State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Temporary Telehealth Licenses - Establishment [HB-1474]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a temporary telehealth license to be issued by the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists authorizing the holder to provide clinical professional counseling services only to a student attending an institution of higher education in the State if the student and out-of-state licensed professional counselor have a previously established relationship that has existed for at least 6 months; limiting the term of the temporary license to 6 months; and prohibiting the renewal of a temporary licensed issued under the Act.
HB-1474: State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Temporary Telehealth Licenses - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 649 on 05/20/2025
Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications - Alterations [HB-1303]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to provide a pathway for individuals who are qualified to be child care teachers, but lack proof of necessary educational attainment, to attest to qualifying educational credentials to be a child care teacher teaching in a child care center.
HB-1303: Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns [HB-1352]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with sickle cell disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop an education and awareness campaign for institutions of higher education in the State regarding students with sickle cell disease; etc.
HB-1352: Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [HB-1462]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
HB-1462: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Accountability and Implementation Board - Scope of Authority [HB-1421]
[Education ]
Placing the Accountability and Implementation Board under the authority of the State Board of Education; altering the scope of authority of the Accountability and Implementation Board; requiring the State Board to review reporting requirements under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and submit a certain report; etc.
HB-1421: Accountability and Implementation Board - Scope of Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Public Health - Buprenorphine - Training Grant Program and Workgroup [HB-1131]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
Establishing the Buprenorphine Training Grant Program to assist counties with offsetting the cost of training paramedics to administer buprenorphine; including the Program as an authorized use of funding from the Opioid Restitution Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $50,000 from the Opioid Restitution Fund for the Program; and requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response to convene a workgroup to study access to buprenorphine in the State.
HB-1131: Public Health - Buprenorphine - Training Grant Program and Workgroup
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 759 on 05/20/2025
Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Advertising [HB-1138]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education to allow certain private career schools to advertise certain information and collect contact information from potential new students before receiving a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate a private career school in the State under certain circumstances; requiring an approved private career school to advertise only information relating to the opening of the private career school and include a certain disclosure; etc.
HB-1138: Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Advertising
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Maryland College Aid Processing System - Applications [HB-1090]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to add a certain question to the Maryland College Aid Processing System application asking if the applicant has missed a meal in the previous 6 months because of an inability to afford a meal; and prohibiting the Commission from requiring a student to answer the question.
HB-1090: Maryland Higher Education Commission - Maryland College Aid Processing System - Applications
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Higher Education – High Impact Economic Development Activities – Alterations [HB-1054]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the definition of "high impact economic development activity" to exclude cost savings related to the reduction in the number of University System of Maryland employees; requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to report the amount of State or University funds used on each high impact economic development activity, the net benefit of each activity, and whether the activity is in the best interest of the State; and making a high impact economic development activity subject to State procurement law.
HB-1054: Higher Education – High Impact Economic Development Activities – Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding [HB-1114]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Renaming the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program to be the Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; adding services in transportation and other fields within State or local government to the list of certain criteria for which an eligible student must be given priority for participation in the Program; and requiring that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program sufficient to provide a certain number of internships.
HB-1114: Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Nuclear Workforce Development & Education Program [SB-120]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Concerning promoting workforce development opportunities in Colorado's nuclear sector, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
SB-120: Nuclear Workforce Development & Education Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
House Committee On Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed on 05/13/2025