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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave [HB-1503]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management and the governing body of a public institution of higher education to adopt regulations governing paid family and medical leave benefits for Executive Branch employees; establishing certain parameters for the paid family and medical leave; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2026, Executive Branch employees to submit a request for paid family and medical leave in accordance with established procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 606 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity [HB-1489]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients of the coverage requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Intercepted Communications - Admissibility of Evidence [SB-1007]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in a certain criminal proceeding under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [SB-998]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2025
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End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) [HB-1328]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/03 At 2:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) And Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 02/27/2025
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State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/13/2025
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Education - Student Behavior - Parent and Guardian Notice and Required Counseling (Parent and Guardian Accountability Act) [HB-1313]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that it is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a student in a public school to fail to seek and participate in counseling with the parent's or guardian's child after receiving a certain notice of violent and disruptive behavior; and requiring a public school principal to provide a certain written notice to the parent or guardian of a student who engages in two or more incidents of violent and disruptive behavior on school premises or during school-related activities during the school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-993]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Establishing the Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program; requiring individuals whose driver's licenses are subject to certain suspension or revocation to participate in the Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue to participants a restricted license requiring the use of an intelligent speed assistance system; and prohibiting a participant from operating a motor vehicle in violation of the requirements of the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/07/2025
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Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations [HB-1480]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that the standards established by the Maryland Statewide Organization for Child Advocacy Centers require an individual employed by or contracted with a Child Advocacy Center providing medical or mental health services to be licensed or certified, if applicable, and provide services within the scope of the license or certification; requiring, beginning in 2027, the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to publish on its website a description of the standards for child advocacy centers and compliance information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement [HB-1336]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Altering requirements related to the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by certain hospital patients who were eligible for free care; requiring certain hospitals to determine the eligibility of certain patients for refunds and provide a refund to each patient who meets certain requirements; modifying the process the Health Services Cost Review Commission is required to develop for identifying and reimbursing certain patients of hospitals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) [HB-1424]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 97 on 04/22/2025
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Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Credentialing for Behavioral Health Care Professionals [HB-1351]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the providers of certain community-based health services that a carrier is prohibited from rejecting for participation on the carrier's provider panel; and altering the period of time in which certain carriers are required to accept or deny certain social workers, counselors, and psychology associates for participation on the carrier's provider panel to within 60 days after the date a carrier receives a completed application.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 746 on 05/20/2025
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State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Temporary Telehealth Licenses - Establishment [HB-1474]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a temporary telehealth license to be issued by the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists authorizing the holder to provide clinical professional counseling services only to a student attending an institution of higher education in the State if the student and out-of-state licensed professional counselor have a previously established relationship that has existed for at least 6 months; limiting the term of the temporary license to 6 months; and prohibiting the renewal of a temporary licensed issued under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 649 on 05/20/2025
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Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [HB-1441]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take certain action relating to the licensure of certain electronic smoking devices manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and retailers and vape shop vendors in certain circumstances; requiring an electronic smoking devices manufacturer to execute and deliver a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report [HB-1406]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to include with the application a certain environmental impact analysis and, if applicable, a certain existing burden report; altering certain notice requirements; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the application includes a final environmental impact assessment and, if applicable, a final existing burden report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Election Law - Affiliating With a Party and Voting - Unaffiliated Voters [HB-1280]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing unaffiliated voters to request to affiliate with a political party at an early voting center during a primary election and vote a ballot for the voter's preferred political party.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements [HB-1246]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enrollee when calculating cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; requiring certain persons that provide financial assistance payments, discounts, product vouchers, or other out-of-pocket expenses to notify an insured or enrollee of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/07/2025
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Consumer Protection - Agricultural Equipment Warranties [HB-1345]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain parties to correct the nonconformity, defect, or condition in a certain manner; requiring certain parties to provide a consumer with the opportunity to replace agricultural equipment or receive a refund under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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State Board of Education - Online Special Education System - Technical Requirements [HB-1383]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt regulations concerning minimum functional and technical requirements to ensure optimal performance of the State's online special education system, including the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Individualized Family Service Plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
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Prekindergarten Savings Account Program - Establishment [HB-1326]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Prekindergarten Savings Account Program in the State administered by the State Department of Education; providing that the State shall deposit into an account of an eligible student a certain percentage of the per pupil amount of State and local funds for each education program in the resident school district for which the eligible student would be included in the enrollment count; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Wivell
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025