Child Abuse And Neglect
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Expungement of Reports and Records - Time Period [SB-12]
Requiring a local department of social services to maintain specified reports of suspected abuse or neglect and all assessments and investigative findings for specified periods of time; and increasing the time period after which a local department is required to expunge specified reports and records of suspected child abuse and neglect.
Sponsored by: Sen. James DeGrange
Senators Ramirez, Norman, And Raskin on 04/06/2015
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Child Protection - Reporting Requirements - Threat of Harm [HB-955]
Requiring a specified individual acting in a professional capacity to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to be believe that a verbal threat of a substantial risk of imminent harm to a child has been made; prohibiting a person from preventing or interfering with the making of a report under the Act; providing specified immunity to a person who participates in specified activities relating to a report made under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report - Penalties and Training [HB-856]
Making it a civil offense, subject to specified penalties, for a specified person acting in a professional capacity to fail to report child abuse under specified circumstances; making it a misdemeanor, subject to specified penalties, for a specified person acting in a professional capacity to fail to report child abuse under specified circumstances; authorizing a police officer to issue a citation for a specified civil violation under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect [HB-780]
Establishing the Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2015; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Revisions [HB-742]
Altering the requirements for the designation and appointment of a program administrator of a residential child care program; requiring the State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals to evaluate the moral character of an acting residential child care program administrator; requiring completion of a child protective services background clearance to qualify for a program administrator certificate and a residential child and youth care practitioner certificate; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sid Saab
House Refuses To Concur - Senate Amendments on 04/13/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations [HB-725]
Extending from 7 to 20 years the statute of limitations in specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Expungement of Reports and Records - Time Period [HB-7]
Altering the time period within which a local department of social services is required to expunge specified reports and records of suspected child abuse and neglect; authorizing a local department to immediately expunge specified reports and records of suspected child abuse and neglect under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Sophocleus
House Refuses To Concur - Senate Amendments on 04/13/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Department of Human Resources - State Child Welfare System - Report [HB-643]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources, on or before December 1 of each year, to report to the General Assembly specified information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the Department to maintain the confidentiality of specified information and disaggregate the information by county, age, gender, race, and ethnicity; requiring the Department to publish specified reports on the Department's Web site within 30 days of submission of the report to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Centralized Confidential Database [HB-386]
Repealing provisions of law authorizing the Social Services Administration and each local department of social services to maintain a central registry of child abuse and neglect cases and substituting provisions authorizing a centralized confidential database; requiring each local department to enter and have access to specified information in the database; specifying conditions under which an individual may be identified as responsible for child abuse or neglect in the centralized confidential database; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 245 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Courts - Child Abuse and Neglect - Waiver of Reunification Efforts [HB-347]
Altering the circumstances under which a local department of social services may ask the court in a child in need of assistance proceeding to find that reasonable efforts to reunify the child with the child's parent or guardian are not required.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Courts - Child Abuse and Neglect - Waiver of Reunification Efforts (Anayah's Law) [HB-171]
Altering the circumstances under which a local department of social services may ask the court in a child in need of assistance proceeding to find that reasonable efforts to reunify the child with the child's parent or guardian are not required; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Limitation of Damages [HB-1214]
Extending the statute of limitations from within 7 years to 32 of the date that the victim attains the age of majority in specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse; providing that a specified statute of limitations does not apply during a specified period for a person with a certificate of merit obtained from the person's attorney and a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist; requiring information in a certificate of merit for specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse to be provided by specified people; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report [HB-1146]
Requiring an agency that is participating in a child abuse or neglect investigation and that has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has failed to report child abuse as required under a specified provision of law to file a specified complaint with a specified board, agency, institution, or facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Schools - Student Suicide Intervention - Required Procedures [HB-1116]
Requiring specified public school employees who believe a specified student may be at risk of suicide to report the student to a specified qualified school professional; requiring a specified qualified school professional to assess a specified student using a specified checklist and notify specified individuals of a student's risk of suicide under specified circumstances; requiring a specified qualified school professional to complete a specified report and providing for the contents of the report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [HB-1083]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" in specified instances and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in specified instances; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider specified factors; authorizing the court to consider specified factors; specifying that specified factors are not relevant, except under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Sexual and Physical Abuse Notification and Prevention [HB-1033]
Requiring local law enforcement agencies to notify county superintendents and employees of nonpublic schools if specified employees or specified other adults working on school property are arrested for specified crimes within 1 business day of the arrest; requiring a county superintendent and employees of nonpublic schools to notify parents and employees of a specified arrest within 5 business days of being informed of the arrest, subject to a specified exception; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Government - Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman - Establishment [HB-1022]
Establishing the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; providing for the purpose and staffing of the Office; providing for the appointment, qualifications, term, and salary of the Child Welfare Ombudsman; requiring the Ombudsman to be a full-time State employee; authorizing the Attorney General to remove the Ombudsman under specified circumstances; providing that the Office shall include specified staff; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Family Law - Controlled Dangerous Substance Use During Pregnancy and Substance-Exposed Newborns - Reporting [SB-944]
Prohibiting the discharge of a substance-exposed newborn from a hospital or birthing center until specified requirements are completed; requiring a local department of social services to conduct a specified investigation when it determines a newborn is substance-exposed; requiring a health care practitioner who discovers that a person has used a specified controlled dangerous substance while pregnant to make specified reports; authorizing the use of a specified report as evidence for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/25/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Computer Crimes Against Children and Child Pornography Crimes in Maryland [SB-925]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Computer Crimes Against Children and Child Pornography Crimes in Maryland; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Child Abuse Victims [SB-830]
Altering the date by which, in a case of child abuse, a specified claimant may file a claim with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 200 on 04/14/2014