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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Long-Term Care Insurance - Contingent Benefit Upon Lapse [HB-946]
Requiring a carrier to provide to an insured under a policy or contract of long-term care insurance a certain contingent benefit upon lapse under certain circumstances; providing that certain benefits of a certain policy or contract of long-term care insurance shall remain unchanged and may not be increased after a certain date; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 508 on 05/08/2018
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Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) [HB-664]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area; specifying the tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting an employer, beginning July 1, 2026, from including the tip credit amount as part of the wage of certain employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2018
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Health Insurance - Access to and Coverage of Specialty Drugs - Definition [HB-1183]
Altering the definition of "specialty drug" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing access to specialty drugs through certain pharmacies so as to include a drug designated as a limited distribution drug, a drug that is not available in an oral or self-administered formulation, or a drug that requires special handling above and beyond refrigeration or patient counseling; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries [HB-1061]
Requiring that certain public school employees in certain areas be paid at least certain minimum living salaries; specifying the minimum living salaries that are in effect for certain time periods; increasing the minimum living salaries in effect for certain time periods based on a certain Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; requiring that a certain minimum living salary remain the same as the salary that was in effect for a certain time period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
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State Government - Consumer Price Index - Revised Statutory References [SB-94]
Altering a certain Consumer Price Index used for calculating the target per pupil foundation amount and the student transportation amount for education; and altering certain references to the Consumer Price Index for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area in the Annotated Code to refer to the Consumer Price Index for the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 5 on 03/27/2019
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Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical - Prohibition on Import or Sale [SB-902]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than a certain amount of certain chemicals; repealing certain provisions of law regarding the importing, sale, or offering for sale of any child care product containing certain chemicals; establishing certain civil penalties; authorizing a court to enjoin a certain action; requiring the Department of Health to adopt regulations by January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2019
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Civil Actions - Health Care Malpractice Claims (Life Care Act 2019) [SB-784]
Requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses to be based solely on average Medicare reimbursement rates in effect on the date of the award or verdict for the locality in which the care is to be provided; requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses for hospital facility services to be based on certain rates; requiring a certain award or verdict for future medical expenses for nursing facility services to be based on a certain rate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 3/06 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board [SB-759]
Establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to protect State residents, State and local governments, commercial health plans, health care providers, pharmacies licensed in the State, and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products; providing for the membership of the Board and the disclosure of certain conflicts of interest; requiring the Board to identify certain prescription drug products with certain costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Local Health Services Funding - Modifications [SB-645]
Requiring a certain annual appropriation for local health services funding beginning in fiscal year 2021; providing for the distribution of a certain appropriation for local health services funding for fiscal year 2021; modifying the calculation of local health services funding beginning in fiscal year 2022; prohibiting State funding to a subdivision for local health services from being less than the subdivision received in fiscal year 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Public Utilities – Electricity and Natural Gas Suppliers – Information [SB-517]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish customer choice shopping websites for electric and natural gas customers; requiring the Commission to use information from electric and natural gas suppliers to maintain the information on the websites; requiring each electricity or natural gas supplier that is actively seeking residential customers in a service territory in the State to maintain at least one open offer on the Commission's website at all times; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 305 on 04/30/2019
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Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries [SB-424]
Requiring that certain public school employees in certain areas be paid at least certain minimum living salaries; specifying the minimum living salaries that are in effect for certain time periods; increasing the minimum living salaries in effect for certain time periods based on a certain Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; requiring that a certain minimum living salary remain the same as the salary that was in effect for a certain time period under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2019
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Labor and Employment – Payment of Wages – Minimum Wage (Fight for Fifteen) [SB-280]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods and for certain employers except under certain circumstances; authorizing the Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase to the minimum wage rate if the seasonally adjusted total employment is negative, subject to certain limitations; requiring the Governor's proposed budget for certain fiscal years to include certain rate increases for certain community service providers over the funding provided in certain legislative appropriations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 11 on 03/28/2019
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Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Credit History in Rating Policies [SB-235]
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from rating a risk based, in whole or in part, on the credit history of an applicant or insured in any manner; repealing certain provisions of law authorizing an insurer to use the credit history of an applicant or insured to rate a new policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance; applying the Act to all private passenger motor vehicle insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after October 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2019
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Mandated Appropriation - City of Annapolis - Services [SB-156]
Requiring that a certain annual appropriation in the State Budget for the Mayor and Alderman of the City of Annapolis to pay for services provided to the State by the City of Annapolis be at least $750,000; and requiring that each fiscal year starting in fiscal year 2022, the annual appropriation be increased by the increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Baltimore Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 3 on 03/27/2019
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The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future [SB-1030]
Establishing principles of The Blueprint for Maryland's Future that are intended to transform Maryland's early childhood, primary, and secondary education system to the levels of the highest-performing systems; establishing a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide grants to schools with high concentrations of students eligible for free or reduced price meals; establishing the Teacher Collaborative Grant Program; establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 771 on 05/25/2019
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Health - Prescription Drug Affordability Board [HB-768]
Establishing the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to protect State residents and certain stakeholders from the high costs of prescription drug products; requiring the Board to collect data and identify prescription drug products that may cause affordability challenges; authorizing the Board to meet in closed session when discussing trade secrets; authorizing the Board to set an upper payment limit for certain drug products; creating a Stakeholder Council to assist the Board with certain reporting requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 692 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Utilities – Electricity and Natural Gas Suppliers – Information [HB-689]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish customer choice shopping websites for electric and natural gas customers; requiring the Commission to use information from electric and natural gas suppliers to maintain the information on the websites; requiring the Commission to include a customer choice education section on its website; requiring each electricity or natural gas supplier that is actively seeking customers in a service territory to maintain at least one open offer on the Commission's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Health Insurance - Access to and Coverage of Specialty Drugs - Definition [HB-546]
Altering the definition of "specialty drug" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing access to specialty drugs through certain pharmacies to include a drug designated as a limited distribution drug, a drug that is not available in an oral or self-administered formulation, or a drug that requires special handling above and beyond refrigeration or patient counseling; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/03/2019
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Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries [HB-479]
Requiring that certain public school employees in certain areas be paid at least certain minimum living salaries; specifying the minimum living salaries that are in effect for certain time periods; increasing the minimum living salaries in effect for certain time periods based on a certain Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; requiring that a certain minimum living salary remain the same as the salary that was in effect for a certain time period under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2019
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State Government - Consumer Price Index - Revised Statutory References [HB-42]
Altering certain references to the Consumer Price Index for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area to the Consumer Price Index for the Washington Metropolitan Area in the Annotated Code.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019