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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Collection by Assessment [HB-137]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to recover unemployment insurance benefits by assessment in the same manner as provided in a specified provision of law for the assessment of past due contributions; requiring the Secretary, if the Secretary seeks to recover specified unemployment benefits by assessment, to allow a claimant to elect within 30 days of the date of the notice of assessment to have the amount collected by suit instead of by assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 245 on 04/18/2017
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Physicians - Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements [SB-193]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify patients in writing and on each visit of specified information relating to professional liability insurance coverage; requiring the notification to be signed by the patient and retained by the physicians as part of the patient records; requiring the physician to post specified information in a specified location in their place of practice; requiring the State Board of Physicians to develop specified language for the notification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 02/09/2017
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Task Force to Study Data Sharing Among the Maryland Judiciary, the Maryland Parole Commission, and the Department of Natural Resources [SB-181]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Data Sharing Among the Maryland Judiciary, the Maryland Parole Commission, and the Department of Natural Resources; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations regarding ways to improve specified data sharing to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 03/28/2017
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Election Law - Persons Doing Public Business - Reporting by Governmental Entities [HB-118]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Repealing the requirement that a governmental entity notify the State Board of Elections if a person doing public business with the governmental entity fails to file a specified statement; requiring a specified governmental entity to provide the State Board with specified information; authorizing the governmental entity to comply with a specified provision of the Act by sending a specified quarterly report to the State Board no later than 10 business days after the close of each calendar quarter; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke
Hearing 2/07 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/07/2018
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Code Revision - Maryland Vehicle Law - Penalties [SB-165]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to penalties for violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law; repealing specified redundant provisions; clarifying language; making specified technical and stylistic changes; providing for the construction of the Act; providing for the effect and construction of specified provisions of the Act; and authorizing the publisher of the Annotated Code to make specified corrections in a specified manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/11/2017
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State Government - Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act [SB-137]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record to designate the electronic record as official, under specified circumstances, and authenticate the electronic record in a specified manner; providing that specified legal material in an electronic record is presumed to be an accurate copy; requiring an official publisher of specified legal material in an electronic record to provide for the preservation and security of the record, and to ensure that it is reasonably available to the public; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 554 on 05/04/2017
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Anne Arundel County - Board of Education - Selection of Members [SB-131]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing a procedure for the election and appointment of members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education; requiring specified members of the county board to be elected from councilmanic districts; providing a maximum of two consecutive 4-year terms for specified members of the board; requiring the School Board Appointment Commission to appoint specified members of the board and ensure that the total board makeup reflects a specified diversity; providing residency requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017
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Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls - Collection [SB-139]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to orally notify the registered owner of a motor vehicle that has incurred a video toll of the toll due if the video toll exceeds 100% of the original toll or the registered owner has outstanding video tolls in excess of $250; establishing the amount of a civil penalty imposed for failing to pay a video toll at 25% of the video toll; prohibiting the Authority from referring a video toll to the Central Collection Unit for collection; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2017
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Program Open Space - Apportionment Formula and Committee [HB-105]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Recreation ]
Altering a requirement that a specified committee adopt an apportionment formula for Program Open Space funds to require the Department of Natural Resources in consultation with a specified committee to adopt the apportionment formula; altering the membership of the committee; repealing the authority of the committee to reallocate Program Open Space funds; repealing a requirement that before adopting an apportionment formula the committee provide notification and opportunity for a hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/06/2017
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Central Collection Unit - Collection of Debt - Liens [HB-104]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Central Collection Unit to file a notice of lien for the collection of specified State debt, interest, fees, or penalties due from a debtor; requiring the Central Collection Unit to provide a debtor with written notice that contains specified information at least 30 calendar days before filing a notice of lien; authorizing a debtor to request an investigation of the debt; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2017
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Gaming - Video Lottery Operation License - Renewal Term [HB-93]
[Gaming ]
Altering the period of time, from 1 year to 2 years, by which a video lottery operation licensee must notify the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission of its intent to reapply for a video lottery operation license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017
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St. Mary's County - Farm Fences - Repeal [HB-109]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Property Tax ]
Repealing specified provisions of law that relate to joint fences for adjoining farms in St. Mary's County.
