Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Pre-Need Contracts and Unclaimed Cremains - Reporting and Audit Requirements [SB-775]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing specified buyers and beneficiaries of pre-need contracts to request that the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors conduct specified audits; requiring the Board to require specified funeral establishments or holders of permits for the business of operating a crematory to submit specified reports; requiring specified holders of permits to engage in the operation of a crematory to submit specified reports on unclaimed cremains to the Office of Cemetery Oversight on or after a specified date; etc.
SB-775: Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Pre-Need Contracts and Unclaimed Cremains - Reporting and Audit Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/12/2014
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death [SB-648]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue an executor license to an applicant if the applicant is the appointed personal representative of a deceased surviving spouse's estate under specified circumstances; requiring an applicant for an executor license to submit to the Board within a specified time period the name of a licensed funeral director or mortician who has agreed to apply for a specified pre-need trustee license; requiring the Board to provide for the term of an executor license; etc.
SB-648: State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 322 on 05/05/2014
You have voted SB-648: State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death.
Health - Reporting of Death and Burial or Disposal of Body - Requirements and Penalties [SB-580]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
Requiring specified individuals who have personal knowledge of the death of another individual or who have personally discovered a body to provide specified notice of the death within 4 hours to a specified law enforcement officer, physician, or 9-1-1 system; prohibiting an individual from burying or disposing of a body except in a specified manner; and establishing a specified penalty.
SB-580: Health - Reporting of Death and Burial or Disposal of Body - Requirements and Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/20/2014
Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Pre-Need Contracts and Unclaimed Cremains - Reporting and Audit Requirements [HB-1239]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing specified buyers and beneficiaries of pre-need contracts to request that the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors conduct specified audits; requiring the Board to require specified funeral establishments or holders of permits for the business of operating a crematory to submit specified reports; requiring specified holders of permits to engage in the operation of a crematory to submit specified reports on unclaimed cremains to the Office of Cemetery Oversight on or after a specified date; etc.
HB-1239: Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Pre-Need Contracts and Unclaimed Cremains - Reporting and Audit Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/15/2014
Health - Reporting of Death and Burial or Disposal of Body - Requirements and Penalties [HB-1236]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring specified individuals who have personal knowledge of the death of another individual or who have personally discovered a body to provide specified notice of the death within 4 hours to a specified law enforcement officer; prohibiting an individual from burying or disposing of a body except in a specified manner; and establishing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both, for violation of the Act.
HB-1236: Health - Reporting of Death and Burial or Disposal of Body - Requirements and Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
First Reading Judicial Proceedings And Finance on 03/18/2014
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death [HB-1042]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue an executor license to an applicant if the applicant is the appointed personal representative of a deceased surviving spouse's estate under specified circumstances; requiring an applicant for an executor license to submit to the Board within a specified time period the name of a licensed funeral director or mortician who has agreed to apply for a specified pre-need trustee license; requiring the Board to provide for the term of an executor license; etc.
HB-1042: State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
You have voted HB-1042: State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments Owned by a Single Owner - Pre-Need Trustee Licenses and Public Notification of Death.
Real Property - Maryland Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Act [SB-383]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
Establishing that a mortgage assistance relief service provider providing mortgage assistance relief in connection with a dwelling in the State that does not comply with specified provisions of federal law is in violation of the Act; authorizing the Attorney General or the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to seek an injunction to prohibit a violation of the Act; authorizing the Commissioner to enforce the provisions of the Act by exercising specified powers and requiring a violator to take specified affirmative action; etc.
SB-383: Real Property - Maryland Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Act
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/16/2013
Public Health - Handling of Human Remains - Transportation [HB-906]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the transportation of a body of a decedent for preparation and storage to a specified facility that is licensed by a State regulatory board or is subject to inspection by a specified individual rather than to a facility that has entered into a specified agreement with the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors or the Office of Cemetery Oversight.
