Consumer Protection
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Home Builders and Home Improvement Contractors - Contract Requirements - Consumer Protection Information [HB-776]
Requiring a registered home builder or a registered sales representative to include in any initial contract for the initial sale of a new home a copy of the most recent edition of "Buying a New Home: Consumer Rights and Remedies Under Maryland Law"; requiring a contract for the initial sale of a new home to contain a certain acknowledgment that the purchaser received certain consumer protection information; requiring a certain acknowledgment to be independently initialed by the purchaser; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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State Retirement Agency – Monitoring and Recording of Automated Outgoing Telephone Calls – Authorization [HB-753]
Altering the authority of the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt regulations to manage, for training and quality control purposes, the monitoring and recording of incoming telephone conversations to the Member Services division of the State Retirement Agency and to include outgoing telephone conversations initiated by a certain automated virtual hold callback feature of the automated system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Scanning or Swiping Identification Cards and Driver's Licenses - Prohibition [HB-752]
Prohibiting a person from using a scanning device to scan or swipe an individual's identification card or a driver's license to obtain personal information; prohibiting a person from retaining, selling, or transferring any information collected from scanning or swiping an individual's identification card or driver's license; providing that the Act does not prohibit a law enforcement officer from using a scanning device to record, retain, or transmit information if acting within the scope of the officer's official duties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 02/25/2020
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As introduced, prohibits the sale, manufacture, and distribution of a product that contains asbestos. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 47 and Title 68. [HB-2084]
As introduced, prohibits the sale, manufacture, and distribution of a product that contains asbestos. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 47 and Title 68.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Clemmons
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Consumer Subcommittee Of Consumer And Human Resources Committee on 03/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Insurance - Product and Service Offerings [SB-556]
Providing that certain provisions of law do not prohibit insurers, nonprofit health service plans, or health maintenance organizations from offering products or services at no charge or at a discounted price for certain purposes; prohibiting an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health maintenance organization from discontinuing a certain service or product during the term of the policy or contract except under certain circumstances; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to make certain determinations by regulation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Referred Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Electric Companies and Electric Cooperatives - Customer Identification [SB-529]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations requiring electric companies and electric cooperatives to adopt a method for an electricity supplier enrolling a certain customer to provide certain information to adequately identify the customer without using the customer's account number; requiring the regulations to require that a certain customer enrolling with an electricity supplier may offer certain information as proof of identity under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Law – Automobile Financing Charges – Required Dealer Disclosures [HB-655]
Requiring a dealer who participates in finance charges associated with a contract for the sale of a vehicle to disclose certain information to a buyer in writing on a document that is separate from the financing agreement before executing a financing agreement on a contract for the sale of a vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Motion Special Order Until 3/18 (delegate Dumais) Adopted on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Coverage for Nonparticipating Providers [SB-484]
Requiring each carrier to inform members and beneficiaries in a certain manner of the right to request a referral to a specialist or nonphysician specialist who is not part of the carrier's provider panel; requiring, under certain circumstances, certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to cover certain mental health or substance use disorder services provided to a member by a nonparticipating provider at a certain cost; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policy Plans - Open Enrollment Period Following Birthday [HB-653]
Requiring a carrier to make available to an individual enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy plan different Medicare supplement policy plans with certain benefits during the 30 days following the individual's birthday; prohibiting a carrier, for a plan required to be made available under certain provisions of the Act, from denying or conditioning the effectiveness of the plan, or discriminating in the pricing of the plan, based on certain factors; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Office of the Attorney General - Special Education Ombudsman [SB-504]
Establishing the Special Education Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General to serve as a resource for information and support to parents, students, and educators regarding special education rights and services; requiring the Ombudsman to submit a report concerning the State's special education services by July 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter; requiring certain school personnel to provide the parents of a child with a disability written information about the Ombudsman and the toll-free telephone number; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 562 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Costing Drugs, Medical Devices, and Biological Products [HB-664]
Requiring a pharmacist or a pharmacist's designee who is under certain supervision to inform a certain consumer of the availability of certain therapeutically equivalent drugs, substantially equivalent medical devices, or interchangeable biological products and the cost difference between those drugs, devices, or products and certain prescribed drugs, medical devices, or biological products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2020
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Correcting incorrect code citation in WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act [SB-642]
Correcting incorrect code citation in WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin
Chapter 53, Acts, Regular Session, 2020 on 04/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Institutions of Postsecondary Education – Disorderly School Closures [SB-446]
Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education to require certain institutions of postsecondary education to refund all tuition and fees to certain Maryland students under certain circumstances; establishing that an institution that closes programs in a manner that is a disorderly closure is in violation of the enrollment agreement or other contract with an enrolled student; authorizing the Commission to approve a certain plan for the of filing certain records of former students with a certain successor institution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 554 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Retirement Agency - Monitoring and Recording of Automated Outgoing Telephone Calls - Authorization [SB-463]
Altering the authority of the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to adopt regulations to manage, for certain purposes, the monitoring and recording of incoming telephone conversations to the Member Services division of the State Retirement Agency to include outgoing telephone conversations initiated by the automated virtual hold callback feature of the system; requiring the Board to adopt rules regarding the retention of recordings; and prohibiting the retention of recordings for longer than 10 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 557 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical [SB-447]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than 0.1% of flame-retardant chemicals by mass; 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; requiring the Secretary of Health to consider certain factors in determining the amount of a certain penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 555 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Security Features for Connected Devices [SB-443]
Requiring the manufacturer of a connected device to equip the device with a certain reasonable security feature; providing that a security feature for a connected device is reasonable if the connected device is equipped with a certain means for authentication; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and is subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/09/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [SB-395]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the State Board of Physicians and the committees; altering the reasons for which a disciplinary panel of the Board is authorized to deny a certain license or refuse to renew or reinstate an applicant's license under certain circumstances; altering the content of a certain annual report by the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 613 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Office of the Attorney General - Senior and Vulnerable Adult Asset Recovery Unit [SB-407]
Establishing the Senior and Vulnerable Adult Asset Recovery Unit in the Office of the Attorney General for the purpose of protecting seniors and vulnerable adults from financial crimes under § 8-801 of the Criminal Law Article; authorizing the Unit to bring civil actions for damages against certain persons; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2022, to appropriate at least $250,000 for the Unit; requiring the Unit to use the funds to hire new staff and investigate and assist the Unit in bringing civil actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program [HB-561]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing a certain Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on October 1, 2022, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Finance on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [HB-560]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the State Board of Physicians and the committees; altering the reasons for which a disciplinary panel of the Board is authorized to deny a certain license or refuse to renew or reinstate an applicant's license under certain circumstances; altering the content of a certain annual report by the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 612 on 05/08/2020