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SB 696

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

Sponsor: Senator KlausmeierCommittee: FinanceSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 3/10 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 (5)

MGA witness list
FAV 1FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSenator Klausmeier, Senator KlausmeierlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFJones, TylerMD JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
INFOCiekot, AnnlobbyistncaddOral + Written (PDF)
INFOTorsch, TonincaddPosition only
INFOO'Connor, PatriciaIndividualWritten (PDF)

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