Unemployment - Insurance Revisions and Special Enrollment Period for Health Benefits [HB-1002]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to open a special or other enrollment period for an individual who consents to share information through a certain system; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to begin implementing a system, by September 1, 2021, through which an individual who has filed a claim for benefits may consent to the sharing of relevant information by the Department with the Exchange and the Maryland Department of Health to determine whether the individual qualifies for free or low-cost insurance; etc.
HB-1002: Unemployment - Insurance Revisions and Special Enrollment Period for Health Benefits
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 49 on 04/09/2021
Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board [HB-990]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Renaming the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to be the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; establishing the Department as a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government; providing that the head of the Department is the Secretary of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; transferring the Maryland 9-1-1 Board from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Department; etc.
HB-990: Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 287 on 05/18/2021
Education - Student Data Privacy - Reports and Student Data Privacy Council Sunset Extension [SB-733]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to provide a certain list of digital tools to the State Department of Education on or before July 1 each year; requiring the Department to publish certain information on digital tools provided by each county board on or before September 1 each year; requiring the Student Data Privacy Council to submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024; and extending the termination date for the Council to September 30, 2025.
SB-733: Education - Student Data Privacy - Reports and Student Data Privacy Council Sunset Extension
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2021
Small Business COVID–19 Relief Act of 2021 [SB-772]
[Small Business ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing the Maryland COVID-19 Emergency Loan Program in the Department of Commerce to provide working capital to assist Maryland for-profit small businesses, the operators of which have been disrupted due to COVID-19, and offer interim relief complementing actions with those of businesses' banks, business interruption insurance, and financial partners; authorizing the Department of Commerce to issue loans to certain eligible small businesses under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-772: Small Business COVID–19 Relief Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2021
State Board of Elections – Membership, Contract Management, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Voting System Financing [SB-747]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Elections; requiring certain members of the State Board to have expertise or experience in certain areas; providing for a nonvoting, ex officio member of the State Board; altering the duties of the State Board to include reviewing and voting on certain contracts and ensuring the cost effectiveness of the use of certain funds; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to report contracts, contract renewals, and change orders to the State Board; etc.
SB-747: State Board of Elections – Membership, Contract Management, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Voting System Financing
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2021
Bond Authority – Maryland State Ceiling and Housing Bond Allocations [HB-1065]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing a certain issuer receiving a certain housing bond allocation to transfer all or any portion of the housing bond allocation to another issuer for the issuance of housing bonds; requiring the unused balance of the initial housing bond allocation to a housing authority and certain other allocations to be reallocated in a certain manner; altering the reallocation of certain bond allocations; etc.
HB-1065: Bond Authority – Maryland State Ceiling and Housing Bond Allocations
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/01/2021
HB-1012: Labor and Employment – Reinstatement of Employment – Employees at Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI–Thurgood Marshall Workers’ Right to Reinstatement Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
You have voted HB-1012: Labor and Employment – Reinstatement of Employment – Employees at Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI–Thurgood Marshall Workers’ Right to Reinstatement Act).
Commercial Law - Maryland Net Neutrality Act of 2021 [HB-1064]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting fixed Internet service providers and mobile broadband Internet access service providers, in the course of providing certain services and subject to a certain limitation, from blocking certain content, applications, services, or devices, or impairing or degrading certain Internet traffic on a certain basis; etc.
HB-1064: Commercial Law - Maryland Net Neutrality Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
Public Health – State Designated Exchange – Clinical Information [SB-748]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring a nursing home, on request of the Maryland Department of Health, to electronically submit clinical information to the State designated exchange to facilitate certain objectives; providing that information submitted under the Act may be combined with other data maintained by the exchange to facilitate a state health improvement program, mitigate a public health emergency, and improve patient safety; providing that information submitted by a nursing home may be used only to facilitate certain objectives; etc.
SB-748: Public Health – State Designated Exchange – Clinical Information
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 791 on 05/30/2021
2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act) [SB-719]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with 2-1-1 Maryland, to make certain recommendations relating to the establishment of an opt-in mental health services phone call program that would require a center to call individuals who have opted into the mental health services phone call program on a periodic basis and attempt to connect individuals to a provider of mental health services under certain circumstances; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation to carry out the Act; etc.
