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