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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Procurement - Payment of Employee Health Care Expenses - Revisions [HB-583]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a certain bidder, contractor, or subcontractor to demonstrate the payment of certain employee health care expenses in a certain manner on or before July 1, 2021; altering the definition of "subcontractor" for the purposes of certain provisions of law related to the payment of employee health care expenses by bidders, contractors, and subcontractors to include a person added to a contract with the State after a contract is awarded and to limit the application to subcontractors providing construction services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 264 on 05/08/2020
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State Procurement - Payment of Employee Health Care Expenses - Revisions [HB-583]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a certain bidder, contractor, or subcontractor to demonstrate the payment of certain employee health care expenses in a certain manner on or before July 1, 2021; altering the definition of "subcontractor" for the purposes of certain provisions of law related to the payment of employee health care expenses by bidders, contractors, and subcontractors to include a person added to a contract with the State after a contract is awarded and to limit the application to subcontractors providing construction services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 264 on 05/08/2020
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Health Insurance - Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data [HB-455]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring certain carriers, on or before March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2024, to submit a report to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to demonstrate the carrier's compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; requiring certain carriers to identify the five health benefit plans with the highest enrollment for each product offered in certain markets and conduct a certain analysis; authorizing certain carriers to submit a request to the Commissioner that disclosure of certain information be denied; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 211 on 05/08/2020
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Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting [SB-372]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide each individual who is released from a correctional facility with a voter registration application and documentation informing the individual that the individual's voting rights have been restored; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt certain regulations establishing a program to inform eligible voters incarcerated in correctional facilities of upcoming elections and how to exercise the right to vote; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/05/2020
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Health Insurance – Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data [SB-334]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring certain carriers, on or before March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2024 to submit a report to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to demonstrate the carrier's compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; requiring certain carriers to identify five health benefit plans with the highest enrollment for each product offered in certain markets and conduct a certain analysis; authorizing certain carriers to submit a request to the Commissioner that disclosure of certain information be denied; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 212 on 05/08/2020
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Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal [SB-345]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
Repealing a certain exception that allowed an insurer to cancel or refuse to renew coverage for homeowner's insurance based on weather-related claims if there were three or more weather-related claims within the preceding 3-year period; and requiring that a certain written notice of intention to cancel or not renew a homeowner's insurance policy include a form adopted by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner that allows the insured to protest the proposed action and request a hearing 30 days after the mailing date of the notice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2020
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Public Information Act - Remote Access, Fee Complaints, Fee Waivers, and Inspection of Judicial Records (Open Government, Better Government Act) [HB-401]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing the intent of the General Assembly that each official custodian adopt an internet use policy and other technological advances to expand remote access to public records and increase the transparency of government; requiring the Public Information Act Compliance Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints alleging that a custodian unreasonably failed to waive a fee under certain circumstances; altering the minimum fee charged under which the Board has authority to review a complaint; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) And Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 01/27/2020
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Tax - General - Vaping Product Tax [HB-400]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring vaping product tax revenue to be used for the State Reinsurance Program; providing for the distribution of vaping product tax revenues; imposing a tax on vaping products; authorizing a county to impose a tax on vaping products; establishing a presumption that a vaping product is subject to the vaping product tax; establishing that certain vaping products are contraband products; establishing the burden of proving a vaping product is not subject to the vaping product tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/28/2020
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Vehicle Laws - Move Over Safety Monitoring System - Authorization [SB-319]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency and State or local volunteer fire company, rescue squad, fire department, and ambulance service to place a move over safety monitoring system on, or integrate a move over safety monitoring system into, an emergency vehicle for the purpose of recording a motor vehicle committing a violation relating to the operation of a motor vehicle on approach of an emergency vehicle; providing a certain recorded image is admissible in a proceeding concerning a certain civil citation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/14/2020
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Constitutional Amendment - Gaming - Expansion [SB-325]
