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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Long-Term Care Insurance - Premium Rates - Limitation [HB-59]
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[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Prohibiting a carrier from imposing a premium rate increase for a policy or contract of long-term care insurance that exceeds 20% within a 12-month period; and applying the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/13/2018
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Income Tax – Credit for Long–Term Care Premiums [HB-1799]
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[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; repealing a prohibition on claiming the credit if an individual was covered by long-term care insurance any time before July 1, 2000; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
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Nursing Homes - Partial Payment for Services Provided [HB-1215]
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[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to make a certain advance payment to a nursing home at the request of the nursing home for uncompensated Maryland Medical Assistance Program services provided to a certain resident; providing that the advance payment may not exceed 50% of the estimated amount due for the uncompensated services; requiring the Department to pay the balance due to a nursing home under certain circumstances; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 445 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers - Alterations (Laurie's Law) [SB-700]
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[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Repealing the initial cap on participation in a certain waiver; requiring a certain waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include a request for a cap on waiver participation that is set at not less than a certain percentage of the projected annual demand for certain services; requiring the Department to screen individuals who are eligible to receive certain services as soon as possible after the Department receives certain notification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Favorable on 03/21/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services - Prohibition on Denial [SB-699]
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[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from denying an individual access to a home- and community-based services waiver due to a lack of funding for waiver services if the individual is living at home or in the community at a certain time, received certain services, will be or has been terminated from the Maryland Medical Assistance Program due to certain entitlement or enrollment, meets certain eligibility criteria, and certain services received by the individual would qualify for certain funds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums [SB-650]
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[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, 2019, but before January 1, 2022, and a maximum of $500 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2021; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Long-Term Care Insurance - Premium Rate Increases - Restriction (Equity in Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums Act) [SB-474]
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[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Prohibiting a carrier from imposing a premium rate increase for a policy or contract of long-term care insurance in a year in which the carrier, or any entity with which the carrier is affiliated, pays a dividend, or comparable payment, to its shareholders or a bonus or benefit to any of the executive officers of the carrier or any entity with which the carrier is affiliated that is in addition to the contractually fixed compensation provided to the executive officers for certain services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
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Long-Term Care Insurance - Contingent Benefit Upon Lapse - Application [SB-46]
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[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering the application of certain provisions of law requiring a carrier to provide to an insured under a policy or contract of long-term care insurance a certain contingent benefit upon lapse under certain circumstances by applying the provisions only to policies or contracts of long-term care insurance issued or delivered in the State before April 1, 2003, for which rate increase filings have been approved by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner on or after June 1, 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 107 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
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Long-Term Care Insurance - Annual Notice [SB-415]
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[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring certain carriers to provide each insured under a policy or contract of long-term care insurance in the State an annual notice, in writing or electronically, containing the insured's policy form number and the carrier's customer service telephone number.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 463 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
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Mandated Reports and Statutory Commissions, Councils, and Committees - Revisions [SB-112]
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[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Repealing certain reporting requirements that are obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative; consolidating certain reporting requirements for efficiency; codifying certain reporting requirements for transparency; modifying certain reporting requirements for practicality; repealing the requirement that the Council for the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services establish a certain workgroup; repealing the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 6 on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums [HB-836]
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[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, 2019, but before January 1, 2022, and a maximum of $500 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2021; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services - Prohibition on Denial [HB-832]
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[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from denying an individual access to a home- and community-based services waiver due to a lack of funding for waiver services if the individual is living at home or in the community at a certain time, received certain services, will be or has been terminated from the Maryland Medical Assistance Program due to certain entitlement or enrollment, meets certain eligibility criteria, and certain services received by the individual would qualify for federal matching funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Third Reading Passed (139-0) on 04/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
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Dental Hygienist – Scope of Practice – Practice Settings Under General Supervision [HB-738]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Altering a certain provision of law to provide that a general license to practice dental hygiene authorizes the licensee to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in certain facilities, rather than only in a long-term care facility; altering the requirements, to include at least 3,000 hours of active clinical practice in direct patient care, that a dental hygienist is required to meet before being authorized to practice dental hygiene under the general supervision of a licensed dentist in certain facilities;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 399 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums [HB-609]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums by allowing the credit to be claimed for every taxable year in which the insurance policy is in force; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Mandated Reports and Statutory Commissions, Councils, and Committees - Revisions [HB-58]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
Repealing certain reporting requirements that are obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative; consolidating certain reporting requirements for efficiency; codifying certain reporting requirements for transparency; modifying certain reporting requirements for practicality; repealing the requirement that the Council for the Procurement of Health, Education, and Social Services establish a certain workgroup; repealing the Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
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Long-Term Care Insurance - Annual Notice [HB-1388]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring certain carriers to provide each insured under a policy or contract of long-term care insurance in the State an annual notice, in writing or electronically, containing the insured's policy form number and the carrier's customer service telephone number.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred C Carr
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-1087]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Sign Language Interpreter Act [HB-1064]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain individuals; providing for the composition of the Board and the appointment, terms, qualifications, expenses, and removal of the Board members; providing for the chair and the term of the chair of the Board; establishing that a majority of members then serving is a quorum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/19/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Home- and Community-Based Services Waivers - Alterations (Laurie's Law) [HB-1009]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Repealing the initial cap on participation in a certain waiver; requiring a certain waiver submitted by the Maryland Department of Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include a request for a cap on waiver participation that is set at no less than a certain percentage of the projected annual demand for certain services; requiring the Department to screen individuals who are eligible to receive certain services as soon as possible after the Department receives certain notification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2019