Zoning And Planning
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics - Planning Grant Funds and Demonstration Application [HB-1249]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at the Center for Mental Health Services for federal planning, development, and implementation grant funds related to certified community behavioral health clinics for fiscal year 2025; and requiring the Department to apply to the Administration for inclusion in the state certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration program for fiscal year 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/10/2023
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State Procurement – Preferences – Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses [SB-908]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to try to achieve or exceed a certain overall percentage goal of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made with historically underutilized business zone businesses; providing for the determination of expected historically underutilized business zone business participation for individual solicitations; including certain historically underutilized business zone businesses in the Small Business Reserve Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Rereferred To Budget And Taxation on 04/05/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Land Use – Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing – Application to Religious Organizations [SB-903]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Religion ]
Requiring, on or after July 1, 2024, a county that uses an expedited development review process for proposed affordable housing developments to consider certain applications from bona fide religious organizations under the expedited development review process; and authorizing a county to opt out of the provisions of the Act by adopting a certain local law on or before June 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/15/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Town of Sharpsburg - Parking of Vehicles - Restrictions [HB-1194]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
Prohibiting a person from parking certain vehicles in the Town of Sharpsburg, Washington County, subject to a certain exception.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 590 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore East-West Corridor - Property Acquisition - Prohibiting Involuntary Residential Displacement [HB-1221]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, in conducting the Red Line transit project, from acquiring any real property for planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of the Red Line if the acquisition would result in involuntary residential displacement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland) [HB-1148]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to make recommendations to provide appropriate, accessible, and comprehensive behavioral health services that are available on demand to individuals in the State; establishing the Behavioral Health Care Coordination Value-Based Purchasing Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to apply for certain federal planning grant funds; requiring the Department to apply to participate in a certain demonstration program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 291 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Consolidated Transportation Program – Scoring [HB-1052]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring that certain goals and measures used to score certain transportation projects be within certain parameters; altering the goals and measures of the Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring that certain calculations used to score transportation projects be posted on the Department's website and the appendix of the Consolidated Transportation Program; establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings by September 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Health – Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program [HB-953]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve no more than 6 programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Hospitals - Dental Services [HB-970]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to require an acute care hospital that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to develop a plan that demonstrates a commitment by the hospital to provide certain operating room time for certain dental services; and requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each acute hospital to submit the plan to the Secretary of Health for approval.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Alcohol and Tobacco Commission – Updates [HB-1000]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person to hold a common carrier permit to ship premium cigars or pipe tobacco in the State; authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to take certain action regarding a certain license if the use of the licensed premises does not conform to certain provisions of law; authorizing the Executive Director to conduct certain inspections and searches without a warrant; requiring a study on identifying and eliminating barriers to minority participation in the alcoholic beverages industry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment – Flood Control – Flood Risk Assessment and Model Ordinance (Climate Ready Floodplain Act of 2023) [HB-1209]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to publish a statewide flood risk assessment map projected to the year 2050, educate the public on certain information, and establish a certain model floodplain ordinance by July 1, 2024; requiring certain units of local government to submit to the Department for review a proposed floodplain ordinance by July 1, 2025; and requiring the Department to approve a proposed ordinance or provide notice of certain revisions to the ordinance on or before September 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency - Modifications [HB-1144]
[Human Services ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
[Disabilities ]
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency by establishing certain requirements for certain State departments, agencies, or programs, including establishing certain positions and establishing a certain language access plan; and requiring the Maryland Commission of Civil Rights to provide oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of certain language access provisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Medicaid Waiver Programs - Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act) [HB-1149]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain Medicaid funding to be used to provide community services to individuals waiting for services through waiver programs; authorizing certain Medicaid funding to be used for expanding provider capacity in certain waiver programs; and altering the uses of certain funding appropriated to the Dedicated Purpose Account in the fiscal year 2023 budget bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Land Use - Development of Neglected Property PG 406-23 [HB-1026]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing Prince George's County to exercise powers of eminent domain to acquire and develop or redevelop, for a public purpose, certain neglected property located in the county that has been designated as a transit-oriented development and is located within a business improvement district; and prohibiting land or property taken by the county through the use of eminent domain under the provisions of the Act to be taken without just compensation, as agreed on between the parties, or awarded by a jury.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Development Transparency Act of 2023 [HB-1195]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain entity seeking any waiver or exemption from or authorization under any zoning regulation, zoning map amendment, conditional use permit, final development plan, or other land use authorization to publicly disclose the name of each individual who owns the entity, including any individual who owns an affiliated entity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Land Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Application to Religious Organizations [HB-852]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Religion ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring, on or after July 1, 2024, a county that uses an expedited development review process for proposed affordable housing developments to consider certain applications from bona fide religious organizations under the expedited development review process; and authorizing a county to opt out of the provisions of the Act by establishing an expedited development review process and by adopting a local law prohibiting the consideration of applications from religious organizations on or before June 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Program and Property Taxes [HB-908]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Making permanent the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; requiring a community solar energy generating system to serve at least 40% of its kilowatt-hour output to low-income and moderate-income subscribers under certain circumstances; authorizing a subscription coordinator to act on behalf of a subscriber organization; altering requirements related to the siting and size of certain community solar energy generating systems projects; authorizing the use of consolidated billing for certain charges; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 652 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Public School Facility - Modifying, Use, and Closing [HB-798]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring that, after the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners takes final action concerning the continued use of a public school facility for specified purposes, the Baltimore City Department of Planning shall appoint a certain community task force to review and make recommendations concerning the future use of the public school facility; authorizing the board to use a school building as a swing school for a period not exceeding 4 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George’s County – Maryland–Washington Regional District – Standing to Request Review of Zoning and Land Use Decisions MC/PG 107–23 [HB-818]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
Altering the list of persons that may request judicial review of a final decision of the Prince George's County District Council; altering the list of persons that may request the district council to review a decision of a zoning hearing examiner or the planning board of Prince George's County; and altering the circumstances under which a certain person may request the district council to review a decision of a zoning hearing examiner or the planning board of Prince George's County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register [HB-817]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Division of State Documents to make at least the 15 most recent issues of the Maryland Register available to the public for online searching; altering the requirements for a unit of State government to submit certain proposed or emergency regulations, work plans, and evaluation reports to the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review, the Department of Legislative Services, and the Administrator of the Division of State Documents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 350 on 05/03/2023