Baltimore City - Community Oversight and Accountability Commission of Baltimore City [SB-843]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Repealing provisions of law establishing and relating to the Civilian Review Board of Baltimore City; establishing the Community Oversight and Accountability Commission of Baltimore City; specifying the purpose of the Commission; providing for the composition, chair, voting, terms, powers, duties, staffing, procedures, and reporting of the Commission; establishing certain requirements for members of the Commission; etc.
SB-843: Baltimore City - Community Oversight and Accountability Commission of Baltimore City
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/07 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact [SB-652]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Entering into the Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; stating that the goal of the Compact is to improve public access to physical therapy services; requiring a state to meet certain requirements to participate in the Compact; requiring a physical therapist to meet certain eligibility requirements to receive certain licensure and exercise a certain privilege; authorizing the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners to charge a fee for granting a compact privilege; etc.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Disclosure of Data - Managed Care Organizations [SB-498]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to disclose prescription monitoring data, in accordance with certain regulations, to the medical director or the designee of the medical director of Medicaid managed care organizations for the purpose of complying with the Corrective Managed Care Program of the Maryland Medicaid Pharmacy Program or the standards developed by the Maryland Medicaid Opioid Drug Utilization Review Workgroup.
SB-498: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Disclosure of Data - Managed Care Organizations
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019
Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections [SB-414]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing a system of public financing of campaigns for certain General Assembly candidates; requiring the State Board of Elections to administer the system; requiring the Comptroller to credit to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund money collected under certain provisions of the Act and to distribute public contributions to the campaign finance entities of certain candidates; specifying procedures, requirements, and conditions participating candidates must meet to receive a distribution from the Fund; etc.
SB-414: Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Program Evaluation [SB-342]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to provide prescription monitoring data to authorized users, rather than the authorized administrator, of another state's prescription drug monitoring program; repealing the termination date of the Program; repealing the requirement that the Department of Legislative Services conduct a certain evaluation of the Program under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
SB-342: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Program Evaluation
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2019
Juveniles - Reportable Offenses [SB-13]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services, for students committed to its custody, to notify a local superintendent of schools or school principal of a student's reportable offense or offense related to the student's membership in a criminal gang; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt regulations to ensure that certain information is used to provide appropriate educational programming and services for the social, emotional, and academic development of the student and to maintain a safe and secure school environment; etc.
SB-13: Juveniles - Reportable Offenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew A Serafini
Hearing Canceled on 03/20/2019
Election Law - Coordinated Expenditures and Donations - Investigation [SB-123]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Ethics ]
Authorizing the State Administrator of Elections or the State Administrator's designee to investigate a potential violation of certain provisions of law prohibiting certain coordinated expenditures and donations; authorizing the State Administrator or designee to issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness to testify or the production of records; requiring the State Administrator, in order for a subpoena to be issued, to make a finding that the subpoena is necessary to and in furtherance of a certain investigation; etc.
SB-123: Election Law - Coordinated Expenditures and Donations - Investigation
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul G Pinsky
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 712 on 05/25/2019
The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future [SB-1030]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing principles of The Blueprint for Maryland's Future that are intended to transform Maryland's early childhood, primary, and secondary education system to the levels of the highest-performing systems; establishing a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program to provide grants to schools with high concentrations of students eligible for free or reduced price meals; establishing the Teacher Collaborative Grant Program; establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education; etc.
SB-1030: The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 771 on 05/25/2019
Juveniles - Reportable Offenses [HB-867]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to notify a certain local superintendent of schools or school principal of a certain student's arrest for a reportable offense or an offense related to a certain student's membership in a certain gang; requiring the Department to provide certain educational programming information to a certain student; etc.
HB-867: Juveniles - Reportable Offenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
First Reading Judiciary on 02/08/2019
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Disclosure of Data - Managed Care Organizations [HB-847]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to disclose prescription monitoring data, in accordance with certain regulations, to the medical director or the designee of the medical director of Medicaid managed care organizations for the purpose of complying with the Corrective Managed Care Program of the Maryland Medicaid Pharmacy Program or the standards developed by the Maryland Medicaid Opioid Drug Utilization Review Workgroup.
