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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Residential Service Agencies - Training Requirements [HB-1168]
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[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring each residential service agency to ensure that certain individuals receive certain training relating to dementia; requiring each residential service agency to ensure that individuals providing certain training have certain experience and have completed certain training; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide a certain list of training programs to each residential service agency; requiring an individual employed as a residential service agency's direct care or supervisory staff to complete certain training; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Voice Over Internet Protocol - Robocalls - Customer Information [HB-1278]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service provider to obtain certain information from a person making certain robocalls through the VoIP service provider; providing that a person who willfully violates certain provisions is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each robocall made; defining certain terms; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education [HB-1122]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Excluding public institutions of higher education from certain provisions of law governing protection of information by government agencies; requiring public institutions of higher education to review and designate certain systems as systems of record based on certain criteria and to develop and adopt a certain privacy governance program to govern each system of record; requiring public institutions of higher education to develop and adopt a certain information security and risk management program for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 429 on 05/08/2020
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Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection [HB-1081]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a hospital to annually submit a report to the Health Services Cost Review Commission on the total number of patients by race or ethnicity, gender, and zip code against whom the hospital has filed an action to collect a debt, or to whom the hospital has and has not reported or classified a bad debt, and the total amount of costs owed but not collected; requiring that a certain policy provide a mechanism to a patient to modify a payment plan and prohibit the hospital from collecting a certain debt for a certain patient; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/09/2020
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Health Care Facilities – Assisted Living Programs – Regulations, Staffing, and Training [HB-1063]
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[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
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: Rep. Carol Krimm
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/05/2020
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County Boards of Education - Payment Data - Disclosures [HB-1092]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the county boards of education of Montgomery County, Howard County, Baltimore County, Prince George's County, and Anne Arundel County to develop and operate searchable websites containing information on the identities of individuals who receive aggregate payments from the boards of at least $25,000; and specifying how the websites present information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Public Health - Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases - Compact [HB-1051]
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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, powers and duties of the management committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Baltimore County Circuit Court - Criminal Proceedings Court Webcast - Pilot Program [HB-1093]
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[Criminal Justice ]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
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Establishing for certain criminal proceedings in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County a certain exception to the prohibition against recording or broadcasting a criminal matter; requiring a certain presiding judge to ensure that a certain court webcast does not include certain matters; requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to provide a certain court webcast in a certain manner in certain criminal proceedings; prohibiting a person from disseminating certain portions of a court webcast; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/17/2020
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Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
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Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
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[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Ethics ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Certification - Revisions [HB-1108]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals to maintain an electronic roster of all individuals certified by the Board; requiring that the roster be available for electronic verification of certification through the Board's website; authorizing certain individuals to contact the Board to verify a certificate; and repealing a certain requirement that a certain renewal notice sent by the Board contain certain information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2020
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State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing [HB-1040]
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Requiring the State Board of Physicians to license genetic counselors; providing that provisions of the Act do not limit the right of certain individuals to practice certain occupations; establishing the Genetic Counseling Advisory Committee within the Board; requiring individuals, on or after October 1, 2022, to be licensed by the Board as genetic counselors before practicing genetic counseling in the State except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Health Facilities - Hospitals - Disclosure of Outpatient Facility Fees (Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act) [HB-915]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
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 a certain range of fees and fee estimates; requiring each hospital that charges an outpatient facility fee to use a certain range of fees and fee estimates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 365 on 05/08/2020
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Hospitals and Freestanding Medical Facilities – Closing or Partial Closing – Public Notice [HB-926]
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[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to publish a certain notice of the closing or partial closing of a certain hospital or freestanding medical facility within a certain time period; requiring the Commission to ensure that a certain notice is available to the public for certain purposes and provided to a certain local governing body and certain members of the General Assembly; requiring the Commission to publish a notice of certain informational meetings; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Member-Regulated Cooperatives - Establishment (Rural Broadband for the Eastern Shore Act of 2020) [HB-999]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing a process for an electric cooperative to operate as a member-regulated cooperative in a certain area; requiring a cooperative's board of directors to hold a certain meeting and forums and provide a certain notice and information to the cooperative's members on whether to operate as a member-regulated cooperative; requiring a member-regulated cooperative to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the status of the deployment of broadband Internet service to the cooperative's members; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 606 on 05/08/2020
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Insurance - Health Care Sharing Ministries [HB-994]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Religion ]
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: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/03/2020
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Economic Development Programs - Data Collection, Tracking, and Reporting Requirements - Alteration [HB-1026]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "economic development program" for purposes of the data collection, tracking, and reporting requirements of the Maryland Jobs Development Act to include certain tax credit programs; and requiring the Department of Commerce, on or before December 31, 2020, to make available on the Department's website, in a certain format certain information relating to the recipients of economic development program tax credits or financial assistance and to update that information annually.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 408 on 05/08/2020
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21st–Century Economy Fairness Act [HB-932]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute the sales and use tax revenue from certain digital products to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; defining "digital product" as one that is obtained by the buyer or delivered electronically; applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain digital products; providing that the retail sale of a certain digital code or digital product shall be presumed to be made in the state in which a certain customer tax address is located;
stating the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Business Personal Property [HB-940]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Exempting business personal property from the property tax imposed by a county or municipal corporation, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to identify certain provisions of law and submit a certain report to the General Assembly; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/05/2020
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Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity Response Team [HB-996]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Information Technology, in consultation with the Maryland Cybersecurity Council, to establish a Cybersecurity Response Team; setting forth the duties of the Cybersecurity Response Team; altering the purposes of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund; requiring the Comptroller to disperse certain funds from the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to certain local jurisdictions for a certain purpose; and requiring the Department to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the activities of the Cybersecurity Response Team.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2020