| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 (HB 267) - Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection | Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; establishing an energy vendor license for certain persons that provide energy sales services in the State; prohibiting a certain electricity supplier from marketing electricity as green power unless certain conditions are met; etc. | SB 1 HB 267 | Passed Enrolled (4/8) Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) |
| SB 59 - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024) | Requiring a hospital to take certain actions relating to the care of infants as soon as practicable before the hospital discharges an infant after the birth of the infant, including providing oral and written educational resources to the parent or legal guardian on how to provide a safe sleep environment and providing a list of resources available for an infant's parent or legal guardian; requiring each hospital, by January 1, 2025, to establish a process for providing and confirming the receipt of the educational resources; etc. | SB 59 | Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 88 (HB 55) - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families | Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study and make recommendations for developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024. | SB 88 HB 55 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10 (4/9) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 9 (4/9) |
| SB 246 (HB 127) - Public Health - Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) Standing Order Program - Establishment | Establishing the Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) Standing Order Program to authorize pharmacists and health care providers to prescribe or dispense nPEP under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to administer the Program, collect fees necessary for the administration of the Program, and establish guidelines for training related to the Program. | SB 246 HB 127 | Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/10) Returned Passed (3/28) |
| SB 332 (HB 84) - Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers - Sepsis Protocol (Lochlin's Law) | Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, each hospital and urgent care center in the State to implement an evidence-based protocol for the early recognition and treatment of a patient with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock that is based on generally acceptable standards of care; requiring a specialty psychiatric hospital to establish a certain process; and requiring hospitals and urgent care centers to require periodic training in the implementation of the protocol for certain staff. | SB 332 HB 84 | Returned Passed (3/28) Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 453 (HB 576) - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs | Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before July 1, 2026, to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish a program; and requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings. | SB 453 HB 576 | Returned Passed (4/8) Passed Enrolled (4/5) |
| SB 729 (HB 1277) - Business Occupations and Professions - Security Guards - Use of Force Reporting, Standards, and Certifications | Prohibiting a use of force report from including information that is prohibited from disclosure by State or federal law; requiring the employer of a security guard providing security guard services on the premises of a health care facility to report certain information to the Secretary of State Police every 7 days; and altering the effective date of certain provisions of law relating to security guards from June 1, 2024, to January 1, 2025. | SB 729 HB 1277 | Returned Passed (4/6) Referred Rules (4/5) |
| SB 955 (HB 1174) - State Government - Technology Advisory Commission - Established | Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $100,000 for the Commission; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year. | SB 955 HB 1174 | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18) |
| SB 1059 (HB 1051) - Maternal Health - Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024) | Establishing requirements on certain health departments and health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requiring the Secretary of Health, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Care Commission, to develop a Maryland Report Card for Birthing Facility Maternity Care; requiring hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance Program; etc. | SB 1059 HB 1051 | Returned Passed (4/3) Returned Passed (4/4) |
| SB 1087 - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Advisory and Oversight Commission | Establishing the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Advisory and Oversight Commission to guide the State in growing, developing, using, and diversifying artificial intelligence in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024, and each year thereafter. | SB 1087 | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) |
| SB 1103 (HB 1149) - Hospitals and Related Institutions - Outpatient Facility Fees | Altering the required contents of the written notice regarding outpatient facility fees; requiring the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, in consultation with certain entities, to study and make recommendations regarding hospital outpatient facility fees; requiring the Commission to convene a workgroup on outpatient facility fees notices; and requiring the Commission to submit, on or before December 1, 2024, a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on certain recommendations. | SB 1103 HB 1149 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 (4/25) Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| SB 1165 (HB 485) - Public Health - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal | Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual. | SB 1165 HB 485 | Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/21) Hearing canceled (3/21) |
| HB 177 - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024) | Requiring a hospital, as soon as practicable before discharging an infant after the birth of the infant, to provide oral and written resources to the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital, before discharging an infant, to ask the parent or legal guardian to describe the sleep environment that will be provided at home; requiring, by January 1, 2025, each hospital to establish a process for providing resources and information about safe sleep environments to parents and legal guardians of infants; etc. | HB 177 | Returned Passed (4/4) |
| HB 1253 (SB 813) - Health Care Facilities - Access to Telephones | Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone. | HB 1253 SB 813 | Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/16) Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |