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Legislator > Kim Ross
State Delegate
Kim Ross
(D) - Maryland
Maryland House District 08
In Office - Started: 03/03/2025
contact info
Capitol Office
Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-841-3766
Phone 2: 800-492-7122 Ext. 3766
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB738 | Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight | Providing that a unit of State government may not purchase, lease, contract for, or rent an information technology service or product unless consistent with the master plan, as determined by the Secretary of Information Technology; providing that the Secretary is responsible for overseeing the implementation of major information technology development projects in the State; establishing the Maryland Office of Digital Experience in the Department to provide oversight, leadership, and strategic modernization for major technology projects; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1087 | Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for certain prescription drugs prescribed by a treating physician to treat a symptom of or side effect from the treatment of stage four metastatic cancer and use of the prescription drug is consistent with best practices for treatment of the condition. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1292 | Health Insurance - Provider Directory - Required Updates | Renaming "network directory" to be "provider directory" to conform to a certain federal law; altering the time period from 15 to 2 working days within which certain carriers are required to update the information that must be made available in the carrier's provider directory on the Internet; altering the information required to be included in a provider directory; requiring that a provider directory in printed form include a statement regarding the accuracy of the provider information; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB859 | Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit organizations, to assess current levels of health care access across the child care community. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1474 | State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Temporary Telehealth Licenses - Establishment | Establishing a temporary telehealth license to be issued by the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists authorizing the holder to provide clinical professional counseling services only to a student attending an institution of higher education in the State if the student and out-of-state licensed professional counselor have a previously established relationship that has existed for at least 6 months; limiting the term of the temporary license to 6 months; and prohibiting the renewal of a temporary licensed issued under the Act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1478 | Public Health - Report on Establishing a Directory of Home Health Care Providers | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to submit a report on the feasibility of establishing and maintaining an online directory of home health care providers to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB850 | Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment | Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective method to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under the public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1301 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations | Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, managed care organizations, and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring prior authorization for a transfer to a special pediatric hospital. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1351 | Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Credentialing for Behavioral Health Care Professionals | Altering the providers of certain community-based health services that a carrier is prohibited from rejecting for participation on the carrier's provider panel; and altering the period of time in which certain carriers are required to accept or deny certain social workers, counselors, and psychology associates for participation on the carrier's provider panel to within 60 days after the date a carrier receives a completed application. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB757 | Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding | Altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual budget for the Program from $500,000 to at least $1,000,000; and authorizing the Secretary to use up to 20% of Program funds to support research centers, including the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, in the collection, analysis, and processing of Program outcome data for the purposes of assessing, maximizing, and improving the effectiveness and clinical utility of the cancer screening funded by the Program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB838 | Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Revisions | Altering the scope of practice of licensed direct-entry midwives; providing that the practice of direct-entry midwifery is independent and not does not require oversight by another health care practitioner; repealing the requirement that licensed direct-entry midwives report certain information to the Direct-Entry Midwifery Advisory Committee; altering the disciplinary actions that may be taken against a licensed direct-entry midwife or an applicant for a license; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1244 | Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment | Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB871 | Health Services Cost Review Commission - Community Benefits - Community Health Worker Workforce Program | Altering the definition of "community benefit" to include a community health worker workforce program which is intended to provide services to patients of a nonprofit hospital and to improve health outcomes; authorizing a nonprofit hospital and a community-based organization to establish a community health worker workforce program; providing that a partnership that establishes a community health worker workforce program may be executed through a memorandum of understanding; establishing requirements for the memorandum of understanding; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB776 | Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions | Repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; altering certain licensure requirements; altering the grounds for discipline for physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; authorizing the Board to impose a civil penalty for a certain report made in bad faith; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1004 | Public Health - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Information on Prevalence and Treatment | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understanding and awareness of treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias into relevant public health outreach programs; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a website with information on the prevalence and hospitalization rate for Alzheimer's and related dementias; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1315 | Vaccinations by Pharmacists and Health Insurance Coverage for Immunizations | Altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist may administer, subject to certain requirements, to an individual of at least a certain age; and altering the vaccinations included in the minimum package of child wellness services for which certain health insurers and nonprofit health service plans are required to provide coverage to include those recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of December 31, 2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB500 | Procurement Reform Act of 2025 | Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish a technical procurement team; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB666 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Calcium Score Testing | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage in accordance with the most recent guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology that expand the scope of preventive care services for the benefit of consumers; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB718 | Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established | Establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to monitor and assess the impact of potential and actual federal changes to specified health care programs and to provide recommendations for State and local action to protect the access of residents of the State to affordable health coverage; and requiring the Commission to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB974 | Health Insurance - Preventive Services - High Deductible Health Plans and Enforcement Authority | Clarifying the application of certain health insurance preventive services coverage requirements to certain high deductible health plans; and requiring the Insurance Commissioner to enforce certain provisions of law related to preventive services consistent with the recommendations and guidelines set by certain federal agencies in effect on December 31, 2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB996 | Public Health - Phenibut Consumer Protection Act (JT Alvey Phenibut Consumer Protection Act) | Requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a phenibut product to disclose the factual basis on which any representations regarding the phenibut product are made; establishing prohibitions related to the preparation, distribution, and sale of phenibut products, including prohibitions related to the sale of phenibut to individuals under the age of 21 years and the marketing of phenibut to minors; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB970 | Health Insurance - Insulin - Prohibition on Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for insulin or an insulin analog used to treat an insured's or enrollee's Type 1, Type 2, or gestational diabetes; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB459 | Counties - Cancer Screening for Professional Firefighters - Required Coverage (James "Jimmy" Malone Act) | Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a no-cost annual examination or applying for a grant to pay for certain cancer screening technologies; prohibiting counties from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement; and requiring the Maryland Health Commission to conduct a certain study. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB991 | State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports | Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licenses; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1086 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Anesthesia - Prohibiting Time Limitations | Requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, managed care organizations, and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations, if providing coverage for the delivery of anesthesia for a procedure for which a licensed medical professional issues an order, to provide the coverage for the duration of the procedure; prohibiting the establishment, implementation, or enforcement of policies or practices that place time limitations on the delivery of anesthesia; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1243 | Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that is an in-network provider of covered medical oncology services and complies with State regulations for the administering and dispensing of specialty drugs, if the specialty drugs meet certain qualifications; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to meet certain criteria. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB813 | Maryland Insurance Administration and Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup to Study Pharmacy Benefits Managers | Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, to convene a workgroup to study and review reimbursement for pharmacists; and requiring the workgroup to submit an interim report by December 31, 2025, and a final report on their findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB933 | Nursing Homes - Cost Reports | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the review conducted under the Act to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through 2029. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB819 | Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot | Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to establish a certain preference program for certain procurements; authorizing the establishment of a certain evaluation factor for certain proposals by an entity that utilizes certain employee stock ownership plans; requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB765 | Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt | Authorizing a hospital, under certain circumstances, to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to a governmental unit or an entity that is under contract with the unit or a nonprofit organization for the purpose of canceling the debt; requiring that a hospital's financial policy require the hospital to dismiss actions pending against a patient for the collection of debt that was sold and prohibit the hospital from engaging in specified collection activities; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1066 | Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Workgroups | Requiring the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to establish a workgroup on the improvement of health, social, and economic outcomes related to substance use; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations on changes to State laws, policies and practices needed to mitigate the harm related to criminalization of substance use and related to the discharge of patients from substance use treatment programs; and requiring the workgroup to submit a certain report annually. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1083 | Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements | Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup, to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements; requiring the workgroup to provide recommendations to implement recommendations in a certain Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services State Health Official letter; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1142 | Public Health - Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group - Establishment | Establishing the Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group to ensure adequate access to applicable home- and community-based services in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain support to the Advisory Group; and requiring by September 1 each year beginning in 2026, the Advisory Group to report its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1146 | Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System – Integration of 9–8–8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations | Requiring the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System to have a State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, rather than a crisis communication center, in each jurisdiction; requiring each State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the System to coordinate with the national 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network to provide supportive counseling, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, referrals to additional resources, and direct dispatch to other services as needed; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1143 | Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs - Establishment | Establishing the Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs to study and make recommendations on ways to improve school-based dental programs; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report on its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB798 | Opioid Restitution Fund - Interactive Dashboard | Requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and maintain an interactive dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending to share prescription opioid-related settlement information with the public; requiring the dashboard to include links to the State, county, or municipal websites that provide access to additional information on the use of opioid-related settlement funds; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB728 | Opioid Restitution Fund - Authorized Uses | Altering the allowable uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund to provide funds for the operating expenses and personnel costs for investigations, enforcement actions, and other activities conducted by the Opioids Enforcement Unit within the Office of the Attorney General that are related to the recovery of funds from opioid-related judgments or settlements; and requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, the Office of the Attorney General to report annually to the General Assembly on the status of activity of the Opioids Enforcement Unit. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB333 | Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup | Establishing the Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup to develop strategies to prevent cybersecurity disruptions to the healthcare ecosystem, ensure the continuous delivery of essential healthcare ecosystem services, and enhance recovery efforts of the healthcare ecosystem following a cybersecurity incident; and requiring the Workgroup to submit an interim report on or before January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| HB384 | Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established | Establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program in the Department of Disabilities to select one or more nonprofit training entities to participate in the Program and provide additional funding mechanisms to assist eligible individuals in the Program; requiring the Department to select at least one nonprofit training entity to develop and implement a training protocol and to select qualified participants; and establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program Fund to pay a participating nonprofit training entity. | Vetoed |
| HB962 | Public Health - Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients and Workgroup on Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Overstays | Specifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, under certain circumstances, to ensure pediatric hospital overstay patients are placed in the least restrictive setting when clinically indicated and when possible; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1473 | State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities | Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB930 | Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment | Establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to provide grants to improve access to abortion care clinical services for individuals in the State; establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants under the Program; and requiring that certain premium funds collected by health insurance carriers be used to provide certain coverage and to support improving access to abortion care clinical services under certain circumstances. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1045 | Health Insurance, Family Planning Services, and Confidentiality of Medical Records - Consumer Protections - Updates | Updating references to federal law related to family planning services, grandfathered plans, explanation of benefits, summaries of benefits and coverage, medical loss ratios, catastrophic plans, annual limits for cost sharing, prescription drugs, and rescissions; altering the definitions of "legally protected health care" and "sensitive health services" to include gender-affirming care for purposes of law governing the disclosure of information regarding sensitive health services; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB783 | Health Occupations - Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training | Requiring applicants for renewal of certain licenses and certain certificates issued by certain health occupation boards to attest that the applicant completed an implicit bias and structural racism training program, rather than an implicit bias training program, approved by the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program; authorizing certain health occupations boards to adopt regulations allowing applicants renewing licenses to receive continuing education credits for completing certain training; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1082 | Health Insurance - Individual Market Stabilization - Establishment of the State-Based Health Insurance Subsidies Program | Establishing the State-Based Health Insurance Subsidies Program to provide subsidies to individuals in the State to mitigate the impact of a reduction in certain federal advance premium tax credits for calendar years 2026 through 2028; and requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to implement the Program under certain circumstances. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB448 | Modernization of Military Laws Act | Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, service members, and military families; and altering the application of certain provisions of law related to veterans, the uniformed services, and the filing of certificates of candidacy, the powers of the Governor, State veterans' cemeteries, and housing and employment discrimination. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB466 | Health Equality for Service Members Act | Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing public health, the regulation of health occupations, and housing vouchers and assistance to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1069 | Life and Health Insurance Policies and Annuity and Health Maintenance Organization Contracts - Discretionary Clauses - Prohibition | Prohibiting the use of discretionary clauses in life insurance policies, health insurance policies, annuity contracts, and health maintenance organization contracts. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB699 | General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge | Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1481 | Disability Services - Adapted Vehicle Access Pilot Program - Established | Establishing the Adapted Vehicle Access Pilot Program to provide adapted vehicles to individuals who require a mobility aid; and requiring the Department of Disabilities to implement and administer the Program, request, apply for, and facilitate certain donations to the Program, study the impacts of the Program, and report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Program on or before December 1, 2028. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB509 | Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment | Establishing the Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup for the purpose of studying issues related to the establishment and maintenance of a State cemetery inventory system; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB541 | Department of Commerce - Nonprofit Organizations Navigator - Established | Establishing a nonprofit organizations navigator within the Department of Commerce to provide technical assistance and work with nonprofits and units of State government to resolve complexities and delays in State grant-making processes, collect and share certain information, and represent nonprofit organizations' interests and concerns as a member of the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the navigator. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1007 | Disability and Life Insurance - Medical Information (Genetic Testing Protection Act) | Prohibiting insurance carriers that offer life insurance or disability insurance policies or contracts from unfairly discriminating against an individual by taking certain actions relating to coverage based on medical information; prohibiting certain carriers from accessing sensitive medical information without first obtaining written consent or mandating certain genetic testing or full genome sequencing as a prerequisite for life insurance or disability insurance eligibility or coverage; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB535 | Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment | Establishing the Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned and neglected cemeteries in the State; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 to the fund; and requiring an annual report by September 30 to the General Assembly on the donations to the Fund and promotional efforts undertaken by money from the Fund. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB32 | Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic review board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the board; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1027 | Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System | Establishing the Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System; requiring the Workgroup to review a certain study completed by the Department of Information Technology in order to establish a plan to implement the recommendations of the study; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB573 | State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement | Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to approve a certain course of study for expanded function dental assistant certification; requiring that a course of study for initial dental assistant certification include at least 35 hours of in-person and online instruction; requiring the Board to reinstate a certain certification only under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations requiring continuing education, including clinical hands-on training, for expanded function dental assistants; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1246 | Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enrollee when calculating cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; requiring certain persons that provide financial assistance payments, discounts, product vouchers, or other out-of-pocket expenses to notify an insured or enrollee of certain information; etc. | Dead |
| HB1199 | Physicians - Licensing - Internationally Trained Physicians | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians, beginning October 1, 2027, to issue a license to practice medicine to an internationally trained physician under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations establishing minimum qualifications and application fees and to provide a pathway to full licensure; etc. | Dead |
| HB957 | State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements | Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc. | Dead |
| HB1468 | Cyber Maryland Program – Revisions | Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; requiring the Program to issue competitive grants and contracts to enhance cybersecurity workforce development, including cybersecurity for operational technology beginning in fiscal year 2026; requiring the Program in conjunction with other agencies to report on certain Program activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026; etc. | Dead |
| HB429 | Health Facilities - Augmentation of Survey Staff - Nursing Homes | Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a county, to delegate to the county the authority to augment State nursing home survey staff using county funds under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to initiate a certain memorandum of understanding and develop a certain plan with a requesting county within 45 days after a county's request; requiring the Department, beginning July 1, 2025, to report to each area agency on aging the names and dates of each nursing home surveyed in the preceding 6 months; etc. | Dead |
| HB905 | Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025) | Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan; requiring by July 1 each year, each hospital's clinical staffing committee to conduct a review of the clinical staffing plan for certain purposes; and requiring by January 1, 2027, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan and assign personnel in accordance with the plan. | Dead |
| HB1555 | Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) | Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish and maintain certain online databases and conduct certain inspections; establishing the authority of the Secretary of Health regarding staff for the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to direct an immediate investigation of certain complaints; establishing requirements for the review of complaints and investigations by the Board; providing a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for certain violations; etc. | Dead |
| HB1208 | Public Health - Prohibited Ingredients in Food | Prohibiting a person, beginning on October 1, 2028, from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the State food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or Red Dye No. 3; and providing certain penalties for violations of the Act. | Dead |
| HB304 | State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures | Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; requiring each procurement contract to include a clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering from 30 to 60 days the time within which a written notice of a claim relating to a certain procurement contract shall be made; altering the procedures for reviewing and making a certain determination related to a certain contract claim; etc. | Dead |
| HB1499 | State Procurement - Construction and Services - Contract Modification | Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $1,000,000 for construction or security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the Board of Public Works. | Dead |
| HB662 | Procurement - Indefinite Quantity Contracts - Authorization | Authorizing a procurement officer to award an indefinite quantity contract under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt certain regulations relating to the assignment of work under an indefinite quantity contract including assignment by right of first refusal in the order of ranking of contract awards and rotation among contractors; etc. | Dead |
| HB1314 | Health Care - Prior Authorizations - Prohibiting Fees | Prohibiting in-network health care providers from charging a fee to obtain a prior authorization from a carrier or managed care organization. | Dead |
| HB1053 | Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services | Clarifying that a parent of the recipient may provide services for the recipient of self-directed services under certain circumstances; and altering the circumstances under which a family member or legal guardian may provide services for the recipient of self-directed services. | Dead |
| HB1544 | Public Safety - Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal and Key Bridge Collapse Victims Memorial Tribute | Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal as the highest State honor awarded to law enforcement officers for exceptional public service, valor, and heroism; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for the nomination, selection, and awarding of the medal; authorizing the Governor to award no more than five medals per calendar year; and requiring a certain ceremony to annually honor and remember the sacrifices and contributions of certain workers. | Dead |
| HB830 | Health Insurance - Genetic Testing and Cancer Imaging - Required Coverage | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for genetic testing for certain individuals who may have an increased risk of developing cancer and follow-up evidence-based cancer imaging for individuals with an increased risk of developing cancer; etc. | Dead |
| HB386 | Pesticides - PFAS Chemicals - Prohibitions | Requiring, by January 1, 2032, the Department of Agriculture to develop, maintain, post on its website, and distribute to all certified applicators a list of certain registered pesticides that list PFAS chemicals as an active ingredient on the labeling accompanying the pesticide; prohibiting, beginning June 1, 2032, a person from using, for certain purposes, PFAS pesticides listed by the Department; prohibiting, beginning June 1, 2032, a person from using PFAS pesticides in the State; etc. | Dead |
