Libel And Slander
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Nondisparagement Clauses in Consumer Contracts - Prohibition [HB-131]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a contract or a proposed contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services from including a provision waiving the consumer's right to make a specified statement; prohibiting a person from threatening or seeking enforcement of a specified contract provision; prohibiting a person from penalizing a consumer for making a specified statement; providing that the Act does not limit a person from including in a specified contract a provision prohibiting a consumer from making specified disclosures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 96 on 04/12/2016
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Civil Proceedings - Foreign Defamation Judgments - Recognition, Enforceability, [SB-13]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Authorizing a court in the State to exercise personal jurisdiction under specified circumstances over a person who obtains a foreign defamation judgment for the purpose of providing declaratory relief as to liability or determining whether the judgment may not be recognized in the State; establishing that foreign defamation judgments may not be recognized in the State unless a court makes a specified determination about defamation law in the foreign jurisdiction; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Civil Proceedings - Foreign Defamation Judgments - Recognition, Enforceability, [HB-193]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Authorizing a court in the State to exercise personal jurisdiction under specified circumstances over a person who obtains a foreign defamation judgment for the purpose of providing declaratory relief as to liability or determining whether the judgment may not be recognized in the State; establishing that foreign defamation judgments may not be recognized in the State unless a State court makes a specified determination about defamation law in the foreign jurisdiction; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Maryland Music Therapists Act [HB-1102]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing the Music Therapist Advisory Committee within the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists; requiring the Board to adopt regulations and a code of ethics for the practice of music therapy; requiring the Board to set certain fees for services provided by the Board to music therapists; requiring the Board to pay the fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the fees to the Board; requiring the fees to be used to cover certain costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
[Public Health ]
[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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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
[Public Health ]
[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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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing [HB-1040]
[Healthcare ]
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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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Courts - Improperly Summoning a Police Officer - Civil Liability [HB-1115]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a certain civil action to be brought against a person who knowingly summons a police officer with a certain intent; specifying certain types of damages that a certain person is entitled to recover; and providing that the Act does not restrict certain legal remedies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians - Genetic Counselors - Licensing [SB-763]
[Healthcare ]
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: Sen. Clarence Lam
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Maryland Music Therapists Act [SB-766]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing the Music Therapist Advisory Committee within the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists; requiring the Board to adopt regulations and a code of ethics for the practice of music therapy; requiring the Board to set reasonable fees for services provided by the Board to music therapists; requiring the Board to pay the fees to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute the fees to the Board; requiring the fees to be used to cover certain costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [SB-696]
[Public Health ]
[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. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Courts - Improperly Summoning a Police Officer - Civil Liability [SB-436]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a certain civil action to be brought against a person who knowingly summons a police officer with a certain intent; specifying certain types of damages that a certain person is entitled to recover; and providing that the Act does not restrict certain legal remedies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 2/14 At 12:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020