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HB 609

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Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health

Sponsor: Delegate BarronCommittee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: First Reading Finance (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Renaming the Office of the Inspector General in the Maryland Department of Health to be the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health and providing that the Office is an independent unit of the State, rather than a unit in the Department; requiring an annual report by December 1 of the Office's activities investigating fraud and waste of certain funds, referrals to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, recoveries of mistaken claims paid in error, recoveries of the cost of benefits mistakenly paid, and regulatory changes; etc.

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Testimony (3)

MGA witness list
FAV 3Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBradford, TierralobbyistCCMDWritten (PDF)
FAVklapper, stephanielobbyistMaryland citizens health initiativeWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Barron, Delegate BarronlegislatorIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBradford, TierraCCMDRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland
FAVklapper, stephanieMaryland citizens health initiativeRegistered for: Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, Inc.