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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Community College Tuition and Residency Waivers - Funding [HB-1067]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2023, to include in the annual State budget for the Maryland Higher Education Commission a General Fund appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund State-mandated tuition and residency waivers for community colleges; requiring the Commission to distribute the appropriation to each community college board of trustees based on the number of qualifying students enrolled in each community college in proportion to the total number of enrolled qualifying students, as determined by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing 3/09 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/21/2021
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Real Property Transfer–on–Death Deed Task Force [SB-698]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
Establishing the Real Property Transfer-on-Death Deed Task Force to study other jurisdictions that have implemented the use of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the implementation of a transfer-on-death deed in the State; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt
Referred Environment And Transportation on 03/20/2021
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Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Program - Application for Assistance [HB-945]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to allow 90 days after applying for assistance for an individual to provide certain medical certification when a critical medically vulnerable individual applies for assistance from the Critical Medical Needs Program if the applicant is at least 60 years old and assisted by a navigator.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 380 on 05/30/2021
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Community Colleges and Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Education - Funding [SB-538]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring certain funding be provided to certain institutions of higher education in certain fiscal years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Hearing Canceled on 03/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Retirement Tax Reduction Act of 2021 [HB-733]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to a certain amount each year for certain individuals who are receiving certain benefits under the Social Security Act, or who are at least 65 years old and are not employed full time; establishing certain limits on the subtraction modification for certain taxable years; prohibiting income included in certain subtraction modifications from being included under the subtraction modification; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/26/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Retirement Tax Reduction Act of 2021 [SB-572]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to a certain amount each year for certain individuals who are receiving certain benefits under the Social Security Act, or who are at least 65 years old and are not employed full time; establishing certain limits on the subtraction modification for certain taxable years; prohibiting income included in certain subtraction modifications from being included under the subtraction modification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Hearing Canceled on 02/08/2021
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Division of Consumer Protection - Assisted Living Programs [HB-554]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring an assisted living program that was appointed as a representative payee for residents to report certain information, by June 1 each year, to the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality in the Maryland Department of Health to notify the Division of the appointment of an assisted living program as a resident's representative payee within a reasonable period of time; requiring unfair trade allegations to be reported in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 471 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [SB-486]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring an essential employer to give a written statement regarding certain hazard pay paid to certain essential workers at certain intervals; requiring an essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; authorizing an essential worker to refuse to fulfill a certain responsibility under certain circumstances; prohibiting an essential employer from retaliating or taking other adverse action against an essential worker or other worker for certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2021
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Division of Consumer Protection - Assisted Living Programs [SB-507]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring an assisted living program that was appointed as a representative payee for residents to report certain information, by June 1 each year, to the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality in the Maryland Department of Health to notify the Division of the appointment of an assisted living program as a resident's representative payee within a reasonable period of time; requiring unfair trade allegations to be reported in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 472 on 05/30/2021
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Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act) [HB-548]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishing the Commission on Trauma-Informed Care to coordinate a statewide initiative to prioritize the trauma-responsive and trauma-informed delivery of State services that impact children, youth, families, and older adults; requiring the Commission to submit its findings annually to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30; requiring the Commission to study developing a process and framework for implementing an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Aware Program in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 722 on 05/30/2021
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Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [HB-581]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring each essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; providing that an essential worker has the right to refuse to perform a certain task as provided under certain provisions of law; requiring essential employers to take certain steps to minimize the risk of transmission of an infectious disease; requiring essential employers to report certain test results to the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to categorize and the publish the results; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 736 on 05/30/2021
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Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance [HB-606]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing certain gas and electric utilities to adopt a limited-income mechanism to benefit certain eligible limited-income customers, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission; expanding the electric universal service program to customers who are at least 67 years old with annual incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; establishing a Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to examine the forms of federal, State, local, and private assistance available to low-income residential energy customers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 638 on 05/30/2021
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Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance [SB-392]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing certain gas and electric utilities to adopt a limited-income mechanism to benefit certain eligible limited-income customers, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission; expanding the electric universal service program to customers who are at least 67 years old with annual incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; establishing a Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to study low-income energy assistance programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 639 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-534]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2021
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Long-Term Care Insurance - Prohibition on Premium Increases (Long Term Stability for Seniors Act) [HB-303]
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[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
Prohibiting a carrier from increasing a premium rate charged under a policy or contract of long-term care insurance issued to an insured or entered into by a contract holder who is 85 years of age or older.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 2/03 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia [SB-313]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Aging, the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, and the Greater Maryland Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, to incorporate information regarding certain types of cognitive impairment into outreach programs administered by the Maryland Department of Health to educate health care providers and increase understanding of certain types of cognitive impairment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 350 on 05/18/2021
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Department of Aging - Grants for Aging-in-Place Programs - Funding [HB-255]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $100,000 for grants to certain nonprofit organizations and area agencies on aging to expand and establish aging-in-place programs for seniors; requiring at least 20% of the appropriated funding be used to support senior villages, local, member-driven, nonprofit organizations that support community members who choose to age in place; and altering the definition of "aging-in-place program" to include community participation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/22/2021
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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Centenarians [SB-287]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Authorizing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to $50,000 of income received during a taxable year by an individual who is at least 100 years old; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Civil Actions - Financial Exploitation of Susceptible Adults and Older Adults (Maryland SAFE Act) [SB-327]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Finance ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to bring certain actions on behalf of certain susceptible adults and older adults; authorizing the Securities Commissioner of the Division of Securities of the Office of the Attorney General to bring a civil action on behalf of certain susceptible adults and older adults; specifying that the Act does not apply to certain financial institutions; authorizing a susceptible or older adult to bring an action under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/28/2021
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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Centenarians [HB-282]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Authorizing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to $50,000 of income received during a taxable year by an individual who is at least 100 years old; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 1/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/22/2021