Action Alert: Please Ask Health and Government Operations Committee Members to SUPPORT HB1224 Which Safeguards Parents’ Fundamental Right to be Informed of Medical Treatment Administered in Public School Settings
TEXT OF HB1224 – Public Schools – Medical and Psychological Treatment in School-Based Health Centers and Public Schools – Parental Notice
Requiring a school health practitioner, health care practitioner, or certified school psychologist employed by or under a contract with a school-based health center, local school system, or local health department to provide school health services at a public school to provide certain information to a certain student’s parent or guardian about any consultation, diagnosis, or treatment provided to the student.
why icm SUPPORTS HB1224
- Parents have a fundamental right to direct their children's health care and must be informed of health issues their children are diagnosed with at school as well as any treatment their children receive while in public school and public school-based health centers.
- Healthcare providers in a public school setting don't have access to students' full medical history and cannot fully assess the relative risks and benefits of medical interventions for pediatric patients in schools and health centers without notifying and conferring with parents.
- Parents must be informed of medical diagnoses and treatments administered to their children in public school settings and healthcare centers in order to partner with the student's primary healthcare providers and other support systems to address the diagnosis and any factors contributing to the student's health.
- Students who receive mental healthcare without parental notice in public school settings may be at increased risk of susceptibility to social contagion and/or may be at greater risk to receive off-label medical treatments which are not supported by adequate evidence.
Who to contact about HB1224
There will be a hearing for HB1224 before the Health and Government Operations Committee on Tuesday, 3/14/23 at 1:00 PM.
URGENT: We’re asking all members to contact bill sponsor Delegate April Miller, and call and email the members of Health and Government Operations committee, to let them know, in your own words, why you support HB1224!
Please contact the following bill sponsor to express your support:
Phone 410-841-3288 | 301-858-3288
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3288
Please copy and paste the following email addresses of the HGO Committee members into the BCC section of your email in support of HB1224:
joseline.pena.melnyk@house.state.md.us , bonnie.cullison@house.state.md.us , tiffany.alston@house.state.md.us , heather.bagnall@house.state.md.us ,
harry.bhandari@house.state.md.us , brian.chisholm@house.state.md.us , pam.guzzone@house.state.md.us , Terri.Hill@house.state.md.us , tom.hutchinson@house.state.md.us , steve.johnson@house.state.md.us , anne.kaiser@house.state.md.us , ken.kerr@house.state.md.us , nicholaus.kipke@house.state.md.us , robbyn.lewis@house.state.md.us , lesley.lopez@house.state.md.us , ashanti.martinez@house.state.md.us , Matt.Morgan@house.state.md.us , Teresa.Reilly@house.state.md.us , samuel.rosenberg@house.state.md.us , kathy.szeliga@house.state.md.us, deni.taveras@house.state.md.us , jennifer.white@house.state.md.us , jamila.woods@house.state.md.us
Please call the offices of the HGO Committee members in support of HB1224:
Phone 410-841-3502 | 301-858-3502
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3502
Phone 410-841-3883 | 301-858-3883
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3883
Phone 410-841-3139 | 301-858-3139
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3139
Phone 410-841-3406 | 301-858-3406
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3406
Phone 410-841-3526 | 301-858-3526
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3526
Phone 410-841-3083 | 301-858-3083
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3083
Phone 410-841-3378 | 301-858-3378
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3378
Phone 410-841-3582 | 301-858-3582
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3582
Phone 410-841-3280 | 301-858-3280
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3280
Phone 410-841-3036 | 301-858-3036
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3036
Phone 410-841-3240 | 301-858-3240
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3240
Phone 410-841-3772 | 301-858-3772
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3772
Phone 410-841-3021 | 301-858-3021
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3021
Phone 410-841-3652 | 301-858-3652
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3652
Phone 410-841-3278 | 301-858-3278
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3278
Phone 410-841-3297 | 301-858-3297
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3297
Phone 410-841-3101 | 301-858-3101
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3101
Phone 410-841-3744 | 301-858-3744
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3744
Phone 410-841-3544 | 301-858-3544
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3544
There are three ways to submit testimony: written, in-person, and virtual. You can find instructions on how to proceed with giving testimony on HB1224 here.
Please note: You must register to give testimony for HB1224 between 8 AM and 3 PM on Friday, March 10th.
Please spread the word! Let’s flood the offices of HB1224 sponsor and the Health and Government Operations committee members with polite, respectful, forceful emails and phone calls. They need to hear our voices!
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