Senator Clarence K. Lam
- District
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- County
- Anne Arundel and Howard
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Executive Nominations Committee (Chair)
Finance Committee
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Executive Nominations Committee (Chair)
- Annapolis Info
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3653
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3653
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 - Phone 410-841-3653
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
- Contact
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clarence.lam@senate.maryland.gov
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Title | Sponsorship Type | Sponsorship Type Sort | Chamber Sort | Current Status | Org Committees & Hearings | Opp Committees & Hearings |
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| SB0005 /CH0722 (HB0297/CH0721) | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – State–Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program – Sunset Repeal | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 |
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| SB0072 /CH0732 (HB0367/CH0731) | Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 732 |
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| SB0111 (HB0382) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription to Treat Serious Mental Illness | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0165 | Korean American Day | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0171 (HB0237) | General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| SB0302 /CH0201 (HB1450/CH0200) | Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 |
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| SB0303 (HB0321) | Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| SB0314 (HB1368) | Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (Finance) |
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| SB0350 (HB0457) | Primary and Secondary Education - Educator Professional Development - Course on Student Well-Being and Flourishing | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0393 (HB0529) | Health Insurance - Prescription Drug Formularies and Coverage for Generic Drugs and Biosimilars | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| SB0437 (HB0418) | Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0438 (HB0813/CH0730) | Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0440 | Anne Arundel County - Office of the Inspector General - Establishment | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0447 | Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0448 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Directed Mental Health Services - Pilot Program | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0486 (HB0672/CH0345) | School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Rereferred to Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means |
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| SB0576 (HB0233) | Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Recommitted to Finance (Senator Beidle) |
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| SB0577 (HB0713) | Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/07 at 10:00 a.m. |
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| SB0578 | Business Regulation - Home Improvement Guaranty Fund - Alterations | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 2:15 p.m. |
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| SB0614 (HB1020/CH0121) | Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0624 (HB1003) | Relocation of Human Remains - Authorization Process | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) |
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| SB0741 | Forensic Mental Health Treatment | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) |
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| SB0972 | Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners - Alterations | Primary | 1 | 2 | Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
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| SB0973 | Aviation Oversight - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Master Plan | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| SB0974 (HB1013) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Nonopioid Drugs for the Treatment of Pain | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0975 /CH0728 (HB1243/CH0729) | Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 728 |
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| SB0976 (HB1509) | Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0977 | Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 3:15 p.m. |
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| SB0978 (HB1484) | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0987 | Artificial Intelligence - Health Software and Health Insurance Decision Making | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0988 (HB1143/CH0753) | Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs - Establishment | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Rereferred to Health and Government Operations |
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| SJ0004 (HJ0006) | Use of Nuclear Weapons | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0001 | Legally Protected Health Care - Reproductive, Fertility Preservation, and Contraceptive Treatment and Services (IVF and Contraception Shield Act of 2025) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing canceled |
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| SB0017 /CH0783 (HB0515/CH0782) | Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Veterans' Organizations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 783 |
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| SB0050 /CH0535 (HB0469/CH0536) | Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 |
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| SB0073 /CH0533 | Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 |
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| SB0131 /CH0176 (HB0598/CH0177) | Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 |
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| SB0178 /CH0179 (HB0447/CH0178) | Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 |
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| SB0307 /CH0008 (HB0402/CH0007) | Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Student Member Scholarship - Increase | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8 |
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| SB0342 | Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Counties and Municipal Corporations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m. |
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| SB0372 /CH0481 (HB0869/CH0482) | Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025 | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481 |
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| SB0374 /CH0656 (HB0459/CH0655) | Counties - Cancer Screening for Professional Firefighters - Required Coverage (James "Jimmy" Malone Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 656 |
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| SB0376 /CH0680 (HB0429) | Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 |
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| SB0379 (HB1521) | Workgroup on Social Worker Requirements for Licensure - Extension and Duties | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Recommitted to Finance (Senator Beidle) |
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| SB0490 (HB0696) | State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0547 /CH0741 | Commission to Study Health Insurance Pooling - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 |
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| SB0560 | Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Membership and Purposes | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0651 (HB0709) | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0683 (HB1424/CH0097) | Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0720 (HB0905) | Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Recommitted to Finance (Senator Beidle) |
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| SB0740 /CH0757 | Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act ) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 757 |
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| SB0747 (HB1030) | Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0844 /CH0211 | Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 |
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| SB0855 (HB0958) | Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0949 (HB1256) | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0981 /CH0694 (HB0268/CH0693) | Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 |
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| SB1029 (HB0868) | Estates and Trusts - Interpretation of Wills - Extrinsic Evidence of Intent (Granny's Law) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB1040 | Department of Budget and Management - Expedited Hiring Program (FEDERAL Jobs Act of 2025) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0426 (HB0500/CH0601) | Procurement Reform Act of 2025 | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 3:00 p.m. |
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| SB0427 (HB0498) | Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - Rereferred to Ways and Means and Appropriations |
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| SB0428 (HB0506/CH0430) | Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0429 (HB0504/CH0237) | Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0430 (HB0503) | Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0433 (HB0502/CH0001) | Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy and Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative - Established | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0439 (HB1054) | Higher Education - High Impact Economic Development Activities - Alterations | By Request - Committee | 4 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 2:30 p.m. |
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| SB0971 | Maryland Department of Health and Health Officers - Revisions | By Request - Committee | 4 | 2 | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| SB0628 (HB0918) | Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary | By Request - Other | 6 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| Legislative Bond Initiatives |
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| Project Name | Status | House Sponsors | Senate Sponsors | County | Amount Requested | House Initiative | Senate Initiative | Other Funding | Total Funding |
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| Zero Waste to Zero Hunger Facility | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $432,500 | $20,000 | $250,000 | $270,000 |
- Tenure
- First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2015-2019.
- Current Assignments
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- 2025 Chair, Executive Nominations Committee (Vice Chair, 2023; Member 2019)
- 2023 Finance Committee
- 2019 Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight (Senate Chair, 2024)
- 2020 Senate Chair, Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee
- 2019 Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness
- 2019 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 5, Howard County Delegation
- 2023 Secretary, Maryland Legislative Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus (member, 2019; 2nd Vice-Chair, 2019; 1st Vice-Chair, 2019-2021; Chair, 2021-2022)
- Past Senate Service
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Chair, Environment Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2020-2023; Alcohol Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2020; Health Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (Co-Chair, 2019), 2019-2023; Joint Covid-19 Response Workgroup, 2020; Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup, 2021-2022.
- Past House Service 2015-2019
- Appropriations Committee, 2017-2019; Health and Social Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2017-2019; Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee, 2017-2019; Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-2017; Environment Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-2017; Motor Vehicles and Transportation Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-2017; Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2016-2017.
- Public Service
- Workgroup to Study Issuance of Alcoholic Beverage Licenses to Tobacconists, 2024-; Rare Disease Advisory Council, 2023-; Maryland State Council on Cancer Control, 2020-; Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers, 2019-; Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland, 2022-2023; Comptroller's Task Force on Electronic Smoking Devices (E-Facts), 2019-2020; Standing Advisory Committee on Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs, 2016-2019; Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2015-2019; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2015-2019.
- Biographical Information
- Born, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania; Case Western Reserve University, B.A., Political Science-Honors, Biology (Phi Beta Kappa), 2003; University of Maryland, School of Medicine, M.D. 2008; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, M.P.H., 2011; Legislative Assistant to Delegate Dan Morhaim, M.D. , Baltimore County, 2009-2013; Preventive Medicine Physician, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009-present; Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2014-present.
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