Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021) [HB-78]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State designated exchange to participate in a certain advisory committee, maintain a certain data set, and provide data under certain circumstances; authorizing the State designated exchange to use certain data to improve outcomes for patients; establishing the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to employ a health equity framework by taking a collaborative approach to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities in the State and incorporating health considerations into broad-based decision making; etc.
HB-78: Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing 1/26 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries [SB-146]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Juvenile Services to appoint an additional deputy secretary as necessary under certain circumstances.
SB-146: Department of Juvenile Services – Deputy Secretaries
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/13/2021
Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment [HB-169]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing the juvenile court to refer a certain matter to the Department of Juvenile Services for a certain informal adjustment if the time for a certain adjudicatory hearing has been waived and the petition is not the result of an unsuccessful informal adjustment; providing a certain exception to the requirement that the court hold an adjudicatory hearing; and requiring a certain petition to be dismissed if a certain informal adjustment is successfully completed.
HB-169: Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Hearing 2/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
Social Services - Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Workgroup Revisions and Reports [SB-964]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring, on or before October 1, 2018, certain government agencies and organizations to submit an independent report to the Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth victims of Human Trafficking and the university of Maryland School of Social Work Child Sex Trafficking Initiative; requiring the report to include certain information; requiring the Workgroup to establish a certain subcommittee to consider recommendations on the provision of statewide services for youth victims of human trafficking; etc.
SB-964: Social Services - Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Workgroup Revisions and Reports
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/03/2018
Juvenile Law - Disclosure of Court Records [SB-91]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing that a prohibition against the disclosure of court records pertaining to a certain child does not prohibit access to and confidential use of the court record by the Department of Human Services, local departments of social services, the Maryland Department of Health, or local health departments in coordination with the Department of Juvenile Services for purposes relevant to the provision of services or care; and requiring that certain disclosed records be kept confidential in accordance with certain laws.
SB-91: Juvenile Law - Disclosure of Court Records
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 669 on 05/15/2018
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Diversion Program [SB-669]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain case involving a child to suspend the sentence and place the child under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Services for enrollment in the Juvenile Diversion Program established by the Act; requiring the Department to establish a Juvenile Diversion Program to provide an alternative to imprisonment for a child placed under the supervision of the Department; requiring the Program to provide certain services to each child enrolled; etc.
SB-669: Juvenile Law - Juvenile Diversion Program
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
Workgroup on Establishing an Independent School Board for the Juvenile Services Education System [SB-657]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing a Workgroup on Establishing an Independent School Board for the Juvenile Services Education System to determine whether to create an independent school board for the Juvenile Services Education System, and identify ways to reform and improve juvenile education services; requiring the Workgroup to convene on or before September 1, 2018; requiring the Workgroup to submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly in a certain format by December 20, 2019; etc.
SB-657: Workgroup on Establishing an Independent School Board for the Juvenile Services Education System
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2018
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [SB-510]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain individuals serving in certain positions in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing that certain members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System who meet certain criteria may receive a normal service retirement allowance that is based on certain creditable service; etc.
SB-510: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 2/08 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/08/2018
Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Membership [SB-299]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Including certain individuals employed by the Department of Juvenile Services and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; requiring a certain transfer and combination of certain service credit for certain individuals; requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to calculate a certain disability benefit for certain individuals and to grant a certain benefit under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-299: Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 579 on 05/15/2018
Juveniles – Reportable Offenses [SB-1147]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Making it mandatory for a certain local superintendent of schools or school principal to transmit certain information concerning the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense or offense related to the student's membership in a criminal gang and the disposition of a certain offense as a confidential file to the local superintendent of another school in the State in which the student has enrolled or to which the student has been transferred for certain purposes under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-1147: Juveniles – Reportable Offenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Washington County Senators
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/23/2018
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council [SB-1134]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Council; prohibiting a member of the Council from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; specifying the duties of the Council; authorizing the Council to request certain technical assistance; requiring the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2021; etc.
SB-1134: Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018
Juvenile Law - Lead Testing and Behavioral Health Assessment [SB-1066]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to order a child to undergo blood lead level testing if the child's parent or guardian consents; requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to direct the Department of Juvenile Services or another qualified agency to make a certain study concerning the child; requiring that, as part of the study, the Department conduct a comprehensive behavioral health assessment of the child; etc.
SB-1066: Juvenile Law - Lead Testing and Behavioral Health Assessment
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/23/2018
Maryland Department of Health – "Pill Mill" Tip Line and Overdose Report [HB-922]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before December 1, 2018, to identify a method for establishing a tip line through which a person may report an individual suspected of prescribing medication or overprescribing medication in violation of certain provisions of law; requiring, on or before July 1 each year, the Secretary of Health to examine the prescription and treatment history of individuals who suffered fatal overdoses involving opiates and other controlled substances and report the findings beginning July 1, 2019; etc.
HB-922: Maryland Department of Health – "Pill Mill" Tip Line and Overdose Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/24/2018
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Diversion Program [HB-827]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain case involving a child to suspend the sentence and place the child under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Services for not longer than 18 months for enrollment in the Juvenile Diversion Program established by the Act; requiring the Program to provide an alternative to imprisonment for a child placed under the supervision of the Department; requiring the Program to provide certain services to each child enrolled; etc.
HB-827: Juvenile Law - Juvenile Diversion Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/17/2018
Juvenile Law - Lead Testing and Behavioral Health Assessment [HB-479]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to order a child to undergo blood lead level testing if the child's parent or guardian consents; requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to direct the Department of Juvenile Services or another qualified agency to make a certain study concerning the child; requiring that, as part of the study, the Department conduct a comprehensive behavioral health assessment of the child; etc.
HB-479: Juvenile Law - Lead Testing and Behavioral Health Assessment
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-414]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include certain individuals serving in certain positions in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing that certain members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System who meet certain criteria may receive a normal service retirement allowance that is based on certain creditable service; etc.
HB-414: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Vogt
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2018
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership [HB-36]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Including certain individuals employed by the Department of Juvenile Services and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; requiring the State Retirement Agency by January 1, 2019, to notify the individuals who are affected by the Act of their rights to transfer certain service credit to a certain retirement system; requiring a certain transfer and combination of certain service credit for certain individuals; etc.
HB-36: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 580 on 05/15/2018
Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Correctional Officers (Hometown Heroes Act of 2018) [HB-354]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
Including certain individuals employed by the Department of Juvenile Services in the membership of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under certain circumstances for a certain amount of retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a correctional officer; applying certain provisions of the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
HB-354: Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Correctional Officers (Hometown Heroes Act of 2018)
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2018
Residential Child Care Programs - Statement of Need - Exceptions [HB-1747]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Housing ]
Providing that the Department of Human Services and the Department of Juvenile Services are not required to issue a statement of need before granting a license to a residential child care program if there is no placement available in an existing licensed program that can provide certain services; providing that a statement of need is not required to relocate an existing residential child care program if the existing site requires rehabilitation that is impractical or infeasible and certain other requirements are met; etc.
HB-1747: Residential Child Care Programs - Statement of Need - Exceptions
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 799 on 05/15/2018
Juveniles - Reportable Offenses [HB-1702]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Making it mandatory for a certain local superintendent of schools or school principal to transmit certain information concerning the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense or offense related to the student's membership in a criminal gang and the disposition of a certain offense as a confidential file to the local superintendent of another school in the State in which the student has enrolled or to which the student has been transferred for certain purposes under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1702: Juveniles - Reportable Offenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Washington County Delegation
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2018