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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0771* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 771 | |
| 11 | 8 | F1 5lr1191 | |
| 12 | 9 | HB 167/24 – W&M | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegate Harrison | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Ways and Means | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 4, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Student Health – Program for Student Dental Health – Established 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of requiring, beginning in a certain school year, certain students to submit 3 | |
| 27 | - | a certificate of dental health to their school on a certain schedule; requiring the State 4 | |
| 28 | - | Department of Education to support and facilitate each county board of education in 5 | |
| 29 | - | publishing certain information on dental health in a certain manner; requiring the 6 | |
| 30 | - | Maryland Department of Health to establish a program for student dental health; 7 | |
| 31 | - | requiring the Department to develop a certificate of dental health for use in public 8 | |
| 32 | - | schools; and generally relating to a program for student dental health. 9 | |
| 21 | + | a certificate of dental health to their school on a certain schedule; requiring the 4 | |
| 22 | + | Maryland Department of Health to establish a program for student dental health; 5 | |
| 23 | + | requiring the Department to develop a certificate of dental health for use in public 6 | |
| 24 | + | schools; and generally relating to a program for student dental health. 7 | |
| 33 | 25 | ||
| 34 | - | BY adding to | |
| 35 | - | Article – Education | |
| 36 | - | Section 7–402.1 | |
| 37 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 38 | - | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) | |
| 26 | + | BY adding to 8 | |
| 27 | + | Article – Education 9 | |
| 28 | + | Section 7–402.1 10 | |
| 29 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 30 | + | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 39 | 31 | ||
| 40 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15 | |
| 41 | - | Article – Education 16 | |
| 42 | - | Section 4–111.2 17 | |
| 43 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 18 | |
| 44 | - | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19 | |
| 32 | + | BY adding to 13 | |
| 33 | + | Article – Health – General 14 | |
| 34 | + | Section 20–2302 to be under the amended subtitle “Subtitle 23. Dental Health 15 | |
| 35 | + | Programs” 16 | |
| 36 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 17 | |
| 37 | + | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 18 | |
| 45 | 38 | ||
| 46 | - | BY adding to 20 | |
| 47 | - | Article – Health – General 21 2 HOUSE BILL 771 | |
| 39 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 | |
| 40 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | Article – Education 21 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | 7–402.1. 22 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | BEGINNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH STUDENT ENROLLE D IN A 23 | |
| 47 | + | PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE STATE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE 24 2 HOUSE BILL 771 | |
| 48 | 48 | ||
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | - | Section 20–2302 to be under the amended subtitle “Subtitle 23. Dental Health 1 | |
| 51 | - | Programs” 2 | |
| 52 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 3 | |
| 53 | - | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 4 | |
| 50 | + | SCHOOL A CERTIFICATE OF DENTAL HEALTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH T HE PROGRAM 1 | |
| 51 | + | FOR STUDENT DENTAL H EALTH ESTABLISHED UNDER § 20–2302 OF THE HEALTH – 2 | |
| 52 | + | GENERAL ARTICLE, ON A SCHEDULE ESTABL ISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT . 3 | |
| 54 | 53 | ||
| 55 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5 | |
| 56 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6 | |
| 54 | + | Article – Health – General 4 | |
| 57 | 55 | ||
| 58 | - | ||
| 56 | + | Subtitle 23. [Plain Language] Dental HEALTH [Information] PROGRAMS. 5 | |
| 59 | 57 | ||
| 60 | - | ||
| 58 | + | 20–2302. 6 | |
| 61 | 59 | ||
| 62 | - | BEGINNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , EACH STUDENT ENROLLE D IN A 9 | |
| 63 | - | PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE STATE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE 10 | |
| 64 | - | SCHOOL A CERTIFICATE OF DENTAL HEALTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM 11 | |
| 65 | - | FOR STUDENT DENTAL H EALTH ESTABLISHED UN DER § 20–2302 OF THE HEALTH – 12 | |
| 66 | - | GENERAL ARTICLE, ON A SCHEDULE ESTABL ISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT . 13 | |
| 60 | + | (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH A PROGRAM FOR STUDENT 7 | |
| 61 | + | DENTAL HEALTH . 8 | |
