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HOUSE BILL 167
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HB 15/20 – W&M (PRE–FILED)
By: Delegate Harrison
Requested: August 2, 2023
Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 8, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Schools – Student Health – Certificate of Dental Health Information on 2
Accessible Dental Health 3
FOR the purpose of requiring, beginning in a certain school year, certain students to submit 4
a certificate of dental health to their school on a certain schedule; requiring the State 5
Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, 6
to adopt certain regulations and to develop and disseminate a certain form to county 7
boards of education and certain parents and guardians; requiring the State 8
Department of Education to support and facilitate each county board of education in 9
publishing certain information on dental health in a certain manner; and generally 10
relating to public schools and a certificate of dental health. 11
BY adding to 12
Article – Education 13
Section 7–402.1 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 17
Article – Education 18
Section 4–111.2 19
Annotated Code of Maryland 20
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 21
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
Article – Education 3
7–402.1. 4
(A) BEGINNING IN THE 2026–2027 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH STUDENT 5
ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECOND ARY SCHOOL IN THE STATE SHALL 6
SUBMIT TO THE SCHOOL A CERTIFICATE OF DENTAL HEALTH ON A S CHEDULE 7
ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT . 8
(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 9
(1) IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF 10
HEALTH, ADOPT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH: 11
(I) STANDARDS FOR PERIODI C DENTAL EXAMINATION S; AND 12
(II) A SCHEDULE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A CERTIFICATE OF 13
DENTAL HEALTH BY STU DENTS; AND 14
(2) DEVELOP AND DISSEMINA TE A STANDARD FORM F OR A 15
CERTIFICATE OF DENTA L HEALTH AS REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS 16
SECTION TO THE COUNT Y BOARDS AND THE PAR ENTS AND GUARDIANS O F STUDENTS 17
IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL S. 18
4–111.2. 19
The Department shall: 20
(1) Support and facilitate oral health education, including oral disease 21
prevention and dental health promotion, in every county; 22
(2) Develop a process to monitor implementation of oral health education; 23
[and] 24
(3) SUPPORT AND FACILITAT E EACH COUNTY BOARD IN PUBLISHING 25
INFORMATION ON FINAN CIALLY ACCESSIBLE DE NTAL HEALTH AVAILABL E IN THE 26
COUNTY IN STUDENT HA NDBOOKS AND ON LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM WEBSITES ; AND 27
[(3)] (4) On or before December 1, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter, 28
submit to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the 29
General Assembly a summary of the information reported by the Department to the State 30
Superintendent during the certification of the Health Education State Curriculum. 31 HOUSE BILL 167 3
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1
October 1, 2024. 2
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.