Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers - Alterations (Laurie's Law) [HB-1009]
Repealing the initial cap on participation in a certain waiver; requiring a certain waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include a request for a cap on waiver participation that is set at no less than a certain percentage of the projected annual demand for certain services; requiring the Department to screen individuals who are eligible to receive certain services as soon as possible after the Department receives certain notification; etc.
HB-1009: Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers - Alterations (Laurie's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019
Child Advocacy Centers - Expansion [HB-1007]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to ensure that every child in the State has access to a child advocacy center; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to contract with an organization that meets certain requirements to establish a Maryland Statewide Organization for Child Advocacy Centers; requiring the money for child advocacy centers to be distributed in a certain manner and to be used to supplement, not supplant, funds for the program from other sources; etc.
HB-1007: Child Advocacy Centers - Expansion
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 50 on 04/18/2019
State Mental Health Facilities - Staffing Committee and Plan [HB-1006]
Requiring each State mental health facility to establish a staffing committee to create a staffing plan for nurses working in the State facility; providing for the membership of a staffing committee; providing for the contents of a staffing plan; requiring a staffing committee to convene by November 30, 2019 and at least once during each 3-month period thereafter for a certain purpose; requiring a State facility to submit a certain staffing plan to the Maryland Department of Health; etc.
HB-1006: State Mental Health Facilities - Staffing Committee and Plan
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
Vehicle Laws - Rental Vehicles - Security [HB-1003]
Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a certain insurance requirement by maintaining a certain security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage under certain circumstances and subject to a certain exception; providing that security maintained by the owner of a rental vehicle or replacement vehicle is primary under certain circumstances; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a certain notice to the renter of the rental vehicle; etc.
Relating To Electronic Eavesdropping. [SB-465]
Prohibits the State and its political subdivisions from collecting or using a person's electronic data or metadata by means of a cell site simulator device, except under certain conditions. Prohibits the installation and use of a cell site simulator device without a court order. Specifies conditions when a cell site simulator device may be used. Specifies procedures for application and issuance of an order for a cell site simulator device. Specifies reporting requirements related to cell site simulator device applications.
SB-465: Relating To Electronic Eavesdropping.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole
Referred To Gvo/tec, Jdc. on 01/24/2019
Relating To The Public Utilities Commission. [SB-1442]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider the value of improving electric power systems data access and transparency in order to make informed decisions. Establishes guiding principles. (CD1)
SB-1442: Relating To The Public Utilities Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Kim
Act 239, 07/02/2019 (gov. Msg. No. 1341). on 07/09/2019
HCR-154: Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Collect And Publish Certain Criminal Case Data From All County Prosecuting Attorney Agencies That Receive State Funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Jud, Fin, Referral Sheet 40 on 03/11/2020
You have voted HCR-154: Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Collect And Publish Certain Criminal Case Data From All County Prosecuting Attorney Agencies That Receive State Funds..
HR-133: Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Collect And Publish Certain Criminal Case Data From All County Prosecuting Attorney Agencies That Receive State Funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Jud, Fin, Referral Sheet 40 on 03/11/2020
You have voted HR-133: Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Collect And Publish Certain Criminal Case Data From All County Prosecuting Attorney Agencies That Receive State Funds..
Commercial Law - Consumer Privacy and Data Collection [HB-1656]
Requiring certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection; authorizing a consumer to submit a certain request for information to a certain business that collects the consumer's personal information; requiring a certain business to comply with a certain request for information in a certain manner and within a certain time; establishing the Consumer Privacy Fund; etc.
HB-1656: Commercial Law - Consumer Privacy and Data Collection
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/02/2020
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1648]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
HB-1648: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2020
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1648]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
HB-1648: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2020
Gaming – Task Force to Study Online Gaming [HB-1647]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Online Gaming; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study online gaming in other states and make recommendations regarding how online gaming could be implemented in the State of Maryland and how revenue generated from online gaming could be invested in education; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2020; etc.
HB-1647: Gaming – Task Force to Study Online Gaming
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2020
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-1064]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
SB-1064: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-1064]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
SB-1064: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
Community Healthy Air Act [HB-1642]
Establishing the Committee on Air Quality to create, on or before January 1, 2021, an air quality sampling and monitoring protocol for the collection of air quality and public health data associated with certain large animal-feeding operations; requiring that the protocol establish the methodology for the Department of the Environment to use to quantify and assess certain data; requiring the Department to report its findings from certain assessments and evaluations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15, 2021; etc.
HB-1642: Community Healthy Air Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2020
Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Management Program [SB-1049]
Establishing the Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Management Program to provide funds to a certain collaborative; defining "collaborative" as commitments of partnership between at least two cybersecurity organizations to improve the State's cybersecurity workforce needs, as per a signed agreement; authorizing the Program to award only one competitive matching grant in the first year; requiring the Governor, in fiscal years 2022 through 2024, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of up $1,000,000 for the Program; etc.
SB-1049: Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Management Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2020
Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Identifying Information [SB-1041]
Requiring the Executive Director of the Social Services Administration to provide the Secretary of Health with identifying information regarding an individual who has had the individual's parental rights terminated under a certain provision of law and who has been suspected of abuse or neglect; and requiring the Department of Human Services to report by December 1, 2021, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation of a plan by the State to search other state databases to identify persons responsible for abuse and neglect.
SB-1041: Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Identifying Information
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Unfavorable Report By Senate Rules; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
Public Schools - Special Education Classrooms - Use of Video Recording Devices [SB-1019]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, to install at least one video recording device in each special education classroom; requiring video recording devices to record special education classrooms and exclusion areas during school hours and during any time that the classroom or exclusion area is in use; prohibiting the use of a video recording device in bathrooms or in areas that students use to change clothing; etc.
SB-1019: Public Schools - Special Education Classrooms - Use of Video Recording Devices
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/13/2020