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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income and Task Force to Study Senior Emigration [HB-868]
Increasing the maximum amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the State income tax for specified retirement income of an individual who is at least 70 years old or who is totally disabled; establishing a task force to study specified effects of State and local tax policies on senior emigration; applying the Act to taxable years after December 31, 2013; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hogan
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/03/2014
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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Safety Net Act of 2014 [HB-273]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to establish a specified Prison In-Reach Program; requiring each county board of education to include behavioral health services with school health services; requiring DHMH to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2014 on a plan for statewide implementation of the School Health Program; requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to implement a specified program throughout the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Aging and Disability Resource Center Program - Maryland Access Point [SB-83]
Adding to the duties of the Secretary of Aging; establishing the Aging and Disability Resource Center Program in the Department of Aging; designating the Program as the State's Aging and Disability Resource Center for purposes of the federal Older Americans Act; requiring the Department to administer, supervise, and coordinate the Program with the cooperation of other State agencies; requiring the Program to designate local Program offices and provide specified services and materials; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 178 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Safety Net Act of 2013 [SB-822]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a specified Prison In-Reach Program; requiring each county board of education to include behavioral health services with school health services; requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to implement a specified program throughout the State to promote early identification of substance abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council [SB-679]
Establishing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and demographic diversity of the State in appointing individuals to the Council; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Secretary of Aging or their designees to cochair the Council; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, with assistance from the Department of Aging, to provide staff support for the Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 305 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Housing - Accessible Housing for Senior Homeowners, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities [HB-957]
Establishing the Accessible Homes for Senior Homeowners Grant Program; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to make grants to families of limited income under the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to make grants to finance specified activities for elderly homeowners; authorizing the Department to establish standards to determine eligibility for the grant program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 657 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council [HB-690]
Establishing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council; providing for the membership of the Council; requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and demographic diversity of the State in appointing individuals to the Council; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Secretary of Aging or their designees to cochair the Council; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, with assistance from the Department of Aging, to provide staff support for the Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 306 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Safety Net Act of 2013 [HB-1245]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a specified Prison In-Reach Program; requiring each county board of education to include behavioral health services with school health services; requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to implement a specified program throughout the State to promote early identification of substance abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Regulation [SB-485]
Requiring specified providers to set aside operating reserves that, before January 1, 2023, equal 15% of specified expenses of a facility; requiring specified providers to set aside operating reserves that, beginning on January 1, 2023, equal 25% of specified expenses of a facility; beginning January 1, 2014, providing for the manner in which specified requirements relating to assets held by providers shall be met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Renovation and Repair Needs of Senior Homeowners [HB-991]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, with the assistance of the Department of Aging, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Department of Human Resources, to create a task force to study methods for identifying and understanding the renovation and repair needs of low-income and limited-income senior homeowners and identifying resources to assist senior homeowners; requiring the task force to consult with and enlist the participation of specified stakeholders; requiring a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Health and State Government - Falls by Senior Citizens - Awareness and [HB-665]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim each year the last full week in September as Fall Prevention Awareness Week; and requiring the Secretary of Aging and the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before January 1, 2013, to develop a statewide protocol for home safety inspections for senior citizens who are discharged from the hospital following a fall, with the aim of reducing future fall- related readmissions, and to submit the protocol to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/29/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Regulation [HB-556]
Requiring specified providers to set aside operating reserves that, before January 1, 2023, equal 15% of specified expenses of a facility; requiring specified providers to set aside operating reserves that, beginning on January 1, 2023, equal 25% of specified expenses of a facility; beginning January 1, 2014, providing for the manner in which specified requirements relating to assets held by providers shall be met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care in a Retirement Community [SB-963]
Revising specified laws relating to continuing care retirement communities; increasing the required operating reserves for specified continuing care providers on or after a specified date; clarifying that specified continuing care providers shall calculate operating reserves in a specified manner; clarifying the differences between disclosure statements for continuing care retirement communities and standard assisted living agreements; altering the information required to be contained in a specified disclosure statement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care in a Retirement Community [SB-962]
Altering the requirements for specified continuing care retirement community renewal applications; altering the information required to be contained in a specified disclosure statement; altering the required membership of the governing body of specified continuing care providers; requiring specified continuing care providers to make available specified documents to specified persons; altering the requirements for a specified grievance procedure; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Act [SB-822]
Establishing the Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Program within the Department of Aging; requiring the Secretary of Aging, with the advice of the Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council, to include provisions for funding grants sought by Communities for a Lifetime within an Innovations for Aging Services Program plan in a specified manner; requiring the Department to collect and make available best practices on policies to encourage aging-in-place; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Independent Home Care Providers [SB-181]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified independent home care providers; providing that there may be only one appropriate bargaining unit for the providers; authorizing providers to designate an exclusive representative; requiring that procedures be governed by specified provisions of law; providing for the scope of collective bargaining; requiring an exclusive representative to provide specified notice; providing that specified providers are not required to pay a service fee, but are required to make a specified payment; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Re-referred Appropriations on 04/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Independent Home Care Providers [HB-171]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified independent home care providers; providing that there may be only one appropriate bargaining unit for the providers; authorizing providers to designate an exclusive representative; requiring that procedures be governed by specified provisions of law; providing for the scope of collective bargaining; requiring an exclusive representative to provide specified notice; providing that specified providers are not required to pay a service fee, but are required to make a specified payment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care in a Retirement Community [HB-1286]
Revising specified laws relating to continuing care retirement communities; increasing the required operating reserves for specified continuing care providers on or after a specified date; clarifying that specified continuing care providers shall calculate operating reserves in a specified manner; clarifying the differences between disclosure statements for continuing care retirement communities and standard assisted living agreements; altering the information required to be contained in a specified disclosure statement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care in a Retirement Community [HB-1285]
Altering the requirements for specified continuing care retirement community renewal applications; altering the information required to be contained in a specified disclosure statement; altering the required membership of the governing body of specified continuing care providers; requiring specified continuing care providers to make available specified documents to specified persons; altering the requirements for a specified grievance procedure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/09/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Act [HB-1188]
Establishing the Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Program within the Department of Aging; requiring the Secretary of Aging, with the advice of the Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council, to include provisions for funding grants sought by Communities for a Lifetime within an Innovations for Aging Services Program plan in a specified manner; requiring the Department to collect and make available best practices on policies to encourage aging-in-place; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Hubbard
Re-referred Finance on 04/11/2011