The Student Diabetes Management Program bill is also back this year - a bill that would allow students with diabetes more autonomy to manage their diabetes in school, and would also provide the opportunity for school staff who volunteer to be trained to assist diabetic students. Currently, only school nurses and school health aides may assist students with diabetes management.
Here are some bills that focus on child health and safety:
HB29 Youth Sports Programs - Concussion prevention
– coaching – sponsor Del. Chang
This bill would expand current law on concussion prevention
in youth sports programs by requiring the suspension of coaches who violate
concussion protocols by allowing an athlete to return to play or practice after
a suspected concussion injury without adequate
medical clearance. For school sports programs the Act would require the State
Board of Education to establish this policy; and all local boards of education
to follow it. The Act also requires non-school
based youth sports programs to institute and follow this policy.
Of interest, the fiscal note cites MCPS policy as state-wide
best practices that already embody the substance of this bill.
Here is a link to the bill’s page on the GA website:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&stab=01&id=hb0029&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
The bill is assigned to the House Ways and Means committee,
and had an initial hearing on 1/28– no further action yet. As of 2/3 there is no Senate
cross-file. Here is a link to the Ways
and Means committee members – each name is a hyperlink to their contact
information:
HB72 Sexual Abuse and Assault
Awareness and Prevention Program - sponsor Del. Luedtke
The bill
would require the State Board of Education and specified nonpublic schools to
develop and implement a program of age-appropriate education relating to the
awareness and prevention of sexual abuse and assault. This information would be incorporated into
the health curriculum and taught by teachers specially trained to deliver the
content.
Here is a
link to the bill’s page on the GA website:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=hb0072&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
The bill is assigned to the House Ways and Means committee,
and is set for an initial hearing on 2/4.
As of 1/31 there is no Senate cross-file. Here is a link to the Ways and Means
committee members – each name is a hyperlink to their contact information:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=cmtepage&stab=04&id=w%26m&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
HB198
– School Resource Officers - sponsor Del. Cluster
The bill would require every school
district to hire and staff a School Resource Officer for every Maryland public
school.
Here is a link to the bill’s page on
the GA website:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=hb0198&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
The bill is assigned to the House Ways and Means committee,
and is set for an initial hearing on 2/11. As of 2/1 there was no Senate
crossfile. Here is a link to the Ways and Means committee members – each name
is a hyperlink to their contact information:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=cmtepage&stab=04&id=w%26m&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
HB 245/SB310 – Child Abuse
and Neglect – Failure to Report -
Del. Dumais
The bill specifies penalties when, during the course of an
investigation into a case of suspected child abuse or neglect, an investigating
agency suspects that an individual or organization legally required to report
suspected abuse failed to do so.
Here is a link to the bill’s page on the GA website:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&tab=subject3&id=hb0245&stab=01&ys=2016RS
The bill is assigned to the House Judiciary committee, and
is set for an initial hearing on 2/11.
Here is a link to the membership of the Judiciary committee – each name
is a hyperlink to the delegate’s contact information:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=cmtepage&stab=04&id=jud&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
The Senate
crossfile – SB310 -is assigned to the
Judicial Proceedings committee. There is a hyperlink to the Senate bill page on the HB245 bill page. As if 2/3 no Senate hearing date has been set. Here is a link to
the Judicial Proceedings committee members – each name is a hyperlink to their
contact information:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=cmtepage&stab=04&id=jpr&tab=subject7&ys=2016RSHB409 – Providing alcohol to minors - penalty– Alex and Calvin’s Law Del. Fraser-Hidalgo
This bill would increase the penalties for adults who obtain or provide alcohol to minors.
Here’s a link to the bill page on the GA website:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&stab=01&id=hb0409&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
The bill is assigned to the House Judiciary committee. As of
2/2 it does not have a hearing date, and has no Senate cross-file. Here is a link to the Judiciary committee
members – each name is a hyperlink to their contact information:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=cmtepage&stab=04&id=jud&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
HB474
– Elementary Schools – Daily Physical Activity – Del. Walker
The bill would require that all elementary
school students be provided a daily program of physical activity totaling 150
minutes each week, a minimum of 90 minutes of which must be physical education.
Here’s a link to the bill page on the
GA website:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=hb0474&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
The bill is assigned to the House Ways and Means committee.
As of 2/2 it does not have a hearing date, and has no Senate cross-file. Here is a link to the Ways and Means committee
members – each name is a hyperlink to their contact information:
http://mgaleg.maryland.goEv/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=cmtepage&stab=04&id=w%26m&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
SB71
– Student Diabetes Management Program – Senator Young
This bill requires the Maryland State
Department of Education (MSDE) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
(DHMH), to establish guidelines for volunteer school employees to become
trained diabetes care providers. Each school system would create a Student
Diabetes Management Program that includes training volunteers to become
diabetes care providers. Students requiring diabetes care at school must provide
a Diabetes Medical Management Plan to the school. If a student’s plan states
that the student may independently monitor and treat their diabetes while at
school, the student may perform the authorized tasks wherever the student
considers necessary, and possess and carry any necessary supplies and equipment.
Here is a link to the bill’s page on
the GA website:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=sb0071&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
The bill is assigned to the Senate
Education, Health and Environmental Affairs committee, and had an initial
hearing on 1/20 - no further action as of 2/6. Here is a link to the
EHEA committee members – each name is a hyperlink to their contact information:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=cmtepage&stab=04&id=w%26m&tab=subject3&ys=2016RS
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