HB-906: Public Health - Handling of Human Remains - Transportation
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/28/2013
Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Prohibited Acts and Penalties [HB-349]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the penalties for violations of provisions of law relating to perpetual care trusts, preneed trusts, and the operation of a cemetery, crematory, or burial goods business; providing that a person who willfully misappropriates or intentionally and fraudulently converts perpetual care trust funds or preneed trust funds in excess of a specified amount is guilty of a felony and subject to a specified penalty; etc.
HB-349: Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Prohibited Acts and Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 99 on 04/09/2013
Handling Human Remains with Dignity Act of 2012 [SB-415]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a funeral establishment or crematory, on taking custody of the body of a decedent in accordance with all authorizations required by law, to maintain the body in a specified manner; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to maintain the body of a decedent with refrigeration and at a specified temperature under specified circumstances; prohibiting the body of a decedent from being embalmed or artificially preserved except under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-415: Handling Human Remains with Dignity Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Estates and Trusts - Allowance for Funeral Expenses [SB-397]
[Senior Citizens ]
Defining the term "funeral expenses" for purposes of a specified allowance for payment from a decedent's estate; increasing from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount that a court may allow for funeral expenses for a small estate; and applying the Act prospectively.
SB-397: Estates and Trusts - Allowance for Funeral Expenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
Office of Cemetery Oversight - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [SB-282]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Continuing the Office of Cemetery Oversight in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending to July 1, 2023, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the Office; exempting private family cemeteries that do not conduct public sales from specified permitting and registration, perpetual care, and preneed contract requirements of the Maryland Cemetery Act; adding a representative from a crematory to the Advisory Council on Cemetery Operations; etc.
SB-282: Office of Cemetery Oversight - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/22/2012
Cremation Choice Act of 2012 [HB-872]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Expanding the definition of "cremation" used by the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to also mean cold cremation, which is the disposition of human remains by deep freezing and evaporation.
HB-872: Cremation Choice Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/13/2012
Estates and Trusts - Allowance for Funeral Expenses [HB-773]
[Senior Citizens ]
Defining the term "funeral expenses" for purposes of a specified allowance for payment from a decedent's estate; increasing from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount that a court may allow for funeral expenses for a small estate; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-773: Estates and Trusts - Allowance for Funeral Expenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
Handling Human Remains with Dignity Act of 2012 [HB-540]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a funeral establishment or crematory, on taking custody of the body of a decedent in accordance with all authorizations required by law, to maintain the body in a specified manner; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to maintain the body of a decedent with refrigeration and at a specified temperature under specified circumstances; prohibiting the body of a decedent from being embalmed or artificially preserved except under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-540: Handling Human Remains with Dignity Act of 2012
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Armed Forces Members [SB-408]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Authorizing the person designated on a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data (DD Form 93) to arrange for the final disposition of the body of a member of the United States armed forces if the decedent died while serving in the United States armed forces and executed the Record of Emergency Data; and making the Act an emergency measure.
SB-408: Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Armed Forces Members
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Regulation of Crematories [HB-995]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish a specified process and adopt specified regulations for regulating crematories; providing that specified registration, permitting, and licensure requirements do not apply to crematories with specified ownership and crematories or incinerators located at specified medical facilities or educational institutions; prohibiting the Director of Cemetery Oversight from assessing a specified occurrence cremation fee; etc.
HB-995: Regulation of Crematories
Sponsored by: Rep. Wade Kach
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Health - Failure to Properly Bury or Dispose of a Body - Penalties [HB-12]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from burying or disposing of a human body except in a family burial plot or other area allowed by a local ordinance, a crematory, a cemetery, or a funeral establishment; and establishing penalties.
HB-12: Health - Failure to Properly Bury or Dispose of a Body - Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/02/2010
Public Health - Unborn Human Beings and Infants (Humane Disposition of Human Remains Act) [HB-1179]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a certain health care facility or abortion clinic to disclose, provide, and inform a parent of certain information within a certain period of time except under certain circumstances; requiring a parent to authorize the final disposition of bodily remains in a certain manner after receiving a certain notification and information and before a certain time; authorizing a parent to authorize a certain final disposition to be overseen by certain individuals; etc.
HB-1179: Public Health - Unborn Human Beings and Infants (Humane Disposition of Human Remains Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020