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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [HB-1113]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Renaming the Joint Audit Committee to be the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee and altering its powers and duties; establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 510 on 05/13/2019
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Youth Sports Programs - Restrictions, Registration, Personnel, and Policy Information - Requirements [HB-1106]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting an annual football season to the months of August through December; prohibiting a youth sports program from offering, approving, or sponsoring football or certain physical activities related to football during the months of January through July; requiring a certain youth athlete to use certain equipment when participating in certain sports; limiting the number of certain types of practices for football for certain youth athletes; limiting the types of contact certain youth athletes may engage in for a certain sport; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists – Licensure, Disciplinary Action, Criminal History Records Checks, and Trainee Status – Revisions [HB-1104]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to take action against a clinical professional counselor only if the Board discusses the proposed action with a Board member who is a licensed clinical professional counselor and who votes, either in the affirmative or negative, on the proposed action; repealing the requirement that the credit hours or educational requirements completed by certain applicants to be licensed by the Board be accredited by the American Art Therapy Association; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 409 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Public Schools - Threat Assessment Report [HB-1103]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each public school in the State to keep a hard copy of a certain Threat Assessment report in the school; requiring the school principal and each school counselor to keep a hard copy of a certain Threat Assessment report in the school office; requiring a local school system that has developed an emergency plan to distribute a certain Threat Assessment report as part of training materials related to the local school system's emergency plan; requiring the school system to make the plan available to certain staff; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health - Mifepristone - Administration [HB-1101]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations regarding the administration of mifepristone; requiring that mifepristone be provided by or under the supervision of a physician who meets certain qualifications and conditions; requiring each provider of mifepristone to make certain certifications and disclose certain information; establishing a certain penalty; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019, and each December 1 thereafter; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public School Students – Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act) [HB-110]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring physical education to be provided in each public school in a planned and sequential manner to all students, prekindergarten through grade 12, for the purpose of developing the students' good health and physical fitness and to improve motor coordination and physical skills; providing as a goal of the State that each student receive a program totaling 150 minutes each week of developmentally appropriate, moderate-to-vigorous activity, including 90 minutes of physical education and recess; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis [HB-1096]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that a sexual assault evidence collection kit be submitted to a forensic laboratory for analysis unless a certain requirement is met; requiring that a victim who wishes to remain anonymous and not file a criminal complaint be informed that the victim may initiate a criminal complaint at a future time; requiring a certain law enforcement agency that receives a sexual assault evidence collection kit and all requested associated reference standards to submit the kit for forensic analysis within 30 days of receipt of the kit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 34 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Community Safety and Strengthening Act [HB-1094]
[Crime ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain appropriations for certain Baltimore City youth programs; establishing the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program to provide young individuals with the opportunity to begin a career in law enforcement; authorizing the Johns Hopkins University to establish a police department based on a certain memorandum of understanding under certain circumstances; requiring the memorandum of understanding to require that the Baltimore Police Department have certain responsibilities and take certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Assessments, Audits, Records, and Appeals (SDAT Reform Act of 2019) [HB-1088]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to hold certain public education sessions; requiring the Department to adopt regulations to establish a procedure by which a person may request certain corrections to certain records maintained by the Department; requiring the Department to publish on the Department's website the methodology by which the Department classifies certain property; requiring the Department to establish certain audit procedures and regulations to implement those procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1087]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Drug Manufacturers - Drug Take-Back Programs [HB-1085]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring manufacturers of certain drugs to operate a certain drug take-back program or enter into a certain agreement with a drug take-back organization or the Maryland Department of Health; requiring, on or before a certain date, manufacturers of certain drugs and certain drug take-back organizations to submit a certain proposal to the Department; requiring manufacturers of certain drugs to pay certain costs and fees associated with the drug take-back program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Local Health Services Funding - Modifications [HB-1082]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a certain annual appropriation for local health services funding beginning in fiscal year 2021; providing for the distribution of a certain appropriation for local health services funding for fiscal year 2021; modifying the calculation of local health services funding beginning in fiscal year 2022; prohibiting State funding to a subdivision for local health services from being less than the subdivision received in fiscal year 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health - Informed Consent (Woman's Right to Know Act) [HB-1075]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion unless the woman on whom the abortion will be performed voluntarily provides her informed consent; providing that consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed if certain requirements are met; requiring a certain physician to provide a woman on whom an abortion may be performed certain information at least a certain amount of time before the abortion and in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Workforce Development [HB-1073]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Creating a Joint Committee on Workforce Development; specifying the membership of the Committee; providing that members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the appointing officer; providing for the appointment of cochairs of the Committee; establishing the powers and duties of the Committee; and requiring the Committee to submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Residential Rehabilitation Programs - Reporting of Critical Incidents [HB-1060]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health to provide the address of a residential rehabilitation program to certain entities at least 14 days before issuing a certain license; requiring the administrative head of a residential rehabilitation program to report a certain critical incident to certain entities 24 hours after receiving certain notification; requiring a certain local behavioral health authority to conduct a certain assessment and evaluation within 14 days after receiving a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Closing or Partial Closing - Public Notice [HB-1059]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to publish a certain notice of the closing or partial closing of a certain health care facility within a certain time period; requiring the Commission to ensure that a certain notice is available to the public for certain purposes and a certain local governing body and certain members of the General Assembly; requiring the Commission to publish a notice of certain informational meetings; specifying certain procedures for the publication of certain notices by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Real Property - Leased Residential Property Registry [HB-1054]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish and maintain an online Leased Residential Property Registry for certain property; establishing that the Department is not responsible for the accuracy of certain information; requiring a landlord to submit a certain registration under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Interagency Commission on School Construction - Reimbursement to Eligible Counties [HB-1034]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to reimburse certain eligible counties for costs incurred by the county to fund the State's share of a school construction project under certain circumstances; specifying the requirements and time period for reimbursement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pat Young
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Websites - Reporting of Politically Biased Algorithms [HB-1035]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring certain websites that implement certain politically biased algorithms to file a certain report with the State Board of Elections within 7 days after implementing the politically biased algorithm; requiring certain websites that implement politically biased algorithms to file certain additional reports with the State Board at certain times under certain circumstances; prescribing the contents of certain reports; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety - Criminal Gangs - Database (Fair and Accurate Gang Database Act) [HB-1028]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain law enforcement agency to provide certain notice in order for the law enforcement agency to designate the person as a criminal gang member or criminal gang associate in a shared gang database; requiring a certain notice to contain certain information; providing that a certain person may submit a certain request regarding criminal gang status; requiring a certain law enforcement agency to provide certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/27/2019