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SB 579

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Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters

Sponsor: J.B. Jennings (District 7)Committee: FinanceSubject: Counties - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the volunteer fire company; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a certain annual examination or applying for a certain grant; requiring the volunteer fire companies to maintain a list of volunteer firefighters and retired volunteer firefighters; etc.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list
FAV 18FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDeMinco, LynneBCRWPosition only
FAVHarris, MrsDistrict 25 ConstituentPosition only
FAVCassilly, RobertHarford County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVCassilly, RobertHarford County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVBowen, DaleMSFAOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBowen, DaleMSFAWritten (PDF)
FAVDayton, JonathanMaryland Rural Health AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVPhillips, RobertMaryland State Firefighter's AssociationOral
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVDavis, StaceyIndividualPosition only
FAVFox, MatthewIndividualOral
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVMcKay, MikeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Jennings, Senator JenningslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Jennings, Senator JenningslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
UNFFeeley, KathrynLegal Resource Center for Public Health PolicyWritten (PDF)
INFOAnderson, KarringtonMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
INFOAnderson, KarringtonMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)

Organizations on record