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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [SB-798]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; excluding specified rights and remedies of a claimant and specified other persons; providing for specified procedures; providing for specified benefits and compensation of a claimant under the Act; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/27/2014
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Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Catastrophic Injury [SB-789]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
Altering the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be recovered in health care malpractice and other civil actions for a catastrophic injury under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor R. Ramirez
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2014
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Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections [SB-691]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing a system of public financing of campaigns for specified General Assembly candidates; requiring the State Board of Elections to administer the system; requiring the Comptroller to credit to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund money collected under specified provisions of the Act and to distribute public contributions to the campaign finance entities of specified candidates; specifying procedures, requirements, and conditions participating candidates must meet to receive a distribution from the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2014
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Labor and Employment - Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council [SB-54]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Specifying that the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council are to be carried out consistent with the approval of the Division of Labor and Industry; authorizing the Council, under specified circumstances, to designate specified Council members to present the position of the Council to the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for consideration of an issue on which the Council and the Division disagree; requiring the Secretary to issue a final decision on the issue; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 120 on 04/14/2014
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Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management Services [SB-461]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member from disclosing specified communications or information acquired from a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or an emergency responder in the course of providing critical incident stress management services; prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member from being compelled to testify in specified proceedings or investigations; establishing exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy Jacobs
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2014
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Health Occupations - State Board of Physicians - Naturopathic Doctors [SB-314]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Committee within the State Board of Pharmacy; providing for the composition of the Committee; providing for the terms of a Committee member; specifying the duties of the Committee; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board to set fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses; requiring the Board to pay the fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the fees of the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 153 on 04/14/2014
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Baltimore County - Board of Education - Selection of Members [SB-290]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
Establishing procedures for the election and appointment of the members of the Baltimore County Board of Education; repealing provisions governing the appointment of members of the county board; establishing the composition of the county board; requiring members of the county board to reside in, be a registered voter in, and be elected from specified districts; establishing the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission; requiring the Governor to make specified appointments; establishing specified compensation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 480 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland Trust Act [SB-240]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing and revising provisions of law relating to trusts; providing that the Act may be cited as the Maryland Trust Act; providing for the scope of the Act; establishing whether a person has knowledge of a fact under the Act; establishing that a term of a trust prevails over specified other provisions of law, with specified exceptions; establishing that the common law of trusts and principles of equity supplement the Act, with a specified exception; providing for a delayed effective date of January 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman R Stone
Rereferred To Judiciary on 04/07/2014
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Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Program Proposals - Revisions [SB-169]
[Education ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make a determination regarding unnecessary duplication of programs after receipt of a request for such a determination from Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University, or the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; requiring the Commission to make a determination regarding sound educational justification under specified circumstances; providing that specified determinations of the Commission are subject to judicial review; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Recommitted To Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs (senator Conway) on 02/11/2014
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Education - Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission [SB-1062]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
Establishing the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission; providing for the membership, duties, terms, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Governor to designate the Commission chair; requiring the Governor to make appointments to the Baltimore County Board of Education from a list of nominees submitted by the Commission; providing that a member's appointment to the county board is subject to approval or rejection by the registered voters of the county at a specified election; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/20/2014
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Maryland Kinesiology Act [SB-1016]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Board of Physicians to adopt regulations for the licensure and practice of kinesiotherapy; providing that the Act does not limit the rights of specified individuals to practice specified occupations; requiring the Board to set specified fees; establishing the Kinesiotherapy Advisory Committee; providing for the membership, powers, duties, and chair of the Committee; requiring that an individual, on or before a specified date, be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice kinesiotherapy; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2014
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Courts - Electronic Communications - Privacy [HB-912]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the application of a provision of law that requires an investigative or law enforcement officer to obtain a specified search warrant in order to require a provider of wire or electronic communication service to disclose the contents of wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage in a wire or electronic communications system for 180 days or less to a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage for any amount of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 242 on 04/14/2014
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State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians, and Electrologists - Licensing, Certification, Regulation, Violations, and Penalties [HB-908]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the State Board of Nursing to establish, beginning January 1, 2015, a program through which the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository reports to the Board specified criminal history information for specified applicants; establishing requirements for the Board to place specified licensees and certificate holders on inactive status if specified documentation of a medical condition is submitted to the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 560 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland Trust Act [HB-83]
[Finance ]
Repealing and revising provisions of law relating to trusts; providing that the Act may be cited as the Maryland Trust Act; providing for the scope of the Act; establishing whether a person has knowledge of a fact under the Act; establishing that a term of a trust prevails over specified other provisions of law, with specified exceptions; establishing that the common law of trusts and principles of equity supplement the Act, with a specified exception; providing for a delayed effective date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luiz R.S. Simmons
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/15/2014
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Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections [HB-70]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
Creating a public financing system for General Assembly candidates; repealing the Public Financing Act for gubernatorial candidates; repealing specified provisions of law related to the authority of a governing body of a county to establish, by law, a system of public campaign financing for specified elective offices; authorizing the governing body of a county to enact laws to regulate public campaign finance activity for specified offices and candidates; specifying expenditure limits for participating candidates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/24/2014
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Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government - Study on Appeals Under the Maryland Public Information Act [HB-658]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government to study how to improve the administrative process for resolving appeals under the Maryland Public Information Act; requiring the Joint Committee to report its findings to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 102 on 04/08/2014
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Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections [HB-418]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing a system of public financing of campaigns for specified General Assembly candidates; requiring the State Board of Elections to administer the system; requiring the Comptroller to credit to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund money collected under provisions of the Act and to distribute public contributions to the campaign finance entities of specified candidates; specifying procedures, requirements, and conditions participating candidates must meet to receive a distribution from the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2014
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Health Occupations - State Board of Physicians - Naturopathic Doctors [HB-402]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Committee within the State Board of Physicians; providing for the composition of the Committee; providing for the terms of a Committee member; specifying the duties of the Committee; requiring the Board to adopt specified regulations; requiring the Board to set specified fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses; requiring the Board to pay the fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the fees of the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 399 on 05/05/2014
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Baltimore County - Board of Education - Selection of Members [HB-384]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
Establishing procedures for the election and appointment of the members of the Baltimore County Board of Education; repealing provisions governing the appointment of members of the county board; establishing the composition of the county board; requiring members of the county board to reside in, be a registered voter in, and be elected from specified districts; providing for a student member of the county board; providing for the removal of, and hearings and appeal procedures for, specified members of the county board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2014
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Income Tax Return Preparers - False Returns or Claims for Refund - Statute of Limitations [HB-34]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Providing that an income tax return preparer who willfully prepares, assists in preparing, or causes the preparation of a false income tax return or claim for refund under specified circumstances is subject to a specified statute of limitations and may reserve a point or question for a specified judicial review.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael A. McDermott
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2014