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Health – Mental and Emotional Disorders – Consent (Mental Health Access Initiative)

Sponsor: Malcolm Augustine (District 47)Committee: FinanceSubject: Public HealthStatus: First Reading Health and Government Operations (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the minimum age, from 16 years to 12 years, at which a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to consultation, diagnosis, and certain treatment of a mental or emotional disorder by a health care provider or clinic; and providing that a health care provider may decide to provide certain information to a certain parent, guardian, or custodian under certain provisions of law unless the health care provider believes that the disclosure will lead to harm to the minor or deter the minor from seeking care.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 16Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMaiorana, RuthMD Association of County Health OfficersWritten (PDF)
FAVTompsett, TommyMaryland Psychiatric SocietyWritten (PDF)
FAVDiamond, JoannahchPosition only
FAVFaulkner, RachaellcpcmPosition only
FAVfaulkner, rachaelmasbhc, mna, lcpcmOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCiekot, AnnlobbyistmaysbOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBlendy, NicholasIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDiaz, LindaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Augustine, Senator AugustinelegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFEvans, KarenBoard of NursingWritten (PDF)
UNFCampbell, KimberlyMD Psychological AssocWritten (PDF)
UNFAdams, CarolIndividualOral
UNFBress, SteveIndividualOral
UNFCollurafici, MistiIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFCusack, SarahIndividualOral
UNFDelarosa, JenniferIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFDove, RhondaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFElvis-Peterson, DeidreIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFGerchalk, KristynIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFKnoll, AmberIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFKoppenhoefer, CarynIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFManganillo, CIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMcDougall, CliffIndividualOral
UNFMeyerhoff, LisaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFPeterson, DeirdreIndividualOral
FWAWeinstein, StanleyBoard of Social WorkWritten (PDF)
FWAKasemeyer, PamMDAAP, MedChi, MdCSWCOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

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