Veterans Affairs, Department Of
Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home - Gifts and Grants - Authority to Accept and Spend [HB-332]
Authorizing the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home to accept specified gifts and grants for use at the Home; providing for the uses and administration of the gifts and grants accepted for use at the Home; and requiring the Director of the Veterans Home Program and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report each year on the status of the gifts and grants accepted for use at the Home.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Gettr Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Veterans - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Death Benefits [SB-838]
Providing that surviving beneficiaries of deceased veterans who are residents of Maryland and whose deaths are directly connected to post-traumatic stress disorder relating to service in the Afghanistan or Iraq conflict are entitled to specified death benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Washington Cemetery Board of Trustees [SB-78]
Abolishing the Washington Cemetery Board of Trustees; providing for the supervision of the Washington Cemetery by the Department of Veterans Affairs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs - Military Health Care Provider Transition Plan [SB-1033]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a Military Health Care Provider Transition Plan; providing for the purpose of the Plan; requiring the Department to work in conjunction with specified entities; requiring the Plan to include specified goals; requiring the Department to address the concerns and recommendations identified in a specified report; requiring the Department to complete the Plan by a specified date; requiring the Department to submit specified reports to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Harrington
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts [HB-639]
Creating a Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; providing that a member of the Task Force may not receive specified compensation but may be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study specified military service-related mental health issues and substance abuse problems and to make recommendations concerning the establishment of a special court for defendants who are military members or veterans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs - Military Health Care Provider Transition Plan [HB-1353]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a Military Health Care Provider Transition Plan; providing for the purpose of the Plan; requiring the Department to work in conjunction with specified entities; requiring the Plan to include specified goals; requiring the Department to address the concerns and recommendations identified in a specified report; requiring the Department to complete the Plan by a specified date; requiring the Department to submit specified reports to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Establishment of Regional Centers for Women Veterans [HB-1600]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Establishment of Regional Centers for Women Veterans to analyze the resources available to women veterans in the State; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding ways to address identified specific needs for services for women veterans residing in the State and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Certificates for Involuntary Admission - Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical [HB-1387]
Altering a requirement that a certain certificate accompany an application for involuntary admission to certain facilities by providing that the certificate may be of a physician and a licensed certified social worker-clinical; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Veterans' Suicide Causes and Prevention [HB-997]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Veterans' Suicide Causes and Prevention; requiring the Task Force to study certain issues related to veterans' suicide in the State; requiring the Task Force to coordinate and communicate with certain groups in completing a certain study; requiring the Task Force to make certain recommendations; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim and a final report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before certain dates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Veterans Affairs - Homes for Veterans - Veterans of Uniformed Service [SB-341]
Altering the eligibility for a certain veteran to reside at a home for veterans that is supervised by the Department of Veterans Affairs to include a veteran who has an honorable discharge from active service with a uniformed service of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 24 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal Organizations ("ITLM" for Homeless Veterans Act) [HB-131]
Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines; providing that proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by a fraternal organization are to be distributed in a certain manner, including 10% to go into a special fund to be used to assist veterans and their families; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal Organizations ("Slots" for Homeless Veterans Act) [SB-59]
Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than 5 instant ticket lottery machines; providing that proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by a fraternal organization are to be distributed in a certain manner, including 10% to go into a special fund to be used to assist veterans and their families; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 1/09 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting [SB-84]
Specifying that the purpose for which licensed funeral establishments and holders of certain permits are authorized to transfer unclaimed cremains of a veteran or an eligible dependent to a veterans service organization under certain circumstances is for the appropriate disposition of the cremains; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to transfer certain cremains to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the appropriate disposition of the cremains; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Definitions [SB-90]
Defining the terms "service dog", "support dog", and "therapy horse" for the purposes of the provisions of law governing the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Veterans Affairs - Homes for Veterans - Veterans of Uniformed Service [HB-12]
Altering the eligibility for a certain veteran to reside at a home for veterans that is supervised by the Department of Veterans Affairs to include a veteran who has an honorable discharge from active service with a uniformed service of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 23 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Definitions and Penalties [SB-1084]
Defining "veteran" and altering the definition of "veteran-owned small business enterprise" for the purpose of specified provisions of law relating to the structure of a unit's procurement procedures; and authorizing specified penalties to be applied to a person that willfully misrepresents a business as a veteran-owned small business enterprise.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 709 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans' Services Specialists [HB-1275]
Requiring units of State government to designate an employee of the unit as a veterans' services specialist to coordinate services with the director of the veterans Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs and attend specified training to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with specified information, and to post specified information on the unit's Web site; requiring the Department to coordinate specified meetings and submit a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 706 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Government - Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans' Services Specialists [SB-857]
Requiring units of State government to designate an employee of the unit as a veterans' services specialist to coordinate services with the director of the veterans Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs and attend specified training, to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with specified information, and to post specified information on the unit's Web site; requiring the Department to coordinate specified meetings and submit a specified report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 707 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Establishment [SB-441]
Establishing the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs to refer eligible veterans who inquire about participation in the Program to one or more nonprofit training entities and encourage successful Program participants to assist in outreach to potential participants; requiring the Department to select at least one nonprofit entity to implement a training protocol, select participants, and provide services to specified veterans; establishing the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 416 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Veterans - Availability and Accessibility of Health Care Services and Transportation - Study [HB-274]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, to conduct a study on the availability and accessibility of health care services to meet the health care needs of veterans in the State and the availability and accessibility of transportation to the health care services; requiring the study to include specified items, identify specified gaps, and identify specified options; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2017