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2007 Maryland General Assembly Bills of Interest
The NAMI Maryland Public Policy committee is reviewing bills submitted to the Maryland General Assembly. Click on the name of the bill to get the status and details on the bill from the General Assembly website. This page will be updated every couple of weeks during the session as we take positions on the bills that are introduced.
House of Delegates Bills
Senate Bills Bond
Bills
| Bill/Title / Description | NAMI Position / Final Status |
| HB10Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Police Records - Arrest Without Charge - Automatic Providing that a person who is arrested, detained, or confined by a law enforcement unit after October 1, 2007, and is released without being charged is entitled to automatic expungement of all police records relating to the matter; etc. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 63 |
| HB30/SB181 Oral Health Safety Net Program Establishing the Oral Health Safety Net Program in the Office of Oral Health in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Office to solicit and award specified grants, subject to the State budget; requiring the Office to oversee the operation of the Program; requiring the Office to conduct a specified annual evaluation of the Program; etc. | Support / Returned Passed |
| HB53/SB177 Residential Child Care Programs - Out-of-Home Placement - Standards for Staff and System for Outcomes Evaluation Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Governor's Office for Children to adopt regulations to require staff members of residential child care programs to meet specified qualifications; requiring the departments and the Office to develop, coordinate, and implement a system of outcomes evaluation; etc. | Support / Returned Passed |
| HB115 Subsequent Sexual Offenders - Parole Elimination Eliminating parole eligibility for specified sexual offenders. | Monitor/Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| HB132 Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007 Altering specified eligibility requirements for participation in the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a specified annual family contribution; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; establishing the Maryland Institute for Health Care Quality; establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange; establishing the Board of Directors of the Exchange; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB138/SB107 Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement Establishing the Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to chair the Task Force and establish specified subcommittees; requiring the Task Force to make specified recommendations and to make specified reports on or before specified dates; etc. | Support / Different versions Passed in House and Senate |
| HB171 Maryland Health Care Commission - Chronic Care Management and Wellness Promotion - Study Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to conduct a study of chronic care management and wellness promotion; requiring the study to include specified elements; and requiring the Commission to present a written report of its study to specified legislative committees. | Support/ Withdrawn |
| HB202 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Expansion Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide medical care and other health care services to parents and adults with specified income; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to seek approval of a waiver to use federal matching funds for a specified purpose; prohibiting the Department from implementing Medicaid eligibility for specified adults, if the Department is denied the waiver; etc. | Monitor/ Withdrawn |
| HB212/SB260 Labor and Employment - Leave with Pay - Illness of Employee's Immediate Family Authorizing employees of specified employers to use leave with pay for the illness of the employee's immediate family; providing that an employee may only use leave with pay that has been earned; providing that an employee who earns more than one type of leave with pay may elect the type and amount of leave with pay to be used; requiring an employee who uses leave with pay under the Act to comply with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or employment policy with a specified exception; etc. | Support / Died in committee |
| HB213/ SB170 Child Sexual Abuse and Crimes of Violence Adding the crime of sexual abuse of a minor under a specified age by an adult and the crime of a continuing course of conduct with a child to the list of crimes of violence for which specified enhanced penalties are applied to specified offenders. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| HB278/SB299 Expungement - Civil Offenses or Infractions Providing for expungement of court, police, and other governmental records concerning specified civil offenses or infractions under specified circumstances; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 |
| HB281 Mental Health - Incarcerated Individuals with Mental Illness Requiring the Mental Hygiene Administration to reimburse specified mental health providers for specified services; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide access to a 30-day supply of medication to specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring the Mental Hygiene Administration to develop an implementation plan to require each core service agency in the State to develop a specified forensic alternative services team; etc. | Support / Passed Enrolled |
| HB339 Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Health Benefit Plans - Rates Altering the factors a carrier may use to adjust the community rate for health benefit plans offered in the small group market; altering a specified limit on the rate a carrier may charge based on adjustments to the community rate; authorizing a carrier to offer a discounted rate to a small employer for eligible employees of the small employer who are nonsmokers or participate in a wellness program; defining "wellness program"; and applying the Act. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| HB361/SB258 State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services Requiring health care providers, in accordance with a subpoena, to disclose medical records for mental health services to the State Board of Physicians for investigations into complaints made by a specified person under specified circumstances; authorizing the Board to issue subpoenas for medical records for mental health services for investigations into complaints made by a specified person if the Board notifies the patient that the subpoena has been issued and that the patient may assert rights within a specified period of time; etc. | Monitor / Withdrawn |
| HB367 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Primary Adult Care Program - Selection of Managed Care Organization Requiring specified enrollees in the Primary Adult Care Program who become eligible for the HealthChoice Program to be enrolled automatically in a specified managed care organization under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations relating to the selection of a managed care organization in the Primary Adult Care Program; etc. | Monitor / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 75 |
