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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
President Jimmy Carter Cancer Treatment Access Act [HB-740]
Prohibiting a specified insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol on an insured or an enrollee for a specified prescription drug used in the treatment of a specified cancer under specified circumstances; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after October 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 678 on 05/25/2017
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Estates and Trusts - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse [HB-722]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to a surviving spouse making an election to take a specified share of the net estate of the decedent instead of the property left to the surviving spouse under the will; providing that a surviving spouse may take a specified elective share amount of a specified augmented estate; establishing the priority to be used in determining the sources from which a specified elective share amount is payable; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Coverage for Diabetes Test Strips - Prohibition on Deductible, Copayment, and Coinsurance [HB-730]
Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a deductible, copayment, or coinsurance requirement on diabetes test strips; applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 227 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Condominiums - Unenforceability of Certain Provisions of Governing Documents [HB-676]
Making unenforceable a provision of declaration, a bylaw, a contract for the initial sale of a unit, or any other instrument made by a developer or vendor in accordance with specified provisions of law under specified circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/29/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Coverage for Lymphedema Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment [HB-667]
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that provide specified health insurance benefits under specified insurance policies or contracts to provide coverage for the medically necessary diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of lymphedema, including equipment, supplies, complex decongestive therapy, gradient compression garments, and self-management training and education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Courts - Concealment of Public Hazards (Sunshine in Litigation Act) [SB-528]
Prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals information related to a public hazard; providing that confidentiality provisions that conceal information related to a public hazard are unenforceable; providing that a substantially affected person, including news media, has standing to contest an order, a judgment, an agreement, or a contract that violates the Act; providing that a person with standing may bring an action for declaratory judgment to contest a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [SB-525]
Requiring a specified business, when destroying an employee's or a former employee's records containing specified personal information of the employee or former employee, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information; altering the circumstances under which a business that owns, licenses, or maintains computerized data that includes specified personal information must conduct a specified investigation; authorizing a specified business to provide a required notice in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [SB-530]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the composition of the Board and the appointment, terms, and expenses of the Board members; providing that the Act does not prohibit specified persons from providing services under specified circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
PenMar Development Corporation - Dissolution - Authority of Washington County Over Fort Ritchie [HB-605]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to the PenMar Development Corporation, its board of directors, and its powers to develop, manage, and control Fort Ritchie; transferring specified remaining real and personal property interests, along with specified contracts, leases, and liabilities from the Corporation to the Board of County Commissioners for Washington County; requiring any party that has an issue with the transfer from the Corporation to the Board to refer to the specified memorandum of understanding; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 141 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program - Establishment [HB-601]
Altering the programs to be funded by the Universal Service Trust Fund; requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to certify the cost of the programs to be paid by the Universal Service Trust Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to determine the amount of a specified monthly surcharge; establishing the Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program, operated by the Department of Aging, to regularly call the residence of an eligible participant to verify the participant's ability to receive specified notifications; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 673 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Procurement - Confidential Proprietary Information, Goods, or Services Provided to a Governmental Entity - Nondisclosure Agreement [HB-596]
Prohibiting a governmental entity from entering into a contract with a contractor that prohibits the governmental entity from disclosing to the public that the governmental entity uses confidential proprietary information, goods, or services provided to the governmental entity by the contractor; and generally relating to nondisclosure agreements involving confidential proprietary information, goods, or services provided to a governmental entity by a contractor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures [HB-606]
Altering specified conditions of eligibility for funding from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account by specifying minimum amounts to be spent on capital maintenance and expenditures by specified race tracks; authorizing the Maryland Racing Commission to grant a one-time request for capital improvement funds not to exceed $150,000 from the funds available in the Account for a capital improvement project at the Bowie Race Course Training Center under specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access [SB-439]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to appoint a specified access technology officer; requiring the access technology officer to develop a provision for inclusion in all State procurement contracts requiring a specified determination within 18 months of contract commencement; requiring the Department, by January 1, 2018, to adopt new nonvisual access procurement standards consistent with specified federal standards; providing a specified vendor may be subject to specified liquidated damages; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Election Law - Political Parties, Candidacy, and Campaign Finance [HB-529]
Altering required provisions to be included in the constitution and bylaws of political parties, as specified; altering to not later than the first Monday in July the date by which candidates for public office must file a declaration of intent, as specified; altering the number of petition signatures a candidate who seeks nomination by petition must file to appear on the general election ballot; requiring a specified governmental entity to provide the State Board of Elections with specified information regarding specified persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 786 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Bail Bond - Installment Contract - Form and Confessed Judgment Prohibition [SB-459]
Requiring an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments to be in a form approved by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting the agreement from including a confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense; prohibiting a bail bondsman from including a specified confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense in an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 807 on 05/27/2017
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An Act To Provide for a Statewide Contract for School Teachers [HB-864]
An Act To Provide for a Statewide Contract for School Teachers
Sponsored by: Sen. Joyce Maker
Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 06/21/2017
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Montana 2017 Regular Session
Revise workers' compensation insurance and dissolve the state fund [SB-371]
Revise workers' compensation insurance and dissolve the state fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Frederick Moore
(s) Died In Standing Committee on 04/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses [SB-468]
Providing that specified noncompete and conflict of interest provisions that restrict the ability of an employee to enter into employment with a new employer or to become self-employed in the same or similar business or trade are null and void as being against the public policy of the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 02/24/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Sale or Lease of Naming Rights for Rest Areas and Welcome Centers [SB-430]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to sell or lease to a private entity the naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers, as specified; prohibiting the sale or lease of rest area and welcome center naming rights unless the Administration makes specified determinations; requiring the term of a contract for the sale or lease of naming rights to be at least 1 year; requiring the proceeds from the sale or lease of naming rights for rest areas and welcome centers be credited to the Transportation Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Equal Pay - Job Announcement and Salary History Information Disclosures [SB-404]
Requiring employers with 15 or more employees to include specified information in a job announcement to recruit an employee or independent contractor to fill a position within the employer's organization; prohibiting specified employers from paying less than the minimum rate of pay included in a specified job announcement to a specified employee; prohibiting specified employers from seeking salary history information for an employee by specified methods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/23/2017