Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Basic Economic Security [HB-1086]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Basic Economic Security; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; establishing the duties of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of expenses; requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 15, 2020; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Public Ethics – Lobbyists – Gift Exception and Regulated Activities Exemption [HB-1055]
Specifying an exception to the definition of the term "entity" to include a governmental unit that employs an individual regulated lobbyist for the purposes of allowing certain officials and employees to accept certain gifts under certain circumstances; repealing a provision of law that exempts from regulation of lobbying activities an appearance of a certain employee of an association engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Ethics – Lobbyists – Gift Exception and Regulated Activities Exemption [HB-1055]
Specifying an exception to the definition of the term "entity" to include a governmental unit that employs an individual regulated lobbyist for the purposes of allowing certain officials and employees to accept certain gifts under certain circumstances; repealing a provision of law that exempts from regulation of lobbying activities an appearance of a certain employee of an association engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Baltimore County Circuit Court - Criminal Proceedings Court Webcast - Pilot Program [HB-1093]
Establishing for certain criminal proceedings in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County a certain exception to the prohibition against recording or broadcasting a criminal matter; requiring a certain presiding judge to ensure that a certain court webcast does not include certain matters; requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to provide a certain court webcast in a certain manner in certain criminal proceedings; prohibiting a person from disseminating certain portions of a court webcast; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act) [HB-1071]
Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System [HB-1121]
Establishing the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System in the Maryland Department of Health to provide a statewide system through which health care providers can identify and access available inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services for patients in a certain manner; requiring the Department to develop and implement the Registry and Referral System in collaboration with the State-designated Health Information Exchange, subject to the availability of funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System [HB-1121]
Establishing the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System in the Maryland Department of Health to provide a statewide system through which health care providers can identify and access available inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services for patients in a certain manner; requiring the Department to develop and implement the Registry and Referral System in collaboration with the State-designated Health Information Exchange, subject to the availability of funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals - Certification - Revisions [HB-1108]
Requiring the State Board for Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals to maintain an electronic roster of all individuals certified by the Board; requiring that the roster be available for electronic verification of certification through the Board's website; authorizing certain individuals to contact the Board to verify a certificate; and repealing a certain requirement that a certain renewal notice sent by the Board contain certain information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rental Vehicles - Driver's License Verification and Records [HB-1013]
Prohibiting a vehicle lessor from renting a vehicle to another person unless the lessor verifies that the person's driver's license is not expired; authorizing a vehicle lessor to meet certain inspection and verification requirements related to the driver's license of a vehicle lessee through electronic or digital means; authorizing a vehicle lessor to keep certain records in an electronic or digital format; requiring a vehicle lessor to delete certain personal data within 60 days after participation in a certain agreement is terminated; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 404 on 05/08/2020
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Human Services - Department of Disabilities - Accessibility Programs [HB-1003]
Transferring the administration and management of the Telecommunications Access of Maryland and Telecommunications Devices and Distribution of Accessible Information for Disabled Individuals programs from the Department of Information Technology to the Department of Disabilities; requiring the Department of Disabilities to provide staff, including a director, to the Governor's Advisory Board for Telecommunications Relay; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Developmental Disabilities Administration - Program Changes and Required Reports [HB-984]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to ensure that providers of and individuals who receive certain services are not negatively impacted when using a certain software system or function; requiring that an individual receiving certain services who receives a certain notice have 30 days to appeal a certain eligibility determination; requiring certain services to continue uninterrupted under certain circumstances until the outcome of a certain appeal is complete; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Referred Finance on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
21st–Century Economy Fairness Act [HB-932]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute the sales and use tax revenue from certain digital products to The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; defining "digital product" as one that is obtained by the buyer or delivered electronically; applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain digital products; providing that the retail sale of a certain digital code or digital product shall be presumed to be made in the state in which a certain customer tax address is located;
stating the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Business Personal Property [HB-940]
Exempting business personal property from the property tax imposed by a county or municipal corporation, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to identify certain provisions of law and submit a certain report to the General Assembly; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Prescription Drug Benefits - Use of Real-Time Benefit Check Technology [HB-905]
Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2021, a prescriber or dispenser of a prescription drug to have access to and use, under certain circumstances, certain technology that provides patient-specific prescription drug benefit and cost information in a certain manner; requiring certain payors, providers, pharmacies, and other organizations to take certain actions necessary to facilitate access to and use of the technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Criminal Law - Untraceable Firearms [HB-910]
Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, assembling, constructing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, or receiving certain firearms; prohibiting a person from using a certain 3-dimensional printer to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble, or construct a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from distributing a certain computer program; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Summer Math, Reading, and Science Pilot Program - Study PG/MC 108-20 [HB-1025]
Requiring the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to coordinate with the Prince George's County public school system to study the development of the Summer Math, Reading, and Science Pilot Program that integrates math, reading, science, technology, and social sciences content into summer parks and recreation programs offered in Prince George's County; requiring the Commission to report on the feasibility of implementing the Program to the Prince George's County House Delegation on or before December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System [HB-934]
Altering references to the terms "9-1-1 fee" and "additional charge", respectively, to be "State 9-1-1 fee" and "county 9-1-1 fee", respectively, and altering the definition of "public safety answering point" for purposes of provisions of law concerning the 9-1-1 emergency telephone system; renaming the Emergency Number Systems Board to be the Maryland 9-1-1 Board; requiring a certain report by the Department of General Services by June 30, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 375 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Cybersecurity Response Team [HB-996]
Requiring the Department of Information Technology, in consultation with the Maryland Cybersecurity Council, to establish a Cybersecurity Response Team; setting forth the duties of the Cybersecurity Response Team; altering the purposes of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund; requiring the Comptroller to disperse certain funds from the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to certain local jurisdictions for a certain purpose; and requiring the Department to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the activities of the Cybersecurity Response Team.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program [SB-826]
Establishing the Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to encourage the establishment and expansion of makerspaces throughout the State; authorizing the Corporation to award certain financial assistance to local governments, certain designees of local governments, and certain nonprofit entities for the establishment of makerspaces in the State; requiring the Corporation, after consulting with the Secretary of Commerce, to adopt certain standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/13/2020