HB 691

Health Occupations - Nurse Practitioners - Certifications of Competency and Incapacity

Sponsor: Bonnie Cullison (District 19)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering a requirement that a petition for guardianship of a disabled person include signed and verified certificates of competency by providing that the certificates may be signed and verified by a nurse practitioner and certain other health care practitioners; altering the requirements for the certification of a patient's incapacity to make an informed decision regarding treatment or of a patient's terminal or end-stage condition to allow the second individual making the certification to be a nurse practitioner; etc.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list

FAV 5FavorableFWA 8Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP MD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Scott, Rhonda	Board of Nursing	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	LifeSpan Network, MAADS, and HPCNM	Written (PDF)
FAV	faulkner, rachael	mna	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Cullison, Delegate Cullisonlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Rusciano, Megan	Disabilty Rights Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	LONDON, RACHEL	MD DD COUNCIL	Written (PDF)
UNF	Collins-Ihrke, Katie	Maryland Assoc. of Centers for Independent Living	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rice, mat	People on the Go of MD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Sepulveda, Sabrina	Harborside Behavioral Health, LLC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Kraus, Susan	Kraus Behavioral Health	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sutton, William	Kraus Behavioral Health	Written (PDF)
FWA	Crain, Dr. Elaine	MAAPC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Favazza, Johnlobbyist	Manis Canning on behalf of MAAPC	Position only
FWA	Najera, MPAS, MS, PA-C, Deanna Bridge	Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants	Written (PDF)
FWA	Wise, Steve	MedChi	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kolp, Ande	The Arc Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AARP MDFAV 1

Board of NursingFAV 1

Disabilty Rights MarylandUNF 1

Harborside Behavioral Health, LLCFWA 1

Kraus Behavioral HealthFWA 2

LifeSpan Network, MAADS, and HPCNMFAV 1

MAAPCFWA 1

Manis Canning on behalf of MAAPCFWA 1

Maryland Academy of Physician AssistantsFWA 1

Maryland Assoc. of Centers for Independent LivingUNF 1

MD DD COUNCILUNF 1

MedChiFWA 1

mnaFAV 1

People on the Go of MDUNF 1

The Arc MarylandFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKauffman, DannaLifeSpan Network, MAADS, and HPCNMRegistered 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…

FWAFavazza, JohnManis Canning on behalf of MAAPCRegistered for: Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.; Baltimore Cyber Range LLC dba BCR Cyber; Baltimore Ravens…