Deaf Persons
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Deaf or Hard of Hearing Infants or Toddlers [SB-785]
Requiring the State Department of Education to coordinate with certain entities to identify and implement certain language developmental milestones on or before July 1, 2021; requiring the Department to develop a certain parent resource that meets certain specifications on or before July 1, 2021; requiring the Statewide Coordinator to make a certain parent resource available or distribute certain milestones in a certain way; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Notarial Acts and Notaries Public [SB-678]
Altering the qualifications an individual must have to be appointed as a notary public; authorizing certain persons to charge a certain fee for the performance of a certain notarial act; authorizing a notarial officer to perform certain notarial acts except under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain individuals from charging a fee to perform a notarial act; providing for the manner in which notarial acts for remotely located individuals are to be performed except under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Deaf or Hard of Hearing Individuals - Support for Parents [SB-677]
Renaming the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education to be the Hearing Aid and Language and Communication Video Loan Bank Program; requiring the Loan Bank to lend language and communication videos and certain downloadable resources to the parents or legal guardians of deaf or hard of hearing children; exempting the parent or legal guardian of a deaf or hard of hearing child from paying tuition for a course that teaches a language or communication mode at a public institution of higher education; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland School for the Deaf - Employees - Annual and Personal Leave [SB-64]
Providing that certain employees of the Maryland School for the Deaf are not entitled to annual leave with pay; and clarifying that employees of the Maryland School for the Deaf who work 11 months or less in a calendar year are entitled to a certain amount of personal leave with pay for each calendar year under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Personnel - Professional Service - Maryland School for the Deaf - Teachers [SB-35]
Requiring that teachers employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights [SB-301]
Requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a certain patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide certain patients with an interpreter, a translator, or other accommodation to provide assistance to patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post the patient's bill of rights on the hospital's website and in areas of the hospital accessible to patients and visitors; requiring the Department of Health to submit a certain report by January 1, 2021; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Assembly Areas - State-Funded Construction or Renovation - Assisted Listening System Requirement [SB-1014]
Requiring certain recipients of State funds to install an assistive listening system in an assembly area during construction or renovation of the assembly area if the assembly area uses or requires the use of a public address system and a State contract has been executed; authorizing certain recipients of State funds to apply for a waiver from the requirement of a certain provision of the Act; requiring that the waiver request include a certain description; establishing the Hearing Accessibility Advisory Board; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights [HB-145]
Requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a certain patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide certain patients with an interpreter, a translator, or other accommodation to provide assistance to patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post the patient's bill of rights on the hospital's website and in areas of the hospital accessible to patients and visitors; requiring the Department of Health to submit a certain report by January 1, 2021; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Deaf or Hard of Hearing Individuals - Support for Parents [HB-1384]
Renaming the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education to be the Hearing Aid and Language and Communication Video Loan Bank Program; requiring the Loan Bank to lend language and communication videos and certain downloadable resources to the parents or legal guardians of deaf or hard of hearing children; exempting the parent or legal guardian of a deaf or hard of hearing child from paying tuition for a course that teaches a language or communication mode at a public institution of higher education; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Personnel - Professional Service - Maryland School for the Deaf - Teachers [HB-137]
Requiring that teachers employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Assembly Areas - State-Funded Construction or Renovation - Assisted Listening System Requirement [HB-1192]
Requiring certain recipients of State funds to install an assistive listening system in an assembly area during construction or renovation of the assembly area if the assembly area uses or requires the use of a public address system and a state contract has been executed; authorizing certain recipients of State funds to apply for a waiver from the requirement of a certain provision of the Act; requiring that the waiver request include a certain description; establishing the Hearing Accessibility Advisory Board; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Sign Language Interpreter Act [HB-1064]
Establishing the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain individuals; providing for the composition of the Board and the appointment, terms, qualifications, expenses, and removal of the Board members; providing for the chair and the term of the chair of the Board; establishing that a majority of members then serving is a quorum; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Funding [SB-422]
Requiring teachers and professional personnel at the Maryland School for the Blind to be paid an annual salary at least equal to the salary received by public school teachers and professional personnel of similar training and experience in Baltimore County; requiring the Governor to appropriate $1,000,000 for residential services; adding to a specified calculation one-half of the average number of children served by the School for the Blind for the Blind's Outreach Program; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Clarification [SB-373]
Clarifying the number of retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System that are exempt from a specified offset of a retirement allowance if they are reemployed in specified positions in a local school system or the Maryland School for the Deaf.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Financial Aid - Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students - Out-of-State Institutions of Higher Education [SB-272]
Authorizing the use of an Educational Excellence Award at an institution of higher education that is not in the State if the applicant is a deaf or hearing impaired student attending an institution of higher education that makes specified provisions for deaf and hearing impaired students and comparable provisions are not available in the State; altering a provision of law that prohibits the Office of Student Financial Assistance from awarding more than a specified percent of funds for specified grants; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Personnel - Professional Service - Maryland School for the Deaf - Teachers [SB-21]
Requiring that teachers employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Funding [HB-709]
Requiring teachers and professional personnel at the Maryland School for the Blind to be paid an annual salary at least equal to a specified amount paid in Baltimore County to specified personnel; requiring the Governor to appropriate $1,000,000 for residential services; adding to a specified calculation one-half of the average number of children served by the School for the Blind for the Blind's Outreach Program; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Comprehensive Plan for the Aging Population [HB-685]
Requiring the Department of Aging, in consultation with specified other units, to develop a comprehensive long-term plan to address the impacts and needs of the State's aging population; requiring the plan to include specified information, recommendations, and benchmarks; requiring the Department to submit specified progress reports to the General Assembly; requiring the Department to submit the completed plan to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program - Composition [HB-67]
Repealing the requirement for the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program to include early intervention services provided or supervised by the Governor's Office for Children.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Personnel - Professional Service - Maryland School for the Deaf - Teachers [HB-597]
Requiring that teachers employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System.