| HB390 Sexual Offenders - Evaluation Before Sentencing Requiring a court, unless a specified waiver exists, before sentencing a defendant, to order that the defendant submit to a presentence investigation conducted by the Division of Parole and Probation and a mental health evaluation conducted by a specified individual; and requiring the court to consider the presentence investigation and mental health evaluation when sentencing the defendant. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| HB400 Maryland Universal Health Care Plan Establishing the Maryland Universal Health Care Plan; specifying the purposes of the Plan; establishing the State Board of Governors of the Maryland Universal Health Care Plan; specifying the membership of the Board of Governors and the terms, duties, and powers of the members of the Board of Governors; authorizing the Board of Governors to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board of Governors to appoint an executive director; specifying eligibility requirements for membership in the Plan; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB411/SB648 Health Insurance - Managed Care Organizations - Service Count Ratio Requiring that specified regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, establish a mechanism to include a specified service count ratio as a condition under which a specified adjustment to capitation payments for managed care organizations will be waived. | Monitor / Withdrawn |
| HB425 Civil Actions - Liability of Insurer - Failure to Act in Good Faith Authorizing the recovery by an insured, in specified civil actions between an insured and an insurer, of actual damages, expenses, litigation costs, and interest; requiring the court to make specified findings before an insured may recover specified damages, expenses, costs, and interest; providing that the interest is to be computed at a specified rate and from a specified date; and providing for the application of the Act. | Monitor / Passed Enrolled |
| HB519/SB263 Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists Requiring a health insurance carrier to establish and implement a specified procedure for referral to a nonphysician specialist who is not part of a carrier's provider panel; and providing that a specified decision by a carrier constitutes an adverse decision under specified circumstances. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 |
| HB524 Workgroup on Cultural Competency and Workforce Development for Mental Health Professionals Requiring the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to convene a Workgroup on Cultural Competency and Workforce Development for Mental Health Professionals; requiring the Workgroup to include representatives from specified groups; providing for the purpose and goals of the Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to develop specified recommendations. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 |
| HB572 Health Insurance - Expansion of Coverage Establishing a Health Insurance Premium Subsidy Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing the purposes, eligibility requirements, and subsidy qualifications of the Program; specifying the responsibilities of the Department under the Program; establishing a Health Insurance Premium Subsidy Fund; imposing a surcharge on the income tax of individuals with income above a specified level with specified exceptions; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement an Internet portal; etc. | Monitor / Passed Enrolled |
| HB594 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Services for Cognitive and Functional Impairments Providing for the circumstances under which an individual shall be determined medically eligible to receive home- and community-based long-term care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring an individual's physician to make a specified certification; etc. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 244 |
| HB610/SB9 Education - Student Surveys - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Survey Requiring the State Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in order to incorporate the provisions of the Maryland Adolescent Survey and the Youth Tobacco Survey into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey; clarifying that the Maryland Adolescent Survey and the Youth Tobacco Survey are part of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey; etc. | Monitor / Passed Enrolled |
| HB639/ SB242 Education - Multiple Student Suspensions - Services and Actions Required Requiring a principal to immediately report to the county superintendent any subsequent suspensions of a student who has been subject to multiple suspensions that bring the cumulative number of school days that the student has been absent to more than 10 school days in a school year; requiring principals to refer these students to the school's pupil services team within 5 days after the subsequent suspension; requiring the school's pupil services team to meet with the student and parent or guardian to develop a specified plan; etc. | Monitor/ Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| HB640/SB646 Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights Altering the requirement that individuals in specified facilities be free from specified restraints and seclusions; establishing that individuals in specified facilities be free from specified physical restraints and holds; establishing specified rights for individuals in State-operated psychiatric facilities; providing that the rights established in the Act may not be limited by specified privilege level systems; establishing that specified individuals, guardians, and persons may file specified complaints in specified courts; etc. | Support with Amendments / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 |
| HB643 Harford County and Baltimore County - Criminal Law - Loitering Establishing the offense of loitering in Harford County and Baltimore County; prohibiting a person from loitering in a commercial establishment without conducting lawful business and without specified consent or if the person is asked to leave by specified individuals; prohibiting a person from loitering in a residence without specified consent or if the person is asked to leave by specified individuals; prohibiting a person from loitering in a public place if the person is asked to leave by a law enforcement officer; etc. | Oppose / Withdrawn |
| HB644/ SB477 Juvenile Law - Purposes and Hearings Altering the express purposes of specified laws pertaining to children who commit delinquent acts and children in need of supervision; and repealing specified provisions requiring the juvenile court to conduct specified proceedings in open court and announce specified adjudications and dispositions in open court except under specified circumstances. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB672 Petition for Guardianship of Disabled Person - Certificate of Competency by Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical Authorizing a petition for guardianship of a disabled person to include signed and verified certificates of competency by a specified licensed physician and a specified licensed certified social worker- clinical. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 |
