HB 783

Workgroup on Screening Related to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Sponsor: Pam Queen (District 14)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Workgroup on Screening Related to Adverse Childhood Experiences; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to update, improve, and develop certain screening tools, submit certain screening tools to the Maryland Department of Health, study certain actions and best practices, develop a certain template, and make and develop certain recommendations; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1, 2022; etc.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list

FAV 9FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Rock, Melissa	Advocates for Children and Youth	Written (PDF)
FAV	Edwards, Jeffrey	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Oral
FAV	Geddes, Annlobbyist	Maryland Coalition of Families	Written (PDF)
FAV	Quinlan, Margolobbyist	Mental Health Association of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elliott, Richard DeShay	Prince George's County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	Faulkner, Rachael	Public Policy Partners	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brocato, Barbaralobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Queen, Delegate Queenlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Queen , Pamela	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Shapiro, Melanielobbyist	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Dove, Tina	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Mehu, Natashalobbyist	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Written (PDF)
INFO	Bennardi, Maryland Department of Health /Office of Governmen	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)
INFO	Hands, Zachary	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Advocates for Children and YouthFAV 1

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthFAV 1

Maryland Coalition of FamiliesFAV 1

Maryland Dept. of HealthINFO 1

Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFWA 1

Maryland State Education AssociationFWA 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFWA 1

Mental Health Association of MarylandFAV 1

Prince George's County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Public Policy PartnersFAV 1

Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.FWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGeddes, AnnMaryland Coalition of FamiliesRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland; Maryland Coalition of Families

FAVQuinlan, MargoMental Health Association of MarylandRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland

FAVBrocato, BarbaraRegistered for: Acorn Health; American Physical Therapy Association Maryland - APTA MD; Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.; Associates in Radiation Medicine; League for People with Disabilities, The; Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics…

FWAShapiro, MelanieMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence

FWAMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.…