Long-term Care

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Disability and Life Insurance - Medical Information (Genetic Testing Protection Act) [SB-757] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ]
Prohibiting insurance carriers that offer life insurance or disability insurance policies or contracts from unfairly discriminating against an individual by taking certain actions relating to coverage based on medical information; prohibiting certain carriers from accessing sensitive medical information without first obtaining written consent or mandating certain genetic testing or full genome sequencing for a certain purpose; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [HB-696] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ] [Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [SB-490] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ] [Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Relating To Long-term Care. [SB-991] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Public Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study on the adequacy of long-term care on the island of Molokai. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite Referred To Hhs, Wam. on 01/23/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care [HB-417] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to determine the feasibility of establishing a State universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report on June 1, 2027, and a final report with its analysis and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2028.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [HB-352] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; increasing the cap on the percentage that may be deducted from all open purses and paid to a certain organization; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 604 on 05/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [SB-321] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums (Long-Term Care Relief Act of 2025) [HB-327] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ]
Limiting eligibility for a credit against the State income tax for certain long-term care insurance premiums paid by a taxpayer for long-term care insurance purchased before January 1, 2005, to taxpayers who are at least 85 years old with a Maryland adjusted gross income of less than $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for a joint filer; altering the maximum amount of the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-181] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove a decision to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission, within 60 days of receiving a name for parole consideration, to conduct a risk assessment for an individual serving sentences for crimes of violence with an aggregate term of confinement of 40 years or more; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse Approved By The Governor - Chapter 102 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums (Long-Term Care Relief Act of 2025) [SB-155] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ]
Limiting eligibility for a credit against the State income tax for certain long-term care insurance premiums paid by a taxpayer for long-term care insurance purchased before January 1, 2005, to taxpayers who are at least 85 years old with a Maryland adjusted gross income of less than $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for a joint filer; altering the maximum amount of the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-190] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the incarcerated individual and the Commission; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by older incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence homestead of an unpaid caregiver of an individual who is eligible to receive long-term services and supports under the Medicaid program while the individual is on a waiting list for the services and supports. [HJR-67] [Property Tax ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Human Services ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence homestead of an unpaid caregiver of an individual who is eligible to receive long-term services and supports under the Medicaid program while the individual is on a waiting list for the services and supports.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Diego Bernal Considered In Public Hearing on 03/31/2025

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Skilled nursing, long-term care, and community care facilities; JLARC to study capacity & condition. [HJR-22] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ]
Study; JLARC; skilled nursing, long-term care, and community care facilities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the capacity and condition of skilled nursing, long-term care, and community care facilities within the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Scott Walker Left In Rules on 11/18/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums [HB-1344] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ]
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a one-time $500 credit to a maximum of $250 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024, but before January 1, 2027, and a maximum of $500 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2026; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Health Care Facilities - Access to Telephones [HB-1253] [Healthcare ] [Telecommunications ] [Public Health ]
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Health Care Facilities – Access to Telephones [SB-813] [Healthcare ] [Telecommunications ] [Public Health ]
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators - Requirements for Assisted Living Managers [HB-874] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ]
Extending, from October 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, the date by which an individual must be licensed by the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators before practicing as an assisted living manager in the State; altering the requirements for the manager training course that certain assisted living managers are required to complete; altering the requirements for serving as an interim assisted living manager; and requiring the Board to submit certain reports on assisted living managers to certain committees of the General Assembly.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 785 on 05/16/2024

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

Transitional services; long-term care; appropriation [SB-1598] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Senior Citizens ] [Funding ] [Human Services ]
Transitional services; long-term care; appropriation

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Consuelo Hernandez House Read Second Time on 03/13/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators - Requirements for Assisted Living Managers [SB-613] [Healthcare ] [Senior Citizens ] [Housing ]
Extending, from October 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, the date by which individuals must be licensed by the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators before practicing as an assisted living manager in the State; altering the requirements for the manager training course that certain assisted living managers are required to complete to include in-person courses, virtual training methods, or a combination of both; and altering the requirements for serving as an interim assisted living manager.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle Approved By The Governor - Chapter 786 on 05/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Department of Aging - Long-Term Care Insurance - Study [SB-631] [Insurance ] [Senior Citizens ] [Healthcare ]
Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete an insurance study on public and private options for leveraging resources to help individuals prepare for long-term care services and support needs; and requiring the Department to submit an interim report by December 31, 2024, summarizing the progress of the study and a final report by December 31, 2025, to the Governor and General Assembly on the results of the study.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/15/2024

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