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Elderly Persons

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-1092	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $225,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Delmarva Community Services, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center, located in Dorchester County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	State Debt (bond Bills) Community Facilities And Services Dorchester County Elderly Persons Housing State Bonds
HB-990	State (Maryland)	Allowing an individual in Harford County who is at least 21 years old to conduct a bingo game without a bingo license if the bingo game is conducted in a common area of a residential property that is restricted to residents who are at least 55 years old; prohibiting an individual from conducting more than one bingo game in a 7-day period without a license; prohibiting a bingo game from involving specified devices, advertising, fees, or use of money; and establishing a $1,000 total limit that may be wagered in a 24-hour period. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Gaming Advertising Awards, Medals And Prizes Bingo Crimes And Punishments Elderly Persons Fees Harford County Telecommunications And Information Technology
HB-1001	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a correctional facility from placing an inmate in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days or a total of 20 days in a 60-day period, with specified exceptions; establishing specified protections for inmates who are placed in restrictive housing; etc. Democrat: 100% (4) 100% Democrat support	Public Safety Committees And Commissions Correctional Institutions Disabilities Elderly Persons Electronic Government Gender Health Hearings Mental And Behavioral Health
SB-985	State (Maryland)	Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a homeowner who is at least 65 years old under specified circumstances; providing for the calculation of, eligibility for, and application of the credit; providing that the State Department of Assessments and Taxation is responsible for specified administrative duties with respect to the credit; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Property - Local Assessments And Taxation, Department Of Baltimore County Elderly Persons Property Tax Tax Credits
SB-920	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Lower Shore Clinic, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of a facility for the Lower Shore Clinic Day Program for Seniors with Disabilities, located in Wicomico County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Democrat: 50% (1) Republican: 50% (1) 50% Democrat support 50% Republican support	State Debt (bond Bills) Disabilities Elderly Persons State Bonds Wicomico County
SB-903	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Administrative Care Coordination Unit Program and the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purposes of the Programs; requiring the Department to develop and use specified formulas to allocate funding under the Programs; establishing a mandated minimum appropriation to increase funding for specified programs over specified established funding levels; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Elderly Appropriations Committees And Commissions Continuing Care Elderly Persons Emergencies Health Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of
SB-1015	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a correctional facility from placing an inmate in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days or a total of 20 days in a 60-day period, with specified exceptions; establishing specified protections for inmates who are placed in restrictive housing; etc. Democrat: 100% (6) 100% Democrat support	Public Safety Committees And Commissions Correctional Institutions Disabilities Elderly Persons Electronic Government Gender Health Hearings Mental And Behavioral Health
HB-948	State (Maryland)	Requiring the property management company of each senior apartment housing facility in Baltimore City to contract with a licensed security guard agency for the provision of security guard services at the senior apartment housing facility at all times that the property management company is not open for conducting business on the site of the senior apartment housing facility. Democrat: 100% (6) 100% Democrat support	Real Property Apartments Baltimore City Elderly Persons Law Enforcement Safety
SB-1006	State (Maryland)	Allowing an individual who is at least 21 years of age to conduct a bingo game involving cash prizes if the game is conducted at a specified senior citizen activities center in a specified manner. Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Gaming Age Of Majority Awards, Medals And Prizes Bingo Community Facilities And Services Elderly Persons Equipment Fees
SB-821	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $225,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Delmarva Community Services, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center, located in Dorchester County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	State Debt (bond Bills) Community Facilities And Services Dorchester County Elderly Persons Housing State Bonds
SB-666	State (Maryland)	Requiring a health care provider to disclose a medical record without specified authorization to a guardian ad litem appointed by a court to protect specified interests of a minor or a disabled or elderly individual who is a specified victim, for a specified purpose and for use in specified court proceedings; authorizing a specified guardian ad litem to redisclose a specified record under specified circumstances; etc. Republican: 33% (1) Democrat: 66% (2) 33% Republican support 66% Democrat support	Public Health Health Occupations Criminal Law - Procedure Courts Crimes And Punishments Developmental Disabilities Disabilities Disclosure Elderly Persons Fees
SB-601	State (Maryland)	Altering the definition of "eligible individual" by requiring that an elderly individual must live in the same county, rather than the same dwelling, for at least 25 years to be eligible for a specified statewide optional property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2017. Republican: 69% (9) Democrat: 30% (4) 69% Republican support 30% Democrat support	Taxes - Property Counties Elderly Persons Property Tax Residency Tax Credits Veterans
HB-643	State (Maryland)	Altering the definition of "eligible individual" by requiring that an elderly individual must live in the same county, rather than the same dwelling, for at least the preceding 40 years to be eligible for a specified statewide optional property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017. Republican: 63% (23) Democrat: 36% (13) 63% Republican support 36% Democrat support	Taxes - Property Elderly Persons Property Tax Residency Tax Credits
HB-672	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $300,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Lower Shore Clinic, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of a facility for the Lower Shore Clinic Day Program for Seniors with Disabilities, located in Wicomico County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	State Debt (bond Bills) Disabilities Elderly Persons State Bonds Wicomico County
HB-601	State (Maryland)	Altering the programs to be funded by the Universal Service Trust Fund; requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to certify the cost of the programs to be paid by the Universal Service Trust Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to determine the amount of a specified monthly surcharge; establishing the Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program, operated by the Department of Aging, to regularly call the residence of an eligible participant to verify the participant's ability to receive specified notifications; etc. Democrat: 93% (15) Republican: 6% (1) 93% Democrat support 6% Republican support	State Government - Procurement Utility Regulation Appropriations Auditors And Audits Contracts Elderly Persons Industry And Technology Information Technology, Department Of Liability Notices
SB-454	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Friends House for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Friends House, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	State Debt (bond Bills) Elderly Persons Montgomery County Nursing Homes State Bonds
HB-546	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Friends House for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Friends House, located in Montgomery County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc. Democrat: 100% (3) 100% Democrat support	State Debt (bond Bills) Elderly Persons Montgomery County Nursing Homes State Bonds
SB-408	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting under specified circumstances a landlord from renting a unit to an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years or allowing an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years to reside in a senior apartment facility in a unit on the same floor on which a vulnerable adult resides; providing for enforcement by the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; etc. Democrat: 100% (4) 100% Democrat support	Real Property Elderly Apartments Attorney General Consumer Protection Damages Elderly Persons Ex-offenders Landlord And Tenant Leases And Rent
HB-356	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to issue an order that sets specified rates for electricity and gas for specified residential customers in Baltimore City who are 55 years old or older and have been customers of the electric company, gas company, or electric and gas company for at least 1 year at a level 10% lower than the rates for other residential customers in Baltimore City. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Utility Regulation Counties - Local Laws Baltimore City Elderly Persons Energy Matters Fuel Prices Public Service Commission Utilities
HB-368	State (Maryland)	Repealing the annual fees for a resident consolidated senior sport fishing license and a resident senior hunting license; establishing that, under specified circumstances, a nonresident member of the armed forces of the United States is not required to obtain specified hunting or fishing licenses or stamps before hunting or fishing in the State; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue specified lifetime complimentary fishing licenses and hunting licenses to specified veterans; etc. Republican: 87% (27) Democrat: 12% (4) 87% Republican support 12% Democrat support	Hunting And Fishing Armed Forces Elderly Persons Fees Fish And Fishing Hunting Licenses Natural Resources, Department Of Residency Veterans

Title: Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - Chesapeake Grove Senior Housing and Intergenerational Center