| 67 | 62 | ||
| 68 | - | ||
| 63 | + | (B) THE DEPARTMENT ’S PROGRAM SHALL INCL UDE: 9 | |
| 69 | 64 | ||
| 70 | - | The Department shall: 15 | |
| 65 | + | (1) STANDARDS FOR THE PER IODIC DENTAL EXAMINA TIONS OF 10 | |
| 66 | + | STUDENTS; 11 | |
| 71 | 67 | ||
| 72 | - | (1) Support and facilitate oral health education, including oral disease 16 | |
| 73 | - | prevention and dental health promotion, in every county; 17 | |
| 68 | + | (2) THE CREATION OF A CER TIFICATE OF DENTAL H EALTH THAT CAN 12 | |
| 69 | + | BE USED BY PUBLIC SC HOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 7–402.1 OF THE EDUCATION 13 | |
| 70 | + | ARTICLE; 14 | |
| 74 | 71 | ||
| 75 | - | (2) Develop a process to monitor implementation of oral health education; 18 | |
| 76 | - | [and] 19 | |
| 72 | + | (3) THE CREATION OF A STA NDARD FORM TO BE USE D BY HEALTH 15 | |
| 73 | + | CARE PRACTITIONERS , PARENTS, AND SCHOOLS TO CERTI FY A STUDENT’S DENTAL 16 | |
| 74 | + | HEALTH; AND 17 | |
| 77 | 75 | ||
| 78 | - | (3) SUPPORT AND FACILITAT E EACH COUNTY BOARD IN PUBLISHING 20 | |
| 79 | - | INFORMATION ON STUDE NT DENTAL HEALTH THA T IS CREATED BY THE PROGRAM 21 | |
| 80 | - | FOR STUDENT DENTAL H EALTH UNDER § 20–2302 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL 22 | |
| 81 | - | ARTICLE ON THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM ’S WEBSITE AND IN STU DENT HANDBOOKS ; 23 | |
| 82 | - | AND 24 | |
| 76 | + | (4) INFORMATION FOR STUDE NTS AND PARENTS ON : 18 | |
| 83 | 77 | ||
| 84 | - | [(3)] (4) On or before December 1, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter, 25 | |
| 85 | - | submit to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the 26 | |
| 86 | - | General Assembly a summary of the information reported by the Department to the State 27 | |
| 87 | - | Superintendent during the certification of the Health Education State Curriculum. 28 | |
| 78 | + | (I) HOW TO FIND INSURANCE THAT WILL COVER DENT AL 19 | |
| 79 | + | HEALTH CARE ; 20 | |
| 88 | 80 | ||
| 89 | - | ||
| 81 | + | (II) LISTS OF PEDIATRIC DE NTISTS LOCATED IN AR EAS; AND 21 | |
| 90 | 82 | ||
| 91 | - | Subtitle 23. [Plain Language] Dental HEALTH [Information] PROGRAMS. 30 | |
| 83 | + | (III) THE IMPORTANCE OF DEN TAL HEALTH TO A STUD ENT’S 22 | |
| 84 | + | OVERALL HEALTH AND W ELL–BEING. 23 | |
| 92 | 85 | ||
| 93 | - | 20–2302. 31 | |
| 86 | + | (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPL EMENT ITS PROGRAM ON A SCHEDULE 24 | |
| 87 | + | THAT ALLOWS EACH STU DENT TO SUBMIT A CER TIFICATE OF DENTAL HEALTH TO 25 | |
| 88 | + | THE STUDENT ’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BEGI NNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , IN 26 | |
| 89 | + | ACCORDANCE WITH § 7–402.1 OF THE EDUCATION ARTICLE. 27 | |
| 90 | + | ||
| 91 | + | (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 28 | |
| 92 | + | SECTION. 29 | |
| 94 | 93 | HOUSE BILL 771 3 | |
| 95 | 94 | ||
| 96 | 95 | ||
| 97 | - | (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTA BLISH A PROGRAM FOR STUDENT 1 | |
| 98 | - | DENTAL HEALTH . 2 | |
| 99 | 96 | ||
| 100 | - | (B) THE DEPARTMENT’S PROGRAM SHALL INCL UDE: 3 | |
| 101 | - | ||
| 102 | - | (1) STANDARDS FOR THE RECOMMENDED PERIODIC DENTAL 4 | |
| 103 | - | EXAMINATIONS OF STUD ENTS; AND 5 | |
| 104 | - | ||
| 105 | - | (2) THE CREATION OF A CER TIFICATE OF DENTAL H EALTH THAT CAN 6 | |
| 106 | - | BE USED BY PUBLIC SC HOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 7–402.1 OF THE EDUCATION 7 | |
| 107 | - | ARTICLE; 8 | |
| 108 | - | ||
| 109 | - | (3) THE CREATION OF A STA NDARD FORM TO BE USE D BY HEALTH 9 | |
| 110 | - | CARE PRACTITIONERS , PARENTS, AND SCHOOLS TO CERTI FY A STUDENT’S DENTAL 10 | |
| 111 | - | HEALTH; AND 11 | |
| 112 | - | ||
| 113 | - | (4) INFORMATION FOR STUDE NTS AND PARENTS ON : 12 | |
| 114 | - | ||
| 115 | - | (I) HOW TO FIND INSURANCE THAT WILL COVER DENT AL 13 | |
| 116 | - | HEALTH CARE; 14 | |
| 117 | - | ||
| 118 | - | (II) LISTS OF PEDIATRIC DE NTISTS LOCATED IN AREAS 15 | |
| 119 | - | DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE STATE; AND 16 | |
| 120 | - | ||
| 121 | - | (III) THE IMPORTANCE OF DEN TAL HEALTH TO A STUD ENT’S 17 | |
| 122 | - | OVERALL HEALTH AND W ELL–BEING. 18 | |
| 123 | - | ||
| 124 | - | (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPL EMENT ITS PROGRAM ON A SCHEDULE 19 | |
| 125 | - | THAT ALLOWS EACH STUDENT TO SUBMIT A CERTIFIC ATE OF DENTAL HEALTH TO 20 | |
| 126 | - | THE STUDENT ’S PUBLIC SCHOOL BEGI NNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , IN 21 | |
| 127 | - | ACCORDANCE WITH § 7–402.1 OF THE EDUCATION ARTICLE. 22 | |
| 128 | - | ||
| 129 | - | (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 23 | |
| 130 | - | SECTION. 24 | |
| 131 | - | ||
| 132 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 25 | |
| 133 | - | October 1, 2025. 26 | |
| 134 | - | ||
| 135 | - | ||
| 97 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1 | |
| 98 | + | October 1, 2025. 2 | |
| 136 | 99 |