SB 565

Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information

Sponsor: Senator GriffithCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 762 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering a certain provision of law requiring the Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to collaborate with the Maryland Health Care Commission to publish and provide a certain report card to require the Office to also collaborate with certain health occupations boards and to include certain information in the report card; requiring the Office, as permitted by certain privacy laws, to respond to requests for health data that includes race and ethnicity information within 30 days of receipt of the request; etc.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list

FAV 20FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Rivkin, Deborahlobbyist	CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield	Written (PDF)
FAV	Behm, Craig	Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Donald	Greater Baltimore Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeMattos, Joseph	Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taylor, Allisonlobbyist	Kaiser Permanente	Written (PDF)
FAV	Park, Liz	MD Association of Youth Service Bureaus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Office of Governmental Affairs, Maryland Department of Health	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dorrien, Erinlobbyist	Maryland Hospital Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Connor, Patricia	Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Griffith, Melony	Maryland State Senate	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Adams, MD, Joseph	Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine	Written (PDF)
FAV	Philip, Diana	NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Faulkner, Rachael	Public Policy Partners	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Elliott, Robynlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Martin, Rhya	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Griffith, Senator Griffithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Shaklee, Christina	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bennardi, Maryland Department of Health /Office of Governmen	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elbourn, James	Individual	Position only
UNF	Williams, Peggy	Individual	Position only

Organizations on record

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldFAV 1

Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP)FAV 1

Greater Baltimore CommitteeFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)FAV 1

Kaiser PermanenteFAV 1

Maryland Dept. of HealthFAV 1UNF 1

Maryland Hospital AssociationFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU)FAV 1

Maryland State SenateFAV 1

Maryland-DC Society of Addiction MedicineFAV 1

MD Association of Youth Service BureausFAV 1

NARAL Pro-Choice MarylandFAV 1

NCADD-MarylandFAV 1

Public Policy PartnersFAV 1

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

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVRivkin, DeborahCareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldRegistered for: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

FAVTaylor, AllisonKaiser PermanenteRegistered for: Kaiser Permanente

FAVDorrien, ErinMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association

FAVElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition…