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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electronic Smoking Devices - Regulation and Taxation [SB-876]
Limiting the in-person sales or distributions of vaping liquid by electronic smoking devices retailers and vape shop vendors to age-restricted areas; requiring electronic smoking devices retail licensees and vape shop vendors selling vaping liquid to post a certain sign in a certain manner; requiring a certain licensee who sells electronic smoking devices through a website to use a certain third-party age verification service for a certain purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled (finance) on 03/11/2020
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Electronic Smoking Devices - Regulation and Taxation [SB-876]
Limiting the in-person sales or distributions of vaping liquid by electronic smoking devices retailers and vape shop vendors to age-restricted areas; requiring electronic smoking devices retail licensees and vape shop vendors selling vaping liquid to post a certain sign in a certain manner; requiring a certain licensee who sells electronic smoking devices through a website to use a certain third-party age verification service for a certain purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled (finance) on 03/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Procurement and Correctional Facilities - Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals [SB-858]
Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2021, certain invitations to bid and certain requests for proposals to require bidders and offerors to provide certain documentation; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and county departments of corrections to give a preference to certain bidders and offerors based on the number of formerly incarcerated individuals the bidder or offeror employs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 2/26 At 12:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Regulations, Staffing, and Training [SB-969]
Requiring that certain regulations adopted by the Maryland Department of Health relating to assisted living programs include requiring an assisted living program to complete a certain assessment tool within a certain period of time and requiring a certain program manager to invite certain individuals to participate in certain resident assessments; requiring that certain assisted living programs have certain staff-to-resident ratios at certain assisted living program facilities under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policies and Bill Collections [SB-875]
Increasing the family income threshold to between 200% and 500% of the federal poverty level at which a hospital's financial assistance policy must provide free medically necessary care to patients; requiring that a certain financial assistance policy include a certain payment plan and a certain mechanism for a patient to request a certain reconsideration; requiring that a certain financial assistance policy provide presumptive eligibility for certain care to certain patients; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Information Technology - Communications Lines - Installation [SB-790]
Providing that certain provisions of law governing resource sharing do not apply to any private industry entities that have separate legal rights of access under State or local law to install communications lines and associated facilities in the State rights-of-way; and requiring the Department of Information Technology to waive certain fees for all last mile broadband telecommunications projects in unserved areas.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases - Compact [SB-910]
Entering into the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases Compact; establishing the Solemn Covenant of States Commission to administer the Compact; providing for the composition, voting procedures, operation, and powers and duties of the Commission; establishing certain procedures for the making of rules by the Commission; authorizing the Commission to establish a management committee; providing for the composition, operation, and powers and duties of the management committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Election Law - Disclosure of Qualifying Paid Digital Communications - Revisions [SB-781]
Repealing a requirement that an online platform maintain and make available to the State Board of Elections on request certain records regarding certain qualifying paid digital communications that a purchaser requests to disseminate through the online platform; and requiring an online platform to maintain and make available to the State Board on request, within 48 hours after the qualifying paid digital communication is first disseminated on the online platform and for at least 1 year after the general election, certain records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Remote Access, Fee Complaints, Fee Waivers, and Inspection of Judicial Records (Open Government, Better Government Act) [SB-758]
Establishing the intent of the General Assembly that each official custodian adopt a policy to use the Internet and other technological advancements to expand remote access to public records and increase the transparency of government; requiring the Public Information Act Compliance Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints alleging that a custodian unreasonably failed to waive a fee under certain circumstances; altering the minimum fee charged under which the Board has authority to review a complaint from $350 to $200; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/18 At 12:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Requirements for Establishing Step Therapy Protocol and Requesting Exceptions [SB-952]
Repealing certain prohibitions on certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations regarding the imposition of step therapy or fail-first protocols; requiring a step therapy protocol to be established by using certain criteria based on certain guidelines; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, or health maintenance organizations to establish a certain process for requesting an exception step therapy protocol; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health – Cyber Safety Handbook – Handbook Development and Publication [SB-893]
Requiring the State Department of Education, the Maryland Department of Health, and the Behavioral Health Administration jointly to develop and publish a certain handbook regarding safe Internet, social media, and technology usage for certain students, parents, and teachers on or before July 1, 2021; requiring the handbook to include certain information and best practices; requiring certain agencies to consult with certain professionals when developing a certain handbook; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Fair Recruitment and Transparency Act [SB-742]
Providing that an agreement by a foreign worker to waive certain rights is void as contrary to public policy; requiring an individual to be licensed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry before the individual may perform a foreign labor contracting service in the State for consideration; providing that a certain license authorizes the licensee to perform foreign labor contracting services for consideration; establishing a Workgroup to Study the International Exchange Visitor Workers in Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Election Law - Absentee Ballot Requests, Delivery, and Marking [HB-859]
Requiring the State Board of Elections approved absentee ballot application to require the applicant to provide certain information; repealing a provision of law requiring a local board of elections to provide an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission if requested by a voter; altering a certain provision of law to require a local board to provide an absentee ballot by the Internet only if requested by certain voters, rather than to any voter on request; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Insurance - Health Care Sharing Ministries [SB-697]
Repealing a certain exemption from certain insurance laws for certain voluntary noncontractual religious publication arrangements; exempting from certain insurance laws certain health care sharing ministries; requiring a person to obtain a certificate of registration from the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to act as a health care sharing ministry in the State; requiring the Commissioner to send a notice of an impending expiration of a certificate of registration not later than 30 days before the expiration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/27/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Montgomery County Stable Homes Act MC 12-20 [HB-821]
Prohibiting evictions of a tenant holding over beyond the expiration of a lease in Montgomery County in the absence of just cause under certain circumstances; specifying the circumstances under which just cause exists; specifying that just cause is not required under certain circumstances; requiring a certain notice to a tenant to be sent in a certain manner ; authorizing a landlord to evict a tenant only after providing not less than 60 days' notice sent by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing in writing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - Time-Sensitive Ticket [HB-861]
Requiring an owner-member whose underground facility provides broadband service to mark the location of the underground facility within 4 hours after a time-sensitive ticket is transferred to the owner-member; and defining "time-sensitive ticket" as a ticket that the person initiating a ticket request identifies as requiring an owner-member to mark its underground facility promptly in order to minimize damage to property; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 02/25/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Security Features for Connected Devices [HB-888]
Requiring the manufacturer of a connected device to equip the device with a certain reasonable security feature; providing that a security feature for a connected device is reasonable if the connected device is equipped with a certain means for authentication; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and is subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Facilities - Hospitals - Disclosure of Outpatient Facility Fees (Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act) [SB-632]
Requiring certain hospitals to provide each patient with a certain written notice related to outpatient facility fees that are charged for services provided at the hospital that is in a certain form; requiring that certain notices be provided to certain patients in certain manners and at certain times; requiring certain hospitals to determine the range of hospital outpatient facility fees and fee estimates; requiring a certain hospital that charges an outpatient facility fee to use a certain range of fees and fee estimates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 366 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Money Transmissions [HB-855]
Establishing licensing requirements for certain money transmission locations; requiring an applicant for a license to engage in the business of money transmission to provide the address of each self-service financial kiosk in a certain application and information that satisfies the Commissioner of Financial Regulation that the applicant has created certain policies and procedures; specifying the licensing fee that an applicant for a branch location license is required to pay; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning [SB-690]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before January 1, 2021, to develop and publish materials to assist State residents with long-term care family planning; requiring certain materials to meet certain requirements, be consistent with certain other materials, and include certain contact information; requiring the Department to make certain materials available in certain languages; and requiring certain State agencies to update certain websites in a certain manner on or before January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2020