HB 456

Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia

Sponsor: Sheree Sample-Hughes (District 37A)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Aging, the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, and the Alzheimer's Association, to incorporate information regarding cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and other types of dementia into relevant public health outreach programs administered by the Maryland Department of Health in order to educate health care providers and increase understanding of matters related to certain types of cognitive impairment; etc.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list

FAV 16FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fowlkes, Dee	Alzheimer's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Samus, Quincy	Alzheimer's Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	MAADS, LifeSpan, and HPCNMD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seek, Dawn	MNCHA	Position only
FAV	Burton, Kim	Maryland Coalition on Mental Health and Aging	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Eastman, Jennifer	Maryland Commission on Caregiving	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burton, Kim	Maryland Commission on Mental health and Aging	Oral
FAV	Lienhard, Carol	Maryland Senior Citizen Action Network	Position only
FAV	Downey, Ann Marie	Md. Retired School Personnel Assoc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	MedChi	Position only
FAV	naugle, cass	alzheimer's association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	alsobrooks, angela	prince george's county executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rodrguez-Weller, Nancy	university of Maryland, Eastern Shore	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Sample-Hughes, Delegate Sample-Hugheslegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lienhard, Carol	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Gordon, Stuart Yael	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AARPFAV 1

alzheimer's associationFAV 1

Alzheimer's AssociationFAV 1

Alzheimer's CouncilFAV 1

MAADS, LifeSpan, and HPCNMDFAV 1

Maryland Coalition on Mental Health and AgingFAV 1

Maryland Commission on CaregivingFAV 1

Maryland Commission on Mental health and AgingFAV 1

Maryland Senior Citizen Action NetworkFAV 1

Md. Retired School Personnel Assoc.FAV 1

MedChiFAV 1

MNCHAFAV 1

prince george's county executiveFAV 1

university of Maryland, Eastern ShoreFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKauffman, DannaMAADS, LifeSpan, and HPCNMDRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; American Association of Dental Boards c/o Commission on Dental Competency Assessments; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Behavioral Health System Baltimore; City of Rockville; Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland…