Examinations
Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Cosmetology. [SB-7]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the board of barbering and cosmetology to offer, upon request, the cosmetology examination to applicants in Chinese, French, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
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Gettr Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Criminal Defendants' Fitness To Proceed. [HB-553]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Provides that the court may appoint one qualified examiner instead of three, to evaluate a criminal defendant's fitness to proceed or regaining fitness to proceed in all penal cases and removes the requirement that examiner shall be from within the Department of Health. On July 1, 2022, the requirement shall be three qualified examiners for felony cases and one examiner in non-felony cases. One of the examiners shall be from within the Department of Health. (HB553 HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Re-referred To Cph, Jdl. on 03/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Classwork and Assessment Involving Live and Dead Animals - Student Right of Refusal [HB-1556]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a student in a public school or nonpublic school to refuse to participate in or observe, in whole or in part, classwork or an assessment that includes specified actions conducted on a specified animal; authorizing a student to exercise a specified right of refusal on the day the classwork or assessment is scheduled to be performed; requiring a specified student to complete specified classwork or a specified assessment by an alternate educational method determined by a specified teacher for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Insurance - Producer Licensing - Examinations [HB-1277]
[Insurance ]
Altering the number of days from 14 to 4 an applicant for a license to act as an insurance producer who fails a specified examination must wait before retaking the examination.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 505 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Integrated Community Oncology Reporting Program [HB-1053]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the integrated community oncology reporting program; establishing the purpose of the program; requiring the program to be administered by the Maryland Health Care Commission; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to implement the program and to develop a specified application process; establishing a specified exception to a specified prohibition against self-referrals by specified health care practitioners; authorizing specified health care practitioners to use a specified exemption; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Overdose on Public School Premises - Substance Abuse Treatment Programs [SB-864]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Altering the exclusive original jurisdiction of a circuit court for a county sitting as the juvenile court to include a child who is alleged to have overdosed on public school premises; requiring a school official to file with a juvenile court a petition alleging a child has overdosed on public school premises in violation of specified regulations; requiring a juvenile court to order a child who has overdosed on public school premises to enter a State certified substance abuse treatment program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Maryland High School Diploma - Civics Test Requirement [HB-834]
[Education ]
Requiring a student to take and achieve a passing score on a civics test that consists of the 100 questions used for the civics portion of the naturalization test administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; requiring, on or before the first day of the 2018-2019 school year, the State Board to determine the means of providing each high school student an opportunity to take the required civics test; requiring a student to answer correctly at least 60% of the civics test questions to receive a passing score; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Mitchell Kittleman
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Coverage for Digital Tomosynthesis [HB-675]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing that a specified coverage requirement that applies to specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations includes coverage for digital tomosynthesis, a radiologic breast cancer screening procedure, under specified circumstances; prohibiting a copayment or coinsurance requirement that is greater than for other breast cancer screenings; applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 676 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Career Apprenticeship Opportunity Act of 2017 [HB-652]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop, on or before December 1, 2017, goals for percentages of high school graduates for completing specified career and technical education programs and earning specified credentials, and to develop a method to consider a student's attainment of a specified credential or completion of a specified apprenticeship program as equivalent to a specified Advanced Placement examination score for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Participants in Interscholastic Athletic Activities - Concussions - Penalties for Coaches [HB-513]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a county board of education, on the recommendation of the county superintendent, to suspend a coach who violates specified provisions of law relating to the removal from play of a student who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or other head injury in a practice or game and the return to play of the student; requiring a county board to send to a coach a copy of specified charges and give the coach an opportunity to request a hearing before suspending the coach; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions [HB-482]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Nursing; requiring that specified petitions for membership on the Board have at least a specified number of signatures of support from nurses with a specified license; altering the requirements for the election of Board officers; requiring the Board to hold a special election within a specified time period to fill a specified vacancy of a Board officer under specified circumstances; altering the requirements for a quorum of the Board; authorizing the Board to employ a deputy director; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 515 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Nurse Practice Act - Revisions [SB-385]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Nursing; requiring that specified petitions for membership on the Board have at least a specified number of signatures of support from nurses with a specified license; altering the requirements for the election of Board officers; requiring the Board to hold a special election within a specified time period to fill a specified vacancy of a Board officer under specified circumstances; altering the requirements for a quorum of the Board; authorizing the Board to employ a deputy director; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 516 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Career Apprenticeship Opportunity Act of 2017 [SB-335]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop, on or before December 1, 2017, with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation and the Governor's Workforce Development Board statewide goals that reach 45% for the percentages of high school students who complete specified requirements; requiring specified entities to develop specified earnings goals; requiring the Division of Workforce Development to create specified apprenticeship programs; allowing a specified tax credit for employing a specified apprentice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 04/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Education - Maryland High School Diploma - Civics Test Requirement [SB-263]
[Education ]
Requiring a student to achieve a passing score on a civics test that consists of the 100 questions used for the civics portion of the naturalization test given the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; requiring, on or before the first day of the 2018-2019 school year, the State Board to determine the means of providing each high school student an opportunity to take the required civics test; requiring a student to answer correctly at least 60% of the civics test questions to receive a passing score; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Hearing 2/01 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/01/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Drivers' Licenses - Learners' Permits - Minimum Duration [HB-205]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Reducing the period of time that specified individuals who are at least 21 years of age but under the age of 25 and who hold a learner's instructional permit are required to wait before taking a driver skills examination or driver road examination for a provisional driver's license; requiring the successful completion of a specified standard driver education program and at least 60 hours of specified behind-the-wheel driving practice supervised by a specified individual under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Optometrists and Physicians - Prescriptions for Lenses - Expiration Dates [HB-191]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring that licensed optometrists and licensed physicians ensure that prescriptions for specified lenses contain an expiration date of not more than 24 months from the dates the patients are first examined; requiring that specified optometrists and specified physicians who provide prescriptions with less than a 24-month expiration enter the reason in the patient's medical record and provide the patient with a written and an oral explanation; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Insurance - Public Adjusters [HB-136]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering specified provisions concerning the licensing and practice of public adjusters; adding and altering specified definitions relating to public adjusters; providing an exception to licensing for specified marketing activities; repealing the requirement that public adjuster license application forms include specified employment disclosures; repealing the requirement for specified experience before taking a specified written examination; applying the Act to all public adjuster licenses issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records [HB-142]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the time period during which the Commissioner of Financial Regulation must examine the business of specified mortgage lender licensees from at least once during any 36-month period to at least once during any 60-month period; and altering the minimum time period for which licensed mortgage lenders must retain specified records from 25 to 61 months.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Classwork and Assessment Involving Live and Dead Animals - Student Right of Refusal [SB-90]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a student in a public school or nonpublic school to refuse to participate in or observe, in whole or in part, classwork or an assessment that includes specified actions conducted on a specified animal; authorizing a student to exercise a specified right of refusal on the day the classwork or assessment is scheduled to be performed; requiring a specified student to complete specified classwork or a specified assessment by an alternate educational method determined by a specified teacher for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Favorable With Amendments {714131/1 Adopted on 02/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders - Examinations and Records [SB-33]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the time period during which the Commissioner of Financial Regulation must examine the business of specified mortgage lender licensees from at least once during any 36-month period to at least once during any 60-month period; and altering the minimum time period for which licensed mortgage lenders must retain specified records from 25 to 61 months.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/25/2017