Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease
What this bill does
Renaming the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease to be the Statewide Steering Committee on Sickle Cell Disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish and implement a system of providing information on the sickle cell trait or the thalassemia trait to individuals diagnosed with either trait or the individual's family; requiring the Department to maintain on its website a list of resources for health care practitioners and a plan for updating its website to meet certain requirements; 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 (16)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Arneson, Emilylobbyist | Kennedy Krieger Institute | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Arneson, Emilylobbyist | Kennedy Krieger Institute | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sims, Brianlobbyist | MHA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sims, Brianlobbyist | MHA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Britt, Adiena | N/A | Position only |
| FAV | Hoffman, Teanika | Sickle Cell Patient | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Robertson, Derek | The Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Association | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Patterson, Delegate Pattersonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Patterson, Delegate Pattersonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Kasemeyer, Pam | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Patterson, Edith | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Patterson, Edith | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Robertson, Derek | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | (MD), State of Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Love, William | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Kasemeyer, Pam | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |