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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Health Security Act of 2011 [SB-388]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Establishing the Maryland Health System; requiring the Health System to provide health care services to all residents of the State under a single system that is not dependent on employment; authorizing a member of the Health System to choose any participating health care provider; requiring the Health System to reimburse a member who receives health care services from an out-of-state health care provider under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2011
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Maryland Veterans Trust Fund - Income Tax Checkoff [SB-365]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing an income tax checkoff system for voluntary contributions to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund; requiring the net proceeds of contributions from the checkoff system to be distributed to the Fund; requiring the checkoff to meet specified requirements; requiring the Comptroller to collect and distribute checkoff contributions in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2011
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Office of Cemetery Oversight - Cemetery Financial Statement - Requirements [SB-352]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a specified financial statement of an existing cemetery business that sells burial goods to contain a copy of the balance sheet from the last federal tax return filed by the business or a balance sheet on a specified form; and repealing a provision that requires a specified cemetery business to submit as a part of a required financial statement a specified statement and review prepared by a certified public accountant.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 02/28/2011
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Health Care Decisions Act - "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" Form [SB-203]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and the State Board of Physicians, to develop and periodically revise a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; requiring specified health care facilities and authorizing other health care providers to use a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; repealing provisions of law relating to the "Instructions on Current Life-Sustaining Treatment Options" form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care [HB-998]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a specified form relating to teacher certification and tenure and to post the form on its Web site; requiring the Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's designee to assist military spouses in finding specified employment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Property and Casualty Insurance - Certificates of Insurance and Certificate of [HB-982]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from requiring an insurer or insurance producer to prepare or issue, or a policyholder to provide, a certificate of insurance that contains false or misleading information relating to the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Criminal Law - Prohibition on Abandoned Refrigerators - Civil Offense [HB-971]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that it is a civil offense instead of a criminal offense for a person to place an abandoned refrigerator uncrated, not openable from the inside, outside a building in a place accessible to children; repealing criminal penalties; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; establishing that an adjudication under the Act is not a criminal conviction for any purpose and does not impose any civil disability that may result from a criminal conviction; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/21/2011
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Insurance - Surplus Lines [HB-959]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to participate in a specified database; altering the authority of the Commissioner to allow a commercial insured to waive specified search requirements for surplus lines coverage for specified purposes; authorizing a surplus lines broker to not perform a diligent search when placing specified coverage with an exempt commercial purchaser under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks [HB-920]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches of State government from inquiring into the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant for employment until the applicant is selected for an interview; providing that the Act does not prohibit the Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Branch of State government from notifying an applicant for employment of specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Anderson
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2011
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Agriculture - Waste Kitchen Grease [HB-881]
[Agriculture ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
Requiring, with specified exceptions, a person to register annually with the Department of Agriculture before transporting waste kitchen grease; requiring a specified person to submit a specified application to the Department in the form required by the Department; requiring the application to include specified information and fees; requiring the Department to register specified applicants and issue each registrant specified items; requiring each registrant to carry and display a certificate when transporting waste kitchen grease; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Robinson
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Office of Cemetery Oversight - Cemetery Financial Statement - Requirements [HB-865]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a specified financial statement of an existing cemetery business that sells burial goods to contain a copy of the balance sheet from the last federal tax return filed by the business or a balance sheet on a specified form; and repealing a provision that requires a specified cemetery business to submit as a part of a required financial statement a specified statement and review prepared by a certified public accountant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wade Kach
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/01/2011
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Education - Public Schools and Youth Sports Programs - Concussions [HB-858]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and to implement a program to provide awareness to coaches, school personnel, students, and parents or guardians of students on the risk of concussions and head injuries; requiring a county board of education to provide a specified information sheet and a notice to a student and parent or guardian; requiring a student and parent or guardian to sign a specified statement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Residential Real Property Sales - Property Tax Disclaimer [HB-838]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that a specified form developed by the State Real Estate Commission in connection with the sale of residential real property state the possibility of significant differences in the property tax bill previously paid by the seller of the property and the property tax bill of the buyer of the property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2011
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Hospitals - Medical Harm Disclosure Act [HB-821]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the requirements for hospital licensure; requiring hospitals to report medical harm events to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring hospitals that have had no medical harm events to make a specified statement to the Department; requiring hospitals to establish a patient safety program; requiring hospitals to inform specified persons of medical harm events, interview persons about medical harm events, and include a medical harm event on a death certificate under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/15/2011
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Health Care Decisions Act - "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" Form [HB-82]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and the State Board of Physicians, to develop and periodically revise a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; requiring specified health care facilities and authorizing other health care providers to use a "Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" form; repealing provisions of law relating to the "Instructions on Current Life-Sustaining Treatment Options" form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Public Schools - Dating Violence - Policy and Disciplinary Standards [HB-812]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Adding dating violence to provisions of law requiring the reporting of bullying, harassment, and intimidation by a county board of education; specifying who may report incidents of dating violence; requiring that forms, reports, policies and educational programs include incidents of dating violence; altering to March 31, 2012, the date by which each county board must submit to the State Superintendent of Schools a model policy prohibiting bullying, dating violence, harassment, or intimidation in schools; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/07/2011
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Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Income Tax Checkoff [HB-808]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing an income tax checkoff for the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund and to include specified information in each individual income tax return package; requiring the Comptroller to collect and account for contributions made through the checkoff system and to credit the proceeds to the Fund after deducting the amount necessary to administer the checkoff; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio
Hearing 3/1 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
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Great Preschools Scholarship Program [HB-777]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Great Preschools Scholarship Program in the State Department of Education; authorizing specified schools to apply to the Department to participate in the Program; authorizing eligible students to apply for specified scholarships; requiring the Department to award scholarships under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to determine the amount of specified scholarships based on specified income eligibility; establishing requirements for the use of scholarship money; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough
Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
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Residential Property - Foreclosure - Required Documents - Timing of Mediation [HB-728]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a notice of intent to foreclose for an owner-occupied residential property to be accompanied by an envelope addressed to a specified person; altering the documents that must accompany an order to docket or complaint to foreclose on residential property; clarifying the documents that must be served on a mortgagor or grantor in a residential foreclosure action; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Doyle Niemann
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Residential Property Tax Disclaimer Act [HB-713]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a standardized form for residential property condition disclosure and disclaimer statements developed by the State Real Estate Commission to contain a notice regarding the possibility of significant differences between current tax bills of the buyer and previously paid property tax bills of the seller of the property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/17/2011