SB 509

Health Care Facilities - Nursing Homes - Acquisitions and Licensure

Sponsor: Malcolm Augustine (District 47)Committee: FinanceSubject: Health Care Facilities and RegulationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288 (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to provide certain information regarding the acquisition of a nursing home to the Office of Health Care Quality; requiring the Secretary of Health to consider the information before taking action regarding licensure to operate a nursing home; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to study and make recommendations regarding the expansion of the certificate of need program over acquisitions of nursing homes and issue a report on or before December 1, 2023.

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Testimony (31)

MGA witness list

FAV 24FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Balog, Claudia	1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Written (PDF)
FAV	Balog, Claudia	1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Colchamiro, Ericlobbyist	Alzheimers Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Henderson, Jane	Chesapeake Natives	Written (PDF)
FAV	Henderson, Jane	Communities United	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ames, Randi	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hartung, Bruce	Maryland Continuing Care Residents Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dorrien, Erinlobbyist	Maryland Hospital Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lienhard, Carol	Maryland Senior Citizens Action Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Edwards, Donna	Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Anna	Marylanders for Patient Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Forsyth, Heather	OAG/HEAU	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ellis, Stevanne	Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ellis, Stevanne	Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jarek, Diana	Public Justice Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jarek, Diana	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	(MD), State of Maryland	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Augustine, Senator Augustinelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Augustine, Senator Augustinelegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Duffy, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
FWA	Steffen, Ben	MHCC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	DeShields, Tracey	Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC)	Oral
FWA	Forsyth, Heather	OAG/HEAU	Written (PDF)
FWA	(MD), State of Maryland	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	DeMattos, Joseph	Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)	Written (PDF)
INFO	DeMattos, Joseph	Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastFAV 2

AARP MarylandFAV 2

Alzheimers AssociationFAV 1

Chesapeake NativesFAV 1

Communities UnitedFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)INFO 2

Maryland Continuing Care Residents AssociationFAV 1

Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC)FWA 1

Maryland Hospital AssociationFAV 1

Maryland Senior Citizens Action NetworkFAV 1

Maryland State & DC AFL-CIOFAV 1

Marylanders for Patient RightsFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 2

MHCCFWA 1

OAG/HEAUFAV 1FWA 1

Office of the State Long-Term Care OmbudsmanFAV 2

Public Justice CenterFAV 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVColchamiro, EricAlzheimers AssociationRegistered for: Alzheimer's Association

FAVDorrien, ErinMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association

FAVKauffman, DannaRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; American Association of Dental Boards c/o Commission on Dental Competency Assessments; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Behavioral Health System Baltimore; City of Rockville; Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland…