Maryland 2023 Regular Session All Bills (Page 95)

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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB210

Introduced
1/23/23  
Refer
1/23/23  
Report Pass
2/27/23  
Engrossed
3/2/23  
Altering a prohibition on judges of the orphans' court acting as attorneys to prohibit a judge of the orphans' court from acting as an attorney in matters related to the administration of an estate or a guardianship of a minor within the jurisdiction of the court in any county or Baltimore City, or the preparation of an estate plan or estate planning documents that might come within the jurisdiction of the court in any county or Baltimore City following the death of any individual.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB338

Introduced
1/25/23  
Refer
1/25/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Engrossed
4/5/23  
Defining "commercial use" in Baltimore City to include multifamily residential development if the development is located within a waterfront commercial zoning district and within a 0.50-mile radius of a commuter rail station.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB283

Introduced
1/25/23  
Refer
1/25/23  
Report Pass
3/16/23  
Engrossed
3/18/23  
Refer
3/20/23  
Report Pass
3/29/23  
Enrolled
4/7/23  
Chaptered
5/3/23  
Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2024, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide gender-affirming treatment in a nondiscriminatory manner; requiring that the gender-affirming treatment be assessed according to nondiscriminatory criteria that are consistent with current clinical standards; prohibiting the issuance of an adverse benefit determination related to gender-affirming treatment unless a certain experienced health care provider has reviewed and confirmed the appropriateness of the determination; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB302

Introduced
1/25/23  
Refer
1/25/23  
Report Pass
2/27/23  
Engrossed
3/2/23  
Refer
3/3/23  
Report Pass
3/31/23  
Enrolled
4/5/23  
Chaptered
5/3/23  
Establishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council to study and make recommendations on matters relating to individuals with rare diseases in the State; requiring the Council to convene public hearings, make inquiries, and solicit comments from the public on the needs of rare disease patients, caregivers, and health care providers; requiring the Council to report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 each year beginning in 2024 and to provide recommendations on ways to address the needs of persons with rare diseases in the State; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB284

Introduced
1/25/23  
Refer
1/25/23  
Report Pass
4/4/23  
Engrossed
4/4/23  
Refer
4/5/23  
Altering the definition of "organics recycling" to include the processing of certain compostable packaging materials; establishing a producer responsibility advisory council to provide advice and make recommendations regarding establishing a producer responsibility program for packaging materials and to report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to procure a statewide recycling needs assessment; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB305

Introduced
1/25/23  
Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review, including provisions regarding benchmarks for standardizing and automating the preauthorization process, the online preauthorization system for payors, preauthorizations for prescription drugs, and private review agents; altering timelines related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; increasing the penalties for violating certain provisions of law regarding private review agents; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB311

Introduced
1/25/23  
Requiring the State Highway Administration to designate the bridge across Fishing Creek on Maryland Route 261 in Calvert County as the Fallen Heroes Fishing Creek Bridge.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB168

Introduced
1/20/23  
Refer
1/20/23  
Report Pass
2/13/23  
Engrossed
2/16/23  
Refer
2/20/23  
Report Pass
3/27/23  
Enrolled
3/30/23  
Chaptered
4/11/23  
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council as an independent unit of State government with the authority to conduct and support advocacy, systems change, and capacity-building efforts to promote inclusive communities and equity in services for individuals with disabilities in the State, research best practices and provide related training and technical assistance to communities in the State, and inform State and local leaders about disability issues.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB242

Introduced
1/23/23  
Refer
1/23/23  
Report Pass
3/6/23  
Engrossed
3/9/23  
Refer
3/10/23  
Report Pass
3/30/23  
Enrolled
4/7/23  
Chaptered
5/3/23  
Altering the definition of "massage therapy"; altering the date after which the option to be registered by the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners to practice massage therapy in a setting that is not a health care setting will no longer be available; and repealing a provision of law that provides that certain provisions of law do not require a nonprofit health insurance plan, an insurer, a health maintenance organization, or a person acting as a third party administrator to reimburse certain individuals for services rendered.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB256

Introduced
1/25/23  
Prohibiting a provision in a contract with a design professional for professional services that requires the design professional to indemnify or hold harmless certain parties unless the design professional is at fault for causing the loss, damage, or expense indemnified; and prohibiting a provision in a contract with a design professional for professional services that requires the design professional to defend certain parties against liability or certain claims.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB254

Introduced
1/25/23  
Refer
1/25/23  
Report Pass
3/17/23  
Engrossed
3/17/23  
Refer
3/20/23  
Report Pass
3/30/23  
Enrolled
4/6/23  
Chaptered
5/3/23  
Altering the definition of "charitable contribution" to exclude an authorization for or a discount on the use of certain services or materials, equipment, or facilities for purposes of provisions of law regulating charitable organizations and charitable representatives; and authorizing the Maryland Secretary of State to accept certain documentation in place of an audit or a review in connection with a charitable organization's registration statement.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB335

Introduced
1/25/23  
Providing that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law; limiting the applicability of the presumption to benefits for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for a period of 2 years immediately following an initial diagnosis; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB232

Introduced
1/23/23  
Refer
1/23/23  
Report Pass
2/27/23  
Engrossed
3/2/23  
Refer
3/3/23  
Report Pass
3/30/23  
Enrolled
4/10/23  
Chaptered
5/3/23  
Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to approve licensed athletic trainers to perform dry needling, a certain type of intramuscular manual therapy involving the insertion of one or more solid needles into the muscle and related tissues to effect change in the muscle and related tissues; requiring 80 hours of instruction in a certain continuing education course, including 40 hours of practical, hands-on instruction under the guidance of a certain licensed health care practitioner; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB259

Introduced
1/25/23  
Providing that certain licenses to manufacture, sell, buy, and store cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices do not authorize the licensee to manufacture, ship, import, or sell into or within the State a flavored tobacco product with a taste or smell of fruit, mint, candy, or other nontobacco flavors; providing that a public statement that cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices have or produce a certain smell or taste is presumptive evidence that they are flavored tobacco products; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB259

Introduced
1/25/23  
Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly or recklessly creating, maintaining, or contributing to public harm by the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product; requiring a firearm industry member to implement certain controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, or use of certain firearm-related products; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; authorizing certain civil actions for violations; etc.