Discipline
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commission on the School-to-Prison Pipeline and Restorative Practices [HB-1287]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Commission on the School-to-Prison Pipeline and Restorative Practices; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to study current disciplinary practices in Maryland public schools and examine national best practices for training teachers and principals in restorative practices and eliminating the school-to-prison pipeline; requiring the Commission to report its final findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 762 on 05/25/2017
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State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [HB-1265]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending the related termination provisions to July 1, 2023; altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Physicians may renew or reinstate a license to practice medicine; requiring a disciplinary panel, before any action is taken, to give an individual an opportunity for a hearing before a hearing officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 218 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Disciplinary Proceedings - Students and Student Organizations [HB-1142]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Student Loans ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishing the right to an attorney or a nonattorney advocate for a student or student organization at a disciplinary proceeding or other procedure designed to address a violation of the rules of public senior higher education institutions; requiring represented persons to pay for the attorney or nonattorney advocate; authorizing the attorney or nonattorney advocate to participate throughout the disciplinary proceedings, including by performing specified services; establishing the right to appeal disciplinary decisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Education Development Collaborative - Established [SB-908]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Education Development Collaborative for specified purposes to include activities to promote and enhance 21st-century learning and socioeconomic diversity in the State's public schools; providing that the Collaborative is an instrumentality of the State; establishing a Governing Board of the Collaborative; requiring the Board to establish an Advisory Council to provide advice on matters relating to 21st-century learning, data collection and sharing, and other specified issues; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 849 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Physician Assistants - Dispensing Authority [SB-848]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a physician assistant to personally prepare and dispense any drug that the physician assistant may prescribe to the extent permitted by law in the course of treating a patient at specified facilities, clinics, health centers, and hospitals; requiring a physician assistant who personally dispenses a drug to comply with specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Restraint and Seclusion - Consideration and Reporting [SB-786]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to convene a task force to consider the circumstances under which, and the schools or types of schools in which, restraint and seclusion shall be prohibited and to consider contraindications for restraint and seclusion and who may authorize restraint and seclusion; providing for the composition of the task force; requiring the task force to review existing regulations concerning seclusion and to make specified recommendations to the State Board and the General Assembly by October 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 611 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Grounds for Discipline [SB-760]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering specified procedures for suspending or dismissing specified public school personnel; authorizing specified public school personnel to request arbitration under specified circumstances; specifying the procedures for arbitration; assigning responsibility to the individual for 25% of the cost and expenses of the arbitration and 75% to the county board; and providing that an arbitrator's award is final and binding on the parties, subject to review by a circuit court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Children With Disabilities - Individualized Education Program Process - Parental Consent [SB-710]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring an individualized education program team to obtain written consent from the parent of a child with a disability if the team proposes specified actions regarding the individualized education program of the child; requiring an individualized education program team, under specified circumstances, to send a parent specified written notice within 5 business days after a specified team meeting that informs the parent of specified rights to consent or refuse to consent to specified actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 727 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Schools - Suspensions and Expulsions [SB-651]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the suspension or expulsion of prekindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students from public schools with specified exceptions for an expulsion required by federal law or a suspension for not more than 5 school days under specified circumstances; requiring the principal or school administration to contact a student's parent or guardian under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 843 on 05/27/2017
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State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [SB-549]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by extending the related termination provisions to July 1, 2023; altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Physicians may renew or reinstate a license to practice medicine; requiring a disciplinary panel, before any action is taken, to give an individual an opportunity for a hearing before a hearing officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 217 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Records Relating to Alleged Job-Related Misconduct by Law Enforcement Officers [HB-698]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing that a record of an investigation or adjudication of alleged job-related misconduct by a law enforcement officer is not a personnel record for purposes of the Public Information Act; authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of specified records relating to alleged job-related misconduct by a law enforcement officer, subject to specified conditions; defining a specified term.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Grievance Procedures - Exclusive Representatives [SB-446]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Expanding the application of provisions of law governing grievance procedures for specified employees in the State Personnel Management System to include specified exclusive representatives; authorizing specified exclusive representatives to present specified grievances in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vaping Liquid - Licensing [HB-523]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring a person to have an appropriate license whenever the person acts in the State as an electronic nicotine delivery systems manufacturer, retailer, vape shop vendor, wholesaler distributor, or wholesaler importer; providing for specified application procedures and fees; requiring the Comptroller to issue electronic nicotine delivery systems licenses; requiring the Comptroller to pay specified fees into the General Fund of the State; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 814 on 05/27/2017
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Public Health - Prenatal HIV Testing [HB-518]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with stakeholders, to adopt regulations establishing requirements for prenatal HIV testing; requiring providers of prenatal medical care to follow the Department's requirements for prenatal HIV testing; requiring the Department to provide the requirements established for prenatal HIV testing to hospitals that offer obstetric services and specified organizations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 668 on 05/25/2017
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Education - Grounds for Discipline [HB-497]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering specified procedures for suspending or dismissing specified public school personnel; authorizing specified public school personnel to request arbitration under specified circumstances; specifying the procedures for arbitration; assigning responsibility for specified costs to the county board; and providing that an arbitrator's award is final and binding on the parties, subject to review by a circuit court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Grievance Procedures - Exclusive Representatives [HB-491]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Expanding the application of provisions of law governing grievance procedures for specified employees in the State Personnel Management System to include specified exclusive representatives; authorizing specified exclusive representatives to present specified grievances in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Schools - Suspensions and Expulsions [HB-425]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the suspension or expulsion of prekindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students from public schools with specified exceptions for an expulsion required by federal law or a suspension for not more than 5 school days under specified circumstances; requiring the principal or school administration to contact a student's parent or guardian under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 844 on 05/27/2017
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Public Information Act - Records Relating to Alleged Job-Related Misconduct by Law Enforcement Officers [SB-362]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing that a record of an investigation or adjudication of alleged job-related misconduct by a law enforcement officer is not a personnel record for purposes of the Public Information Act; authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of specified records relating to alleged job-related misconduct by a law enforcement officer, subject to specified conditions;
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Behavior Intervention Plans - Physical Restraint and Seclusion [HB-331]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a public agency and a nonpublic school from using physical restraint except under specified circumstances; prohibiting a public agency and a nonpublic school from using seclusion except under specified circumstances; requiring a public agency or a nonpublic school that uses seclusion to take specified actions; requiring schools to report to the State Department of Education on or before December 1 each year specified information relating to physical restraint and seclusion incidents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Task Force to Study Suspension Rates of African American Prekindergarten Students [SB-244]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Suspension Rates of African American Prekindergarten Students; providing the purpose of the task force is to determine whether specified students are suspended at a higher rate than students of other races, determine the resources available to remedy suspensions of specified students, and to make recommendations to deter specified suspensions; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Hearing 2/01 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/01/2017