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HB 1071

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Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act)

Sponsor: Jesse T. Pippy (District 4)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVLewis Young, KarenHouse of DelegatesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDeMaria, GinaIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Pippy, Delegate PippylegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVJohnson, DonnaIndividualOral
UNFJones, TylerMD JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
UNFKasemeyer, PamMedChiPosition only
INFOO'Connor, PatriciaHEAUWritten (PDF)
INFOCiekot, AnnlobbyistNCADDOral + Written (PDF)
INFOWilliams, LindaNCADDOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

INFOCiekot, AnnNCADDRegistered for: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; B'More Clubhouse; Baltimore City Substance Abuse Directorate; Bard College; CareForth; Children's Advocacy Institute