Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government - Information Technology - Cybersecurity [HB-1183]
Codifying the establishment of the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology, the position of State Chief Information Security Officer, and the Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council; altering the membership of the Council; requiring each unit of the Legislative or Judicial Branch of State government that uses a certain network to certify certain compliance to the Department on or before December 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Rules on 03/15/2020
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Calvert County - Procurement - Contract Renewal [HB-1556]
Limiting the number of times certain contracts entered into by Calvert County that require the payment of funds from appropriations of more than one fiscal year may be renewed.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 486 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Residential Service Agencies - Training Requirements [HB-1168]
Requiring each residential service agency to ensure that certain individuals receive certain training relating to dementia; requiring each residential service agency to ensure that individuals providing certain training have certain experience and have completed certain training; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide a certain list of training programs to each residential service agency; requiring an individual employed as a residential service agency's direct care or supervisory staff to complete certain training; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Standards at State Correctional Facilities [HB-1414]
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services ensure that State correctional facilities adhere to certain standards; requiring the Department to submit a report annually to certain committees of the General Assembly on efforts to adhere to the standards; requiring the report to be posted on the Department's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Use of Facial Recognition Services - Prohibition [HB-1202]
Prohibiting an employer from using certain facial recognition services during an applicant's interview for employment unless the applicant consents under a certain provision of the Act; authorizing an applicant to consent to the use of certain facial recognition service technologies during an interview by signing a waiver; and providing for the contents of a certain waiver.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 446 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Computer Science Courses [HB-1195]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to submit a report on or before April 30 each year to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on computer science courses offered in public schools in the county in the prior school year; requiring each county board to include certain information in the report and post certain data on its website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Computer Science Courses [HB-1195]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to submit a report on or before April 30 each year to the State Board of Education and the General Assembly on computer science courses offered in public schools in the county in the prior school year; requiring each county board to include certain information in the report and post certain data on its website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Voice Over Internet Protocol - Robocalls - Customer Information [HB-1278]
Requiring a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service provider to obtain certain information from a person making certain robocalls through the VoIP service provider; providing that a person who willfully violates certain provisions is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each robocall made; defining certain terms; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Personal Information Protection Act – Geolocation Information and Unfair, Abusive, and Deceptive Trade Practices [HB-1389]
Prohibiting a business from collecting, using, storing, or disclosing certain geolocation information from a certain application on a mobile device of an individual except in certain circumstances; authorizing a business to collect, use, store, or disclose certain geolocation information from a certain application on a mobile device of an individual if certain notification is provided to and consent is obtained from the individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education [HB-1504]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report on or before December 1, 2020, and a final report on or before December 1, 2021, to certain committees of the General Assembly; terminating the Act after May 31, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers [HB-1339]
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain qualified data center personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; requiring an individual or a corporation to apply to the Department of Commerce for an exemption certificate for the exemption; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Opioid-Exposed Newborns and Parents Addicted to Opioids - Mobile Application - Pilot Program (I'm Alive Today App) [HB-1518]
Requiring the Social Services Administration, in consultation with the local departments of social services, to establish a pilot program in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties to communicate with a certain opioid-addicted parent through a mobile application; requiring the local departments of social services in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties, if appropriate, to communicate with a certain opioid-addicted parent through a certain mobile application under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives [HB-1426]
Altering references to the term "clean energy" to be "advanced clean energy" for purposes of certain provisions of law concerning the Maryland Clean Energy Center and the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute; altering certain findings of the General Assembly, the purposes of certain provisions of law concerning the development of clean energy industries in the State, and the purposes, powers, and duties of the Center and Institute to include certain actions supporting clean energy innovation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Racing and Community Development Act of 2020 [HB-1056]
Requiring the State Racing Commission to establish the Equine Health, Safety, and Welfare Advisory Committee; requiring the owner of the Bowie Race Course Training Center to convey the property to the City of Bowie in a certain manner; authorizing, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue up to $375,000,000 of bonds for the redevelopment of certain racing facilities, including Laurel Park and Pimlico; establishing certain funds for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair [HB-1124]
Requiring an original equipment manufacturer to make available, on certain terms, certain materials or updates to an independent repair provider or owner of digital electronic equipment; providing that a violation of certain provisions of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice and subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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State Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Maryland Competitive Pharmacy Benefits Manager Marketplace Act [HB-1150]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to use a reverse auction, as provided for in certain provisions of law established by the Act, to select a pharmacy benefits manager or other entity to administer the State Rx Program; requiring the Department to procure a certain platform and associated services in a certain manner a certain period of time before the reverse auction is scheduled to be completed; requiring the Department to consult with certain other Departments in conducting a certain procurement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 434 on 05/08/2020
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State Government – Protection of Personally Identifiable Information – Public Institutions of Higher Education [HB-1122]
Excluding public institutions of higher education from certain provisions of law governing protection of information by government agencies; requiring public institutions of higher education to review and designate certain systems as systems of record based on certain criteria and to develop and adopt a certain privacy governance program to govern each system of record; requiring public institutions of higher education to develop and adopt a certain information security and risk management program for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 429 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection [HB-1081]
Requiring a hospital to annually submit a report to the Health Services Cost Review Commission on the total number of patients by race or ethnicity, gender, and zip code against whom the hospital has filed an action to collect a debt, or to whom the hospital has and has not reported or classified a bad debt, and the total amount of costs owed but not collected; requiring that a certain policy provide a mechanism to a patient to modify a payment plan and prohibit the hospital from collecting a certain debt for a certain patient; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/09/2020
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact [HB-1112]
Entering into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; stating the purpose of the Compact; requiring a state to meet certain requirements to participate in the Compact; requiring certain audiologists and speech-language pathologists to meet certain eligibility requirements to exercise the privilege to practice; requiring member states to recognize the right of an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist to practice via telehealth under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Payment Data - Disclosures [HB-1092]
Requiring the county boards of education of Montgomery County, Howard County, Baltimore County, Prince George's County, and Anne Arundel County to develop and operate searchable websites containing information on the identities of individuals who receive aggregate payments from the boards of at least $25,000; and specifying how the websites present information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020