Health Facilities - Delegation of Inspection Authority - Nursing Homes [SB-376]
Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a county, to delegate to the county the authority to conduct surveys and complaint investigations of nursing homes; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to execute a certain memorandum of understanding with a requesting county within 90 days; and requiring that the Maryland Department of Health and counties equally share the costs of conducting surveys delegated by the Secretary of Health.
SB-376: Health Facilities - Delegation of Inspection Authority - Nursing Homes
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [SB-349]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment for medical debt; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a person, the person's agent or assignee for the provision of medical services, products, or devices; providing that medical debt does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
SB-349: Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Favorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/01/2025
Civil Actions - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods [HB-431]
Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as against public policy; providing that a violation of the Act is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act and subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-431: Civil Actions - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Procurement - Purchase of Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs From Opioid Settlement Parties - Prohibition [HB-395]
Prohibiting, beginning July 1, 2025, the use of State funds to purchase opioid overdose reversal drugs from a person that was party to a settlement with any state due to its role in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of prescription opioids; making certain exceptions; and prohibiting certain State contracts from being renewed on or after July 1, 2025.
HB-395: Procurement - Purchase of Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs From Opioid Settlement Parties - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
Prince George's County - Coordinated Youth Violence Review and Response Team PG 301-25 [HB-408]
Establishing the Prince George's County Coordinated Youth Violence Review and Response Team to examine and prevent violence against youth through intensive case management; requiring that the review team be provided with access to certain information and records; establishing certain closed meeting, confidentiality, and disclosure requirements; authorizing a certain police record to be divulged to the team; and requiring the review and response team to report annually on the program to the General Assembly beginning on January 1, 2027.
HB-408: Prince George's County - Coordinated Youth Violence Review and Response Team PG 301-25
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Stinnett
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
Condominiums - Property Insurance Deductibles - Unit Owner Responsibility [HB-449]
Increasing, from $10,000 to $25,000, the maximum amount of the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible if the cause of damage to or destruction of any portion of the condominium originates from the unit owner's unit; and providing that a contract for the resale of a condominium unit by a unit owner other than the developer is not enforceable unless it contains a written notice of the unit owner's responsibility for the amount of the deductible where damage or originates from the unit.
HB-449: Condominiums - Property Insurance Deductibles - Unit Owner Responsibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/28/2025
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [HB-398]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
HB-398: Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/16/2025
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [HB-428]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a provider of medical services, products, or devices, but does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-428: Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Favorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2025
State and Private Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment Requirements [HB-451]
Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within a certain period of time or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include a provision requiring the contractor to pay the subcontractor within a certain period of time; etc.
HB-451: State and Private Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
First Reading Economic Matters And Health And Government Operations on 01/16/2025
Relating To Qualified Community Rehabilitation Programs. [SB-425]
Clarifies that the civil service exemption for personal service contracts for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs shall not cost more than $850,000 in the aggregate per private person or entity, regardless of the number of contracts or qualified community rehabilitation programs utilized for the personal service. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-425: Relating To Qualified Community Rehabilitation Programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Reported From Lbt (stand. Com. Rep. No. 354) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025
Relating To Qualified Community Rehabilitation Programs. [HB-159]
Clarifies that the civil service exemption for personal service contracts for building, custodial, and grounds maintenance services with qualified community rehabilitation programs shall not cost more than an unspecified amount in the aggregate per private person or entity, regardless of the number of contracts or qualified community rehabilitation programs utilized for the personal service. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HB-159: Relating To Qualified Community Rehabilitation Programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Sayama
Report Adopted; Passed Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referred To Wam. on 03/18/2025
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses [SB-304]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in a certain area of the 45th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City under certain circumstances; and altering a geographic boundary in the 45th district within which the holder of a Class A or Class B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor license must operate in accordance with specified hours.
SB-304: Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Favorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/31/2025
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [SB-316]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
SB-316: Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Office Of Information Technology [SB-38]
An Act establishing the office of information technology; relating to information technology projects undertaken by state agencies; and providing for an effective date.
SB-38: Office Of Information Technology
Sponsored by: Sen. James Kaufman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
School/university Employee Health Insur [SB-5]
An Act relating to group insurance coverage and self-insurance coverage for school district employees, employees of the University of Alaska, and employees of other governmental units in the state; and providing for an effective date.
SB-5: School/university Employee Health Insur
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Hughes
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
School/university Employee Health Insur [HB-29]
An Act relating to group insurance coverage and self-insurance coverage for school district employees, employees of the University of Alaska, and employees of other governmental units in the state; and providing for an effective date.
HB-29: School/university Employee Health Insur
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Vance
Prefile Released 1/10/25 on 01/22/2025