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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb1016* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 1016 |
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| 8 | 8 | | J2, D4 4lr2071 |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Charles |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Finance |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Health Occupations – Prescriptions for Children Subject to Joint Custody 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of requiring health care providers who are authorized to prescribe to 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | double the amount of each drug prescribed for a child if a parent of the child presents 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | the prescriber with a court order of joint legal custody with a right of medical decision 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | making; requiring a health care provider authorized to dispense prescription drugs 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to dispense the doubled prescription under certain circumstances; and generally 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | relating to joint legal custody and prescriptions. 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Health Occupations 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 1–229 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – Health Occupations 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1–229. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IF A PARENT PRESENTS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AUTHORIZED TO 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | PRESCRIBE UNDER THIS ARTICLE WITH A COURT ORDER OF JOI NT LEGAL CUSTODY 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | WITH A RIGHT OF MEDI CAL DECISION MAKING, THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHALL 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF EACH DRUG THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PRESCRIBES 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | FOR A CHILD OF THE PARENT . 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) IF A PARENT PRESENTS A HEALTH CA RE PROVIDER AUTHORIZ ED TO 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | DISPENSE PRESCRIPTIO N DRUGS OR DEVICES U NDER THIS ARTICLE WI TH A COURT 24 2 SENATE BILL 1016 |
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| 49 | 49 | | |
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| 50 | 50 | | ORDER OF JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY WITH A RIGHT OF MEDICAL DECISION MAKING 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | AND A PRESCRIPTION A UTHORIZED UNDER SUBS ECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHALL FILL THE PRESC RIPTION. 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | October 1, 2024. 5 |
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