Hospitals and Related Institutions – Outpatient Facility Fees [SB-1103]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the required contents of the written notice regarding outpatient facility fees; requiring the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, in consultation with certain entities, to study and make recommendations regarding hospital outpatient facility fees; requiring the Commission to convene a workgroup on outpatient facility fees notices; and requiring the Commission to submit, on or before December 1, 2024, a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on certain recommendations.
SB-1103: Hospitals and Related Institutions – Outpatient Facility Fees
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 142 on 04/25/2024
Department of Information Technology - Evaluation and Development of a 3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence [SB-1068]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Science ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a 3-1-1 portal utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible.
SB-1068: Department of Information Technology - Evaluation and Development of a 3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 450 on 05/09/2024
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency - Modifications [HB-987]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency by establishing certain requirements for certain State departments, agencies, or programs, including establishing certain positions, establishing a certain language access plan, and developing certain guides and offering certain services; and requiring the Office of the Attorney General to provide oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain language access provisions.
HB-987: State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency - Modifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup [SB-951]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to report its framework for reliability and reporting standards for electric vehicle charging stations and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Economic Matters Committee on or before November 1, 2024.
SB-951: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 452 on 05/09/2024
Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program [SB-991]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Language Assistance Services Pilot Program in the Behavioral Health Administration to provide grants to local behavioral health authorities to reimburse behavioral health providers for language assistance services for children with limited English proficiency accessing and receiving behavioral health services and for parents and legal guardians coordinating the provision of behavioral health services and making health care decisions regarding the services on behalf of a child; etc.
SB-991: Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 867 on 05/16/2024
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup [HB-1028]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup to study certain standards related to EV charging stations; and requiring the Workgroup to report its framework and recommendations to the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and the House Economic Matters Committee on or before November 1, 2024.
HB-1028: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 453 on 05/09/2024
Health Care Facilities – Notice to Consumers – Out–of–Network Status (Health Care Provider Out–of–Network Information Act) [SB-1104]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring out-of-network health care facilities to provide certain information to a consumer and obtain certain consent before providing a health care service; requiring that certain out-of-network status information be provided in a certain consent form; prohibiting an out-of-network health care facility from charging, billing, or attempting to collect an amount in excess of the consumer's in-network cost unless the consumer is provided certain notice and provided consent; and making a violation of this Act an unfair trade practice.
SB-1104: Health Care Facilities – Notice to Consumers – Out–of–Network Status (Health Care Provider Out–of–Network Information Act)
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024
Maryland Predictable Scheduling Act [SB-994]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to employees, notifications regarding changes to the schedules, and payment of wages to employees whose work schedules are changed by the employer; authorizing certain employees to request an adjustment in a work schedule before beginning a shift; etc.
SB-994: Maryland Predictable Scheduling Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2024
Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established [SB-937]
[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.
SB-937: Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 227 on 04/25/2024
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment [SB-882]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program as a permanent program; and extending the appropriation that the Governor is required to make in the annual budget bill to the Program to fiscal year 2026.
SB-882: Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 184 on 04/25/2024
Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking) [HB-884]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from committing or threatening certain actions, including certain actions related to sex trafficking, with the intent of coercing a pregnant woman to have an abortion; providing that a pregnant minor is considered an emancipated minor for purposes of eligibility for public assistance if the minor is denied financial support from a parent or guardian due to the minor's refusal to have an abortion; etc.
HB-884: Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking)
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2024
Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking) [SB-862]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from committing or threatening certain actions, including certain actions related to sex trafficking, with the intent of coercing a pregnant woman to have an abortion; providing that a pregnant minor is considered an emancipated minor for purposes of eligibility for public assistance if the minor is denied financial support from a parent or guardian due to the minor's refusal to have an abortion; etc.
SB-862: Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication [HB-890]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; requiring the Department to maintain a risk ratio and State comparison threshold of 2.0 to be used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices; and requiring the Department to report disproportionality data for high-suspending schools.
HB-890: Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [HB-903]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
HB-903: Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 171 on 04/25/2024
Task Force on Access to Pharmacy Services and the Impact of Telepharmacy in Maryland [SB-786]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Task Force on Access to Pharmacy Services and the Impact of Telepharmacy in Maryland to analyze access to pharmacy services and identify barriers to pharmacy services and telepharmacy; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by May 1, 2025, and a final report by December 1, 2025, of its findings and recommendations on methods to increase access to pharmacy services and the use of telepharmacy in the State to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.
SB-786: Task Force on Access to Pharmacy Services and the Impact of Telepharmacy in Maryland
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [SB-797]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
SB-797: Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 04/25/2024
Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24 [HB-838]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program in the Prince George's County public school system; providing that the purpose of the Program is to increase the number of registered family child care providers, registered family child care homes, and registered large family child care homes in low-income communities in the county; requiring a local school system to develop a certain application process; etc.
HB-838: Prince George's County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program - Establishment PG 505-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 373 on 04/25/2024
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 – Counties and Municipalities [HB-800]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
HB-800: Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 – Counties and Municipalities
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
Economic Development - Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-815]
[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce; providing that the purpose of Program is to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each center to provide one-on-one financial counseling and coaching services free of charge; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 an appropriation to the Department sufficient to cover the costs of the Pilot Program.
HB-815: Economic Development - Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/26/2024