| HB734/SB677 Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from establishing the amount of reimbursement based on the type of prescriber; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from imposing a specified copayment, deductible, limit on quantity, or other condition; requiring an insurance policy or contract or a pharmacy benefits manager to allow an insured or certificate holder to obtain pharmaceutical benefits from the pharmacy or pharmacist of the insured or certificate holder's choice, within any pharmacy network; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB754 Children and Working Families Health Care Act of 2007 Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide medical care and other health care services to specified parents and specified adults; altering eligibility requirements for participation in the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish an annual family contribution; requiring the Department to adopt regulations; establishing a Health Care Coverage Fund; establishing the sources and uses of the Health Care Coverage Fund; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB869 Court-Ordered Drug and Alcohol Treatment - Aftercare Planning Requiring specified individuals to prepare a specified aftercare plan for individuals released from drug or alcohol treatment under specified circumstances; requiring the aftercare plan to be prepared in collaboration with specified programs and agencies; providing for the information to be included in the aftercare plan; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified review of specified aftercare plans; etc. | Support / Withdrawn |
| HB913/SB729 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Atypical Antipsychotic Medication Providing that Maryland Medical Assistance Program enrollees who are prescribed atypical antipsychotic medications that are subject to prior authorization shall be automatically dispensed a 30-day supply of medication and may not be subject to a specified waiting period; etc. | Support/ Withdrawn, will be implemented by DHMH regulations if sunset not extended on formulary exemption. Formulary extended one year. |
| HB935 Health Insurance - Disabled Individuals - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan Requiring that specified disabled individuals who meet specified requirements be eligible for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan; requiring that specified disabled individuals eligible for the Plan be charged a monthly premium equal to or less than the Medicare Part B premium; authorizing specified disabled individuals eligible for the Plan to be charged deductibles and coinsurance equal to or less than the deductible and coinsurance charged under the Medicare program; etc. | Monitor / Withdrawn |
| HB944/SB420 Task Force to Study the Needs and Expenditures of State Programs Establishing the Task Force to Study the Needs and Expenditures of State Programs; establishing the membership and staff of the Task Force; requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to designate the chair of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to examine and make findings and recommendations on specified issues related to the needs and expenditures of State programs; requiring the Task Force to submit specified reports by specified dates; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB979 Regional Health Data Exchange Altering the uses of the Community Health Resources Commission Fund to provide funding for a regional health data exchange; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to provide funding of at least a specified amount for a regional health data exchange; establishing eligibility requirements for an organization to receive funding; etc. | Monitor / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| HB997 Maryland Children's Health Program - Expansion of Eligibility Altering the income eligibility requirements for the Maryland Children's Health Program; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to determine the amount of a specified family contribution; repealing provisions of law that require the Department to set annual family contributions at specified amounts; requiring the Department to provide a specified report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2008; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB1046 Public Health - Self-Injury by Cutting - Public Awareness Campaign Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish and promote in schools in the State a public awareness campaign related to self- injury by cutting; providing for the components of the campaign; and authorizing the State Superintendent to use specified resources to carry out the provisions of the Act. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 450 |
| HB1052 Health Insurance - Young Adult Coverage Expansion Act Requiring the Maryland Children's Health Program to provide comprehensive medical care and other health care services to specified young adults, subject to specified limitations; providing for the administration of the Maryland Children's Health Program for young adults through the MCHP premium plan; requiring young adults to agree to pay a contribution to enroll and participate in the Maryland Children's Health Program; etc. | Monitor / Withdrawn |
| HB1054/SB749 Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers Repealing a prohibition that health insurance carriers may not require a health care provider to serve on a provider panel of another health benefit plan of the carrier under specified circumstances; repealing an exception to the prohibition for a managed care organization; prohibiting a provider contract from containing a provision that requires a provider, as a condition of participation with a carrier, to participate with a different carrier; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB1059 Family Health Care Affordability Act Allowing a credit against the State income tax for eligible low to moderate income individuals for health insurance premium contributions, deductibles, co-payments, and coinsurance payments in excess of 5% of federal adjusted gross income, subject to specified maximums; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB1061 Eliminating Barriers to Enrollment Act Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to calculate the income of Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients in a specified manner; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program to provide guaranteed eligibility to enrollees for 12 months and to provide presumptive eligibility to enrollees; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB1068/SB617 Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2007 Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from applying for specified waivers or expanding a specified program except under specified circumstances on or after a specified date; establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange in the Maryland Health Care Commission; requiring the Commission to oversee the administration of the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| HB1070/SB620 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care Repealing provisions of law relating to the Health Services Cost Review Commission and its powers and duties; altering provisions of law relating to the Health Services Cost Review Commission; repealing a requirement that specified health facilities submit specified discharge information; repealing specified requirements regarding reimbursement rates set by the Health Services Cost Review Commission; requiring nonprofit hospitals to submit a specified report to the Maryland Health Care Commission; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| HB1073 Medicare Part D "Donut Hole" Tax Assistance Act Providing for a Maryland income tax subtraction modification for qualified prescription drug expenses of an individual eligible for prescription drug coverage under Part D of the