Disabilities
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Catastrophic Injury [SB-225]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
Altering the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be recovered in health care malpractice and other civil actions for a catastrophic injury under specified circumstances; etc.
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Independent Living Tax Credit Act [SB-180]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Property Tax ]
Allowing an individual a credit against the State income tax equal to 50% of the renovation costs incurred during the taxable year to provide accessibility and visitability features to an existing home; providing that the credit may not exceed $5,000; requiring applicants to file a specified application and an amended return; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer the credit which may not exceed $1,000,000 in a calendar year; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Disabilities Plan and Interagency Disabilities Board - Revisions [HB-128]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the date, from October 1 to December 1 of each year, by which the Secretary of Disabilities must submit an annual analysis of the State's progress in implementing the State Disabilities Plan and related performance objectives to the Governor and the General Assembly; altering the membership of the Interagency Disabilities Board; and altering the required elements of the State Disabilities Plan.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Property Tax - Exemption for Disabled Veterans - Percentage of Disability [SB-132]
[Property Tax ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Disabilities ]
Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with a service connected disability of at least 80%; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Vocational Training Facility - Repeal [SB-124]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Repealing a provision of law that relates to the authority of the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to establish a specified board of directors for the purposes of establishing and overseeing a vocational training facility for specified purposes.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Conditions of Disability and Incapacity - Confinement [HB-81]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
Repealing "confinement" as a condition of disability for purposes of guardianship proceedings to protect a disabled individual's property; and repealing "confinement" as a condition of incapacity as defined under the Maryland Trust Act.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Discharged Student Loan Debt [HB-83]
[Taxes ]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for specified income of specified individuals resulting from the discharge of student loan indebtedness by repealing a requirement that the discharge must be due to total and permanent disability or death; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - New Horizons Disability Job Training and Recycling Center [SB-114]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of New Horizons Supported Services, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the New Horizons Disability Job Training and Recycling Center, located in Prince George's County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing - Discounted Licenses - Purple Heart Recipients [HB-68]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to implement specified programs to provide discounted licenses, stamps, and permits to Maryland residents who are recipients of the Purple Heart Award; requiring the Department to submit a report on the number of specified licenses, stamps, and permits issued to Purple Heart recipients to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, Recipients of the Purple Heart Award, and Disabled Veterans [SB-46]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Recreation ]
[Military ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's state of residence extends similar privileges to specified individuals; requiring the Department to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policies for Dual Eligible Individuals - Open Enrollment Period [SB-48]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring specified health insurance carriers, under specified circumstances, to make available during a specified time period Medicare supplement policy plans A and C to individuals who are under the age of 65 years but are eligible for Medicare due to a disability; and repealing an obsolete provision of law relating to open enrollment in specified Medicare supplement policy plans for individuals terminated from the Maryland Health Insurance Plan.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Permanent Total Disability - Survival of Claim [SB-51]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that, under specified circumstances, the right to compensation for permanent total disability due in part to accidental personal injury or resulting from an occupational disease and payable under specified provisions of law survives to specified individuals under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, and Disabled Veterans [HB-4]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Military ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's state of residence extends similar privileges to specified individuals; requiring the Department to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Disability Retirement - Reemployment Earnings Limitation [HB-62]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
Altering the amount used in a calculation to determine whether retirees receiving an ordinary disability retirement allowance from the State Retirement and Pension System are subject to a specified reemployment earnings limitation.
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Utah 2017 General Session
Joint Resolution on Service Animals [HJR-16]
[Animals ]
[Disabilities ]
Joint Resolution on Service Animals
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Utah 2017 General Session
Able Act Revisions [SB-199]
[Disabilities ]
Able Act Revisions
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Utah 2017 General Session
State Developmental Center Dental Clinic [SB-123]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
State Developmental Center Dental Clinic
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Utah 2017 General Session
Medicaid Housing Coordinator [SB-88]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
Medicaid Housing Coordinator
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Utah 2017 General Session
Accessible Parking Amendments [HB-56]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
Accessible Parking Amendments
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Utah 2017 General Session
Students with Disabilities Accommodations Funding [SB-61]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Students with Disabilities Accommodations Funding