HB 1168

Maryland Department of Health - Residential Service Agencies - Training Requirements

Sponsor: Sheree Sample-Hughes (District 37A)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each residential service agency to ensure that certain individuals receive certain training relating to dementia; requiring each residential service agency to ensure that individuals providing certain training have certain experience and have completed certain training; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide a certain list of training programs to each residential service agency; requiring an individual employed as a residential service agency's direct care or supervisory staff to complete certain training; etc.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 14FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, ilenelobbyist	Alzheimer's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	fowlkes, dee	Alzheimer's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Harrington, susan	Harrington Softtware Associates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Greenfield, Aaronlobbyist	LeadingAge MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burton, Kim	MHAMD/MSCAN	Written (PDF)
FAV	lienhard, carol	MSCAN	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blendy, nicholas	Office of Mayor Young	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alsobrooks, Angela	Prince George's County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	rogers, kathy	absolute companion care	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	keller, amy	aging at home solution	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	rodwin, davidlobbyist	pjc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Sample-Hughes, Delegate Sample-Hugheslegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	jackson, Carlotta	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Taylor, Kim	Family Choice Healthcare	Oral
UNF	Kursban, Neal	Family Nursing Care	Position only
UNF	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	MNCHA	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	WEGLEIN, ELIZABETH	UNITED SENIORS OF MARYLAND	Position only
FWA	Weglein, Elizabeth	ELIZABETH CONWY CARE NETWORK	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	DeMattos, Joseph	HFAM	Written (PDF)
INFO	Shek, Heather	MD Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AARP MarylandFAV 1

absolute companion careFAV 1

aging at home solutionFAV 1

Alzheimer's AssociationFAV 2

ELIZABETH CONWY CARE NETWORKFWA 1

Family Choice HealthcareUNF 1

Family Nursing CareUNF 1

Harrington Softtware AssociatesFAV 1

HFAMFWA 1

LeadingAge MDFAV 1

MD Dept. of HealthINFO 1

MHAMD/MSCANFAV 1

MNCHAUNF 1

MSCANFAV 1

Office of Mayor YoungFAV 1

pjcFAV 1

Prince George's County ExecutiveFAV 1

UNITED SENIORS OF MARYLANDUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVRosenthal, ileneAlzheimer's AssociationRegistered for: Alzheimer's Association

FAVGreenfield, AaronLeadingAge MDRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake…

FAVrodwin, davidpjcRegistered for: Care in Action

UNFKauffman, DannaMNCHARegistered 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…