[Gaming ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to repeal a certain prohibition on the authority of the General Assembly to authorize additional forms or the expansion of commercial gaming; repealing the authority of the General Assembly to authorize, through the use of a certain referendum, additional forms or the expansion of commercial gaming; conforming certain provisions of the Maryland Constitution to changes made by a certain referendum; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Mandatory Referral Review PG/MC 101-20 [HB-394]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing that a referral to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission is deemed approved under certain circumstances only if there is a complete submission or an explanatory narrative accompanied by architectural drawings that can be adequately reviewed by the Commission; requiring the Commission to notify a certain submitting entity within 3 business days regarding whether a certain submission or amendment to a submission is complete and accepted or rejected as incomplete; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy - Annual Report - Crimes of Violence (The Judicial Transparency Act of 2020) [HB-355]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a certain annual report by the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to identify certain information for crimes of violence; requiring the Commission to include certain entry locations on a sentencing guidelines worksheet for a court to report certain information; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to submit a certain report on certain pleas that contains certain data.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
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State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy - Annual Report - Crimes of Violence (The Judicial Transparency Act of 2020) [SB-272]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a certain annual report by the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to identify certain information for crimes of violence; requiring the Commission to include certain entry locations on a sentencing guidelines worksheet for a court to report certain information; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to submit a certain report on certain pleas that contains certain data.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020
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Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal [HB-333]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Repealing a certain exception that allowed an insurer to cancel or refuse to renew coverage for homeowner's insurance based on weather-related claims if there were three or more weather-related claims within a certain time period; and requiring that a certain written notice of intention to cancel or not renew a homeowner's insurance policy include a form adopted by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner that allows the insured to protest the proposed action and request a hearing 30 days after the mailing date of the notice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/02/2020
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Automobile Insurance – Usage–Based Insurance [HB-270]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing that the application of a certain insurance program on vehicle operation during the current policy period is not a violation of certain restrictions on classification for private passenger motor vehicle insurance; requiring that a certain notice include information for a premium increase that is due to a program that measures the operation of an insured vehicle during the current policy period; prohibiting an insurer from requiring a policyholder to participate in a usage-based program to obtain motor vehicle insurance; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 144 on 05/08/2020
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Natural Resources - Wild Waterfowl Policy - Repeal [SB-242]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Repealing provisions of law authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue a license to feed waterfowl; repealing certain license application requirements; repealing provisions of law concerning the establishment, approval, and use of certain feeding zones; repealing a requirement that certain licensed areas be open to inspection by certain persons; repealing provisions of law authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources to revoke a license to feed waterfowl under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 542 on 05/08/2020
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On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Inspection - Licensing [SB-254]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an individual from engaging in the business of inspecting an on-site sewage disposal system unless the person holds a certain inspection license issued by the Department of the Environment on or after July 1, 2021; requiring the Department to adopt regulations establishing eligibility criteria, training requirements, renewal procedures, and fees for such inspection licenses by January 1, 2021; providing a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for a violation of the Act to be paid to an account in the Bay Restoration Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity [HB-197]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot under certain circumstances; allowing a voter who is unable to present a certain form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/14/2020
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Automobile Insurance – Usage–Based Insurance [SB-195]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing that the application of a certain insurance program on vehicle operation during the current policy period is not a violation of certain restrictions on classification for private passenger motor vehicle insurance; requiring that a certain notice include information for a premium increase that is due to a program that measures the operation of an insured vehicle during the current policy period; prohibiting an insurer from requiring a policyholder to participate in a usage-based program to obtain motor vehicle insurance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 145 on 05/08/2020
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Real Property - Ground Leases - Required Notifications - Private Transaction Redemptions [HB-149]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering the requirement that a ground lease holder notify the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of certain changes concerning a ground lease; authorizing a leasehold tenant or an interested party to submit to the Department certain documentation of the redemption of a ground lease if the ground lease is redeemed in a certain private transaction and the ground lease holder has failed to notify the Department of the redemption; and requiring the Department to update the online registry under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 82 on 05/08/2020