Brain Health - Guidelines, Grant Fund, and Commemorative Month (Tahjai's Law)
What this bill does
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of May to be Brain Health and Chronic Headache Awareness Month; requiring the proclamation to align with a certain national brain tumor awareness initiative; establishing the Maryland Brain Health Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with certain entities, to develop guidelines on brain health screening; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal 2028 an appropriation of $500,000 for the Fund.
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Testimony (11)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Carlock, Ruth | Brain Injury Association of Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | Ransom, Tya | First Choice Notary Service | Oral |
| FAV | Wisniewski, Molly | Maryland Commission on Caregiving | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Woods, Jamila | Maryland General Assembly | Oral |
| FAV | Carr, John | Prince George's County Sheriff | Oral |
| FAV | Johnson, Jennifer | St. Peter's Cemetery | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Woods, Delegate Woodslegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Ward, LaTasha | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ward, Tahjai | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| INFO | Phillips, Dana | Department of Budget and Management | Written (PDF) |