Maryland House Bill 456 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-6)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations necessary to ensure that individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled have appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides; requiring the Board to give visually impaired individuals an opportunity to comment on the regulations; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report by December 1, 2023, to the General Assembly on the implementation process for providing accessible labels for visually impaired persons.

State Board of Pharmacy - Accessible Prescription Labels, Bag Tags, and Medical Guides for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print Disabled Individuals - Regulations

Del. Michele Guyton [D]	Sen. Dalya Attar [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. Aletheia McCaskill [D]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]
Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
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. Ashanti Martinez [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]

2023-04-06 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 135 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280
2023-04-06	House	Returned Passed
2023-04-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2023-04-04	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2023-04-04	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2023-04-04	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2023-03-20	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (135-0)
2023-03-16	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments {313329/1 Adopted
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-02-06	House	Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-30	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB940 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health Occupations	12	505.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0456?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0456f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0456t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_280_hb0456t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0006/hb0456_31332901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0456_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0456_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0491.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/1004.pdf