HB 48

Public Health - Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee

Sponsor: Delegate BelcastroCommittee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 80 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee; providing that a person has immunity from liability for certain actions related to the Committee; providing for the sharing of information with and confidentiality of information obtained by the Committee; exempting Committee meetings from the Open Meetings Act; and prohibiting certain persons from testifying in any proceeding about details of a Committee meeting.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list

FAV 21FavorableUNF 1Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplan, Dorothy	American Foundation of Suicide Prevention	Written (PDF)
FAV	Font, Lucy	Baltimore City Suicide Prevention Legislative Workgroup	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rabbitt, Dan	Behavioral Health System Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mello, Catherine	Brain Injury Association of Maryalnd	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rivkin, Deborahlobbyist	CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cubbage, Janel	Coalition to Stop Gun Violence	Oral
FAV	Tompsett, Thomas	Harris Jones & Malone	Written (PDF)
FAV	Berman, Alan	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilcox, Holly	Johns Hopkins/Governor's Commission on Suicide Prevention	Oral
FAV	Hays, Kathleen	Maryland Rural Health Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Adams, MD, Joseph	Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine	Written (PDF)
FAV	Allen, Emily	Mental Health Association of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Zeller, Eileen	None	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Belcastro, Delegate Belcastrolegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	HARBESON, KRISTENlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, Jennylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	McLaughlin, Michael	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Nestadt, Paul	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Shaklee, Christina	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)