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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Residential Electricity and Gas Supply Billing Information - Reports [SB-686]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain persons to submit to the Public Service Commission beginning July 1, 2021, monthly reports containing detailed billing information on the supply of electricity and gas to certain residential customers; requiring certain initial reports to include information from the previous 12 months; providing for the required contents of each report; requiring certain information to be organized by low-income customers and all other customers; requiring the Commission to make each report available to certain persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/13/2020
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Grant Applications and Reporting - Uniform Forms and Requirements [SB-630]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council to study and make recommendations to the Governor's Grants Office and the Department of Budget and Management regarding the grants life cycle, including the creation of certain materials for use by certain grant-making agencies, grant applicants, and grant recipients, certain regulations, and certain recommended timelines and deadlines; requiring the Council to solicit the input of certain stakeholders and establish certain working groups; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 485 on 05/08/2020
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Electricity and Gas - Energy Suppliers - Assisted Customers [SB-685]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting, with a certain exception, a retail electricity or natural gas supplier from knowingly enrolling a certain residential customer with or submitting an enrollment to change the customer's electricity supplier to a competitive supplier if the customer had received certain financial assistance in the preceding 12 months; requiring an electric company to confirm certain matters in its records at a certain time; requiring an electric company to verify a customer's status at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Referred Economic Matters on 03/16/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Child Welfare System - Reporting [SB-662]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and the Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Identifying Information [HB-887]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Executive Director of the Social Services Administration to provide the Secretary of Health with identifying information regarding an individual who has had the individual's parental rights terminated under a certain provision of law and who has been suspected of abuse or neglect; and requiring the Department of Human Services to report to the Governor and General Assembly on the implementation of a plan by the State to search certain databases of other states to identify persons responsible for abuse and neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Family Law - Minors - Emancipation (Emancipation of Minors Act) [SB-680]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for the emancipation of a minor; authorizing a minor to file a petition for emancipation in the minor's own name subject to certain requirements; prohibiting a parent from filing a petition for the emancipation of a minor; requiring that a certain petition for the emancipation of a minor contain certain information; requiring a court to appoint a certain attorney to represent the petitioner on the filing of a petition for the emancipation of a minor; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Services - Youth Services Bureaus - Funding [HB-709]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Human Services identify eligible youth services bureaus and estimate the amount of State funds to allocate to each youth services bureau; requiring State matching funds for a youth services bureau to be paid directly to its private sponsor; requiring the Governor to include at least $1,800,000 in the annual budget bill for youth services bureaus; providing for the allocation of the required funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - Inclusion of Out-of-Home Placement Data [HB-711]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Including placement data from State-sponsored out-of-home care organizations in the data collected, organized, managed, disaggregated, and analyzed by the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center; altering the purpose of the Center to include generating information about children who were provided with State-sponsored out-of-home care that can be used to improve the State's education and child welfare systems; requiring the Center to publish on its website an easy-to-understand data dashboard with certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/10/2020
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Human Services - Youth Services Bureaus - Funding [SB-490]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Human Services identify eligible youth services bureaus and estimate the amount of State funds to allocate to each youth services bureau; requiring the Governor to include at least $1,800,000 in the annual budget bill for youth services bureaus, beginning in fiscal year 2022; providing an allocation of at least $100,000 to each youth services bureau for each local jurisdiction served under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2020
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Maryland College Investment Plan - State Contribution Incentives [HB-629]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Investments ]
Requiring the State Treasurer to make a $100 deposit into an omnibus account for each child born or adopted in the State on or after January 1, 2022; requiring the Maryland 529 Board to administer and manage the omnibus account and to adopt certain procedures to carry out the Act; requiring the State Treasurer, the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, and the Board to exchange certain information to carry out the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Child Support - Annual Collection Fee [HB-667]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Conforming the maximum amount of a certain annual fee for the collection of child support by the Child Support Administration to the amount authorized under a certain federal law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 291 on 05/08/2020
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Child Support - Reporting of Employment Information [HB-647]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Transferring, from the Labor and Employment Article to the Family Law Article, certain provisions of law relating to the reporting of certain employment information concerning certain individuals for certain purposes relating to child support collection; transferring, from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Human Services, certain duties and authority relating to the reporting of certain employment information concerning certain individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
First Reading Judiciary on 01/29/2020
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Family Law - Minors - Emancipation (Emancipation of Minors Act of 2020) [HB-458]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for the emancipation of a minor; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old may marry; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license under certain circumstances; altering what is required to be kept as a record by a clerk of the court under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
First Reading Judiciary on 01/24/2020
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Department of Human Services - Child Abuse Prevention - Online Course [HB-460]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to post on its website a free online course on the identification, prevention, and reporting of child abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [SB-367]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education to expand the use of the trauma-informed approach used in schools and intensively train schools on becoming trauma-informed schools; requiring the Department to develop and distribute certain guidelines and to develop a website on the trauma informed approach; requiring, on or before July 1, 2020, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Harford County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Administration - Transfer of Personnel [HB-407]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Transferring the functions, powers, and duties of the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Harford County to the Child Support Administration of the Department of Human Services; requiring the creation of certain Position Identification Numbers for certain employees; providing for the determination of salary grade and seniority for certain employees; requiring certain employer contributions and interest to be transferred within a certain fund for the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harford County Delegation
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 196 on 05/08/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [HB-277]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop and distribute guidelines on a trauma-informed approach to assist schools with understanding and responding to an individual with symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma or traumatic stress; and requiring the State Department of Education to distribute the trauma-informed approach guidelines to each local school system and publish the guidelines on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 148 on 05/08/2020
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Residential Electricity and Gas Supply Billing Information - Reports [HB-260]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain persons to submit to the Public Service Commission beginning July 1, 2021, monthly reports containing information on the supply of electricity and gas to certain residential customers; requiring certain initial reports to include information from the previous 12 months; providing for the required contents of each report; requiring certain information to be organized by low-income customers and all other customers; requiring the Commission to make each report available to certain persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Referred Finance on 03/12/2020
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Harford County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Administration - Transfer of Personnel [SB-137]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Pensions ]
[Children and Youth ]
Transferring the functions, powers, and duties of the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Harford County to the Child Support Administration of the Department of Human Services; providing for the determination of salary grade and seniority for transferred employees; requiring certain employer contributions and interest on behalf of certain transferred employees be transferred within the accumulation fund for the Employees' Pension System from the municipal pool to the State pool; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 197 on 05/08/2020
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Department of Human Services - Food Supplement Program - Renaming [SB-49]
[Food ]
[Human Services ]
Renaming the food supplement program in the Department of Human Services to be the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; providing that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the successor of the food supplement program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 508 on 05/08/2020