Consumer Protection
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Review of Drug Transparency and Notification Laws and Initiatives [SB-437]
Requiring the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to review specified prescription drug transparency and notification laws and initiatives and information for purposes of assessing proposals for the adoption and implementation of laws or other initiatives in the State; authorizing the Commission, as part of its review, to consider specified studies and to receive input from experts on prescription drug pricing; and making the Act subject to a specified contingency.
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Consumer Protection - Scanning Identification Cards and Driver's Licenses - Prohibition [SB-470]
Prohibiting a person from using a machine to scan an identification card or a driver's license; prohibiting a person from retaining any information collected from scanning an identification card or a driver's license or the barcode on the identification card or driver's license; making a violation of the Act an unfair or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and subject to specified enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise consumer protection laws to provide rescission right in assisted care [HB-649]
Revise consumer protection laws to provide rescission right in assisted care
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Generally revise laws regarding business and occupational licensing [SB-365]
Generally revise laws regarding business and occupational licensing
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Essential Generic Drugs - Price Gouging - Prohibition [SB-415]
Prohibiting a manufacturer or wholesale distributor from engaging in price gouging in the sale of an essential generic drug; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to notify the manufacturer of an essential generic drug and the Attorney General of a specified increase in the price of the essential generic drug under specified circumstances; requiring a manufacturer of an essential generic drug to submit a specified statement to the Attorney General within 20 days after receipt of a specified notice; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Senior Apartment Facilities - Limitation on Occupancy by Person Convicted of Crime of Violence [SB-408]
Prohibiting under specified circumstances a landlord from renting a unit to an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years or allowing an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years to reside in a senior apartment facility in a unit on the same floor on which a vulnerable adult resides; providing for enforcement by the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; etc.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Montana pet breeders act [HB-582]
Montana pet breeders act
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Require licensure and inspection for pet breeders [HB-570]
Require licensure and inspection for pet breeders
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Prescription Drugs and Devices - Copayment or Coinsurance Requirements [HB-450]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to ensure that the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program complies with a provision of the Insurance Article that prohibits a copayment or coinsurance requirement for a covered prescription drug or device that exceeds the retail price of the prescription drug or device.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Insurance - Short-Term Medical Insurance - Study [SB-380]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to conduct a study to assess the need in the State for short-term medical insurance offered by nonadmitted insurers; establishing specified requirements for the study; requiring the Administration to solicit input from specified persons in conducting the study; requiring the Administration to submit a specified report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2017; etc.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise credit reporting laws for air ambulance debt from balance billing [SB-292]
Revise credit reporting laws for air ambulance debt from balance billing
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise lien filings for certain ambulance bills [SB-291]
Revise lien filings for certain ambulance bills
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Recurring Automatic Orders - Notice of Method of Contract Cancellation [HB-362]
Requiring a merchant that provides or sells consumer goods or consumer services by mail or over the telephone under a specified contract with a consumer to include or send a written notice that includes specified information on how to cancel the contract to the consumer under specified circumstances; and providing for a specified penalty.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Include prepaid telephone accounts as protected from expiration [HB-426]
Include prepaid telephone accounts as protected from expiration
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - Notification to Property Owner or Property Manager [HB-261]
Requiring a public service company that intends to terminate, because of nonpayment, electric or gas service to a specified customer to notify the property owner or manager before terminating service if the public service company has received a specified customer's consent; authorizing a specified property owner or manager to require, as a term of a specified lease, a specified tenant to assure that a specified customer provides consent for the property owner or manager to receive a specified notice of termination of services; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Prohibition on Fees and Required Notices [SB-270]
Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from charging a consumer a fee for placing a security freeze if the consumer has not previously requested the placement of a security freeze from the consumer reporting agency; and altering the contents of a specified notice that must be included with a specified summary of rights provided to the consumer.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise service animal laws [HB-364]
Revise service animal laws
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Child Care Products Containing Flame-Retardant Chemicals - Prohibition [HB-206]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale specified child care products or furniture containing specified flame-retardant chemicals; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to suspend implementation of specified provisions of the Act if the Secretary makes a specified determination; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations on or before January 1, 2018; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Prohibition on Fees and Required Notices [HB-212]
Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from charging a consumer a fee for placing a security freeze if the consumer has not previously requested the placement of a security freeze from the consumer reporting agency; and altering the contents of a specified notice that must be included with a specified summary of rights provided to the consumer.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Abuser Registry Workgroup Recommendations - Report [SB-240]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations of the Abuser Registry Workgroup; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the implementation of the recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2017.