Child Abuse And Neglect
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Children - Health and Safety - Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline and Signage [HB-968]
Requiring the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources to establish a specified hotline to make specified reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; requiring the Administration to develop a specified methodology to track specified numbers and types of calls to a specified hotline; requiring the Administration to create a specified sign that contains information regarding a reporting suspicion of child abuse, child neglect, or child sexual abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Simonaire
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Child Abuse and Neglect - Memorandum of Understanding With Military Family Advocacy Program [HB-937]
Requiring a local department of social services with a military installation in its jurisdiction to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Military Family Advocacy Program for that installation; and establishing specified requirements for a memorandum of understanding under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carlos Sanchez
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse [SB-900]
Requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on domestic violence into a specified curriculum; altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment and malicious destruction of property; and defining harassment and malicious destruction of property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting - Definitions [SB-797]
Altering the definitions of "educator or human service worker" and "health practitioner" in provisions of law relating to the reporting of child abuse and neglect; and defining the terms "mandated reporter" as specified individuals acting in a professional capacity who are required to report suspected abuse or neglect and "youth-serving organization" as an organization whose goal is to educate, serve, or assist in the development of children of any age in provisions of law relating to the reporting of abuse and neglect.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse [HB-803]
Requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on domestic violence into a specified curriculum; altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment and malicious destruction of property; and defining harassment and malicious destruction of property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Training [SB-679]
Requiring that each health practitioner, police officer, educator, and human service worker in the State receive periodic training on the obligation to report child abuse and neglect and on the identification of abused and neglected children.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Limitation of Damages [HB-641]
Extending the statute of limitations from within 7 to 32 years 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. Eric Bromwell
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Required Findings [HB-642]
Altering the statute of limitations on civil actions arising out of an alleged incident or incidents of sexual abuse that occurred while the victim was a minor; establishing a statute of repose for specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse; providing that, in a specified action filed more than a specified number of years after the victim reaches the age of majority, damages may be awarded against a person or governmental entity that is not an alleged perpetrator only under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 12 on 04/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Statewide Reporting - 2-1-1 Maryland [HB-697]
Expanding the duties of 2-1-1 Maryland to include serving as a statewide hotline for the reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring that 2-1-1 Maryland accept reports of child abuse and neglect 7 days a week, 24 hours a day; requiring the Health and Human Services Board in consultation with the State Department of Human Resources to develop policies for the proper training of 2-1-1 Maryland service provider staff in responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Required Findings [SB-505]
Altering the statute of limitations on civil actions arising out of an alleged incident or incidents of sexual abuse that occurred while the victim was a minor; establishing a statute of repose for specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse; providing that, in a specified action filed more than a specified number of years after the victim reaches the age of majority, damages may be awarded against a person or governmental entity that is not an alleged perpetrator only under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 656 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse - Sex Trafficking (Protecting Victims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2017) [HB-632]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" in provisions of law relating to child abuse to include the sex trafficking of a child by any individual; defining the terms "sexual molestation or exploitation" and "sex trafficking" in provisions of law relating to child abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 152 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [HB-508]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" 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 award joint legal decision making to both parties under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Crimes - Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report [HB-473]
Establishing that specified persons who are required to provide specified notice or make reports of suspected child abuse or neglect may not knowingly fail to give the notice or make the reports; establishing a misdemeanor and penalties of a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment up to 1 year, or both, for knowingly failing to report child abuse or neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Wilson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [SB-368]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" 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 award joint legal decision making to both parties under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report - Penalty [HB-389]
Making it a misdemeanor subject to a prison term of up to 6 months or a fine of up to $2,500 or both, for a health practitioner, a police officer, an educator, or a human service worker with actual knowledge of child abuse or neglect to fail to report the abuse or neglect.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Mental Injury [HB-359]
Altering the definition of "mental injury" for the purpose of specified child abuse and neglect statutes to include the observable, identifiable, and substantial impairment of a child's mental or psychological ability to function that results from the child's exposure to an act that constitute a crime of violence, under specified provisions of law, committed by a parent or household or family member against a parent or household or family member.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse - Sex Trafficking (Protecting Victims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2017) [SB-308]
Altering the definition of "sexual abuse" in provisions of law relating to child abuse to include the sex trafficking of a child by any individual; defining the terms "sexual molestation or exploitation" and "sex trafficking" in provisions of law relating to child abuse; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 151 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Crimes - Child Abuse and Neglect - Failure to Report [SB-135]
Establishing that specified persons who are required to provide specified notice or make reports of suspected child abuse or neglect may not knowingly fail to give the notice or make the reports if the specified person has actual knowledge of the abuse or neglect or witnesses the act of the abuse or neglect; establishing a misdemeanor and penalties on conviction of a fine not to exceed $1,000 or maximum imprisonment of 6 months or both for knowingly failing to report child abuse or neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Substance-Exposed Newborns - Reporting [SB-27]
Repealing specified provisions exempting a health care practitioner from making a specified report regarding a substance-exposed newborn under specified circumstances; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/20/2017