| HB1001 | State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush | Designating the original Maryland orange crush as the State cocktail. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
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| SB96 | Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB81 | Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB149 | Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB181 | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB128 | Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Abstain |
| HB185 | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB168 | Confined Aquatic Disposal Cells - Construction - Moratorium | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB131 | Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB51 | Accountants - Licensed Out-of-State Practice Privileges - Qualifications | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB154 | Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB130 | Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB215 | Cannabis Reform - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB200 | Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans - Renaming | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB246 | Maryland Veterans Trust - Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB207 | Drunk and Drug-Impaired Driving and Failure to Remain at the Scene - Revocation of Driver's License | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB219 | Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB227 | Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB117 | Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB204 | Property Tax - Deadline to Set County and Municipal Corporation Tax Rates - Alteration | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB120 | Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB26 | Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB123 | Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB230 | Human Services - Local Departments of Social Services - Audits | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB49 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Alterations and Analysis | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB89 | Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB178 | Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB177 | Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB3 | Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB49 | Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB54 | Motor Vehicles - Specially Designed Vintage Reproduction Registration Plates | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB15 | Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB208 | Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB252 | Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB250 | Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB148 | State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB262 | Election Law - Special Elections | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB231 | State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB73 | Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB19 | Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB144 | Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB127 | State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB93 | Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB93 | Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB176 | Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB80 | Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB116 | Data Center Impact Analysis and Report | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB265 | Environment - Reservoir Augmentation Permit - Establishment | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB102 | Insurance Pooling - Public Entity - Definition | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB222 | Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB46 | Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB292 | Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB301 | Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Affidavit for Judicial Authorization | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB269 | Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB271 | Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB278 | Tax Relief and State Personnel Equality for Service Members Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB299 | Security Guards and Security Guard Employers - Registration, Certification, and Regulation | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB294 | Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB295 | Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB295 | Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB281 | Transportation Equality for Service Members Act | Third Reading Passed with Amendments | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB276 | Educational Equality for Service Members Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB310 | Education - Youth Suicide Prevention School Program - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB309 | Department of Veterans and Military Families - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB318 | Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB308 | Election Law – Chief Election Judges – Party Affiliation | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB335 | Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB333 | Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB350 | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB350 | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) | Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Grammer) Rejected | 04/07/2025 | Nay |
| SB327 | Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB359 | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB359 | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB424 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB384 | Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB352 | Baltimore County - Political Party Central Committee - Elections | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB431 | Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitation Periods | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB352 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB352 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 | Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB351 | Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2025, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB337 | Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB376 | Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB358 | Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB338 | Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB341 | Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB357 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB361 | Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB391 | Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Review of Report and Recommendations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB365 | Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB373 | State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB360 | Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB376 | Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB376 | Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB478 | Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB482 | Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB477 | State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB489 | Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB425 | Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB396 | Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB423 | Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB399 | Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee | 19 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | Maryland House District 08 | House | Democrat | In Office | 03/03/2025 |