Family Law - Child Support - Change of Address or Employment [HB-1454]
Authorizing a child support recipient to send notice of a change of address to a child support enforcement agency in a specified manner; and authorizing a child support obligor to send notice of a change of address or place of employment to a child support enforcement agency by filing in person at the agency and obtaining proof of filing or by telephone or electronic communication to the agency and obtaining proof of change.
HB-1454: Family Law - Child Support - Change of Address or Employment
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Child Support - Extraordinary Medical Expenses [HB-1632]
Clarifying that the calculation of extraordinary medical expenses for the purposes of determining a parental child support obligation under the child support guidelines includes the cumulative contributions of both parents.
HB-1632: Child Support - Extraordinary Medical Expenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing Canceled on 03/14/2020
Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice [SB-1010]
Establishing a Maryland Code of Military Justice; providing for jurisdiction and applicability of the Act; providing for authority of certain judge advocates; establishing the rights of certain victims; providing for the apprehension and restraint of certain offenders; providing for certain non-judicial punishment; establishing the jurisdiction for certain courts-martial; providing for the appointment and composition of certain courts-martial; establishing certain pre-trial procedures; etc.
SB-1010: Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 592 on 05/08/2020
State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retirees [HB-1230]
Authorizing certain retirees who began State service before July 1, 2011, to be eligible for prescription drug benefits in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; specifying that prescription drug benefits shall be discontinued for certain Medicare-eligible retirees who began State service on or after July 1, 2011, and their Medicare-eligible spouses and dependent children; repealing the Maryland State Retiree Prescription Drug Coverage Program; etc.
HB-1230: State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retirees
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Malone
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policies and Bill Collections [HB-1420]
Increasing the family income threshold at which a hospital's financial assistance policy must provide free and reduced cost medically necessary care to patients; requiring that a certain financial assistance policy include a certain payment plan, available to uninsured patients with family income between 200% and 500% of the federal poverty level and a certain mechanism for a patient to request a reconsideration; requiring that a certain financial assistance policy provide presumptive eligibility for certain care; etc.
HB-1420: Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policies and Bill Collections
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 470 on 05/08/2020
Child Support - Modification - Credit Toward Arrearage [HB-1266]
Requiring that, if the court modifies a child support award on the basis of the occurrence of a certain event, any overpayment made by a certain child support obligor be credited to the arrears owed by the obligor.
HB-1266: Child Support - Modification - Credit Toward Arrearage
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Eligibility [HB-1313]
Prohibiting reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance for certain individuals under certain circumstances; prohibiting reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance for certain individuals because of good cause as determined by the Secretary of Human Services; requiring local departments of social services to provide a conciliatory period of 30 days to certain individuals who are not in compliance with the Family Investment Program; requiring 25% of funding be withheld upon certain acts of noncompliance; etc.
HB-1313: Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Eligibility
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 457 on 05/08/2020
Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice [HB-1139]
Establishing a Maryland Code of Military Justice; providing for jurisdiction and applicability of the Act; providing for authority of certain judge advocates; establishing the rights of certain victims; providing for the apprehension and restraint of certain offenders; providing for certain non-judicial punishment; establishing the jurisdiction for certain courts-martial; providing for the appointment and composition of certain courts-martial; establishing certain pre-trial procedures; etc.
HB-1139: Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice [HB-1139]
Establishing a Maryland Code of Military Justice; providing for jurisdiction and applicability of the Act; providing for authority of certain judge advocates; establishing the rights of certain victims; providing for the apprehension and restraint of certain offenders; providing for certain non-judicial punishment; establishing the jurisdiction for certain courts-martial; providing for the appointment and composition of certain courts-martial; establishing certain pre-trial procedures; etc.
HB-1139: Public Safety - Maryland Code of Military Justice
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
Child Support - Guidelines [HB-946]
Authorizing a court, in determining whether the application of the child support guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case to consider whether an obligor's monthly obligation would leave the obligor with a monthly actual income below 110% of the 2019 federal poverty level for an individual; authorizing the court to decline to establish a child support order under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-946: Child Support - Guidelines
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 383 on 05/08/2020
Child Support – Guidelines [SB-847]
Authorizing a court, in determining whether the application of the child support guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case, to consider whether an obligor's monthly obligation would leave the obligor with a monthly actual income below 110% the 2019 federal poverty level for an individual; authorizing the court to decline to establish a child support order under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-847: Child Support – Guidelines
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 384 on 05/08/2020
Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Eligibility [SB-787]
Prohibiting reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance for certain individuals under certain circumstances; prohibiting reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance for certain individuals because of good cause as determined by the Secretary of Human Services; requiring local departments of social services to provide a conciliatory period of 30 days to certain individuals who are not in compliance with the Family Investment Program; requiring 25% of funding be withheld upon certain acts of noncompliance; etc.
SB-787: Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Eligibility
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/17/2020
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment [HB-839]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide temporary benefits to a covered individual who is taking leave from employment; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2021, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to pay certain contributions; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2022, a covered individual taking certain leave from employment to submit a claim for benefits; authorizing the establishment of private employer plans; etc.
HB-839: Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing Canceled on 02/11/2020
Family Law - Custody Evaluator - Information to Parties [SB-665]
Requiring a court to provide to the parties in an action in which child support, custody, or visitation is at issue, certain information regarding a custody evaluator in the jurisdiction; etc.
SB-665: Family Law - Custody Evaluator - Information to Parties
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
Child Support - Shared Physical Custody [SB-579]
Establishing a certain formula for the calculation of a certain child support obligation under the child support guidelines when a parent with shared physical custody keeps the child or children overnight for more than 25%, at least 92 overnights, but less than 30%, not more than 109 overnights, of the year; applying the Act only to cases filed on or after October 1, 2020; etc.
SB-579: Child Support - Shared Physical Custody
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 143 on 05/08/2020
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment [SB-539]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide temporary benefits to a covered individual who is taking leave from employment; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2021, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to pay certain contributions; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2022, a covered individual taking certain leave from employment to submit a claim for benefits; authorizing the establishment of private employer plans; etc.
SB-539: Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act [SB-530]
Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; stating the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing additional opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in certain neighborhoods; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; establishing qualifications and limitations on the prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.
SB-530: Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 117 on 05/08/2020
Local Correctional Facilities - Requirement for Prerelease Program [HB-658]
Requiring the governing body of each county that receives State funding for public safety purposes to establish a certain prerelease program for individuals confined in certain local correctional facilities; requiring a prerelease program to provide that a certain inmate may participate in job training, drug treatment and mental health treatment activities; authorizing a certain judge to approve the transfer of a certain inmate to a prerelease center to participate in a prerelease program under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-658: Local Correctional Facilities - Requirement for Prerelease Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
First Reading Judiciary on 01/29/2020