HB-847: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Disclosure of Data - Managed Care Organizations
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/28/2019
Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact [HB-648]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Entering into the Interstate Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; stating that the goal of the Compact is to improve public access to physical therapy services; requiring a state to meet certain requirements to participate in the Compact; requiring a physical therapist to meet certain eligibility requirements to receive certain licensure and exercise a certain privilege; authorizing the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners to charge a fee for granting a compact privilege; etc.
Baltimore Police Department – Commission to Restore Trust in Policing – Alterations [HB-625]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering a certain requirement regarding the confidentiality of certain proceedings, testimony, and other evidence; prohibiting members and staff of the Commission to Restore Trust in Policing from being required to sign a confidentiality agreement to receive documents or files, altering, from 2019 to 2020, the due date for a report that the Commission is required to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly; and requesting the Governor to appropriate sufficient funds to allow the Commission to complete its work.
HB-625: Baltimore Police Department – Commission to Restore Trust in Policing – Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/13/2019
Department of Agriculture - Maryland Produce Safety Program [HB-50]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Maryland Produce Safety Program in the Department of Agriculture to reduce the risk of adverse impacts on human health from the consumption of contaminated produce; requiring the Program to conform with certain federal standards for growing, harvesting, packing, and holding produce for human consumption; defining a "covered farm" as one which sold produce, over a 3-year period, with an average annual monetary value of $25,000; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to administer and enforce the Program; etc.
HB-50: Department of Agriculture - Maryland Produce Safety Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 131 on 04/18/2019
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Program Evaluation [HB-466]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the Office of the Attorney General on issuance of a subpoena to further a bona fide existing investigation; requiring the Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the medical director of a health care facility to give certain health care practitioners access to the prescription monitoring data in connection with the provision of medical care and dispensing of prescription drugs; etc.
HB-466: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Program Evaluation
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 364 on 04/30/2019
Accountability in Education Act of 2019 [HB-45]
[Education ]
Establishing the Education Monitoring Unit in the State to investigate, analyze, and report on a range of specific matters relating to public schools and public school facilities; providing that the Unit is an independent unit in the State; establishing the Inspector General Selection and Review Commission in the Unit; requiring the Unit to establish an anonymous electronic tip program; requiring the Unit to submit an annual report by December 15 to the State Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly; etc.
HB-45: Accountability in Education Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
Prince George's County Public Schools - Office of Accountability and Compliance - Establishment PG 508-19 [HB-194]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Office of Accountability and Compliance in the Prince George's County public school system to provide independent evaluation and recommendations to improve the effectiveness, productivity, or efficiency of local school system programs, policies, practices, and operations; requiring the County Council to appoint the Accountability and Compliance Officer; requiring the Officer to coordinate with the public school system to develop a certain work plan and establish certain goals and priorities; etc.
HB-194: Prince George's County Public Schools - Office of Accountability and Compliance - Establishment PG 508-19
Sponsored by: Rep. Prince George's County Delegation
Hearing 2/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2019
Baltimore City - Public Safety Community Oversight Board [HB-1371]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; establishing the Public Safety Community Oversight Board to process and review certain complaints made by members of the public and review certain policies of a law enforcement unit; requiring a law enforcement unit to place certain posters in certain areas explaining how to file a complaint; requiring an explanation of certain procedures to be included in a certain manual; requiring each member of the Board to receive certain training; etc.
HB-1371: Baltimore City - Public Safety Community Oversight Board
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl D Glenn
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/20/2019
Election Law - Coordinated Expenditures and Donations - Investigation [HB-1025]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Administrator of Elections, or a designee, to investigate a potential violation of certain provisions of law prohibiting certain coordinated expenditures and donations; authorizing the State Administrator, or a designee, to issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness to testify or for the production of records; requiring the State Administrator to make a finding that the subpoena is necessary to and in furtherance of an investigation for the subpoena to be issued; etc.
HB-1025: Election Law - Coordinated Expenditures and Donations - Investigation
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 711 on 05/25/2019
SB-2093: Relating to subpoenas, orders, and warrants for the disclosure of location information, electronic customer communications records, and electronic customer data and for the use of pen registers, ESN readers, cell site simulators, and mobile tracking devices; creating a criminal offense.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes
Referred To Criminal Jurisprudence on 05/09/2019
You have voted SB-2093: Relating to subpoenas, orders, and warrants for the disclosure of location information, electronic customer communications records, and electronic customer data and for the use of pen registers, ESN readers, cell site simulators, and mobile tracking devices; creating a criminal offense..