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Neither chamber is scheduled to return until Monday. The General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, still has plenty of time to approve the measures before adjournment, but if Hogan were to veto any of them, lawmakers would have to wait until the next legislative session to override any vetoes. Hogan has not taken a position on any of the legislation so far. The measures include repeal of job protections long criticized for impeding accountability in misconduct cases known as the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. Legislation also would put limits on no-knock warrants and crea...

MedChi provides list of bills it supports and opposes related to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program Shawna De La Rosa | Mar 11, 2021 Share this:     It supports: HB 123, cross-filed with SB 3.Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021 would alter the health care services of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program. It would also alter the circumstances under which the program is required to provide health care services through telehealth and authorize the Maryland Department of Health to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an amendment to waivers to implem...

A rise in suicides and concerns about police interactions with those threatening to self-harm have prompted legislation in Maryland that would ease costs for certain treatment and require more training for law enforcement. Other legislation would require the state to study and track an increase in the number of Marylanders taking their own lives. In 2018, 650 people in Maryland died by suicide, according to a 2020 report from the Governor’s Commission on Suicide Prevention, a 37 percent increase from the 474 suicide deaths in 2000; each year an average of 530 people in the state have die...

A rise in suicides and concerns about police interactions with those threatening to self-harm have prompted legislation in Maryland that would ease costs for certain treatment and require more training for law enforcement. Other legislation would require the state to study and track an increase in the number of Marylanders taking their own lives. In 2018, 650 people in Maryland died by suicide, according to a 2020 report from the Governor’s Commission on Suicide Prevention, a 37 percent increase from the 474 suicide deaths in 2000; each year an average of 530 people in the state have die...

Maryland Senate health disparity bill loses mention of racism Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post March 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Maryland Sen. Delores G. Kelley, D-Baltimore County speaks on the Senate floor in 2017.Photo for The Washington Post by Doug KapustinShow MoreShow Less 2of3Sens. J.B. Jennings, R-Harford, left, and Stephen Hershey, R-Queen Anne's, attend a 2016 Senate session.Washington Post photo by Jonathan NewtonShow MoreShow Less 3of3 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - At first, the bill addressing the role of racism in health disparities in Maryland laid out the context pl...