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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Data Matching [HB-1206] [Data Privacy ] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring each county board of education to convert certain student information into census tract and block numbers in a certain manner; requiring the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center and the Comptroller to jointly develop a certain protocol for the transfer and matching of certain information to produce certain aggregated information; requiring the Center and Comptroller to jointly develop certain data privacy and security standards for the Comptroller to utilize for a certain protocol; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 729 on 05/25/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Involuntary Commitment - Procedures for Admission [HB-1204] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing local correctional facilities to apply for involuntary admission to a certain facility of a certain inmate if the Behavioral Health Administration agrees to pay certain expenses; prohibiting the Administration from refusing to admit an inmate based on the source of the referral of the inmate; requiring a certain examining physician to disclose the need for a certain order to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Maryland Medical Assistance - Telepsychiatry - Requirements [HB-1200] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Telecommunications ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ]
Altering certain coverage and reimbursement requirements for psychiatric health care services delivered through telemedicine under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide coverage of and reimbursement for certain psychiatric health care services that are delivered through telepsychiatry; deeming a psychiatric health care service provided through telepsychiatry to be equivalent to a certain psychiatric health care service for a certain purpose; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/25/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Task Force on Educational Outcomes of Pregnant and Parenting Students in High School and GED Programs [HB-1201] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Task Force on Educational Outcomes of Pregnant and Parenting Students in High School and GED Programs; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to track and assess, identify, determine, and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2021; terminating the Act after June 30, 2021; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes First Reading Ways And Means on 02/08/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Health - Maryland Fetal Heartbeat Protection Act [HB-1195] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Public Health ]
Repealing certain provisions of law related to prohibiting the State from interfering with the decision of a woman to terminate a pregnancy under certain circumstances; requiring a physician to inform a woman seeking an abortion of certain information under certain circumstances; prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion before a physician determines whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat and if a fetal heartbeat has been detected under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Natural Resources Protection Program of 2019 [HB-1194] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Nonprofit ] [Public Safety ] [Water ] [Animals ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a Natural Resources Protection Program through a contractual relationship with a third-party organization to provide rewards of financial compensation to individuals and nonprofit organizations that report violations of natural resources and conservation laws; providing the purpose of the program is to augment law enforcement activities for State parks, waters, forest, and land; requiring the Department and the third-party organization to submit a certain annual report by October 1; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty Third Reading Passed (138-0) on 03/18/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Election Law - Permanent Absentee Ballot List [HB-119] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Requiring guidelines for absentee voting established by the State Board of Elections to provide for a permanent absentee ballot list; providing that all voters are eligible for permanent absentee ballot status; authorizing a voter to apply for permanent absentee ballot status by completing and submitting certain documentation; allowing a voter to apply for permanent absentee ballot status at any time; prohibiting a voter from receiving an absentee ballot for the next election if the application is made after a certain deadline; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined or Whose Conviction or Adjudication Is Reversed [HB-1184] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Board of Public Works to pay certain compensation to an individual who has been erroneously convicted, sentenced, and confined; requiring certain compensation made by the Board to be in an amount equal to the greater of $50,000 for each year that the individual was in custody or the actual damages sustained by the individual, including any fines, governmental fees, costs, and restitution paid by the individual and determined to be owed to the individual; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/11/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Public Schools - Reporting of Assaults, Crimes of Violence, and Felonies (Report Act of 2019) [HB-1175] [Education ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a certain school administration to file a police report and an administrative incident report if an assault, a crime of violence, or a felony occurs at a public school and is reported to the school administration; requiring a school administration to provide certain information to a victim or parent of a victim; requiring each county board of education to adopt regulations specifying the requirements of administrative incident reports and a policy specifying the penalty for a certain violation; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Medical Cannabis - Pesticide Use - Labeling and Study [HB-1174] [Cannabis ] [Agriculture ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a certain dispensary or dispensary agent to ensure that medical cannabis grown using a pesticide and products containing medical cannabis grown using a pesticide have a label affixed at the time of sale stating that the medical cannabis was grown using pesticides; requiring the Department of Agriculture to study the health impacts of smoking medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides or being in close proximity to smoke from the burning of medical cannabis that was grown using pesticides; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/08/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment [HB-1170] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Nonprofit ] [Military ]
Establishing the Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to administer the Program; requiring the Program to award certain grants to nonprofit organizations to establish and expand certain community behavioral health programs; establishing a certain eligibility requirement; requiring an eligible nonprofit organization to secure certain contributions for the proposal; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit - Alterations - Opportunity Zones, Targeted Projects, and Transferability [HB-1162] [Taxes ] [Real Estate ] [Housing ] [Economic Development ] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Authorizing an additional 5% tax credit under the heritage structure rehabilitation tax credit program for certain commercial rehabilitations that qualify as opportunity zone projects; altering the definition of "small commercial project" to include certain residential units sold as part of a development project and certain targeted projects; making the credit transferable and refundable under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to appropriate at least $20,000,000 for the tax credit reserve fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications [HB-1154] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the applicability of certain security breach investigation requirements to certain businesses; altering the applicability of certain security breach notification requirements to a certain owner or licensee of computerized data to allow notification to national information security organizations created for information-sharing and analysis of security threats, to alert and avert new or expanded breaches; prohibiting a certain business from charging a certain owner or licensee of computerized data a certain fee; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Approved By The Governor - Chapter 294 on 04/30/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

