Emergency Bills
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Insurance Administration - Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Reporting Requirements - Revisions and Sunset Repeal [HB-1085]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Mental Health ]
Altering certain reporting requirements on health insurance carriers relating to compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; altering requirements for certain analyses of nonquantitative treatment limitations required of health insurance carriers; establishing certain remedies the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may use to enforce compliance with the reporting requirements; repealing the requirement that the Commissioner use a certain form for the reporting requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Carroll County - Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff - Oath of Office [SB-1108]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring that every deputy clerk or deputy sheriff in Carroll County take and sign the oath or affirmation prescribed by the Maryland Constitution.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carroll County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 311 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters [HB-1064]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for the payment of a death benefit under a collective bargaining agreement to a spouse or beneficiary of a law enforcement officer or fire fighter whose death arises out of the course of employment; and applying the Act retroactively to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 416 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Sunset Repeal and Modification of Reporting Requirements [HB-1074]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Altering certain reporting requirements on health insurance carriers relating to compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; altering requirements for certain analyses of nonquantitative treatment limitations required of health insurance carriers; establishing certain remedies the Commissioner may use to enforce compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and related reporting requirements; repealing the requirement that a certain form be used for the reporting requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 234 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Protection – Self–Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits [HB-1047]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offering for sale, or distributing a certain self-administered sexual assault evidence collection kit is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; establishing the Forensic Nurse Examiner Training Grant Program and the Forensic Nurse Examiner Training Grant Program Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 262 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Annual Corrective Bill [SB-1106]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any law other than to correct technical errors; and providing for the correction of certain errors and obsolete provisions by the publishers of the Annotated Code.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 382 on 04/25/2024
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Higher Education - Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program - Alterations [SB-1101]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the definition of an eligible institution for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include a community college in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 252 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Self-Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits [SB-949]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offering for sale, or distributing a certain self-administered sexual assault evidence collection kit is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; establishing the Forensic Nurse Examiner Training Grant Program and the Forensic Nurse Examiner Training Grant Program Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Third Reading Passed (45-2) on 04/08/2024
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Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt [SB-1006]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a hospital, under certain circumstances, to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to a governmental unit or an entity that is under contract with the unit for the purpose of canceling the debt; requiring that a hospital's financial policy require the hospital to dismiss actions pending against a patient for the collection of debt that was sold and prohibit the hospital from engaging in specified collection activities; requiring a purchaser of medical debt to notify the patient of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/08/2024
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Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers [SB-1021]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; and altering the definition of "purchaser" for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Government - Executive Appointments [SB-1007]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Authorizing the Governor to appoint individuals to the State Board of Elections and the Accountability and Implementation Board during the recess of the Senate under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to submit a certain nomination to the Senate if the term of office will end during the next upcoming recess of the Senate; authorizing the Governor to submit a certain nomination to the Senate more than 40 days after the commencement of the regular legislative session and before Sine Die only if the Senate consents; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 40 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Property Tax - Appeals - Definition of "Taxpayer" [SB-1027]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Defining "taxpayer" for purposes of certain provisions of law concerning property tax appeals to mean a person with an ownership interest or a leasehold interest in a property that is subject to an appeal; and applying the Act retroactively to affect any petition for review of an assessment of property filed after December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Third Reading Passed (101-34) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Fisheries - Striped Bass - Closed Season [SB-1053]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Prohibiting a person from catching or attempting to catch striped bass or striped bass hybrids in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries from March 1 through May 15, inclusive, in any year for which the Department does not establish a spring trophy season for striped bass; and establishing an exception for the closed striped bass season to the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to manage the striped bass fishery under a fisheries management plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters [SB-897]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for the payment of a death benefit under a collective bargaining agreement from a county or municipality in the State to the surviving spouse or other beneficiary of a law enforcement officer or fire fighter whose death arises out of or in the course of employment as a law enforcement officer or fire fighter; and applying the Act retroactively to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 417 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Siting Requirements for Crematories and Crematory Incinerators - Areas III and IV [SB-893]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a person from locating a new crematory or a property with a crematory incinerator within 1,000 feet of certain properties in Areas III and IV of the State; and prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a certain permit to a crematory or a property with a crematory incinerator under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Amount of Annual Subsidies [HB-953]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the amount of funds the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange is authorized to designate for annual subsidies under the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program for certain fiscal years to include unspent funds designated for subsidies for young adults in a previous calendar year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 248 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers [HB-880]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; and altering the definition of "purchaser" for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Craig Johnson
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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State Investment Portfolio and Local Government Investment Guidelines - Investment Standards [SB-776]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring the Treasurer to consult with governmental entities prior to proposing certain regulations; requiring the Treasurer to adopt regulations, on or before December 1, 2024, that specify asset classes in which the Treasurer may invest; requiring the Treasurer to notify governing bodies of certain governmental entities about certain updates to certain investment standards; authorizing the Treasurer to retain investments made prior to the effective date of the Act until the investments have reached their respective maturity dates; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 144 on 04/25/2024
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Department of Juvenile Services and Maryland Department of Health – Inpatient Program for Children [SB-732]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services and the Maryland Department of Health to establish a certain inpatient program for children who have been adjudicated delinquent to provide rehabilitation, comprehensive care, and holistic therapies that address health, mental health, and substance abuse issues.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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State Investment Portfolio and Local Government Investment Guidelines - Investment Standards [HB-846]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Treasurer to consult with governmental entities prior to proposing certain regulations; repealing the limitations on investment in certain assets in which the Treasurer may invest or reinvest certain unexpended or surplus funds; authorizing the Treasurer to retain investments made prior to the effective date of the Act until the investments have reached their respective maturity dates; authorizing the Treasurer and governmental entities to invest or reinvest in certain surplus funds under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 143 on 04/25/2024