Veterans - Availability and Accessibility of Health Care Services and Transportation - Study [HB-274]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
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.
HB-274: Veterans - Availability and Accessibility of Health Care Services and Transportation - Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn J B Howard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2017
Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Maryland Veterans Memorial Museum Land Acquisition [SB-300]
[Veterans ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $200,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Maryland Veterans Memorial Museum, Inc. at Charles County for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Maryland Veterans Memorial Museum, located in Charles County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
SB-300: Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Maryland Veterans Memorial Museum Land Acquisition
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Hearing 3/11 At 2:00 P.m. on 03/11/2017
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income [SB-321]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
Phasing out, over specified taxable years, the limitation on the amount of specified military retirement income that may be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income for Maryland income tax purposes.
SB-321: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017
Income Tax Checkoff - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund [SB-296]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
Establishing an income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on the individual income tax return; requiring the Comptroller to collect and account for contributions made through the checkoff and to credit the proceeds to the Fund after deducting the amount necessary to administer the checkoff; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016; etc.
SB-296: Income Tax Checkoff - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Recommended Courses in Military Culture [HB-275]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide to specified health occupations boards a list of recommended courses in military culture.
HB-275: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Recommended Courses in Military Culture
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 183 on 04/18/2017
HB-1231: Resolve, To Assess the Need for Mental Health Care Services for Veterans in Maine and To Establish a Pilot Program To Provide Case Management Services to Veterans for Mental Health Care
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared F. Golden
Subsequently Finally Passed - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required In Concurrence on 07/20/2017
You have voted HB-1231: Resolve, To Assess the Need for Mental Health Care Services for Veterans in Maine and To Establish a Pilot Program To Provide Case Management Services to Veterans for Mental Health Care.
Labor and Employment - Hiring and Promotion Preferences - Veterans of Commissioned Corps [SB-231]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the definition of "eligible veteran" to include the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the purpose of granting a preference in hiring and promotion to eligible veterans, spouses of eligible veterans, and surviving spouses of eligible veterans.
SB-231: Labor and Employment - Hiring and Promotion Preferences - Veterans of Commissioned Corps
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/03/2017
Property Tax - Exemption for Disabled Veterans - Percentage of Disability [SB-132]
[Property Tax ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Disabilities ]
Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with a service connected disability of at least 80%; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017.
SB-132: Property Tax - Exemption for Disabled Veterans - Percentage of Disability
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling
Hearing 2/01 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/01/2017
Hunting and Fishing - Discounted Licenses - Purple Heart Recipients [HB-68]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to implement specified programs to provide discounted licenses, stamps, and permits to Maryland residents who are recipients of the Purple Heart Award; requiring the Department to submit a report on the number of specified licenses, stamps, and permits issued to Purple Heart recipients to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, Recipients of the Purple Heart Award, and Disabled Veterans [SB-46]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Recreation ]
[Military ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's state of residence extends similar privileges to specified individuals; requiring the Department to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
SB-46: Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, Recipients of the Purple Heart Award, and Disabled Veterans
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 463 on 05/04/2017
You have voted SB-46: Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, Recipients of the Purple Heart Award, and Disabled Veterans.
Landlord and Tenant - Military Personnel - Limitation on Liability for Rent [SB-49]
[Housing ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Altering the circumstances under which the liability of a person on active duty with the United States military, for rent under a lease, is limited; limiting the liability for rent of the spouse of a person on active duty with the United States military under specified circumstances; clarifying that the liability of a person on active duty or the spouse of a person on active duty for rent under a lease may not exceed any rent or lawful charges then due and payable plus 30 days under specified conditions; etc.
SB-49: Landlord and Tenant - Military Personnel - Limitation on Liability for Rent
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 705 on 05/25/2017
Criminal Law - Veterans - Medical Cannabis [SB-68]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Adding posttraumatic stress disorder to the definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the purposes of specified affirmative defenses to a charge of use or possession of marijuana; establishing a specified affirmative defense for a charge of use or possession of marijuana for a specified qualified veteran patient; establishing a specified written certification for a qualified veteran patient; etc.
SB-68: Criminal Law - Veterans - Medical Cannabis
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/06/2017
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income [SB-3]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
Removing the limitation on the amount of military retirement income that may be subtracted from federal adjusted gross income for State income tax purposes; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
SB-3: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 1/18 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/18/2017
Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, and Disabled Veterans [HB-4]
[Veterans ]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Military ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue lifetime complimentary fishing licenses to an out-of-state person who certifies that the person is a former prisoner of war or a 100% service connected disabled American veteran if the person's state of residence extends similar privileges to specified individuals; requiring the Department to submit a specified report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; etc.
HB-4: Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Active Military, Former Prisoners of War, and Disabled Veterans
Sponsored by: Rep. Meagan Christin Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 462 on 05/04/2017
Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Eligibility, Award Amounts, and Use of Funds [HB-12]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing specified senatorial and delegate scholarships to be used at specified out-of-state institutions of higher education if a specified scholarship applicant is a specified individual on active duty who is domiciled in the State; requiring a specified individual on active duty to be domiciled in the State in order to retain a specified senatorial scholarship; altering the amount that may be awarded under the senatorial scholarship program beginning July 1, 2019; and clarifying the award under the delegate scholarship program.
HB-12: Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Eligibility, Award Amounts, and Use of Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 543 on 05/04/2017