Sponsored by: Rep. St. Mary's County Delegation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 299 on 04/18/2017
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St. Mary's County - Farm Fences - Repeal [SB-102]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Property Tax ]
Repealing specified provisions of law that relate to joint fences for adjoining farms in St. Mary's County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen M. Waugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 298 on 04/18/2017
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Records Management and Preservation - State Units and Public Officials - Responsibilities [SB-44]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the procedures required to be included in a program for the management of records; requiring each head of a unit of State government to designate a records officer to carry out specified functions; providing that the Records Management Division is required to study the records management practices of the units of State government; altering examples of records that are required to be offered by a public official to the State Archives for transfer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/04/2017
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Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards, Commissions, and Regulatory Entities - Notifications of Applicants, Licensees, Registrants, and Permit Holders [SB-6]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Data Privacy ]
Altering the methods, to include both mail and electronic transmission, by which specified occupational and professional entities are authorized to send notices to specified applicants and specified renewal notices to specified licensees, registrants, or permit holders, subject to a specified condition; requiring specified entities to mail to the licensee, permit holder, or registrant notice of a switch to electronic transmission and to request verification of current e-mail addresses on file; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 246 on 04/18/2017
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Reporting Abuse to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the Office of Health Care Quality [SB-47]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifying that suspected abuse of a resident of a related institution is required to be reported to the Office of Health Care Quality; requiring the recipient of a specified report to promptly notify, to the extent allowed by specified laws, the administrator of the related institution; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality once it has received a specified report to promptly notify the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; clarifying the entities to which a law enforcement agency is required to report the findings of an investigation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 207 on 04/18/2017
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Environment - Lead and Mercury Wheel Weights - Prohibited [HB-66]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting specified persons from using, allowing to be used, or selling specified lead wheel weights after January 1, 2020; requiring the State to ensure that no vehicle purchased for the State fleet after January 1, 2019, is equipped with an externally attached lead wheel weight that is composed of greater than 0.1% lead or 0.1% mercury by weight; prohibiting a tire on a vehicle in the State fleet that is balanced or replaced after January 1, 2018, from being equipped with specified lead wheel weights; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 385 on 05/04/2017
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Insurance - Cancellation of Policy or Binder - Notice Requirements [SB-32]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring an insurer to file a copy of a specified notice of cancellation of a policy or binder of workers' compensation insurance with a specified designee of the Workers' Compensation Commission; clarifying that provisions of law requiring an insurer to take specified actions before canceling or refusing to renew coverage under a policy of worker's compensation insurance do not apply to the cancellation of the policy or binder during a specified 45-day underwriting period; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 39 on 04/11/2017
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Health Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policies for Dual Eligible Individuals - Open Enrollment Period [SB-48]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring specified health insurance carriers, under specified circumstances, to make available during a specified time period Medicare supplement policy plans A and C to individuals who are under the age of 65 years but are eligible for Medicare due to a disability; and repealing an obsolete provision of law relating to open enrollment in specified Medicare supplement policy plans for individuals terminated from the Maryland Health Insurance Plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 42 on 04/11/2017
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Public and Nonpublic Schools - Classwork and Assessment Involving Live and Dead Animals - Student Right of Refusal [SB-90]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a student in a public school or nonpublic school to refuse to participate in or observe, in whole or in part, classwork or an assessment that includes specified actions conducted on a specified animal; authorizing a student to exercise a specified right of refusal on the day the classwork or assessment is scheduled to be performed; requiring a specified student to complete specified classwork or a specified assessment by an alternate educational method determined by a specified teacher for a specified purpose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Favorable With Amendments {714131/1 Adopted on 02/27/2017