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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Credit History in Rating Policies [HB-351]
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: Rep. Diana Fennell
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2019
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Labor and Employment – Payment of Wages – Minimum Wage (Fight for Fifteen) [HB-166]
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: Rep. Kumar Barve
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 10 on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
The Blueprint for Maryland's Future [HB-1413]
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 high-performing systems around the world; establishing a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program; extending by 1 year, to 2021, the requirement for the State to provide a supplemental grant to eligible county boards; establishing the Teacher Collaborative Grant Program; requiring certain performance evaluations of local school systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) And Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Health Care Malpractice Claims (Life Care Act 2019) [HB-1323]
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: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Mandated Appropriation - City of Annapolis - Services [HB-129]
Requiring that a certain annual appropriation in the State Budget for the Mayor and Aldermen 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: Rep. Michael Busch
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 4 on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical - Prohibition on Import or Sale [HB-1264]
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; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/01/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Local Health Services Funding - Modifications [HB-1082]
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. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2019
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Relating To Minimum Wage. [SB-744]
Establishes a living wage rate to be adjusted according to the consumer price index. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, on January 1, 2026, and each subsequent year, to increase the minimum wage rate by ten per cent or pursuant to the most recent adjusted living wage, whichever is lower.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Lca, Wam. on 01/24/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Health - Copies of Medical Records - Fees [SB-981]
Providing that a health care provider may require that a person in interest or any other authorized person pay a fee, 50 cents for each copied page and $15 for retrieval, postage, and handling, for a copy of a medical record if a free copy has already been provided; repealing specified provisions of law that allow for fees charged for copies of medical records to be adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Wages - Minimum Wage and Repeal of Tip Credit [SB-940]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for specified time periods; increasing, except under specified circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for specified periods of time based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index; repealing the authority of an employer to include, as part of an employee's wage, a specified amount to represent the tips of the employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2016
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Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Resales - Disclosures and Fees [SB-816]
Altering the contents of the certificate that a unit owner is required to furnish to a purchaser on resale of a unit; specifying a maximum fee of $250 that a council of unit owners may charge for furnishing a certificate to a unit owner; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to adjust in a specified manner the maximum fee that a council of unit owners may charge for furnishing a certificate to a unit owner; requiring a homeowners association to provide specified information to a lot owner on resale of a lot; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Third Reading Passed (45-0) on 04/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act [SB-497]
Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adjust the rate of reimbursement for community providers each fiscal year by the rate adjustment included in the State budget; requiring, on or before December 1, 2018, and on December 1 annually thereafter, the Department to submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly on the impact of the reimbursement rate adjustment required under the Act on community providers and other specified outcomes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance [SB-485]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance; providing for the composition, chair and staffing of the Task Force; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations regarding the development of a State social insurance program that provides short-term benefits to eligible employees who lose wages due to specified circumstances; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 677 on 05/28/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Health - Copies of Medical Records - Fees [SB-462]
Altering the fees health care providers and hospitals may charge for copying and mailing specified medical records and for retrieving and preparing specified medical records; authorizing specified hospitals and other health care providers to charge specified fees and a specified cost for electronic copies of medical records that are in an electronic format requested by a person in interest or any other authorized person; providing that specified fees may not be adjusted annually for inflation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Charles County Sheriff - Salaries and Collective Bargaining [SB-390]
Requiring the salary schedule for deputy sheriffs of Charles County to correspond to the Department of State Police salary schedule; authorizing sworn law enforcement officers and correctional officers in Charles County to collectively bargain with the County Commissioners of Charles County, in addition to the Sheriff; requiring the Sheriff and the County Commissioners, to recognize the specified exclusive representatives as of September 30, 2016 as the exclusive representative of those specified employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 669 on 05/28/2016
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Payment in Lieu of Taxes - State Forests, State Parks, and Wildlife Management Areas [SB-263]
Prohibiting a county from receiving specified revenues derived from a State forest or State park reserve and concession operations within a county if the county receives specified payments in a fiscal year; requiring specified payments to counties for State forests, State parks, and wildlife management areas that are exempt from the property tax; providing for a payment of $250,000 for each open space unit in specified counties beginning in fiscal year 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Senators Edwards, Manno, And King on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Harford County - State's Attorney - Salary [SB-146]
Altering the annual salary of the State's Attorney of Harford County to be equal to the salary of a judge of the District Court of Maryland; repealing a specified salary adjustment method; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the State's Attorney of Harford County while serving in a term of office before the effective date of the Act; and providing for the application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 52 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Eligibility - Cost-of-Living Adjustment [SB-1043]
Altering, for purposes of determining eligibility for the homeowners' property tax credit, specified limitations on a homeowner's combined net worth and gross income amounts for credits granted for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017, based on a specified cost-of-living adjustment percentage; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/17 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Energy Storage Portfolio Standard (Storage Technology and Electric Power (STEP) Act) [HB-821]
Establishing a specified energy storage portfolio standard in the State; requiring specified electricity suppliers to comply with the energy storage portfolio standard by specified dates; requiring specified storage capacity to be sufficient to provide electricity at a specified capacity for a specified period; providing that specified energy storage devices may be used to comply with the energy storage portfolio standard, with specified exceptions; providing for the creation and use of energy storage credits; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/08/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance [HB-740]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance; providing for the composition, chair and staffing of the Task Force; providing that the purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations regarding the development of a State social insurance program that provides short-term benefits to eligible employees who lose wages due to specified circumstances; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 678 on 05/28/2016