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.
HB-1206: Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Data Matching
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 729 on 05/25/2019
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.
HB-1204: Involuntary Commitment - Procedures for Admission
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
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.
HB-1200: Maryland Medical Assistance - Telepsychiatry - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/25/2019
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.
HB-1201: Task Force on Educational Outcomes of Pregnant and Parenting Students in High School and GED Programs
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/08/2019
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.
HB-1195: Health - Maryland Fetal Heartbeat Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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.
HB-1194: Natural Resources Protection Program of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty
Third Reading Passed (138-0) on 03/18/2019
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.
HB-119: Election Law - Permanent Absentee Ballot List
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2019
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.
HB-1184: Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined or Whose Conviction or Adjudication Is Reversed
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/11/2019
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.
HB-1175: Public Schools - Reporting of Assaults, Crimes of Violence, and Felonies (Report Act of 2019)
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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.
HB-1174: Medical Cannabis - Pesticide Use - Labeling and Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/08/2019
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.
HB-1170: Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
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.
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.
HB-1154: Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Security Breach Notification Requirements - Modifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 294 on 04/30/2019
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.
HB-1142: Environment - Hazardous Materials - Disposal of Synthetic Turf and Turf Infill
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2019
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.
HB-1128: Unemployment Insurance - Contribution and Employment Reports - Required Information (Workforce Data Act of 2019)
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2019
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.
HB-1127: Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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.
HB-1125: High Schools - Postsecondary Career and Technology Education Programs - Reporting on Student Acceptance Rates
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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.
HB-1124: State Government – Regulations Impacting Small Businesses
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/30/2019
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.
HB-1123: Agriculture - Hemp Research and Production
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/30/2019