SB-719: 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 67 on 04/13/2021
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established [SB-711]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Unemployment ]
Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program in the State Department of Education; authorizing the Department to provide grants to local jurisdictions or child care licensing regions to increase the supply and ensure the sustainability of family child care providers in areas with above average rates of poverty and unemployment; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, on the status of the Program and an evaluation of local pilot programs; etc.
SB-711: Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 438 on 05/30/2021
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative Access to New Employees [SB-717]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Altering the type of access and the circumstances under which certain access to new employees by exclusive representatives is required to be permitted by the State, a system institution, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College; altering, from 20 minutes to 30 minutes, the period of time for which an exclusive representative is required to be permitted to address certain new employees under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-717: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative Access to New Employees
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/28/2021
State and Local Government and Private Employers - Teleworking [SB-710]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring each governing body, or the governing body's designee, of a county or municipality to establish a certain telework program and adopt a certain telework policy and telework guidelines; requiring the State Court Administrator and the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to establish a certain telework program and adopt a certain telework policy and telework guidelines; requiring, by December 1 each year, a report to certain committees on the number of eligible employees participating in the telework program; etc.
SB-710: State and Local Government and Private Employers - Teleworking
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2021
Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act [SB-684]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for the practice of certified midwifery under the State Board of Nursing; requiring the Board to set standards for the practice of certified midwifery, maintain a list of all licensed certified midwives in the State, and set certain fees; altering the circumstances under which the Board shall require an applicant or a licensee to submit to a certain examination; requiring the Board to give certain persons a hearing before taking certain actions; etc.
SB-684: Maryland Licensure of Certified Midwives Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 463 on 05/30/2021
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative Access to New Employees [HB-904]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Altering the type of access and the circumstances under which certain access to new employees by exclusive representatives is required to be permitted by the State, a system institution, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College; requiring that an exclusive representative have at least 30 minutes to meet with a new employee; authorizing an exclusive representative to meet with a new employee by video or similar technology if public health concerns necessitate the meeting be held remotely; etc.
HB-904: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Exclusive Representative Access to New Employees
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/28/2021
Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings [SB-686]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the governing body of a condominium, homeowners association, or cooperative housing corporation, notwithstanding language contained in certain governing documents, to authorize certain meetings to be conducted or attended by certain electronic means under certain circumstances; authorizing certain individuals who attend a meeting by certain electronic means to be deemed present for quorum and voting purposes; authorizing certain matters to be set for a vote at a certain virtual meeting; etc.
SB-686: Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 523 on 05/30/2021
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established [HB-944]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program in the Department of Education; authorizing the Department to provide grants to local jurisdictions or child care licensing regions to increase the supply and ensure the sustainability of family child care providers in areas with above average rates of poverty and unemployment; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, on the status of the program and an evaluation of local pilot programs; etc.
HB-944: Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 437 on 05/30/2021
Maryland Office of the Inspector General – Establishment [HB-948]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General and an Advisory Board for the Office; establishing that the Advisory Board has the powers to appoint and remove the Inspector General; providing for the position, term, qualifications, and authority of the Inspector General; providing that certain records are not subject to disclosure; providing that disclosure of a protected record is a misdemeanor; authorizing the Inspector General to adopt regulations to carry out the Act; requiring certain reports; etc.
HB-948: Maryland Office of the Inspector General – Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2021
Real Property – Sale of Apartment Facilities – Rights of Qualified Organizations [HB-952]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting an owner of an apartment facility from taking certain actions with regard to the sale of an apartment facility unless the owner complies with the requirements of the Act; requiring an owner to send notice of the owner's intent to sell an apartment facility to the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the notice of intent to sell to contain certain information; requiring the Department to take certain actions upon receipt of the notice of intent to sell; etc.
HB-952: Real Property – Sale of Apartment Facilities – Rights of Qualified Organizations
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 2/19 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/04/2021
Good Job Opportunities for High School Graduates Act of 2021 [SB-668]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring certain county boards of education to consider the pursuit of certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing postsecondary education; authorizing a student or student's parent or guardian to release certain student information to certain apprenticeship sponsors and employers; requiring certain public high schools to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in a certain manner through certain apprenticeship sponsors and employers; etc.
SB-668: Good Job Opportunities for High School Graduates Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2021