Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Health Insurance Carriers - Requirements for Internal Grievance Process - Modification [SB-724]
Altering the process by which a health insurance carrier is required to provide notice of an adverse decision in nonemergency cases under the internal grievance process established by the carrier for its members.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 37 on 04/11/2023
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Financial Regulation - Modernizing Licensing of Non-Depository Institutions and Elimination of Branch License Requirements [HB-686]
Eliminating requirements for collection agencies and certain non-depository financial institutions to maintain separate licenses for branch locations and authorizing them to conduct business at multiple licensed locations under a single license; and altering certain other requirements and provisions governing the licensing and regulation of collection agencies and certain non-depository financial institutions, including applications, assessments, and bond requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 567 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals [HB-645]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to complete a study on the creation of an electronic ballot return system on or before December 1, 2023; and requiring the State Board of Elections to issue a request for proposals for an electronic ballot return system on or before January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 03/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Education Savings Account Program - Established (Maryland Universal School Choice Act) [HB-569]
Establishing the Education Savings Account program in the State administered by the State Department of Education to provide grants to the account of the parent of an eligible student in order to provide for the eligible student's education; requiring the parent of an eligible student to participate in a certain agreement with the Department; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Libraries - Aging Infrastructure Improvement Grant Program - Established [SB-501]
Establishing the Aging Infrastructure Improvement Grant Program to be administered and developed by the State Library Agency to provide funds for public library systems to address the aging infrastructure needs identified in the 2022 Statewide Facilities Needs Assessment; requiring the State Library Agency, by October 1 each year, to make grant recommendations to the State Library Board; authorizing the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2024 to 2029, to include $50,000,000 in the annual operating or capital budget for eligible projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Nonconsensual Sexual Imagery [HB-600]
Establishing the Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Nonconsensual Sexual Imagery; and requiring the Task Force to report its legislative recommendations to the Government and the General Assembly by January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program and Fund (Innovation Economy Infrastructure Act of 2023) [HB-552]
Establishing the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide funding for certain costs for infrastructure projects in eligible technology sectors; requiring certain grantees to provide matching funds and to demonstrate certain abilities; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the projects funded through and the economic impact of the Program by July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 430 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation [SB-495]
Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or a testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2023 [SB-534]
Extending to June 30, 2025, the inclusion of certain audio-only telephone conversations under the definition of "telehealth" for the purpose of certain provisions of law relating to reimbursement and coverage of telehealth by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations; requiring the Maryland Medical Health Care Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the delivery of health care services through telehealth by December 1, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 382 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program [HB-622]
Establishing the Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises to assist those manufacturers with implementing new Industry 4.0 technology or related infrastructure for certain purposes; establishing the Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for fiscal years 2025 through 2028 an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wayne Hartman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 498 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [HB-572]
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing, rather than requiring, the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct an automated software audit after a statewide election; repealing a requirement to conduct a manual audit after each statewide general election; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment [HB-573]
Establishing the Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to study the provision of and access to mental health services in institutions of higher education; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 402 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals [SB-488]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to complete a study on the creation of an electronic ballot return system on or before December 1, 2023; and requiring the State Board of Elections to issue a request for proposals for an electronic ballot return system on or before January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact [SB-439]
Entering into the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an advanced practice registered nurse to practice in a party state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Commission of APRN Compact Administrators and its duties and powers; providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact; providing the Compact is contingent on the enacting of substantially similar legislation in six other states; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Board of Electricians - Limited Energy Contractors and Limited Energy Integrators - Licensing [SB-444]
Altering the composition of the State Board of Electricians; and requiring the Board to license limited energy contractors and limited energy integrators as State licenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Prescription Digital Therapeutics [SB-441]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide coverage for prescription digital therapeutics for Program recipients; and defining "prescription digital therapeutic" as a product, a device, an Internet application, or any other technology approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that has an approved indication for the prevention, management, or treatment of certain medical conditions, primarily uses software to achieve results, and requires a prescription.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date [SB-379]
Requiring a local board of elections to send, not later than 43 days before an election, a ballot to voters who have made a request and qualify to vote by absentee ballot; altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee and provisional ballots; prohibiting the tabulation of absentee ballot vote totals before the polls open; requiring, in 2024, the statewide primary election and the primary election for municipal offices in Baltimore City to be held on the second Tuesday in May; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 152 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Income Tax – Subtraction Modification – Qualified Broadband Grants [SB-408]
Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain qualified broadband grants awarded during the taxable year for broadband deployment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date [HB-535]
Requiring a local board of elections to send, not later than 43 days before an election, a ballot to voters who have made a request and qualify to vote by absentee ballot; altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee and provisional ballots; prohibiting the tabulation of absentee ballot vote totals before the polls close; requiring that the statewide primary election and the primary election for the municipal offices of Baltimore City in 2024 be held on the second Tuesday in May; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 151 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Maryland Rail Authority – Establishment (Maryland Rail Investment Act of 2023) [SB-412]
Establishing the Maryland Rail Authority and the powers and duties that the Rail Authority, acting on behalf of the Department of Transportation, has with respect to the supervision, financing, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of railroad facilities projects; altering the membership of the Maryland Transportation Authority to include the Executive Director of the Rail Authority; prohibiting the Transportation Authority from passing a budget plan that exceeds $2,800,000,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading Finance And Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2023