County Boards of Education - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency [HB-1144] [Education ] [Human Services ] [Disabilities ]
Requiring county boards of education to take certain reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services for certain individuals with limited English proficiency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young Approved By The Governor - Chapter 564 on 05/13/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Environment - Hazardous Materials - Disposal of Synthetic Turf and Turf Infill [HB-1142] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Public Health ]
Requiring a person to dispose of synthetic turf and turf infill only in a certain hazardous waste facility or closed-loop recycling facility; prohibiting a person from incinerating synthetic turf and turf infill; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a system for tracking the chain of custody of synthetic turf and turf infill; requiring the Department to publish the chain of custody on its website; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019

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Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Unemployment Insurance - Contribution and Employment Reports - Required Information (Workforce Data Act of 2019) [HB-1128] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ]
Requiring that the information that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation requires to be included in unemployment insurance contribution and employment reports shall include, for each employee, occupation and job title, number of hours worked in a calendar quarter, and work location; and requiring that the location listed in a contribution and employment report under a certain provision of the Act be the employee's actual work site and not the employing unit's place of business.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2019 [HB-1127] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Establishing and strengthening consumer protections in certain areas of financial transactions, including mobile home purchases, security breaches, vehicle purchases, money transmission, and other areas; applying certain existing financial consumer protections to new forms of financial transactions; establishing that a mobile home retailer has a duty of good faith and fair dealing; prohibiting a mobile home retailer from steering a consumer borrower to products that offer less favorable terms; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

High Schools - Postsecondary Career and Technology Education Programs - Reporting on Student Acceptance Rates [HB-1125] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring each local school system to report to the State Department of Education on or before March 1 each year the number of high school students accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs during the previous calendar year and the types of programs in which the students were accepted; and requiring the Department on or before April 1 each year to publish on its website a list of the high schools that reported on students who were accepted into postsecondary career and technology education programs; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

State Government – Regulations Impacting Small Businesses [HB-1124] [Small Business ] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to provide certain units with training on the preparation of certain economic analyses; requiring a certain promulgating unit to establish an electronic registry and to post on the registry a proposed regulation or the scope of a proposed regulation; requiring certain notification when a proposed regulation or the scope of a proposed regulation is posted; repealing provisions of law relating to the Advisory Council on the Impact of Regulations on Small Businesses; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/30/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Agriculture - Hemp Research and Production [HB-1123] [Agriculture ] [Cannabis ] [Science ] [Small Business ] [Food ]
Altering the name of the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program to be the Hemp Research Pilot Program; establishing the Hemp Farming Program to promote hemp as an agricultural commodity in the State, the commercial sale of hemp products within and outside the State and to facilitate the research of hemp and hemp products; requiring the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, to adopt regulations to protect hemp growers and medical cannabis growers from the risk of cross-pollination; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/30/2019

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