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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Facilities - Hospitals - Disclosure of Outpatient Facility Fees (Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act) [SB-803]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain hospitals to provide each patient with written notice that includes certain information related to outpatient facility fees that are charged for services provided at the hospital; requiring the Health Education and Advocacy Unit within the Attorney General's Office, in consultation with the Health Care Services Cost Review Commission, consumers and other stakeholders, to develop a uniform disclosure form and a process for determining and updating the range of fees and fee estimates as required by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Rereferred To Health And Government Operations on 04/05/2019
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Debt Collection - Exemptions From Attachment [SB-772]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Maryland Stadium Authority - Public School Construction [SB-758]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain Baltimore County public school facilities subject to certain limitations; specifying that the Authority and the Baltimore County Board of Education shall be responsible for certain public school facilities construction and improvement projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants [SB-672]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the maximum amounts of certain compensation awardable by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; authorizing the Board to negotiate a settlement with a person that has provided certain funeral or death-related services; altering the time within which a claimant is required to file a claim for compensation from the Board; authorizing a claimant to file a claim with the Board electronically in a certain manner; prohibiting certain persons from engaging in certain debt collection activities under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 2/22 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Student Loan Servicers - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices [SB-670]
[Student Loans ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Prohibiting a student loan servicer from employing any scheme, device, or artifice to mislead a student loan borrower; prohibiting a student loan servicer from engaging in any unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice toward any person; prohibiting a student loan servicer from knowingly or recklessly misapplying or refusing to correct a misapplication of a payment from a student loan borrower; requiring a student loan servicer to acknowledge receipt of a written inquiry or complaint from a certain borrower within 10 days; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 03/26/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Comprehensive and Extended Care Facilities - Discharges and Transfers [SB-669]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering the basic rights afforded to each resident of a comprehensive care facility and an extended care facility; altering the contents of a certain form required to be provided to certain facilities by the Maryland Department of Health; requiring that a certain written notice be provided to certain residents; requiring a facility to provide a certain written notice as soon as practicable before discharge or transfer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [SB-640]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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; renaming the Joint Audit Committee as the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee with an expanded role in reviewing evaluations conducted by the Office; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 511 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Insurance – Premium Finance – Refunds and Debts [SB-637]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a premium finance company to satisfy a debt owed under a premium finance agreement within the preceding 3 years with a refund due under a premium finance agreement with the same company; and requiring that a premium finance agreement to satisfy a debt with a refund must include a certain disclosure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health - Hospital-Based Facilities - Disclosure of Facility Fees [SB-538]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain hospitals and health systems to provide each patient with a written notice that includes certain information related to facility fees that are charged for outpatient services provided at hospital-based facilities; requiring that each initial billing statement to a patient from a hospital or health system that includes a facility fee include certain information; requiring that a certain written notice be provided to certain patients in a certain manner and at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/01/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act - Definitions and Legislative Intent [SB-485]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Defining the term "mortgage lender" to mean a person who is duly licensed under certain provisions of the Financial Institutions Article; altering the definition of the term "consumer claim"; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the Act be construed as clarifying the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving Without a License or While License is Suspended - Penalties [SB-462]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the maximum penalty for driving on a highway without a license; altering the maximum penalty for driving a motor vehicle while a person's license or privilege to drive is suspended under certain provisions of State law relating to nonpayment of child support, noncompliance with an order to attend a certain driver improvement program, lapse of required security, noncompliance with traffic citations, and nonpayment of fines; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Real Property - Maryland Condominium Act - Priority of Liens [SB-374]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering, in the case of a certain priority of a condominium's liens in a foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust on a condominium unit, the maximum number of months from 4 to 6 of certain unpaid regular assessments of which the condominium's liens shall consist; authorizing a condominium's liens to include certain costs or sums under certain circumstances; repealing the monetary cap for a condominium's liens under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/31/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Board of Dental Examiners - Ownership, Management, or Operation of a Dental Practice [SB-371]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a dental practice to be owned, managed, or operated by a licensed dentist, subject to certain exceptions; authorizing an unlicensed person to take certain actions; prohibiting a licensed dentist from raising a certain defense in a certain action; repealing a certain exemption from the requirements of the Maryland Dentistry Act; authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to take certain action against certain applicants and licensees for accepting or tendering rebates or split fees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Suspension for Failure to Pay Video Toll - Repeal [SB-281]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing a requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration, under certain circumstances, suspend the registration of a motor vehicle that incurs a certain toll violation; altering the authority of the Maryland Transportation Authority to enter certain reciprocal agreements for the enforcement of toll violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Compensation to Claimants [HB-968]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the maximum amounts of certain compensation awardable by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; authorizing the Board to negotiate a settlement with a person that has provided certain funeral or death-related services; altering the time within which a claimant is required to file a claim for compensation from the Board; authorizing a claimant to file a claim with the Board electronically in a certain manner; prohibiting certain persons from engaging in certain debt collection activities under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 378 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Suspension for Failure to Pay Video Toll - Repeal [HB-870]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing a requirement that the Motor Vehicle Administration, under certain circumstances, suspend the registration of a motor vehicle that incurs a certain toll violation; altering the authority of the Maryland Transportation Authority to enter certain reciprocal agreements for the enforcement of toll violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Consumer Loan Law - Credit and Licensing Provisions [HB-603]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the application of certain provisions of the Maryland Consumer Loan Law; providing that compliance with a certain federal law and certain federal regulations constitute compliance with certain provisions of the Maryland Consumer Loan Law; altering the maximum interest rates that a certain lender may charge for certain loans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 02/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Student Loan Servicers - Unfair, Abusive, or Deceptive Trade Practices [HB-594]
[Student Loans ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Prohibiting a student loan servicer from employing any scheme, device, or artifice to mislead a student loan borrower; prohibiting a student loan servicer from engaging in any unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; prohibiting a student loan servicer from knowingly misapplying or refusing to correct a misapplication of payments; requiring a student loan servicer to respond to an inquiry within 30 days of receiving the inquiry or complaint; authorizing the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to enforce the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 546 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act - Definitions and Legislative Intent [HB-593]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Real Estate ]
Defining the term "mortgage lender" to mean a person that is duly licensed under certain provisions of the Financial Institutions Article; clarifying the definition of the term "consumer claim"; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the Act be construed as clarifying the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act and that, with regard to sales of real property to bona fide purchasers, the Act applies only to sales made on or after the June 1, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Comprehensive and Extended Care Facilities - Discharges and Transfers [HB-592]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering the basic rights afforded to each resident of a comprehensive care facility and an extended care facility; requiring certain individuals to pursue certain assistance from the medical assistance program in a certain manner; requiring a facility to provide a certain written notice as soon as practicable before discharge or transfer under certain circumstances; requiring a facility, under certain provisions of law, to provide at least a 3-day supply of medications needed by the resident at the time of discharge or transfer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 545 on 05/13/2019