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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program [HB-536]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Reestablishing the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program in the Department of Aging; specifying the purpose of the Program; establishing the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Department; providing for the selection of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; establishing specified powers and duties of the Secretary, the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and designated ombudsmen; requiring that an ombudsman have access to specified facilities, documents, and records; requiring the Secretary to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Food and Cosmetics - Auction Sales - Prohibition - Exception [HB-494]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Prohibiting a person from selling specified infant formula and baby food at an auction sale unless the person notifies in writing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene of the proposed auction; authorizing the Secretary to make specified inspections; exempting the sale of cosmetics, infant formula, or baby food offered in a lot at charity auctions from specified prohibitions if the total value of the items in the lot is less than $100; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Love
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Medium Speed Vehicles - Requirements and Prohibitions [HB-480]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting a person from driving a medium speed vehicle on specified highways; prohibiting a person from driving a medium speed vehicle on a highway unless the vehicle displays a specified emblem; establishing specified standards for a specified emblem; prohibiting a motor vehicle dealer from selling a medium speed vehicle unless the dealer permanently affixes a specified emblem to the vehicle and informs the buyer that specified driving restrictions apply; defining "medium speed vehicle"; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James E Malone
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Advertising Agricultural Products as Locally Grown [HB-421]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to adopt standards under specified conditions to regulate the use of the terms "locally grown" and "local" to advertise or identify an agricultural product; requiring the Secretary to convene and consult an advisory group including representatives of farmers, food distributors, retail stores, food service industries, and restaurants before adopting standards; and prohibiting a person from knowingly advertising or identifying an agricultural product in violation of standards.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Real Estate Appraisers - Knowledge of Value of Real Estate - Prohibited [HB-42]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting specified real estate appraisers from providing real estate appraisal services under specified circumstances in which the specified real estate appraisers know the asking price or the selling price of the real estate being appraised; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor; and establishing penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 02/09/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Home Improvement Commission - Guaranty Fund Jurisdiction [HB-409]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Home Improvement Commission from making an award from the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund in excess of the amount paid by or on behalf of the claimant to the contractor against whom the claim is filed.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Real Estate Licensees - Services Provided Through Teams [HB-406]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a specified team of licensed associate real estate brokers and licensed real estate salespersons that provides real estate brokerage services to designate a team leader; establishing qualifications for the team leader; establishing specified duties of the team leader, team members, real estate broker, and branch office manager; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Debt Settlement Services - Study [HB-392]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, in consultation with the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General, to conduct a study of the State's debt settlement services industry; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Division, to establish a workgroup comprising specified representatives; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Division, to report findings to committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles E Barkley
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Transparency in Consumer Arbitrations Act [HB-379]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring specified arbitration organizations to collect, publish, and make available to the public specified information relating to binding arbitrations to which a consumer is a party; requiring the information to be reported beginning on a specified day and to be updated at least quarterly thereafter; requiring the information to be made available to the public in a specified manner; providing that the information may be considered in making a specified determination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 04/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Business Occupations and Professions - Plumbers - Lead-Free Materials [HB-372]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
Prohibiting the use of specified plumbing materials containing more than a specified amount of lead from being used in the installation or repair of plumbing intended to dispense water for human consumption; prohibiting the sale of specified plumbing materials containing more than a specified amount of lead; requiring the State Board of Plumbing to adopt regulations; and providing that the Act shall take effect on January 1, 2012.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger P. Manno
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Environment - Brominated Flame Retardants - Decabrominated Diphenyl Ether - [HB-35]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting, on or after specified dates, the manufacturing, leasing, processing, selling, or distributing of a new product or a flame- retardant part of a new product that contains a specified amount of decabrominated diphenyl ether; prohibiting a person from using specified substances as a substitute for decabrominated diphenyl ether under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Ann Frush
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environmental Matters on 04/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Efficiency Standards Act - Televisions [HB-349]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Adding televisions to the list of products regulated under the Maryland Efficiency Standards Act; providing that the Act does not apply to televisions manufactured before a specified date; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to adopt regulations establishing minimum efficiency standards and compliance test methods for televisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred C Carr
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/16/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Board of Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum - Graduation [HB-335]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a course in financial literacy; requiring county boards of education to implement financial literacy curriculum content in public high schools in the county; requiring students to complete a financial literacy course in order to graduate from high school; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing Cancelled on 03/03/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Child Care Articles Containing Bisphenol-A - Prohibition [HB-33]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of specified child care articles containing bisphenol-A; requiring a person to use the least toxic alternative; prohibiting a person from using specified carcinogens or specified reproductive toxicants when complying with the Act; providing for a penalty; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygeine to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Automobile Insurance - Use of Territory in Rate Making - Limitation [HB-27]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Limiting to three the number of territories an insurer may use in establishing automobile insurance rates under provisions of law governing prior approval rate making and competitive rating; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to adopt regulations establishing the territories an insurer may use in establishing automobile insurance rates; and requiring the territories established to include an urban territory and a rural territory.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/09/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Service Companies - Termination of Electric or Gas Service - Notice [HB-20]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to a residential customer because of nonpayment without providing written notice related to specified bill assistance programs; prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to a residential customer at least 65 years of age because of nonpayment without providing written notice related to specified bill assistance programs; requiring the notices to meet specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 02/09/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sale of Novelty Lighters - Prohibition [HB-191]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from selling at retail, offering for sale at retail, or distributing for retail sale in the State a novelty lighter; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; providing for the application of the Act; defining the term "novelty lighter"; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Sales of Previously Sold Underwear - Prohibited [HB-1560]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that the sale of unpackaged underwear or an unsealed package of multiple pairs of underwear at a retail establishment be a final sale except under specified circumstances; allowing a retail establishment to accept specified underwear for return and a refund or exchange; prohibiting a retail establishment from selling underwear that has been previously sold and returned to the retail establishment; providing for the application of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 04/06/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Agriculture - Honey - Standards [HB-1553]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture to adopt regulations to establish specified standards for products sold as honey; requiring the State standards for products sold as honey to be consistent with a specified standard for honey under the Codex Alimentarius of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization; and defining the term "honey".
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul S Stull
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Board of Dental Examiners - Written Notification of Risk of Trigeminal [HB-1488]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a licensed dentist to provide a patient with written notice each time the licensed dentist performs a dental procedure that has the risk of resulting in trigeminal neuralgia; authorizing a patient to submit a specified complaint to the State Board of Dental Examiners under specified circumstances; requiring the Board to investigate a specified complaint and take disciplinary action against a licensed dentist under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith E Haynes
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/26/2010