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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Renovation and Repair Needs of Senior Homeowners [HB-991]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, with the assistance of the Department of Aging, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Department of Human Resources, to create a task force to study methods for identifying and understanding the renovation and repair needs of low-income and limited-income senior homeowners and identifying resources to assist senior homeowners; requiring the task force to consult with and enlist the participation of specified stakeholders; requiring a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Family Investment Program - Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program [HB-958]
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to establish the Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; requiring the Program to be established in at least three counties in the State; requiring the Secretary to cooperate with specified persons on the establishment of the Program; requiring the implementation of specified policies and procedures in local departments; requiring the development of a referral process or integrated partnerships; establishing eligibility standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/21/2012
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Child Abuse and Neglect - Alternative Response [HB-834]
Authorizing the Secretary of Human Resources to establish an alternative response program for specified reports of child abuse or neglect; requiring the Department of Human Resources to establish a specified advisory council; prohibiting specified reports of child abuse or neglect from being assigned for an alternative response; authorizing specified reports of child abuse and neglect to be reassigned for an alternative response; providing for the confidentiality, maintenance, and expungement of records; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Education - Domicile Requirements for Attendance - Exception [HB-757]
Requiring a county superintendent to allow a child to remain at a school under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Juvenile Services each to adopt specified regulations establishing factors relating to the best interests of specified children; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Home Visiting Accountability Act of 2012 [HB-699]
Requiring the State to fund only evidence-based and promising home visiting programs for improving parent and child outcomes, as provided in the State budget; requiring specified home visiting programs to submit regular reports; requiring the development of reporting and monitoring procedures for specified home visiting programs by the Governor's Office for Children and the agencies of the Children's Cabinet; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility - Child Support Payments [HB-565]
Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to send a specified certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation concerning specified child support obligors; requiring the Administration to conduct an investigation and notify the obligor of the outcome; requiring the Department to revoke the homestead property tax credit of certain homeowners under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2012
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Video Lottery Operation Licenses - Information on Payouts [HB-385]
Requiring that regulations adopted by the State Lottery Commission include provisions that require video lottery terminal payouts above specified amounts be reported to the State Lottery Agency in a report that contains specified information; and requiring the State Lottery Agency to modify the report in a specified manner and forward the modified report to the Department of Human Resources' Child Support Enforcement Administration for the purpose of enforcing specified child support orders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2012
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State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect - Transfer to Department of Human [HB-264]
Transferring the State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect from the Office for Children, Youth, and Families to the Department of Human Resources; repealing a provision relating to the term of a person who is a member of the Governor's Council on Child Abuse and Neglect on a specified date; repealing specified committees of the State Council; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Baltimore City - Representation of Child Support Enforcement Administration - [HB-1261]
Requiring that, if the Office of the Attorney General appoints specified individuals who were employees of the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City who were providing specified services for the Child Support Enforcement Administration during a specified period and continue providing specified services on or after a specified date, the employees shall be placed in specified positions in the State Personnel Management System and receive specified rights, credit, leave, and specified other rights; providing exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012 [HB-1247]
Requiring specified stores to charge and collect a 5-cent fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing specified stores to retain a specified amount of the fee; requiring the operator of specified stores to remit a specified amount of money to the Comptroller; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified amounts of money to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and eligible counties under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/09/2012
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Services - Eligibility [HB-1029]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide an applicant for specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program services with a written notice of eligibility within a specified time period after the Department receives a specified application; providing that an applicant is presumptively eligible for specified Program benefits if the Department does not make an eligibility determination within a specified time period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aisha Braveboy
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 03/20/2012
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Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility - Child Support Payments [SB-859]
Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to send a specified certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation concerning specified child support obligors; requiring the Administration to conduct an investigation and notify the obligor of the outcome; requiring the Department to revoke eligibility of specified obligors for the homestead property tax credit under specified circumstances; providing for the right of an obligor to challenge the Administration's certification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2011
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Determinations [SB-843]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to send a specified notice of a right to appeal if the Department does not render an eligibility determination for a specified applicant within a specified period of time; requiring the Department to render an eligibility determination for a specified applicant at a specified hearing under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to provide a specified applicant with a detailed list of specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Re-referred Finance on 02/18/2011
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Higher Education - Assistance Efforts for Family Investment Program Recipients [SB-81]
Repealing a requirement that the Maryland Higher Education Commission and the Department of Human Resources identify, promote, and coordinate specified efforts and services and undertake specified activities at institutions of higher education related to recipients of Family Investment Program services; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Clean the Streams and Beautify the Bay Act of 2011 [SB-602]
Prohibiting a store from providing disposable carryout bags unless the bags meet specified requirements; requiring a store to charge and collect a fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; requiring the operator of a store to remit a specified amount of money to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified amounts of money to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, to the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and to the Department of Human Resources for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. (education Health And Environmental Affairs) on 02/09/2011
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Family Day Care Providers - Amnesty Period - Repeal [SB-282]
Repealing obsolete provisions of law relating to an amnesty period for unregistered family day care providers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Collective Bargaining - Independent Home Care Providers [SB-181]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified independent home care providers; providing that there may be only one appropriate bargaining unit for the providers; authorizing providers to designate an exclusive representative; requiring that procedures be governed by specified provisions of law; providing for the scope of collective bargaining; requiring an exclusive representative to provide specified notice; providing that specified providers are not required to pay a service fee, but are required to make a specified payment; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Re-referred Appropriations on 04/09/2011
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Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility - Child Support Payments [HB-913]
Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to send a specified certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation concerning specified child support obligors; requiring the Administration to conduct an investigation and notify the obligor of the outcome; requiring the Department to revoke the homestead property tax credit of certain homeowners under specified circumstances; providing for the right of an obligor to challenge the Administration's certification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2011
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Family Law - Single Parent Services - Repeal [HB-876]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to single parent services programs.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Construction Contracts - Hiring Agreement [HB-857]
Specifically including construction contracts and contracts for the Maryland Economic Development Corporation in the type of contracts that the Board of Public Works and the Department of Human Resources may designate as contracts eligible to include a specified model hiring agreement form; providing that the Maryland Economic Development Corporation is not exempt from a specified provision regarding contracts eligible to include a specified model hiring agreement form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/25/2011