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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Housing and Community Development - Opportunity Zone Fund - Establishment [HB-929]
Establishing the Opportunity Zone Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to use the Fund to operate and pay expenses of the Fund and to provide financial assistance to certain entities for projects and programs in opportunity zones; and authorizing the Department to sell certain loans and interests without Board of Public Works approval.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Reassigned To Environment And Transportation on 02/15/2022
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Cannabis Reform [SB-833]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State; establishing the Cannabis Business Assistance Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to small, minority, and women-owned businesses entering the adult-use cannabis industry; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain marijuana-related offenses; legalizing the use and possession of marijuana under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (29-17) on 04/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Health Care Commission – Patient Safety Center – Designation and Fund [HB-915]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to designate a center as the Patient Safety Center for the State on or before December 31, 2025; requiring the Center to develop, coordinate, and implement patient safety initiatives across the State, be a model for innovation and implementation, convene health care providers, patients, and families to improve the quality of health care, and share information on best practices; establishing the Patient Safety Center Fund to subsidize a portion of the costs of the Center; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 530 on 05/29/2022
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Frederick County – Mental Health Law – Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Program [SB-807]
Establishing the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Pilot Program in Frederick County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Developmental Disabilities Administration – Self–Directed Services (Self–Direction Act of 2022) [SB-868]
Requiring the Developmental Disabilities Administration to establish and provide training materials to coordinators of community services on self-directed services; requiring coordinators of community services to educate a certain recipient on all models of services available to the recipient at certain times; providing for the services and manner of delivering services that the Administration provides to a recipient who receives self-directed services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 737 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Safety – Safer Communities Fund and Task Force – Establishment [SB-893]
Establishing the Safer Communities Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grant assistance to local governments to promote robust and holistic investments in noncarceral safety; and establishing the Safer Communities Task Force to promote noncarceral strategies for safety.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing Canceled (judicial Proceedings) on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Equity Resource Communities - Modifications [HB-906]
Requiring the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) to provide technical assistance to the Community Health Resources Commission in implementing provisions of law governing Health Equity Resource Communities; altering the date from October 1, 2022, to October 1, 2023, by which the Commission must issue a request for proposals to designate areas as Health Equity Resource Communities; establishing that the Health Equity Resource Fund may be used to fund certain staffing positions at the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 376 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act [SB-654]
Altering the name of the Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program; requiring the Program, in collaboration with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, to actively help veterans and their dependents become aware of and access education and training benefits to which they are entitled; altering certain responsibilities of the director of the Program; repealing a requirement that the Department develop and maintain a certain database of veterans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 73 on 04/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis – Legalization and Regulation (Cannabis Legalization and Reparations for the War on Drugs Act) [SB-692]
Legalizing the use and possession of a certain amount of cannabis by an individual who is at least 21 years of age; providing for the clearing of criminal records and disposition of certain charges relating to the use and possession of cannabis; and establishing a system for the regulation and taxation of the market for the production and sale of cannabis in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Dementia Care Coordinator and Dementia Care Navigation Programs [HB-731]
Establishing the position of Dementia Care Coordinator in the Department of Aging to oversee dementia care navigation programs; requiring each area agency to employ a dementia care navigator; authorizing dementia care navigators to provide support services for caregivers, increase community awareness, offer technical assistance, and establish relationships with health care providers; requiring the Governor to include $1,600,000 in the annual budget bill to employ the Dementia Care Coordinator and dementia care navigators; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/17 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generation - Consolidated Billing [HB-818]
Authorizing a subscriber organization for a community solar energy generating system to participate in consolidated billing provided by the electric company serving the territory of the community solar energy generating system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2022
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Community Parks and Playgrounds Program - Charles County - Basketball Courts [HB-732]
Expanding the Community Parks and Playgrounds Program to make grants available to Charles County for the construction and maintenance of basketball courts at county parks with baseball fields; and requiring the governing body of Charles County to apply for grants under the Act and use the grant funding for the construction and maintenance of basketball courts at county parks with baseball fields.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Health – Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council [HB-794]
Establishing the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council in the Maryland Department of Health to provide specific findings and recommendations regarding the allocation of money from the Opioid Restitution Fund; and altering the permissible uses for the Fund and the requirement that the Governor consult with certain persons to identify recommended appropriations from the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 270 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Equity Resource Communities – Modifications [SB-607]
Requiring the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) to provide technical assistance to the Community Health Resources Commission in implementing provisions of law governing Health Equity Resource Communities; altering the date from October 1, 2022, to October 1, 2023, by which the Commission must issue a request for proposals to designate areas as Health Equity Resource Communities; establishing that the Health Equity Resource Fund may be used to fund certain staffing positions at the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 377 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Health Care Commission - Patient Safety Center - Designation and Fund [SB-591]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to designate a center as the Patient Safety Center for the State on or before December 31, 2025; requiring the Center to develop, coordinate, and implement patient safety initiatives across the State, be a model for innovation and implementation, convene health care providers, patients, and families to improve the quality of health care, and share information on best practices; establishing the Patient Safety Center Fund to subsidize a portion of the costs of the Center; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 529 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Comprehensive Climate Solutions [HB-708]
Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions through the use of various measures, including the alteration of statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, the establishment of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, requiring gas companies and electric companies to provide certain programs and services, and requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings through certain programs and services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Behavioral Health - Grief Counseling Services [HB-699]
Requiring the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to include certain resources and materials on grief on the Office's website; authorizing the use of funds from the Opioid Restitution Fund to support the Office Behavioral Health Administration in providing grief counseling services and resources on grief; and requiring the University of Maryland School of Public Health, in consultation with certain entities, to convene a workgroup on programs for survivors of traumatic grief.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Community Action Agencies - Provision of Feminine Hygiene Products [HB-588]
Requiring certain community action agencies, in collaboration with appropriate local health departments, to make available to any women enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program feminine hygiene products in an amount sufficient to meet the needs of the woman obtaining the feminine hygiene products, subject to the availability of certain funding; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill funding in an amount estimated to be sufficient for providing feminine hygiene products as required by the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 725 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
School Wellness and Recess Grant Program - Establishment [HB-573]
Establishing the School Wellness and Recess Grant Program to ensure that public schools, nonpublic schools, and Judy Centers have strong, comprehensive, and written wellness policies that address the whole school, whole community, whole child (WSCC) model, and encourage students of all ages to participate fully in recess and physical activity; requiring that grants be awarded on the basis of quantifiable need and other factors; requiring the Governor to include $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Belcastro
Hearing 2/17 At 3:00 P.m. on 02/02/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation [HB-657]
Requiring the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, guidelines for developing a standardized behavioral health questionnaire to identify students with behavioral health services needs; requiring that the questionnaire be given to the parent or guardian of each student when the student enrolls for school and every year thereafter; and requiring each behavioral health services coordinator to develop and implement a certain standardized behavioral health questionnaire.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing Canceled on 04/05/2022