Contract for Health Department consultant has increased during the pandemic from less than $4 million to more than $87 million.
Del. David Moon (D-Montgomery) and Sen. Jill P. Carter (D-Baltimore City) are making their third attempt at decriminalizing drug paraphernalia in Maryland this session.
House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) announced that she is sponsoring legislation aimed at enshrining abortion access in the state constitution.
The federal government will send three experts to Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to help ease an autopsy backlog that could grow to more than 300 by next week.
A federal Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Teams expert will be deployed to help ease Maryland’s growing autopsy backlog, which is expected to grow up to 300 by next week.
Advocates for physicians and hospitals said it is urgent that Maryland remain a member of a multi-state compact that streamlines the licensing process for out-of-state providers.
Bipartisan legislation would add access to oral health care for vulnerable adults in the state.
PFAS, a group of more than 9,000 chemicals, are often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down in the environment, including in human bodies.
The office is seeking help from Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams, which typically respond after natural disasters, terrorist attacks, transportation accidents and pandemics.
With a new survey touting higher levels of public support, advocates pledged to resume their campaign to sway the General Assembly.