Appointed by Senate President: Pamela G. Beidle; Clarence K. Lam, M.D.
Appointed by House Speaker: Kenneth P. Kerr; one vacancy.
Representing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Michelle Cariaso
Ex officio: Sarah Sheppard, designee of Secretary of Commerce; Casey Tiefenwerth, designee of Secretary of Labor; Jane Kirschling, Ph.D., R.N., designee of Provost, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Glenda Abney, designee of Secretary of Higher Education, Maryland Higher Education Commission; Ross K. Goldstein, Executive Director, Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center.
Ex officio from Maryland Department of Health: Dwain Shaw, designee of Secretary of Health; Michelle Darling, designee of Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health; Adrienne Hollimon, designee of Deputy Secretary of Developmental Disabilities; Katherine Feldman, DVM, designee of Deputy Secretary of Public Health; Arun Bhandari, M.D., designee of Chair, Maryland Health Care Commission; Murray Sherman, designee of Executive Director, State Board of Dental Examiners; Karen E. Evans, R.N., Executive Director, State Board of Nursing; Deena N. Speights-Napata, Executive Director, State Board of Pharmacy; Christine A. Farrelly, Executive Director, State Board of Physicians; Sharon J. Oliver, Executive Director, OBoards of Chiropractic Examiners and Massage Therapy Examiners; Mark Martin, Ph.D., Director, Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities; Shaliek Maxwell-West, designee of Director, Office of Health Care Quality; Sara A. Seitz, Director, State Office of Rural Health.
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Herbert R. O'Conor State Office Building entrance, 201 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Final Report to Senate Education, Health & Environmental Affairs Committee, and House Health & Governmental Operations Committee due Dec. 31, 2023.
In April 2022, the Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland was created by the General Assembly (Chapter 708, Acts of 2022).
The Commission charge is to determine the extent of the health care workforce shortage in Maryland. This will include its extent in different settings, such as in-home care, hospitals, private practice, nursing homes, schools, community health centers, hospice care; in different geographic regions; in care provided in different languages; in environmental services for hospitals and nursing homes; and in different levels of care for health occupations.
For workforce shortages, the Commission will examine turnover rates and average length of tenure. It will consider strategies to reduce turnover, including increases in wages and opportunities for career advancement.
The Commission is to examine future needs of health care workers by region and language as populations age. It will consider ways to encourage people to enter and remain in health care, including changes to high school curricula, mid-career transition programs, State tax incentives, grant programs, enhanced benefits, tuition subsidies, and potential rate increases.
Authorization for the Commission ends December 31, 2023.
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