Health Occupations - Nurse Practitioners - Certifications of Competency and Incapacity
What this bill does
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.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (20)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Bresnahan, Tammy | AARP MD | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kauffman, Dannalobbyist | LifeSpan Network | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Crain, Elaine | Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Faulkner, Rachel | Maryland Nurses Association | Position only |
| FAV | Hicks, Gary | bd. of nursing | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Elliott, Robynlobbyist | mna | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kraus, Susan | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Eckardt, Senator Eckardtlegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sepulveda, Sabrina | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sutton, William | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Parsley, Lucien | DRM | Position only |
| UNF | Rusciano, Megan | Disabiity Rights Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Wise, Steve | MedChi | Oral |
| UNF | Hersey, Brad | OPD | Position only |
| UNF | Varghese, Sanjeev | OPD | Position only |
| UNF | KOLP, ANDE | THE ARC MARYLAND | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McCabe, Carroll | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Tompsett, Tommy | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Bridge Nanera, MOAS, MS, PA-C, Deanna | Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Favazza, Johnlobbyist | Individual | Oral |