Medicare Program; limiting the subtraction to 7.5% of an individual's federal adjusted gross income if the individual itemizes deductions; applying the Act to tax years after 2006; etc | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB1074/SB628 Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices Altering requirements that specified health facilities obtain a certificate of need in order to build a new facility or expand a facility; repealing specified provisions relating to certificates of need for specified facilities; altering specified definitions; repealing specified definitions; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to develop a specified comprehensive plan for emergency medical services; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| HB1076/SB619 Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund Establishing the Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund; providing for the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to administer the Fund; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing Fund; providing that specified interest and other income from the Fund shall be accounted for and credited in a specified manner; providing for the makeup of the Fund; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| HB1099/SB738 Criminal Procedure - Offender Registry - Minors Establishing that a specified part of a police or court record pertaining to a child may be accessed and used by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and offender registry supervising authorities for specified purposes relating to the offender registry; altering the definitions of "child sexual offender" and "sexually violent offender" for purposes of the offender registry; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| HB1104 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations - Hospital Ancillary Services Requiring a managed care organization participating in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to separately and independently determine the medical necessity of ancillary services provided during a hospitalization from the medical necessity of the hospitalization or part of the hospitalization; and prohibiting managed care organizations from basing the denial of payments for ancillary services provided during a hospitalization on a determination of the medical necessity of all or part of the hospitalization. | Support / Died in committee |
| HB1115 Education - Unexcused Student Absence - Repayment of State Costs Requiring the person who has legal custody or care of an unexcused student to reimburse the Department of Education the amount of specified costs paid by the State under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to transfer the reimbursements to the Comptroller for deposit into the General Fund of the State; etc. | Oppose / Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| HB1155 Education - Children with Disabilities - Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Altering a specified term to conform it to a comparable federal term; and altering the definition of a specified term to conform it to the federal definition. | Monitor / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 |
| HB1161 Task Force on Funding Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services Establishing the Task Force on Funding Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to designate the chair of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to staff the Task Force; providing that a member of the Task Force may not receive compensation but is entitled to a specified reimbursement; requiring the Task Force to establish a specified plan, identify specified incentives, and make specified recommendations; etc. | Support / Died in committee |
| HB1181/SB873 Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans Extending the date by which the members of the Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans must be appointed to July 1, 2007; extending the dates by which the Task Force must report its interim and final findings and recommendations to specified officials to December 1, 2007, and December 1, 2008, respectively; and extending the termination date of the Task Force to May 31, 2009. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 198 |
| HB1226/SB579 Children with Disabilities - Voluntary Placement Agreements Requiring the juvenile court to make a specified finding in specified hearings involving a child with a developmental disability or mental illness; authorizing the juvenile court, in making a disposition on a child in need of assistance petition involving a child with a developmental disability or mental disability, to make a specified finding and require a local department of social services to take specified actions; etc. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 |
| HB1279/SB933 Health Insurance - Public Health Plans - Education and Disclosure Requirements Requiring that, in the case of an applicant for a license as an insurance producer for health insurance, a specified program of studies shall include a course designed to familiarize the applicant with specified public health plans available to residents of the State; requiring specified applicants to pass a specified examination to determine the familiarity of the applicant with the public health plans; etc. | Support / Withdrawn |
| HB1313/SB953 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers Requiring specified health insurance carriers to provide specified information in a specified manner to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, at the request of the Department, about individuals who are eligible for benefits under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or are Program recipients; requiring specified health insurance carriers to accept the Program's right of recovery and the assignment of specified rights under specified circumstances; etc. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| HB1372 Student Health - Inhalant Abuse - Awareness Campaign and Education Requirements (Mackenzie's Law) Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to establish and promote in specified schools an information, awareness, and education campaign related to inhalant abuse; providing for the components of the campaign; authorizing the State Superintendent to use specified resources to carry out the campaign; requiring the State Board of Education to include the subject of inhalants and inhalant abuse in the curricula of the comprehensive health education program; etc. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 |
| HB1394 Education - Juvenile Services Alternative Education Program Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a specified juvenile services alternative education program for specified students; requiring the State Board of Education to oversee the operation of the program; establishing a Juvenile Services Alternative Education Program Advisory Board and specifying its membership; requiring the State Board to select a private agency to administer the program; requiring specified students to attend the program; requiring the program to encompass specified features and services; etc. | Support / Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| HB1408/SB1005 Residential Child Care Programs - Behavior Management Interventions Prohibiting the use of specified behavior management interventions on children in specified residential child care programs; providing an exception under specified circumstances; requiring the staff of a residential child care program to determine if a specified behavior management intervention may be used on a child; requiring the staff to consider specified factors before deciding to include a specified behavior management intervention in a child's individual service plan; etc. | Support / Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| HJ1 Negotiated Prices for Medicare Part D Drugs Calling on the United States Congress to pass legislation to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged for Medicare Part D drugs. | Monitor / Withdrawn |
