Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)
What this bill does
Prohibiting health occupations boards and disciplinary panels from reprimanding a licensee or certificate holder, placing a licensee or certificate holder on probation, or suspending or revoking a license of a licensee or the certificate of a certificate holder solely on the basis of a licensee's or certificate holder's use of a diagnostic evaluation or treatment that is integrative, complementary, alternative, or nonconventional, including in the treatment of Lyme disease or tick-borne illnesses.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (31)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Szeliga, Kathy | Delegate | Position only |
| FAV | Tyson, Denise | Maryland Acupuncture Society | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wilson, Lara | Maryland Rural Health Association | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bloem, MD, Fred | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Carter, Catherine | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Carter, Eloria | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dadamo, PhD, Chris | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Szeliga, Delegate Szeligalegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dickover, Kandice | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dumoff, JD MSW, Alan | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gramens, Michele | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jaffe, Caryn | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Johnson, Del Steve | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | London, David | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | London, Denise | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Rollow, MD, William | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wilcoxon, Shari | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Ye, Webster | Board of Audiologist/Board of Prof. Counselors | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Shek, Heather | Board of Nursing | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Whitaker, Jakelobbyist | Board of Occupational Therapists | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Hawk, Wynee | Board of Physicians | Position only |
| UNF | Whitaker, Jakelobbyist | Dental Board | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | O'Connor, Patricia | HEAU | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Dudzic, Matthew | MD Board of Physicians | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Dudzic, Matthew | Maryland Board of Physicians | Position only |
| UNF | Hawk, Wynee | Maryland Board of Physicians | Position only |
| UNF | Wise, Steve | MedChi | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Goldstein, Marhew | Secular Coalition for Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Dudzic, Matthew | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Hawk, Wynee | Individual | Position only |
| INFO | Ye, Webster | Board of Acupuncture | Written (PDF) |