HB 429

Health Facilities - Augmentation of Survey Staff - Nursing Homes

Sponsor: Bonnie Cullison (District 19)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health Care Facilities and RegulationStatus: First Reading Senate Rules (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a county, to delegate to the county the authority to augment State nursing home survey staff using county funds under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to initiate a certain memorandum of understanding and develop a certain plan with a requesting county within 45 days after a county's request; requiring the Department, beginning July 1, 2025, to report to each area agency on aging the names and dates of each nursing home surveyed in the preceding 6 months; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 16FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Jones, Ricarra	1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Miicke, Sarahlobbyist	Baltimore Jewish Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cullison, Delegate, Bonnie	Delegate Bonnie Cullison	Written (PDF)
FAV	Butler, Dixie	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jeffries, Kathryn	League of Women Voters	Written (PDF)
FAV	Anderson, Karrington	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hartung, Bruce	Maryland Continuing Care Residents Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Anna	Marylanders for Patient Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Luedtke, Dawn	Montgomery County Council District 7	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stoddard, Earl	Montgomery County Government, Office of the County Executive	Oral
FAV	Koravos, JoAnne	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bergofsky, Linda	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Cullison, Delegate Cullisonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Zalen, Janice	Individual	Oral
UNF	Kalyanaraman, Nilesh	Maryland Department of Health	Oral
UNF	Lynch, Meghan	Maryland Department of Health	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Miller, Seth	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Harris, Mrs.	Individual	Position only

Organizations on record

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastFAV 1

AARP MarylandFAV 1

Baltimore Jewish CouncilFAV 1

Delegate Bonnie CullisonFAV 1

IndividualFAV 1

League of Women VotersFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 1

Maryland Continuing Care Residents AssociationFAV 1

Maryland Department of HealthUNF 2

Marylanders for Patient RightsFAV 1

Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Montgomery County Council District 7FAV 1

Montgomery County Government, Office of the County ExecutiveFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMiicke, SarahBaltimore Jewish CouncilRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council

FWAKauffman, 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…