Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Security Features for Connected Devices [SB-443]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the manufacturer of a connected device to equip the device with a certain reasonable security feature; providing that a security feature for a connected device is reasonable if the connected device is equipped with a certain means for authentication; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and is subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/09/2020
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact [SB-416]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
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: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Health Care Practitioners – Telehealth and Shortage [SB-402]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing certain health care practitioners to establish a
practitioner-patient relationship through certain telehealth interactions under certain circumstances; requiring a health care practitioner providing telehealth services to be held to the same standards of practice that are applicable to in-person settings and, if clinically appropriate, provide or refer a patient for in-patient services or another type of telehealth service; requiring a health care practitioner to perform a certain evaluation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 16 on 04/03/2020
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Motor Scooter and Electric Low Speed Scooter Sharing Companies – Nonvisual Access [HB-557]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that motor scooter and electric low speed scooter sharing companies include on each motor scooter or electric low speed scooter made available to the public an embossed tactile display with contact information through which an individual who is blind or visually impaired may contact the company; requiring that motor scooter and electric low speed scooter sharing companies provide individuals with disabilities certain nonvisual access to their websites and mobile applications consistent with certain federal standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 252 on 05/08/2020
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Career and Technology Education - Training in Soft Business Skills [HB-548]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring career and technology programs in public schools to integrate into the academic curriculum training and exposure in soft business skills; and including in "soft business skills" employee and employer relationships, business etiquette, social and emotional awareness in the workplace, group work skills, appropriate professional communication skills, public presentation and customer service, project planning, and use of common business tools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program [HB-561]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing a certain Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on October 1, 2022, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Referred Finance on 03/15/2020
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Drugs and Devices - Electronic Prescriptions - Controlled Dangerous Substances [HB-512]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Authorizing certain controlled dangerous substance prescriptions to be dispensed on an electronic prescription; requiring, except under certain circumstances, a certain health practitioner to issue a prescription for a controlled dangerous substance electronically; authorizing an authorized prescriber to issue a written or oral prescription for a controlled dangerous substance only under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 230 on 05/08/2020
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Election Administration – Absentee Ballot Canvass and Moratorium on Use of Wireless Network [HB-555]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the time that a local board of elections may begin opening absentee ballot envelopes to canvass the absentee ballots cast in an election to before 9 a.m. on the Friday following election day instead of prior to 8 a.m. on the Wednesday following election day; and prohibiting the use of a wireless wide area network to transmit data from certain electronic poll books to the State Board of Elections or the local boards of elections during an election that is held before January 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2020
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State Government - Open Meetings - Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [SB-363]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring certain State agencies to make available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain state agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and recordings for 1 year after the meeting; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide certain staff, support, and equipment to the Maryland Transportation Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 203 on 05/08/2020
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Public Information Act - Revisions [HB-502]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each official custodian to adopt a certain policy of proactive disclosure; requiring each official custodian to publish a certain annual report on a certain website, to the extent practicable; requiring the Public Information Act Compliance Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints from applicants and applicants' designated representatives; requiring the Board to receive and review complaints from any custodian alleging that an applicant's request or pattern of requests is frivolous or vexatious; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2020
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Election Law - Campaign Material - Disclosure of the Use of Bots [HB-465]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring certain persons that use a bot to publish, distribute, or disseminate campaign material online to another person in the State for the purpose of influencing an election to disclose in a clear and conspicuous manner on the campaign material that the person is using a bot to publish, distribute, or disseminate the campaign material; authorizing the State Board of Elections to seek to remove a bot under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 216 on 05/08/2020
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Workgroup to Study Maryland's Emerging Digital Economy [SB-369]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Recognizing that manufacturers will need to partner with industry leaders, education stakeholders and others to explore new solutions to a global digital technology transformation the Workgroup to Study Maryland's Emerging Digital Economy is established to study and make recommendations on the State's entry into Industry 4.0 technology ; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [SB-367]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education to expand the use of the trauma-informed approach used in schools and intensively train schools on becoming trauma-informed schools; requiring the Department to develop and distribute certain guidelines and to develop a website on the trauma informed approach; requiring, on or before July 1, 2020, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act - Public Agencies and Use of New Technology [HB-440]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Libraries ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the definition of "public agency" for purposes of the St. Mary's County Open Meetings Act to include the St. Mary's County Board of Library Trustees, the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission, and the St. Mary's County Housing Authority; and encouraging certain public agencies to use new technology when available to aid in public accessibility and transparency.
Sponsored by: Rep. St. Mary's County Delegation
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 208 on 05/08/2020
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State Government – Open Meetings – Requirements and Application of Open Meetings Act
(Maryland State Agency Transparency Act) [HB-421]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain State agencies to make publicly available on their websites open meeting agendas 48 hours in advance of each meeting or, under certain circumstances, as far in advance of the meeting as practicable; requiring certain State agencies to post on their websites certain meeting minutes not more than 2 business days after the minutes are approved; requiring certain State agencies to maintain on their websites meeting minutes for 5 years and video recordings and certain audio recordings for a minimum of 1 year after a meeting; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 202 on 05/08/2020
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Health Care Practitioners – Telehealth and Shortage [HB-448]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Authorizing certain health care practitioners to establish a
practitioner-patient relationship through telehealth interactions; requiring a health care practitioner providing telehealth services to be held to the same standards of practice that are applicable to in-person settings and, if clinically appropriate, provide or refer a patient for in-patient services or another type of telehealth service; prohibiting a health care practitioner from prescribing a certain opiate through telehealth except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane E Pendergrass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 15 on 04/03/2020
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Public Information Act - Remote Access, Fee Complaints, Fee Waivers, and Inspection of Judicial Records (Open Government, Better Government Act) [HB-401]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing the intent of the General Assembly that each official custodian adopt an internet use policy and other technological advances to expand remote access to public records and increase the transparency of government; requiring the Public Information Act Compliance Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints alleging that a custodian unreasonably failed to waive a fee under certain circumstances; altering the minimum fee charged under which the Board has authority to review a complaint; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) And Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 01/27/2020
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Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act) [SB-294]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain for-profit institutions of higher education and private career schools from enrolling new Maryland residents if, beginning in fiscal year 2023, federal funds exceed 10% of annual revenues; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to adopt certain regulations by December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 546 on 05/08/2020
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Election Law – Foreign Manufacture of Election Systems – Notification and Termination of Contract [HB-392]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[National Security ]
Prohibiting the State Board of Elections from approving a contract with an election service provider unless the contract requires the provider to report to the State Administrator of Elections if any stage in the manufacturing of a component of the provider's election system occurred outside the United States or if any material change to a component in any stage in the manufacturing of an election system occurred outside the United States; requiring a certain report by the election service provider to the State Administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Records and Human Trafficking Awareness Training [HB-382]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Tourism ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring an innkeeper to maintain a computerized record-keeping system of all guest transactions and receipts; requiring that certain records be kept for not less than 6 months from the date of the creation of the record; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention and the Maryland Department of Labor to approve an educational training program and a refresher training program for identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking; providing certain requirements for a certain training program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020