Public Health - Care of Medically Fragile Individuals (Channing's Law)
What this bill does
Requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to establish, by December 31, 2021, a training program and a skills review for nurses who care for medically fragile individuals in the individuals' homes; defining 'medically fragile individual' as a person under 21 who has a complex medical condition requiring professional or parental supervision on a 24-hour basis; requiring, beginning January 1, 2022, a nurse who provides care to a medically fragile individual to complete a certain training program before beginning to provide care; 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 (14)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Kasemeyer, Pam | MDAAP | Position only |
| FAV | Faulkner, Rachael | tcc | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fortman, Erin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Fortman, Greg | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Hutter, Linda | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Keane, Virginia | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Landers, Nicole | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Matthews, Mia | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Lam, Senator Lamlegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Webb, Marylin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Webb, Melissa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Witten, Jenniferlobbyist | Maryland Hospital Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Minang, RN, BSN, MS, Dyllis | Optimal Health Care, Inc. | Oral |
| INFO | Ye, Web | Dept of Health | Written (PDF) |