Consumer Protection
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Child Care Products Containing Flame-Retardant Chemicals - Prohibition [HB-206]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
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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Gettr Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Prohibition on Fees and Required Notices [HB-212]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Finance ]
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]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
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.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a misleading representation or misrepresentation in an explanation of benefits provided by a health benefit plan issuer or administrator. [SB-1614]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Relating to a misleading representation or misrepresentation in an explanation of benefits provided by a health benefit plan issuer or administrator.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain vehicle protection products. [SB-1500]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Relating to certain vehicle protection products.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Required Conformity With Federal Law [HB-123]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the length of a policy term and the information provided in a specified notice for short-term medical insurance procured from a nonadmitted insurer; making specified provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management applicable to specified individual health insurance coverage; authorizing the dependents of specified victims to enroll in a specified health plan, at a specified time, under specified circumstances; etc.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies. [SB-1499]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to requiring a business to pre-disclose the recording of a telephone conversation with a consumer; providing a civil penalty. [HB-3459]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
Relating to requiring a business to pre-disclose the recording of a telephone conversation with a consumer; providing a civil penalty.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain vehicle protection products. [HB-3308]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Relating to certain vehicle protection products.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the use of certain words to imply that a person who is not an attorney is authorized to practice immigration law and the prosecution of a cause of action arising from that practice and educational requirements for a notary public appointment; authorizing a fee; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. [HB-3322]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the use of certain words to imply that a person who is not an attorney is authorized to practice immigration law and the prosecution of a cause of action arising from that practice and educational requirements for a notary public appointment; authorizing a fee; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense.
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise timelines for credit reporting [HB-218]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Data Privacy ]
Revise timelines for credit reporting
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Copyright Infringement - Assertions Made in Bad Faith [SB-65]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a person from making specified assertions of copyright infringement in bad faith; authorizing a court to consider specified factors as evidence of whether a person has made an assertion of copyright infringement in bad faith or in good faith; altering the authority of the Attorney General and the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to take specified actions; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Internet Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2017 [SB-1200]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Telecommunications ]
Making it an unfair or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act for an Internet service provider to sell or transfer for marketing purposes a consumer's personally identifying information without the consumer's express and affirmative permission; requiring the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology to monitor the enforcement and impact of provisions of the Act on consumers, Internet service providers, and other businesses in the State; requiring a specified report; etc.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the regulation of a service contract. [SB-1263]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
Relating to the regulation of a service contract.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to service contract providers. [HB-2816]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
Relating to service contract providers.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to service contract providers. [SB-1199]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
Relating to service contract providers.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to civil liability of a person who produces, distributes, sells, or provides or aids in the production, distribution, sale, or provision of certain synthetic substances to another person for damages caused by the other person and to certain actions and investigations under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. [HB-2612]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to civil liability of a person who produces, distributes, sells, or provides or aids in the production, distribution, sale, or provision of certain synthetic substances to another person for damages caused by the other person and to certain actions and investigations under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the award of damages in a private action involving health benefits for certain prohibited acts or practices by an insurer. [HB-2620]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Relating to the award of damages in a private action involving health benefits for certain prohibited acts or practices by an insurer.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to fees paid to certain credit services organizations in connection with certain extensions of consumer credit. [SB-1155]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Relating to fees paid to certain credit services organizations in connection with certain extensions of consumer credit.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the presumption of intent in the prosecution of certain criminal cases involving theft by check or issuance of a bad check. [SB-1121]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the presumption of intent in the prosecution of certain criminal cases involving theft by check or issuance of a bad check.