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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Department of Education - Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System [HB-1237] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System; requiring the Task Force to consider the effectiveness, functionality and usability of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Individualized Family Service Plan and make recommendations to maintain and upgrade the system or to replace it with another platform; and requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Institutions of Higher Education - Online Gambling - Prohibition [HB-1087] [Gaming ] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting online gambling while on campus at an institution of higher education in the State; requiring by August 1, 2024, each institution of higher education to establish a geofence around the perimeter of the campus that prevents access to online gambling within the campus property; and requiring each institution of higher education in the State to publish a written policy online that is consistent with the provisions of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen First Reading Ways And Means And Appropriations on 02/07/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

County Boards of Education – Budgets – Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act) [HB-1115] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a process for the uniform and timely reporting of certain county board of education budget information to a county governing body; requiring a county board to post certain budget information on the county board's public-facing website, in an easily identifiable location; requiring a certain audit to be sent to the county council or the county commissioners; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr Approved By The Governor - Chapter 217 on 04/25/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Highways – Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program [HB-1032] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Tourism ]
Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program to create a system of supplemental guide signs to direct motorists to eligible individual attractions by directing the motorists first to groups of attractions; requiring the State Highway Administration and the Department of Commerce to develop standards and procedures for determining the eligibility of an attraction for a sign; requiring the Administration to notify certain committees of the General Assembly at least 30 days before amending the Program; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey Approved By The Governor - Chapter 458 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024) [HB-1051] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishing requirements on local health departments and certain health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requiring hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance Program to identify risk factors and causes of Severe Maternal Morbidity; requiring the Program to report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 799 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [HB-1165] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from reducing certain monitoring requirements for certain projects; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Sunset Repeal and Modification of Reporting Requirements [HB-1074] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Altering certain reporting requirements on health insurance carriers relating to compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; altering requirements for certain analyses of nonquantitative treatment limitations required of health insurance carriers; establishing certain remedies the Commissioner may use to enforce compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and related reporting requirements; repealing the requirement that a certain form be used for the reporting requirements; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 234 on 04/25/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment [HB-1119] [Technology and Innovation ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Data Privacy ] [Cybersecurity ] [Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund; providing that the Fund includes all revenue received by the State from a judgment against, or settlement with, technology conglomerates, technology companies, social media conglomerates, or social media companies relating to claims made by the State; requiring the Secretary of Health to develop certain goals, objectives and indicators relating to algorithmic addiction treatment and prevention efforts; requiring the Secretary to establish a certain grant program; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 02/27/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations Conducted Through Telehealth - Reimbursement and Study [HB-1127] [Healthcare ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Telecommunications ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the reimbursement of a sexual assault forensic exam conducted through peer-to-peer telehealth under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee to conduct a study on the feasibility of a telehealth program that includes a pilot program for conducting sexual assault forensic examinations through telehealth; and requiring the Committee to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Approved By The Governor - Chapter 832 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates [HB-1125] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ]
Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistants and geriatric nursing assistants; requiring an applicant for certification as a certified nursing assistant to complete a nursing assistant competency evaluation; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 818 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Climate Change Coordinator – Establishment [HB-1077] [Small Business ] [Climate Change ] [Energy ] [Economic Development ] [Environmental ] [Funding ]
Establishing the Small Business Climate Change Coordinator in the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs in the Executive Department to support the State's small, minority, and women-owned business community on matters related to climate change; and requiring, on request, the Coordinator to advise the Governor and the General Assembly on the impact of climate change on small businesses and the effect of a transition to advanced clean energy on small businesses in the State.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established [HB-1157] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Program and to take certain actions to develop and implement the Program; establishing the eligibility for certain teacher candidates in the Program and requiring teacher candidates to be paid a certain rate and offered certain benefits under the Program; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/25/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Income Tax - Opportunity for Filers to Register to Make Anatomical Gift [HB-1068] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Requiring the Comptroller to implement procedures to offer certain income tax return filers the opportunity to register to make an anatomical gift in accordance with the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act through a hyperlink to the anatomical gift donor registry.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark Approved By The Governor - Chapter 190 on 04/25/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials [HB-1172] [Student Loans ] [Education ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Establishing requirements related to the certification of employment by public service employers under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, including requirements regarding determinations of whether employees are full-time and the frequency with which the certifications are to be provided; and requiring the Student Loan Ombudsman in the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to develop and disseminate information to increase awareness of and participation in the Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Green Schools - Website Update and Maintenance [HB-1102] [Environmental ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a certain appropriation to update, by January 1, 2026, and maintain a certain website dedicated to green schools and becoming certified as a green school; and requiring county boards of education to prominently display a link to the website on the county board's website and circulate certain information to teachers and staff.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Wolek First Reading Ways And Means on 02/07/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Government – Attorney General – Reports [HB-1158] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Altering certain reporting requirements for the Attorney General; and requiring the Attorney General to publish certain documents on the website of the Attorney General.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall Approved By The Governor - Chapter 439 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Education – Public School Employers and Employees – Subcontracting for Services [HB-1175] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting a public school employer from entering into a certain subcontracting agreement unless certain circumstances occur; specifying the requirements for a public school employer to enter into a certain subcontracting agreement; providing for the contents of certain subcontracting agreements; requiring that a certain public school employee who is displaced as a result of a subcontracting agreement retain certain status and rights; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program - Established [HB-1042] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Water ]
Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer and manage certain competitive grants under the Program in a certain manner; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Guzzone Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment [HB-991] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Water ]
Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and information to certain persons in a county where food processing residuals will be stored; establishing the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund; authorizing a representative of the Department to enter and inspect any site where food processing residuals are utilized; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose Approved By The Governor - Chapter 531 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Middle and High Schools - Cardiac Emergency Response Plans for Athletic Facilities (The Bailey Bullock Act) [SB-1024] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring that each public middle and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; and requiring each public middle and high school to review and update the cardiac emergency response plan each year.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks Rereferred To Ways And Means on 04/05/2024

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