Maryland House Bill 401 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-6)
Status: Passed on April 11 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-11 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Altering the definition of "hearing aid dispensary" to include certain actions taken for the purpose of ordering certain hearing instruments and specifying that certain hearing instruments include prescription hearing aids; altering the definition of "practice audiology" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the licensure of audiologists; and providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain actions taken with respect to certain over-the-counter hearing aids.

Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application

Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]
Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]
Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

2023-04-05 - Senate - Third Reading Passed 46-0 (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-09 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-11	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60
2023-04-05	House	Returned Passed
2023-04-05	Senate	Third Reading Passed 46-0
2023-03-31	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2023-03-31	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2023-03-10	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-09	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2023-03-07	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-07	House	Favorable with Amendments {703821/1 Adopted
2023-03-06	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-02-08	House	Hearing 2/08 at 2:25 p.m.
2023-02-08	House	Hearing canceled
2023-02-02	House	Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m.
2023-01-27	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB449 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-11 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 61

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health Occupations	2	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health Occupations	2	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health Occupations	2	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0401?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0401f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0401t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_60_hb0401t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0401_70382101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0401_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0401_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0228.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0916.pdf