Senate Bills
House Bills
Bond Bills
| Bill/ Title / Description | NAMI Position/ Final Status |
| SB9 Education - Student Surveys - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Survey Requiring the State Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in order to incorporate the provisions of the Maryland Adolescent Survey and the Youth Tobacco Survey into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey; clarifying that the Maryland Adolescent Survey and the Youth Tobacco Survey are part of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey; etc. | Monitor / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306 |
| SB10 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Medicaid Managed Care Pilot Program - Sunset Extension Extending the termination date of a specified Medicaid managed care pilot program to May 31, 2011. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB83 Sexual Offenders - Evaluation Before Sentencing Requiring a court, unless a specified waiver exists, before sentencing a defendant to order that the defendant submit to a specified presentence investigation; etc. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| SB107/HB138 Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement Establishing the Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement; providing for the membership and duties of the Task Force; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to chair the Task Force and establish specified subcommittees; requiring the Task Force to make specified recommendations and to make specified reports on or before specified dates; etc. | Support / Passed Enrolled |
| SB149/ HB132 Maryland Health Care Access Act of 2007 Altering specified eligibility requirements for participation in the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a specified annual family contribution; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; establishing the Maryland Institute for Health Care Quality; establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange; establishing the Board of Directors of the Exchange; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB158 Department of Education - Residential Child Care Programs - Rate Setting Requirements Requiring the Department of Education to adopt regulations that link the determination of rates for residential child care program services licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Human Resources, and the Department of Juvenile Services to performance-based outcomes by January 1, 2008. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
| SB160 Hate Crimes - Expanding Prohibitions and Protected Classes of People Expanding the scope of the prohibition against harassment, destruction of property, and damage to specified buildings to include specified persons who are homeless. | Support / Died in committee |
| SB170/ HB213 Child Sexual Abuse and Crimes of Violence Adding the crime of sexual abuse of a minor under a specified age by an adult and the crime of a continuing course of conduct with a child to the list of crimes of violence for which specified enhanced penalties are applied to specified offenders. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| SB177/ HB53 Residential Child Care Programs - Out-of-Home Placement - Standards for Staff and System for Outcomes Evaluation Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Governor's Office for Children to adopt regulations to require staff members of residential child care programs to meet specified qualifications; requiring the departments and the Office to develop, coordinate, and implement a system of outcomes evaluation; etc. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 133 |
| SB181 Oral Health Safety Net Program Establishing the Oral Health Safety Net Program in the Office of Oral Health in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Office to solicit and award specified grants, subject to the State budget; requiring the Office to oversee the operation of the Program; requiring the Office to conduct a specified annual evaluation of the Program; etc. | Support / Returned Passed |
| SB242 Education - Multiple Student Suspensions - Services and Actions Required Requiring a principal to immediately report to the county superintendent any subsequent suspensions of a student who has been subject to multiple suspensions that bring the cumulative number of school days that the student has been absent to more than 10 school days in a school year; requiring principals to refer these students to the school's pupil services team within 5 days after the subsequent suspension; requiring the school's pupil services team to meet with the student and parent or guardian to develop a specified plan; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| SB258/ HB361 State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services Requiring health care providers, in accordance with a subpoena, to disclose medical records for mental health services to the State Board of Physicians for investigations into complaints made by a specified person under specified circumstances; authorizing the Board to issue subpoenas for medical records for mental health services for investigations into complaints made by a specified person if the Board notifies the patient that the subpoena has been issued and that the patient may assert rights within a specified period of time; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB260/HB212 Labor and Employment - Leave with Pay - Illness of Employee's Immediate Family Authorizing employees of specified employers to use leave with pay for the illness of the employee's immediate family; providing that an employee may only use leave with pay that has been earned; providing that an employee who earns more than one type of leave with pay may elect the type and amount of leave with pay to be used; requiring an employee who uses leave with pay under the Act to comply with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or employment policy with a specified exception; etc. | Support / Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| SB262 Consent Provisions - Minors - Mental or Emotional Disorder Authorizing psychologists to give specified individuals information, without the consent of or over the express objection of a minor, about treatment of a mental or emotional disorder needed by a minor or provided to a minor under specified circumstances; authorizing specified individuals, on advice or direction of a psychologist, to give specified individuals information, without the consent of or over the express objection of a minor under specified circumstances; etc. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 140 |
| SB263 Health Insurance - Carrier Provider Panels - Nonphysician Specialists Requiring a health insurance carrier to establish and implement a specified procedure for referral to a nonphysician specialist who is not part of a carrier's provider panel; and providing that a specified decision by a carrier constitutes an adverse decision under specified circumstances. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 141 |
| SB266 Prescription Privacy Act Prohibiting the transfer of information that identifies a specified prescriber or patient on a prescription; providing exceptions; and requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations and enforce requirements regarding the transfer of information on a prescription | Support / Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| SB299/HB278 Expungement - Civil Offenses or Infractions Providing for expungement of court, police, and other governmental records concerning specified civil offenses or infractions under specified circumstances; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act. | Support / Returned Passed |
| SB323 Health Maintenance Organizations - Reimbursement Rates of Noncontracting Providers Altering the rate at which a health maintenance organization must reimburse specified health care providers not under written contract with the health maintenance organization for specified services rendered by the health care providers; and repealing a requirement that a health maintenance organization disclose specified reimbursement rates to a specified health care provider. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| SB339 Drug Treatment - Study of the State's Approach to Drug Treatment and the Feasibility of Communal-Setting Treatment Requiring the Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report to the Governor and the Senate Finance and Judicial Proceedings committees and the House Health and Government Operations and Judiciary committees regarding the State's approach to drug treatment and the feasibility of communal-setting treatment; etc. | Monitor / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 145 |
| SB359 Department of Juvenile Services - Reorganization and Regionalization Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to serve children in the juvenile services system with specified programming; establishing a specified number of operational regions in the State; requiring each region to include at least a specified number of secure facilities used solely for specified purposes; requiring each region to include a sufficient number of committed facilities to provide services to specified children; etc. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| SB413/HB930 Jessica's Law - Sexual Offenses - Parole Eligibility and Mandatory Minimum Sentences Providing that mandatory minimum sentences for specified sexual crimes are nonparolable; prohibiting a person 18 years of age or older from engaging in specified sexual contact with a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years; establishing a mandatory minimum sentence of 2 years' imprisonment for violation of the prohibition against a person 18 years of age or older engaging in specified sexual contact with a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years; etc. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| SB420/HB944 Task Force to Study the Needs and Expenditures of State Programs Establishing the Task Force to Study the Needs and Expenditures of State Programs; establishing the membership and staff of the Task Force; requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to designate the chair of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to examine and make findings and recommendations on specified issues related to the needs and expenditures of State programs; requiring the Task Force to submit specified reports by specified dates; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB424 /HB235 Department of Housing and Community Development - Rental Allowance Program Fund Repealing a specified provision of law limiting the time period in which the Secretary of Housing and Community Development may provide rental allowances to recipients under the Rental Allowance Program; establishing the Rental Allowance Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Secretary to administer the Fund; imposing a special transfer tax; and requiring that the revenue from the special transfer tax be distributed to the Fund. | Support / Died in committee |
| SB461 Labor and Employment - Maryland Workforce Investment Act - Transit Service for Low-Income Individuals Requiring the State Department of Transportation to provide specified transit service to low-income individuals who are engaged in an employment and training program under the Maryland Workforce Investment Act. | Monitor / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 |
| SB472 Mental Hygiene Law - Petition for Emergency Evaluation - Confidentiality Requiring that a petition for emergency evaluation be confidential; prohibiting a petition for emergency evaluation from being divulged, except by order of the court for good cause shown; providing that a specified section does not prohibit a law enforcement agency, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, or a local health department from having access to and confidential use of a petition for specified purposes; providing that the Department or a local health department is liable for the unauthorized release of a petition; etc. | Support with amendments / Returned Passed |
| SB474 Maryland Universal Health Care Plan Establishing the Maryland Universal Health Care Plan; specifying the purposes of the Plan; establishing the State Board of Governors of the Maryland Universal Health Care Plan; specifying the membership of the Board of Governors and the terms, duties, and powers of the members of the Board of Governors; authorizing the Board of Governors to adopt regulations to carry out specified provisions of the Act; requiring the Board of Governors to appoint an executive director; specifying eligibility requirements for membership in the Plan; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB477/HB644 Juvenile Law - Purposes and Hearings Altering the express purposes of specified laws pertaining to children who commit delinquent acts and children in need of supervision; and repealing specified provisions requiring the juvenile court to conduct specified proceedings in open court and announce specified adjudications and dispositions in open court except under specified circumstances. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB481 Office of Group Home Licensing and Monitoring - Group Home Standards Registry - Reporting Requirements Requiring the Office of Group Home Licensing and Monitoring in the Department of Human Resources to establish and maintain, by January 1, 2009, a Group Home Standards Registry; requiring a group home that is licensed by or accepts a child from the Department of Juvenile Services to make a quarterly report to the Registry and the Department of Juvenile Services; specifying the information to be included in the report; requiring the Office to make the Registry available to the public; etc. | Support / Withdrawn |
| SB489 Health Insurance - Eligibility for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan - Disabled Individuals Requiring that specified disabled individuals who meet specified requirements be eligible for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan; requiring that specified disabled individuals eligible for the Plan be charged a monthly premium equal to or less than the Medicare Part B premium; authorizing specified disabled individuals eligible for the Plan to be charged deductibles and coinsurance equal to or less than the deductible and coinsurance charged under the Medicare program; etc. | Support / Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| SB547 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children's Health Program - Eligibility Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to specified parents having incomes at or below specified levels, subject to specified limitations; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide guaranteed eligibility to specified enrollees in managed care organizations in the Maryland Children's Health Program for 6 months under specified circumstances; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB575 Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations Providing that a specified statute of limitations does not apply during a specified period of time for a specified person; authorizing a specified person to obtain a specified certificate for specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse filed by a specified victim; providing for the termination of the Act; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| SB579 Children with Disabilities - Voluntary Placement Agreements Requiring the juvenile court to make a specified finding in specified hearings involving a child with a developmental disability or mental illness; authorizing the juvenile court, in making a disposition on a child in need of assistance petition involving a child with a developmental disability or mental disability, to make a specified finding and require a local department of social services to take specified actions; etc. | Support / Returned Passed |
| SB596/HB847 Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations - Registration and Regulation Providing for the regulation by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner of specified discount medical plan organizations and discount drug plan organizations; requiring the registration of specified entities as discount medical plan organizations or discount drug plan organizations; providing for the application and renewal process for registration; authorizing the Commissioner to deny a registration or refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a registration under specified circumstances; etc. | Monitor / Passed Enrolled |
| SB617/HB1068 Consumer Health Open Insurance Coverage Act of 2007 Prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from applying for specified waivers or expanding a specified program except under specified circumstances on or after a specified date; establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange in the Maryland Health Care Commission; requiring the Commission to oversee the administration of the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB619/HB1076 Health Insurance - Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund Establishing the Low-Income Health Insurance Premium Support Fund; providing for the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to administer the Fund; providing that the Fund is a special, nonlapsing Fund; providing that specified interest and other income from the Fund shall be accounted for and credited in a specified manner; providing for the makeup of the Fund; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB620/HB1070 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Repeal of Commission and Study of Alternative Financing of Uncompensated and Undercompensated Care Repealing provisions of law relating to the Health Services Cost Review Commission and its powers and duties; altering provisions of law relating to the Health Services Cost Review Commission; repealing a requirement that specified health facilities submit specified discharge information; repealing specified requirements regarding reimbursement rates set by the Health Services Cost Review Commission; requiring nonprofit hospitals to submit a specified report to the Maryland Health Care Commission; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB628/HB1074 Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements - Health Care Facilities Other Than Home Health Agencies and Hospices Altering requirements that specified health facilities obtain a certificate of need in order to build a new facility or expand a facility; repealing specified provisions relating to certificates of need for specified facilities; altering specified definitions; repealing specified definitions; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to develop a specified comprehensive plan for emergency medical services; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| SB646 /HB640 Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights Altering the requirement that individuals in specified facilities be free from specified restraints and seclusions; establishing that individuals in specified facilities be free from specified physical restraints and holds; establishing specified rights for individuals in State-operated psychiatric facilities; providing that the rights established in the Act may not be limited by specified privilege level systems; establishing that specified individuals, guardians, and persons may file specified complaints in specified courts; etc. | Support with Amendments / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 |
| SB648/HB411 Health Insurance - Managed Care Organizations - Service Count Ratio Requiring that specified regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, establish a mechanism to include a specified service count ratio as a condition under which a specified adjustment to capitation payments for managed care organizations will be waived. | Monitor / Withdrawn |
| SB670 Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, in coordination with the Secretary of Budget and Management, to develop a Canadian mail order plan for the purchase and importation of prescription drugs; requiring the Canadian mail order plan to provide prescription drugs to specified individuals, require a contract with a pharmacy benefits manager, incorporate patient safety features, reduce costs, and provide financial incentives; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to prepare a report; etc. | Monitor / Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| SB677/HB734 Pharmacy Benefits Managers Regulation Act Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from establishing the amount of reimbursement based on the type of prescriber; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from imposing a specified copayment, deductible, limit on quantity, or other condition; requiring an insurance policy or contract or a pharmacy benefits manager to allow an insured or certificate holder to obtain pharmaceutical benefits from the pharmacy or pharmacist of the insured or certificate holder's choice, within any pharmacy network; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB729/HB913 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Atypical Antipsychotic Medication Providing that Maryland Medical Assistance Program enrollees who are prescribed atypical antipsychotic medications that are subject to prior authorization shall be automatically dispensed a 30-day supply of medication and may not be subject to a specified waiting period; etc. | Support / Withdrawn, will be implemented by DHMH regulations if sunset not extended on formulary exemption. Formulary extended one year. |
