Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and [SB-17]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a person from distributing Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to an individual under the age of 21 years; prohibiting a person under the age of 21 years from possessing Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A; establishing that a specified violation is a Code violation; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; providing that the Act does not preempt specified local or municipal laws; etc.
SB-17: Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Health Insurance - Nonparticipating Providers - Disclosure of Status and [SB-1074]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring nonparticipating health care providers to disclose to enrollees covered by health insurance carriers with which the nonparticipating health care providers do not have a contractual relationship specified information in a specified manner under specified circumstances; requiring the disclosure to be provided to an enrollee at a specified time in a specified manner, to be signed in a specified manner, and to be maintained in a specified manner; etc.
SB-1074: Health Insurance - Nonparticipating Providers - Disclosure of Status and
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2010
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring [SB-1001]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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.
SB-1001: Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing School Vehicles - School Bus Monitoring
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2010
Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing [HB-976]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing provisions of law relating to specified qualified offers in connection with the liability of an owner of specified rental property; repealing a provision of law relating to a specified window replacement program; repealing obsolete provisions of law relating to the reduction of lead risk in housing; etc.
HB-976: Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters Withdrawn on 03/08/2010
Patient Centered Medical Home Program [HB-929]
[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.
HB-929: Patient Centered Medical Home Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Income Tax Checkoff for Developmental Disabilities [HB-830]
[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.
HB-830: Income Tax Checkoff for Developmental Disabilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Vehicle Laws - Traffic Citations - Option to Request Trial [HB-829]
[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; authorizing the District Court or circuit court to issue a warrant under specified circumstances; etc.
Identity Fraud Crimes - Restitution [HB-787]
[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.
HB-787: Identity Fraud Crimes - Restitution
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/22/2010
Identity Fraud - Uniform Reporting Form [HB-785]
[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.
HB-785: Identity Fraud - Uniform Reporting Form
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks [HB-749]
[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.
HB-749: State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/23/2010
Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law) [HB-659]
[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; authorizing a principal or an interested person to file a specified petition for injunctive relief in a specified court for specified purposes; etc.
HB-659: Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
State Personnel - Fees Charged by State Employees - Prohibition [HB-634]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Ethics ]
Prohibiting State employees from charging a fee payable to the employee to assist an individual to complete an application, form, or other document required by the unit of State government for which the employee works, whether or not the assistance is provided during the employee's regular workday; and applying the Act to all employees of all units in all branches of State government, including units with independent personnel systems.
HB-634: State Personnel - Fees Charged by State Employees - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/23/2010
Uniform Power of Attorney Act [HB-483]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to durable powers of attorney; establishing the Uniform Power of Attorney Act; establishing exceptions to the application of the Act; establishing that a power of attorney created under the Act is durable unless the power of attorney contains a specified provision; requiring a power of attorney to be signed by the principal or a specified other individual; etc.
HB-483: Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/27/2010
Real Property - Residential Property Foreclosure Procedures - Foreclosure [HB-472]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an order to docket or complaint to foreclose on residential property to be accompanied by an additional filing fee, a specified final or preliminary loss mitigation affidavit, and, if applicable, a specified request for foreclosure mediation; altering the information required to be included in a specified notice form; requiring the secured party to file a specified final loss mitigation affidavit and send to the mortgagor or grantor a copy of the affidavit and a request for foreclosure mediation form; etc.
HB-472: Real Property - Residential Property Foreclosure Procedures - Foreclosure
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Estates and Trusts - Maryland International Wills Act [HB-448]
[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.
HB-448: Estates and Trusts - Maryland International Wills Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
Health Insurance - Uniform Consultation Referral Form - Electronic Transmission [HB-292]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a health care provider to transmit the uniform consultation referral form electronically; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the Maryland Health Care Commission, to adopt by regulation standards for the electronic transmission of the data elements contained in the uniform consultation referral form.
HB-292: Health Insurance - Uniform Consultation Referral Form - Electronic Transmission
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
General Obligation Bonds for Capital Projects - Required Reports [HB-209]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring that an enabling act authorizing the creation of a State debt for at least $500,000, to be used by a hospital or institution of higher education to complete a capital project, must contain a provision that requires the grantee to submit reports to the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs regarding the extent to which the entity has used or will use any funds received under provisions of the Act for contracts with minority-owned businesses.
HB-209: General Obligation Bonds for Capital Projects - Required Reports
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Forms - Social Security Number [HB-1494]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
Prohibiting a specified form provided by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from requiring or requesting an individual's complete Social Security number; and authorizing a specified form provided by the Secretary to request the last four digits of an individual's Social Security number for a specified purpose.
HB-1494: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Forms - Social Security Number
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/01/2010
Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred [HB-147]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that an insured of specified health insurance carriers may not be liable to specified on-call physicians for specified services under specified circumstances; prohibiting specified on-call physicians from taking specified actions against an insured under specified circumstances; authorizing the on-call physicians to collect specified payments from an insured under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-147: Health Insurance - Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
Health Insurance - Nonparticipating Providers - Disclosure of Status and [HB-1468]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring nonparticipating health care providers to disclose to enrollees covered by health insurance carriers with which the nonparticipating health care providers do not have a contractual relationship specified information in a specified manner under specified circumstances; requiring the disclosure to be provided to an enrollee at a specified time in a specified manner, to be signed in a specified manner, and to be maintained in a specified manner; etc.
HB-1468: Health Insurance - Nonparticipating Providers - Disclosure of Status and
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/10/2010