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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Expensive Drugs - Manufacturer Reporting and Drug Price Transparency Advisory Committee [HB-666]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, on or before March 31 each year, the manufacturer of an expensive drug sold or offered for sale in the State to file with the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene a specified annual report; establishing the Drug Price Transparency Advisory Committee; requiring a manufacturer of an expensive drug to file a notice with the Secretary before increasing a specified price or a specified cost by more than a specified percentage or amount during specified periods of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2017
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Secretaries of Principal Departments - Supervision and Review of Decisions and Actions by Units Within Departments [SB-517]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Office of Administrative Hearings, in consultation with stakeholders and other interested parties, to adopt regulations for the supervision of each board or commission that is composed of individuals participating in the occupation or profession regulated by the unit in order to prevent anticompetitive actions and to determine whether the actions further a clearly articulated State policy to displace competition; requiring the Office to establish a specified process; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 614 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Records, Human Trafficking Awareness Training, and Hourly Accommodations [HB-673]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Tourism ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an innkeeper to maintain a computerized record-keeping system of all guest transactions and receipts; requiring that specified records be kept for no less than 6 months from the date of the creation of the record; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention and the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop a specified training program for identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking; providing certain requirements for a certain training program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions [SB-525]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a specified business, when destroying an employee's or a former employee's records containing specified personal information of the employee or former employee, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information; altering the circumstances under which a business that owns, licenses, or maintains computerized data that includes specified personal information must conduct a specified investigation; authorizing a specified business to provide a required notice in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of a Disabled Person - Visitation and Notification [SB-556]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing a court to order visitation for interested parties eligible to be appointed as a guardian of a person; authorizing a court to identify a specified interested party entitled to visitation in the order of appointment; providing that the identification of a specified interested party in the order does not limit visitation by other specified interested parties; requiring a guardian of the person to notify specified interested parties within a specified time period after specified events; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail Bates
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity [HB-532]
[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; allowing a voter who is unable to present a specified form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Election Law - Voter Registration and Absentee Voting - Proof of Citizenship [HB-539]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring individuals who apply to register to vote after June 30, 2017, to submit proof of United States citizenship; providing that individuals who are not citizens of the United States are not qualified to be registered voters; requiring an applicant for voter registration to submit specified documents or information to prove United States citizenship; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Review of Drug Transparency and Notification Laws and Initiatives [SB-437]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to review specified prescription drug transparency and notification laws and initiatives and information for purposes of assessing proposals for the adoption and implementation of laws or other initiatives in the State; authorizing the Commission, as part of its review, to consider specified studies and to receive input from experts on prescription drug pricing; and making the Act subject to a specified contingency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Scanning Identification Cards and Driver's Licenses - Prohibition [SB-470]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting a person from using a machine to scan an identification card or a driver's license; prohibiting a person from retaining any information collected from scanning an identification card or a driver's license or the barcode on the identification card or driver's license; making a violation of the Act an unfair or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and subject to specified enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Practitioners - Use of Teletherapy [HB-352]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing specified health care practitioners to use teletherapy for a specified patient under specified circumstances; and requiring specified health occupations boards to adopt specified regulations on or before April 1, 2018, that, to the extent practicable, are uniform and nonclinical.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Certain Claim Requirement [SB-336]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing the requirement that a claimant make a specified motion and show good cause before a court may entertain a specified action under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; requiring a court to entertain an action under the Maryland Tort Claims Act even if a claimant fails to submit a specified written claim, under specified circumstances; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Election Law - Required Notifications - Voter Challenges or Intimidation [HB-168]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring specimen ballots mailed to registered voters before an election to include a specified notification concerning the forms of identification an individual may present to establish the individual's identity if the individual's right to vote is challenged at the polls; requiring information to be posted in each polling place concerning the forms of identification an individual may present to establish the individual's identity if the individual's right to vote is challenged at the polls; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/07 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act [HB-165]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record to designate the electronic record as official, under specified circumstances, and authenticate the electronic record in a specified manner; providing that specified legal material in an electronic record is presumed to be an accurate copy; requiring an official publisher of specified legal material in an electronic record to provide for the preservation and security of the record and to ensure that it is reasonably available to the public; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Advance Directives - Witness Requirements, Advance Directives Services, and Fund [HB-188]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Providing that a witness is not required for an electronic advance directive if the declarant's identity has been authenticated in accordance with specified replacement guidelines under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue a request for proposals from electronic advance directives services for a specified purpose; clarifying that the Department may contract with multiple electronic advance directives services; repealing a specified requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 667 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Health - Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Identification and Posting of Information [HB-184]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to identify, in consultation with stakeholders who wish to participate, specified up-to-date, evidence-based, written information relating to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; requiring the Department to post specified information in a printable form on the Department's Web site that may be accessed by health care practitioners engaged in treating children and adolescents for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 768 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Gaming - Video Lottery Operation Licensees - Confiscation of Fake Identification [SB-227]
[Gaming ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a video lottery operation licensee to confiscate the identification proffered by an individual to gain admittance to a video lottery facility if the licensee determines that the identification is fictitious or fraudulently altered; providing a specified immunity from liability for a licensee under specified circumstances; and requiring a licensee to return a specified identification to a specified organization within a specified period.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation on 02/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commissioner of Financial Regulation and State Collection Agency Licensing Board - Licensees - Revisions [HB-182]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring specified licensees to obtain and maintain a specified unique identifier and transfer licensing information to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry during the time period established by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring the Commissioner to notify specified licensees of a specified transfer period and provide instructions for the transfer of licensing information at least 30 days before the transfer period begins; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 253 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Elections - Miscellaneous Duties and Procedures [HB-143]
[Elections ]
Repealing a specified duty of a local election director; repealing the requirement that the State Board of Elections print specified forms; requiring political parties to certify to the State Board the residential addresses of candidates; repealing the requirement that specified candidates be identified on the ballot by the state in which the candidate resides; altering from 20 to 8 days the time after which a candidate who fails to file a specified financial disclosure statement is deemed to have withdrawn the candidacy; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 107 on 04/11/2017
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St. Mary's County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs [HB-108]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Animal Control Division of the Department of Emergency Services and Technology in the St. Mary's County government, rather than the county tax collector, to perform specified duties relating to the issuance and replacement of dog licenses and dog tags; and requiring the general shape of dog tags to remain unchanged from year to year.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 293 on 04/18/2017
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State Government - Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act [SB-137]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record to designate the electronic record as official, under specified circumstances, and authenticate the electronic record in a specified manner; providing that specified legal material in an electronic record is presumed to be an accurate copy; requiring an official publisher of specified legal material in an electronic record to provide for the preservation and security of the record, and to ensure that it is reasonably available to the public; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 554 on 05/04/2017