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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Workgroup to Study Data Collection to Assist Small Businesses [SB-415]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to convene a certain workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding the collection of data by State agencies that may be used to assist small businesses in accessing State resources and bidding on State contracts; requiring the workgroup to focus on the types of data that may be collected by certain State agencies; requiring the workgroup to include certain representatives and business owners; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/05/2018
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Task Force on Baltimore City Department of Social Services Oversight [SB-412]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force on Baltimore City Department of Social Services Oversight; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study certain matters, collect certain data, and make certain recommendations; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2018
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Foster Care Recipients and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth - Employment Program (Fostering Employment Act of 2018) [SB-308]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Fostering Employment Program to provide employment opportunities for certain foster care recipients and unaccompanied homeless youth through training leading to certain credentials; requiring the Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and certain other entities to develop and implement the Program; establishing certain eligibility; defining certain terms; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 05/08/2018
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Family Law - Protecting the Resources of Children in State Custody [SB-291]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to take certain actions when serving as a representative payee or fiduciary for certain federal benefits for a child in the Department's custody; requiring the Department to provide certain notice to the child, through the child's attorney, of certain actions taken with respect to certain benefits for the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 816 on 05/26/2018
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State Government - Websites - Language Access [SB-29]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring each State department, agency, and program to provide equal access versions of certain websites in certain languages except under certain circumstances; repealing a certain provision of law providing that the reasonable steps certain departments, agencies, and programs are required to take related to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency include the operation and maintenance of certain equal access versions of certain websites; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 733 on 05/15/2018
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Public Safety - Background Information for Firearm License Investigations - School Crisis Welfare Officers (School Safety Act 2018: Prevention) [SB-1262]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Secretary of State Police to request certain assistance from certain officials, the courts of the State, and health care facilities in the State in conducting an investigation of an applicant for a certain firearm license; establishing the Workgroup on Accurate and Integrated Background Information on Applicants for Firearm Licenses to study how investigations for applicants for firearms licenses are conducted and to recommend the best methods for obtaining the most comprehensive information on applicants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2018
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Human Services - Temporary Disability Assistance Program [SB-1231]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Temporary Disability Assistance Program in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Family Investment Administration to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the Program; requiring the Program to be administered by the local departments of social services in a certain manner; specifying the requirements for entitlement to assistance under the Program; requiring the monthly allowable assistance under the Program to equal at least $215 in fiscal year 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard S Madaleno
Third Reading Passed (45-0) on 04/03/2018
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Electric Universal Service Program - Funds - Arrearage Prevention [SB-1117]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
Authorizing the Department of Human Services to use certain unexpended funds to establish a certain arrearage prevention program; providing that the purpose and intent of the program is a one-time grant of money to establish ongoing arrearage prevention activities in the State; providing for the Department to select certain program recipients for certain purposes; requiring the Department, for fiscal year 2019, to dedicate $750,000 of unexpended funds in the Electric Universal Service Program to the arrearage prevention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 697 on 05/15/2018
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Regional Carbon Cost Collection Initiative [HB-939]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Establishing a Regional Carbon Cost Collection Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution charges; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and rebate functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution charge on certain fuels and certain greenhouse gas-emitting priorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2018
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Maryland Department of Health – "Pill Mill" Tip Line and Overdose Report [HB-922]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before December 1, 2018, to identify a method for establishing a tip line through which a person may report an individual suspected of prescribing medication or overprescribing medication in violation of certain provisions of law; requiring, on or before July 1 each year, the Secretary of Health to examine the prescription and treatment history of individuals who suffered fatal overdoses involving opiates and other controlled substances and report the findings beginning July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/24/2018
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Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Consumer Reporting Agencies [HB-848]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Data Privacy ]
Altering a certain prohibition on a consumer bringing a certain action or proceeding against a consumer reporting agency; altering the manner in which a consumer may place, temporarily lift, or remove a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to develop certain procedures involving the use of certain secure connections to receive and process certain requests; authorizing a consumer reporting agency to develop certain electronic methods; establishing the Nondepository Special Fund for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 480 on 05/08/2018
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Child Protection - Reporting - Threat of Harm [HB-838]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing an individual to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to believe that a verbal threat of imminent severe bodily harm or death to a child has been made by a certain individual and that the child is at substantial risk of child abuse; specifying certain procedures and requirements for a report concerning a certain verbal threat of harm to a child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2018
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Income Tax - Earned Income Tax Credit - Eligibility Awareness Campaign [HB-573]
[Taxes ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Comptroller, to implement and administer an earned income tax credit eligibility awareness campaign to encourage eligible individuals to claim the federal and State earned income tax credits; establishing the Earned Income Tax Credit Eligibility Awareness Campaign Fund; requiring the Department to request certain taxpayer information from the Comptroller, to identify potentially eligible individuals, and to contact the individuals by mail for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank S. Turner
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2018
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Family Law - Protecting the Resources of Children in State Custody [HB-524]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to identify a representative payee or fiduciary for a child in the Department's custody; requiring the Department, when serving as the representative payee or in any other fiduciary capacity for a child, to provide certain notice to the child, through the child's attorney, of certain actions taken with respect to certain benefits for the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 815 on 05/26/2018
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State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Report [HB-523]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Transportation, to submit to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee by January 1, 2020, a report outlining a certain plan and identifying certain information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna P Gaines
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 689 on 05/15/2018
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Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [HB-461]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing, for purposes of filing a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, a victim or victim's family member to request a certifying official to certify victim helpfulness on a Form I-918, Supplement B certification; providing that, for the purpose of the Act, a victim shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a qualifying criminal activity; requiring the certifying official to sign and complete the certification in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018
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Child Abuse and Neglect – Disclosure of Identifying Information [HB-454]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a court to provide the Secretary of Health with identifying information regarding an individual who has been convicted under certain provisions of law of the murder, attempted murder, or manslaughter of a child; requiring the Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Vital Statistics Administration, to contract with an independent organization to develop a data collection process in order to assess the effectiveness of certain required record sharing in predicting and preventing child abuse and neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/25/2018
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Foster Care Recipients and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth - Employment Program (Fostering Employment Act of 2018) [HB-431]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Fostering Employment Program to provide employment opportunities for foster care recipients and unaccompanied homeless youth; requiring the Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, to develop and implement the Program and coordinate with local human services and employment entities; providing that a foster care recipient or an unaccompanied homeless youth who is not exempt from paying tuition is eligible to receive funding under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 05/08/2018
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Residential Child Care Programs - Statement of Need - Exceptions [HB-1747]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Housing ]
Providing that the Department of Human Services and the Department of Juvenile Services are not required to issue a statement of need before granting a license to a residential child care program if there is no placement available in an existing licensed program that can provide certain services; providing that a statement of need is not required to relocate an existing residential child care program if the existing site requires rehabilitation that is impractical or infeasible and certain other requirements are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 799 on 05/15/2018
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State Policies, Guidelines, and Regulations - Mitigation of Disparate Impacts [HB-1623]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain principal departments to develop and implement a procedure for determining whether the adoption of a policy, guideline, or regulation by the department would have or has had a disparate impact on racial minorities and for mitigating the disparate impact; requiring that the procedure include a certain framework, certain indicators, data collection and reporting, and certain staff training; authorizing the departments to hire staff or consultants using certain resources to implement the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James J. Tarlau
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2018