Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring [HB-1106]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a county board of education, in consultation with a local law enforcement agency, to place school bus monitoring cameras on county school buses for the purpose of recording motor vehicles committing violations relating to overtaking and passing school vehicles; requiring a school bus operator to give a recording of the violations to a local law enforcement agency; requiring recordings made by a school bus monitoring camera to include specified images and information about the violations; etc.
HB-1106: Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/14/2011
Maryland Afterschool and Summer Learning Activity Program - Income Tax Checkoff [HB-1068]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Maryland Afterschool and Summer Learning Activity Program to provide grants to specified organizations that serve specified public school youth; requiring the Governor's Office for Children to administer the Program; establishing an income tax checkoff system for voluntary contributions to the Maryland Afterschool and Summer Learning Activity Fund to provide funds for grants under the Program; applying the Act to tax years beginning in 2011; etc.
HB-1068: Maryland Afterschool and Summer Learning Activity Program - Income Tax Checkoff
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2011
Maryland Health Security Act of 2011 [HB-1035]
[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.
HB-1035: Maryland Health Security Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2011
Patient Centered Medical Home Program [SB-855]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to establish a Maryland Patient Centered Medical Home Program under specified circumstances; requiring specified health insurance carriers to participate in the Program; requiring the Department to ensure that participation in the Program of managed care organizations and specified enrollees will support specified standards; authorizing the Commission to authorize a health insurance carrier to implement a specified single carrier patient centered medical home program; etc.
SB-855: Patient Centered Medical Home Program
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Identity Fraud - Uniform Reporting Form [SB-815]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Police Training Commission, in cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General, the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, and the Federal Trade Commission, to develop a uniform reporting form for identity fraud that makes transmitted data available for use by State and local law enforcement agencies by a specified date and that may authorize that identity fraud data be transmitted to a specified program in the Federal Trade Commission; etc.
SB-815: Identity Fraud - Uniform Reporting Form
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Maryland Health System Act of 2010 [SB-682]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
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.
SB-682: Maryland Health System Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2010
Pharmacies - Delivery of Controlled Dangerous Substances [SB-662]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Crime ]
Requiring specified pharmacies to require an adult to sign for the delivery of specified controlled dangerous substances to a residence; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to waive specified requirements for specified pharmacies under specified circumstances; and making the Act an emergency measure.
SB-662: Pharmacies - Delivery of Controlled Dangerous Substances
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/06/2010
Maryland Veterans Trust Fund - Income Tax Checkoff [SB-65]
[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.
SB-65: Maryland Veterans Trust Fund - Income Tax Checkoff
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/13/2010
Property Taxes - Homestead Property Tax Credit - Notification and Recoupment [SB-630]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring a specified form developed by the State Real Estate Commission to contain a specified notice; providing that under specified circumstances the homestead property tax credit may not be denied for specified real property; providing for the refund of specified property taxes paid under specified circumstances; etc.
State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks [SB-581]
[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.
SB-581: State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2010
Vehicle Laws - Traffic Citations - Option to Request Trial [SB-560]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring that a traffic citation issued to a person contain a notice that, if the citation is a payable violation, the person must comply with one of a list of options within 30 days, including the option to request a trial date at the date, time, and place established by the District Court by writ or trial notice; requiring the notice to include a statement of the possible consequences if the person fails to comply within 30 days; establishing requirements for specified copies of a citation form; etc.
Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law) [SB-519]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act; establishing that a specified agent is not required to disclose specified information, with specified exceptions; prohibiting a person from requiring an additional or different power of attorney than a specified statutory form power of attorney under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-519: Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/03/2010
Property Tax Credit - Replacement Home Purchased After Acquisition of Dwelling [SB-413]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Altering specified limitations on an authorized property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax for specified property purchased by specified owners of specified property that is purchased for public use; etc.
SB-413: Property Tax Credit - Replacement Home Purchased After Acquisition of Dwelling
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Estates and Trusts - Maryland International Wills Act [SB-340]
[International ]
Providing for the execution of an international will; establishing specified requirements for an international will; authorizing specified persons to supervise the execution of international wills; providing for a specified certificate; providing for the revocation of an international will; etc.
SB-340: Estates and Trusts - Maryland International Wills Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Income Tax Checkoff for Developmental Disabilities [SB-318]
[Taxes ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing an income tax checkoff system for voluntary contributions to the Waiting List Equity Fund for services to individuals with developmental disabilities; requiring the Comptroller to collect and account for contributions made through the income tax checkoff system and to credit the proceeds to the Fund after deducting the amount necessary to administer the checkoff system; applying the Act to tax years after 2009; etc.
SB-318: Income Tax Checkoff for Developmental Disabilities
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred [SB-314]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that the difference between specified coinsurance percentages may not be greater than 20 percentage points under specified circumstances; prohibiting provisions in a preferred provider insurance policy from applying to specified on-call physicians or hospital-based physicians; providing that an insured of specified health insurers may not be liable to specified on-call physicians or hospital-based physicians for specified services under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-314: Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law) [SB-309]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Repealing provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act; establishing that a specified agent is not required to disclose specified information, with exceptions; requiring an agent to comply with a specified request within a specified time period under specified circumstances; authorizing a principal or an interested person to file a specified petition for injunctive relief in a specified court under specified circumstances; etc.
SB-309: Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Real Property - Residential Property Foreclosure Procedures - Foreclosure [SB-276]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring an order to docket or complaint to foreclose on residential property to be accompanied by a loss mitigation affidavit and specified forms; requiring the clerk of the court to schedule a case for foreclosure mediation if the defendant files a completed request for foreclosure mediation and affidavit within a specified time; authorizing the defendant to file a motion to stay the sale if the parties fail to reach an agreement in the mediation; altering the time after which a foreclosure sale may occur; etc.
SB-276: Real Property - Residential Property Foreclosure Procedures - Foreclosure
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing Cancelled on 02/02/2010
Identity Fraud Crimes - Restitution [SB-211]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Expanding the circumstances under which a court is authorized to order restitution to include financial damage or loss incurred as a result of identity fraud; authorizing a court to accept an identity fraud restitution affidavit as competent evidence; requiring each State's Attorney to consult with the Office of the Attorney General under specified circumstances; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to develop an identity fraud restitution affidavit; etc.
SB-211: Identity Fraud Crimes - Restitution
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/15/2010
Motor Vehicle Air Bags - Consumer Protection and Reporting Requirements [SB-209]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting specified acts related to the fraudulent sale or installation of motor vehicle air bags; requiring specified records to be maintained in connection with the sale or installation of motor vehicle air bags; requiring specified information to be provided or made available for inspection under specified circumstances; requiring a person who sells or installs salvaged air bags to disclose specified information to specified persons; requiring specified accident reports and forms to contain specified information; etc.
SB-209: Motor Vehicle Air Bags - Consumer Protection and Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 02/15/2010