| SB749/HB1054 Health Insurance - Provider Contracts - Conditions of Participation with Carriers Repealing a prohibition that health insurance carriers may not require a health care provider to serve on a provider panel of another health benefit plan of the carrier under specified circumstances; repealing an exception to the prohibition for a managed care organization; prohibiting a provider contract from containing a provision that requires a provider, as a condition of participation with a carrier, to participate with a different carrier; etc. | Monitor / Different versions Passed in House and Senate |
| SB791 Mental Health - Incarcerated Individuals with Mental Illness Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide specified access to a specified amount of medication to specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring the Mental Hygiene Administration to compensate specified mental health providers for specified services; requiring the Governor to provide a specified appropriation in specified fiscal years for compensating specified providers for specified services; etc. | Support / Died in committee |
| SB795 Health Care Expansion Program Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to specified parents with specified income and specified adults with specified income, subject to specified limitations; establishing the Health Care Expansion Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; establishing the purpose of and funding for the Program; requiring the Department to develop and implement a Health Insurance Subsidy Plan; etc. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB802 Released Inmates - Identification Card Pilot Program Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations for and establish a pilot program to provide identification cards to specified individuals released from correctional facilities in the State; requiring the regulations to establish a fee for the issuance of the identification card; establishing exceptions to the fee requirement; etc. | Support / Died in committee |
| SB847 Vehicle Laws - Driver's License Renewals - Inmates Providing that a license held by an inmate in a correctional facility remains in full force and effect during the inmate's term of confinement; and providing that the license of a former inmate remains in effect for 30 days after the inmate's release from confinement under specified circumstances. | Monitor/ Died in committee |
| SB859/HB1073 Medicare Part D "Donut Hole" Tax Assistance Act Providing for a Maryland income tax subtraction modification for qualified prescription drug expenses of an individual eligible for prescription drug coverage under Part D of the Medicare Program; limiting the subtraction to 7.5% of an individual's federal adjusted gross income if the individual itemizes deductions; applying the Act to tax years after 2006; etc | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SB873/HB1181 Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans Extending the date by which the members of the Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans must be appointed to July 1, 2007; extending the dates by which the Task Force must report its interim and final findings and recommendations to specified officials to December 1, 2007, and December 1, 2008, respectively; and extending the termination date of the Task Force to May 31, 2009. | Support / Approved by the Governor - Chapter 197 |
| SB933/HB1279 Health Insurance - Public Health Plans - Education and Disclosure Requirements Requiring that, in the case of an applicant for a license as an insurance producer for health insurance, a specified program of studies shall include a course designed to familiarize the applicant with specified public health plans available to residents of the State; requiring specified applicants to pass a specified examination to determine the familiarity of the applicant with the public health plans; etc. | Support / Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| SB934 Housing - Discrimination Based on Source of Income - Prohibitions Altering the housing policy of the State to provide for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; establishing specified qualifications and limitations on the general prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; making it unlawful to refuse to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; making it unlawful to discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling because of source of income; etc. | Support / Died in committee |
| SB953/HB1313 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers Requiring specified health insurance carriers to provide specified information in a specified manner to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, at the request of the Department, about individuals who are eligible for benefits under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or are Program recipients; requiring specified health insurance carriers to accept the Program's right of recovery and the assignment of specified rights under specified circumstances; etc. | Monitor / Returned Passed |
| SB1005/HB1408 Residential Child Care Programs - Behavior Management Interventions Prohibiting the use of specified behavior management interventions on children in specified residential child care programs; providing an exception under specified circumstances; requiring the staff of a residential child care program to determine if a specified behavior management intervention may be used on a child; requiring the staff to consider specified factors before deciding to include a specified behavior management intervention in a child's individual service plan; etc. | Support / Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs |
| SJ1 Federal Legislation Regarding Medicare Part D and Pharmacy Assistance Programs Urging the Maryland Congressional Delegation to support federal legislation that would clarify that pharmaceutical companies may assist specified Medicare Part D beneficiaries through pharmacy assistance programs. | Monitor / Died in committee |
| SJ4 Veterans Health Care Budget Reform Urging the Maryland Congressional Delegation and members of the United States Congress to support veterans health care budget reform to allow direct funding instead of discretionary funding; etc. | Support / Died in committee |
Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 - Bills
with Possible Impact to Those with a Mental Illness
Bond
Bill Funding
House Bills
Senate Bills
| Bill Title / Description | Final Status |
| HB1 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Beans and Bread Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $850,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Inc. for the renovation and construction of a homeless facility; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the loan proceeds or matching fund for sectarian religious purposes; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. http://www.vincentbaltimore.org/beans_bread.html | Total Funding Received: $150,000 |
| HB39/SB17 Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The Baltimore Station Facility Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Baltimore Station, Inc. for the construction of a residential substance abuse treatment facility; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey an easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. http://www.abell.org/programareas/highlights/baltimore_station | Total Funding Received: $100,000 |
| HB193/SB95 Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Way Station Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $550,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Way Station, Inc. for the design, renovation, and capital equipping of Way Station; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc. | Total Funding Recei |