office and up to $1,000 on the individual who violated the Act; requiring the Board, by October 1, 2029, to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the number of individuals registered to perform limited X-ray duties and the continuation or replacement of the registration process; etc. | SB 830 HB 934 | Passed Enrolled (4/4) Passed Enrolled (4/5) |
| SB 876 (HB 1040) - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Limited Behavioral Health Services | Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide limited behavioral health services to individuals under the age of 18 years regardless of whether the individual has a behavioral health diagnosis; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to seek input from stakeholders in determining the limited behavioral health services to be covered. | SB 876 HB 1040 | Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 950 (HB 1127) - Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations Conducted Through Telehealth - Reimbursement and Study | Authorizing the reimbursement of a sexual assault forensic exam conducted through peer-to-peer telehealth under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee to conduct a study on the feasibility of a telehealth program that includes a pilot program for conducting sexual assault forensic examinations through telehealth; and requiring the Committee to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024. | SB 950 HB 1127 | Returned Passed (4/3) Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 973 - Hospitals - Private Hospital Grant Program - Funding | Codifying a private hospital grant program for the purpose of making recommendations to the Governor for funding for capital projects at private hospitals in the State; requiring the Maryland Hospital Association to establish a certain review committee to develop a certain process for hospitals in the State to submit requests for funding; authorizing the Governor to include in the capital or operating budget bill in certain fiscal years an appropriation of $20,000,000 for the Private Hospital Grant Program; etc. | SB 973 | Passed Enrolled (4/8) |
| SB 974 (HB 933) - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees | Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers. | SB 974 HB 933 | Returned Passed (4/3) Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 986 (HB 1056) - State Board of Pharmacy - Prohibition on Discrimination Against 340B Drug Distribution | Prohibiting a 340B manufacturer from taking certain direct or indirect actions to limit or restrict the acquisition or delivery of a 340B drug; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act; and requiring the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to conduct a study of the 340B Program and report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before July 1, 2026. | SB 986 HB 1056 | Referred Rules and Executive Nominations (4/6) Returned Passed (4/8) |
| SB 999 (HB 1125) - Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates | Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistants and geriatric nursing assistants; requiring an applicant for certification as a certified nursing assistant to complete a nursing assistant competency evaluation; etc. | SB 999 HB 1125 | Returned Passed (4/1) Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 1000 (HB 1122) - Maryland Health Care Commission - Nursing Homes - Acquisitions | Requiring a person, at least 60 days before closing on an acquisition of a nursing home, to submit a request for acquisition to the Maryland Health Care Commission and provide notice to residents, resident representatives, and employees of the nursing home; establishing requirements regarding the approval or denial of a request for acquisition; providing for judicial review of a final decision of the Commission regarding a request for acquisition of a nursing home; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations; etc. | SB 1000 HB 1122 | Returned Passed (4/8) Passed Enrolled (4/5) |
| SB 1158 (HB 547) - Crime of Violence - Educational Facilities, Medical Facilities, and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act) | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for the underlying crime of violence, on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years. | SB 1158 HB 547 | Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (3/21) Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30) |
| HB 312 - Physician Assistants - Collaboration Agreements | Requiring a physician assistant to have a collaboration agreement with a patient care team physician, rather than a delegation agreement with a primary supervising physician, in order to practice as a physician assistant; increasing, from four to eight, the number of physician assistants to whom a patient care team physician may delegate medical acts under a collaboration agreement; altering the circumstances under which and the settings at which a physician assistant is authorized to perform advanced duties without certain approval; etc. | HB 312 | Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/5) |
| HB 354 - Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment | Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to support certain students in licensed practical nursing education programs, alleviate the shortage of nursing professionals by increasing graduation and licensure rates, facilitate student applications for certain financial resources, and provide financial assistance to cover certain costs; and establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Advisory Committee to assist in the development of the Program. | HB 354 | Referred Rules (4/5) |
| HB 482 (SB 398) - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Victims of Nonfatal Strangulation | Authorizing the reimbursement of certain physicians, qualified health care providers, and hospitals by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for certain forensic examinations of and health care services provided to a victim of nonfatal strangulation without charge; and specifying that "strangulation" includes strangulation that is not related to rape, sexual offense, or sexual abuse. | HB 482 SB 398 | Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18) |
| HB 568 - Community Health Worker Appreciation Day | Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim May 8th as Community Health Worker Appreciation Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe community health workers with informative programs and activities. | HB 568 | Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (3/22) |
| HB 757 - State Board of Physicians - Supervised Medical Graduates and Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists (Bridge to Medical Residency Act) | Authorizing a supervised medical graduate to provide delegated duties under direct supervision in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board of Physicians; prohibiting an individual from practicing as a supervised medical graduate for more than 2 years; and repealing the termination of certain provisions of law relating to delegation of duties by licensed physicians to cardiovascular invasive specialists. | HB 757 | Returned Passed (4/4) |
| HB 767 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Adult and Pediatric Dental Services - Reimbursement Rates | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before January 1 each year, beginning in 2025, to conduct a certain review of billed charges and reimbursement rates for adult and pediatric dental services and report the findings to certain committees of the General Assembly; and requiring the Department, based on the data obtained from the review, to revise the rates for adult and pediatric dental services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to ensure sufficient access to care for Program recipients. | HB 767 | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) |
| HB 1054 - Physicians - Licensing - Foreign Practicing Physicians | Exempting a foreign practicing physician applicant for a license from certain education requirements under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Physicians to establish a consortium of postgraduate medical education programs for the purpose of developing, implementing, and administering an examination to assess the ability of a foreign practicing physician to meet the standard of care for the independent practice of medicine; etc. | HB 1054 | Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/13) |