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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities [HB-619]
Requiring local boards of elections to establish separate precincts at certain continuing care retirement communities if requested; and requiring the continuing care retirement communities to provide to the local boards facilities that meet certain requirements to be used as polling places and assistance in recruiting election judges from among the residents of the communities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2022
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Department of Aging - Dementia Care Coordinator and Dementia Care Navigators [SB-505]
Establishing the position of Dementia Care Coordinator in the Department of Aging to manage the work of dementia care navigators; 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 Governors to include $1,600,000 in the annual budget bill to employ the Dementia Care Coordinator and dementia care navigators; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2022
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Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 [SB-528]
Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, establishing of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, developing certain energy efficiency and emissions reduction requirements for certain buildings, requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings, establishing certain zero-emission vehicle requirements for the State fleet, and establishing an electric school bus pilot program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 38 on 04/09/2022
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Public Safety - Police Athletic League Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-494]
Establishing the Police Athletic League Grant Fund to provide grant assistance to local governments and organizations to create and support police athletic league programs designed to build relationships among youth, police, and the community by offering educational and extracurricular activities with the goal of preventing juvenile crime; and requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to administer and establish procedures for the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2022
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Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Support Services Program - Established [HB-513]
Establishing the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Support Services Program to promote positive mental and behavioral health practices for young children by providing certain referrals and services for children, families, teachers, and caregivers; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Program; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill in fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the operation of the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 494 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland Corps Program - Revisions [HB-443]
Altering certain purposes of the Maryland Corps Program; establishing that the Program is exempt from certain provisions of law relating to procurement but is subject to a certain review by the Office of Legislative Audits; altering the membership of the Board of Directors of the Program; establishing that the Board is a body politic and corporate and is an instrumentality of the State; requiring the Board to meet at least once every two months and that Board meetings are subject to the Open Meetings Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022 [HB-408]
Authorizing certain emergency medical services providers to dispense naloxone to individuals who received treatment for a nonfatal drug overdose or were evaluated by a crisis evaluation team; requiring certain community services programs, certain private and public entities, and hospitals to have a protocol to dispense naloxone to certain individuals free of charge under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/16 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/03/2022
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Statewide Targeted Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act of 2022 [SB-394]
Authorizing certain emergency medical services providers to offer opioid overdose reversal drugs approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to individuals who received treatment for a nonfatal drug overdose or were evaluated by a crisis evaluation team; requiring certain community services programs, certain private and public entities, and hospitals to have a protocol to offer overdose reversal drugs free of charge to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 239 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Prince George's County - Grant Funding - Violence Prevention and Community Service [HB-345]
Requiring the Governor to annually include $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office and the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office for grants to nonprofit organizations to fund violence prevention and community service initiatives; requiring the offices to establish certain procedures and enhance certain coordination of services; requiring an organization that receives grant funding to comply with certain data sharing requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Community Violence Prevention Services [SB-350]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, beginning July 1, 2023, to provide community violence prevention services; establishing requirements for prevention professionals seeking certification as a certified violence prevention professional and entities that employ or contract with certified violence prevention professionals; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to approve at least one accredited training and certification program for violence prevention professionals by January 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 505 on 05/29/2022
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Facilities - Disabilities, Juveniles, Behavioral Health, and Health Care - Plans [HB-297]
Requiring that certain regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services governing juvenile care facilities and juvenile detention facilities include a requirement for the establishment, implementation, and revision of safety plans related to the persons in the care of the facility; requiring residential centers and group homes to establish, implement, and revise a certain safety plan; requiring regulations adopted by the Behavioral Health Administration to include a revision for safety plans every 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Referred Rules on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act [HB-279]
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: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 72 on 04/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
College of Southern Maryland - Vice President of Equity and Inclusion - Funding and Responsibilities [SB-254]
Requiring the Vice President of Equity and Inclusion at the College of Southern Maryland to report to the President of Equity and Inclusion and to provide adequate resources to students to prepare for admissions testing; and requiring the Board of Trustees of the College of Southern Maryland to include funding in the annual budget of the College for no fewer than five support staff positions for the Vice President, including a Director of Multicultural Affairs and an Equity and Inclusion Coordinator at each college campus.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore County – Nuisance Actions – Community Association Standing [HB-265]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" to authorize community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; and repealing a provision of law requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to determine the amount and conditions of a bond filed by a community association in a certain nuisance action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland Corps Program – Revisions [SB-228]
Altering certain purposes of the Maryland Corps Program by allowing participants to transition to the workforce as well as to higher education institutions; requiring that Program funds be used to expand the Chesapeake Conservation Corps and the Maryland Conservation Corps and create a Maryland Civilian Climate Corps and a Maryland Historic Trades Corp; restructuring the Board as a body politic and corporate and as an instrumentality of the State; requiring the Board to prioritize certain individuals for participation in the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 37 on 04/09/2022
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Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program [SB-129]
Establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program administered by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation for certain covered individuals detained in the United States in certain covered judicial or administrative immigration proceedings where an individual is subject to removal from the United States; and establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Special Fund to provide funding to implement access to legal representation in immigration proceedings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Community Parks and Playgrounds Program - Charles County - Basketball Courts [SB-96]
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: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 1/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Safety - Police Athletic League Programs [SB-127]
Requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for fiscal year 2024 an appropriation of $500,000 to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide grant assistance to local governments and organizations to create and support police athletic league programs designed to build relationships among youth, police, and the community by offering educational and extracurricular activities with the goal of preventing juvenile crime; and requiring a certain report from the Governor's Office by December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing Canceled on 03/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver - Participation and Applications [SB-28]
Altering the required contents of the home-and community-based services waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; requiring the Department, if it maintains a waiting list for the waiver, to send a waiver application each month to all individuals on the waiting list if there are fewer than 600, and to at least 600 individuals if there are more than 600 on the waiting list; and requiring the Department to apply for an amendment to the home-and community-based services waiver.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 738 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Facilities - Disabilities, Juveniles, Behavioral Health, and Health Care - Plans [SB-3]
Requiring that regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services governing juvenile care facilities and juvenile detention facilities include the establishment, implementation, and revision of safety plans related to the persons in the care of the facility; requiring residential centers and group homes to establish, implement, and revise a certain safety plan; requiring regulations adopted by the Behavioral Health Administration to include a revision for safety plans not less than every 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 513 on 05/29/2022