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SENATE BILL 832
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By: Senator Feldman
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Institutions of Higher Education – Students With Chronic Health 2
Conditions – Case Manager 3
FOR the purpose of requiring each public institution of higher education in the State to 4
designate a case manager for students with chronic health conditions; specifying the 5
duties of the case manager; and generally relating to health services and public 6
institutions of higher education. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Education 9
Section 15–134 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Education 15
15–134. 16
(A) IN THIS SECTION , “CHRONIC HEALTH CONDI TION” MEANS A HEALTH 17
CONDITION OR DISEASE THAT IS PERSISTENT O R LONG–LASTING IN ITS EFFEC TS OR 18
COMES WITH TIME AND REQUIRES ONGOING MED ICAL ATTENTION . 19
(B) EACH PUBLIC INSTITUTI ON OF HIGHER EDUCATI ON IN THE STATE 20
SHALL DESIGNATE A CA SE MANAGER FOR STUDE NTS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH 21
CONDITIONS. 22
(C) A CASE MANAGER SHALL : 23 2 SENATE BILL 832
(1) COORDINATE SERVICES A MONG DIFFERENT DEPAR TMENTS IN AN 1
INSTITUTION, INCLUDING: 2
(I) ACADEMIC COUNSELING ; 3
(II) DISABILITY SERVICES ; 4
(III) HOUSING AND DINING SE RVICES; 5
(IV) HEALTH AND MENTAL HEA LTH SERVICES; 6
(V) STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SE RVICES; 7
(VI) JOB TRAINING; AND 8
(VII) ANY OTHER RELEVANT SE RVICES; 9
(2) PROVIDE INFORMATION T O STUDENTS REGARDING THE 10
AVAILABILITY OF AND ACCESS TO NECESSARY SUPPORTS AND SERVICE S FOR 11
STUDENTS WITH CHRONI C HEALTH CONDITIONS ; AND 12
(3) COLLECT DATA AND INFO RMATION ON PROGRAMS , SERVICES, 13
AND OUTCOMES , INCLUDING: 14
(I) THE NUMBER OF STUDENT S UTILIZING THE PROG RAMS AND 15
SERVICES; 16
(II) THE QUALITY AND EFFEC TIVENESS OF THE SERV ICES 17
PROVIDED; 18
(III) THE SATISFACTION OF T HE STUDENTS UTILIZIN G THE 19
PROGRAMS AND SERVICE S, INCLUDING THE CASE M ANAGEMENT SERVICES ; 20
(IV) HEALTH SURVEYS ; 21
(V) NEEDS ASSESSMENTS ; 22
(VI) STUDENT RECOMMENDATIO NS; 23
(VII) STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHI EVEMENT, INCLUDING 24
COMPLETION OF CREDIT S, GRADUATION RATES , NONCOMPLETION OF CRE DITS, 25
MEDICAL WITHDRAWALS , AND LEAVES OF ABSENC E; AND 26 SENATE BILL 832 3
(VIII) ANY OTHER DATA OR INF ORMATION DETERMINED 1
NECESSARY BY THE CAS E MANAGER OR INSTITU TION. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3
1, 2022. 4