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H.B. 296
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surveillance system; authorizing the Secretary to require certain health care
facilities to develop and implement certain contingency plans; requiring the
Secretary to develop certain protocols; authorizing the Secretary to require
certain health care practitioners to implement certain plans; requiring the
Secretary to develop a process to license, certify, and credential health care
practitioners under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain persons from
disclosing certain information; authorizing the Secretary to perform certain
duties when investigating actual or potential exposures to certain deadly
agents; specifying certain penalties under certain circumstances; requiring the
Maryland Emergency Management Agency to coordinate efforts with the
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring a certain report by a
certain date; requiring the Secretary to work collaboratively with the Maryland
Emergency Management Agency, the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical
Services Systems, certain health care providers, and other interested parties on
the implementation of this Act; making provisions of this Act severable;
requiring the Secretary to adopt certain regulations; making this Act an
emergency measure; defining certain terms; and generally relating to
catastrophic health emergencies.
BY adding to
Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments
Section 2-201 through 2-204, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle
2. Governor's Emergency Powers - Catastrophic Health Emergencies"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 18-901 through 18-907 18-908, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 9. Catastrophic Health Emergency Disease Surveillance and
Response Program"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments
SUBTITLE 2. GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY POWERS - CATASTROPHIC HEALTH
EMERGENCIES.
2-201.
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(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
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