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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Provider Directory - Required Updates [HB-1292]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming "network directory" to be "provider directory" to conform to a certain federal law; altering the time period from 15 to 2 working days within which certain carriers are required to update the information that must be made available in the carrier's provider directory on the Internet; altering the information required to be included in a provider directory; requiring that a provider directory in printed form include a statement regarding the accuracy of the provider information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 648 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment [HB-1244]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 756 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Cutting or Clearing Trees MC/PG 113-25 [HB-1470]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that, in Prince George's County, to enforce a certain violation involving the clearing or cutting of trees in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, the Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement must record a lien on property that is the subject of the violation in a certain manner; establishing certain limits, prohibitions, requirements, and authorizations on actions certain local jurisdictions may take if a lien is not recorded as required by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 595 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Licensed Funeral Establishments - Provision of Fact Sheet on Real Property Ownership [HB-1445]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish a fact sheet about the legal issues and resources related to the ownership of residential real property following the death of a homeowner; and requiring a licensed funeral establishment to provide a printed copy of the fact sheet to certain individuals during the course of providing funeral services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-1226]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County if authorized by local law; requiring a local jurisdiction that implements a stop sign monitoring system to prominently place signs on highways within the local jurisdiction providing notice that stop sign monitoring systems are in use; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer and Study [HB-1382]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review and make recommendations on statutory and regulatory provisions regarding the human immunodeficiency virus that may be outdated or discriminatory and report its findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement [HB-1359]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County; and requiring the Board of Education to provide written notice by registered mail at least 5 years before the displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Vehicles Towed or Removed From Parking Lots - Statutory Liens and Administrative Hearings [HB-1405]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a certain person has a lien on a motor vehicle towed or removed from a privately owned parking lot for certain charges under certain circumstances; establishing the circumstances in which the lien is extinguished or suspended; establishing that an authorized tow company has a lien or security interest in a vehicle when the authorized tow company incurs certain charges related to a certain police-initiated towing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Appeals and Adverse Decisions - Call Centers, Notification Requirements, and Required Survey [HB-1341]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring health insurance carriers to operate a 24-hour call center for appeals and adverse decisions, include certain information in a certain manner in the written notice of adverse decisions required to be sent to members, and conduct an annual survey on member experiences with the internal grievance process and submit the results of the survey to the Insurance Commissioner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2025
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Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition [HB-1354]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain owners of a cemetery from selling or transferring the cemetery without the approval of the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight; authorizing a governmental unit to acquire an abandoned cemetery under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements for the sale, transfer, or government acquisition of a cemetery.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Simmons
First Reading Economic Matters And Health And Government Operations on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Continuing Care At-Home Providers Licensing and Regulation - Study [HB-1454]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete a study on the licensing and regulation of continuing care retirement communities and continuing care at-home providers; and requiring the Department to submit the results of the study on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health - Medical Care Facilities - Electronic Monitoring Devices [HB-1409]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing for an exception to the prohibition against willfully intercepting wire or electronic communication for a resident in a medical care facility under certain circumstances; requiring a medical care facility to allow electronic monitoring of a resident if requested by the resident or the resident's legal representative; and providing for the admissibility of a recording made through electronic monitoring in a civil or criminal court of the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prekindergarten - 3-Year-Olds - Private Providers (Parental Choice for Prekindergarten Act) [HB-1374]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly provided prekindergarten to not include 3-year-olds and only include certain 4-year-olds; authorizing an eligible private prekindergarten provider to elect to enroll 3-year-olds in publicly provided prekindergarten; requiring an eligible private provider that elects to enroll a Tier I 3-year-old to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding with the State Department of Education and the county board of education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Washington County - Notice of Tax Sale - Alterations [HB-1372]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Altering the requirements for providing notice of the tax sale of property in Washington County; and increasing from one to two the number of notices required to be sent to the owner of property after the property is sold at a tax sale in Washington County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors (Child Influencers Protection Act) [HB-1453]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [HB-1459]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; providing that the Executive Director serves as a nonvoting member of the Board, but may vote to break a tie; providing criteria for the awarding of grant and loan funding to include the creation or retention of at least 25 jobs, creation or retention of at least 10 jobs each with wages that exceed 120% of the State minimum wage, or creates significant population growth in the area in which the project is located; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Nonprofit Organizations - Unauthorized Support of Israeli Settlement Activity (Not On Our Dime Act) [HB-1394]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Nonprofit ]
Prohibiting certain nonprofit organizations from aiding or abetting certain activity by the government of Israel or a citizen of Israel; authorizing the Attorney General or a certain person to bring a certain action against a nonprofit organization that violates the Act; and requiring the Secretary of State to remove a nonprofit organization from the Registry of Charitable Solicitation after receiving notice from the Attorney General or a prevailing plaintiff of a decision entered against a nonprofit organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
Hearing 3/05 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/05/2025
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Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [HB-1462]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Vehicle Equipment - Portable Variable Messaging Signs - Authorization [HB-1375]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a tow truck to display a portable variable messaging sign mounted on the tow truck while at the scene of a crash or a disabled vehicle; and requiring the portable variable messaging sign to conform to the standards established in the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the State Highway Administration and display only messages approved by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 459 on 05/13/2025
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Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act) [HB-1222]
[Immigration ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State or local government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel access to areas not accessible to the general public, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop and publish certain guidance regarding immigration enforcement actions at certain sensitive locations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 718 on 05/20/2025