Income Tax Credit - Unemployed Veterans - Start-Up Business [HB-1169]
Allowing a qualified unemployed veteran a credit of up to $2,000 against the State income tax for expenses associated with starting a business during the taxable year; requiring the business to meet specified qualifications; requiring the Comptroller to adopt regulations and provide an annual report; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014; etc.
HB-1169: Income Tax Credit - Unemployed Veterans - Start-Up Business
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2014
Task Force to Study Implementation of Strategies for Preventing Sexual Exploitation of Clients by Health Professionals [HB-1193]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Implementation of Strategies for Preventing Sexual Exploitation of Clients by Health Professionals; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2014; etc.
HB-1193: Task Force to Study Implementation of Strategies for Preventing Sexual Exploitation of Clients by Health Professionals
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/15/2014
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Evaluation [HB-1194]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Budget and Management, to contract with a third party for an evaluation of the needs of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland in order to be comparable and competitive with other public universities in the State; requiring the evaluation to include specified information and recommendations; and requiring that the report be submitted on or before December 31, 2014, to the Governor and specified legislative entities.
HB-1194: Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Evaluation
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/03/2014
State Retirement and Pension System - Parole and Probation Employees - Membership in Correctional Officers' Retirement System [HB-1209]
Altering the positions eligible for membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System to include specified agents of the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; authorizing specified individuals to cease membership in the Employees' Pension System and enroll in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; authorizing specified individuals to transfer service credit from the Employees' Pension System to the Correctional Officers' Retirement System; etc.
HB-1209: State Retirement and Pension System - Parole and Probation Employees - Membership in Correctional Officers' Retirement System
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/11/2014
Ruth M. Kirk Public Social Work Scholarship [HB-1222]
Altering the workforce shortage fields eligible for a Workforce Shortage Student Assistance grant to include social workers under specified circumstances; naming the grant to be the Ruth M. Kirk Public Social Work Scholarship; etc.
HB-1222: Ruth M. Kirk Public Social Work Scholarship
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 647 on 05/15/2014
State Health Plan - Licensed Hospice Programs - Certificate of Need Review [HB-1253]
Requiring that, beginning December 31, 2014, for licensed hospice programs, the State health plan methodologies, standards, and criteria for certificate of need review for a jurisdiction demonstrating need first take into consideration the capability of current licensed hospice providers in that jurisdiction that have the infrastructure, capacity, and scale to meet the demonstrated need.
HB-1253: State Health Plan - Licensed Hospice Programs - Certificate of Need Review
Sponsored by: Rep. Ana Gutierrez
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 04/05/2014
Maryland Education Credit [HB-1262]
Providing a tax credit against the State income tax for contributions made to specified student assistance organizations; requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to administer the tax credit; requiring specified entities to submit an application to be a student assistance organization on or before December 1 of each year; establishing the Maryland Education Tax Credit Reserve Fund; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013; etc.
HB-1262: Maryland Education Credit
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2014
District Court of Maryland Employees - Collective Bargaining [HB-1292]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified employees of the District Court of Maryland; establishing a State Judicial Employees Labor Relations Board as an independent unit of State government; providing for the staggering of terms of the members of the Board; requiring the Board to recognize one statewide bargaining unit; providing that the Judiciary has the right to determine specified budgetary, employment, and personnel practices; etc.
HB-1292: District Court of Maryland Employees - Collective Bargaining
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/01/2014
Business Occupations and Professions - Private Process Servers - Registration [HB-1293]
Requiring an individual to be registered with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation before providing private process service in the State; establishing specified application requirements to be registered as a private process server; authorizing the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to deny, suspend, or revoke a registration or reprimand or fine a registrant under specified circumstances; establishing specified exceptions to specified registration requirements; etc.
HB-1293: Business Occupations and Professions - Private Process Servers - Registration
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2014