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Sen. Joanne Benson

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District SD-024

Party Democrat

Bills Introduced 37

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SB-1200	State (Maryland)	Making it an unfair or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act for an Internet service provider to sell or transfer for marketing purposes a consumer's personally identifying information without the consumer's express and affirmative permission; requiring the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology to monitor the enforcement and impact of provisions of the Act on consumers, Internet service providers, and other businesses in the State; requiring a specified report; etc. Democrat: 100% (28) 100% Democrat support	Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Advertising Consumer Protection Discrimination Electronic Commerce Electronic Communication Emergency Bills Identification Penalties And Sentences Privacy
SB-50	State (Maryland)	Establishing that the owner of a burial lot is responsible for the care of specified monuments or memorials; providing that this Act does not prohibit a responsible party for a cemetery from maintaining or repairing a memorial or monument under specified circumstances; etc. Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3) 70% Democrat support 30% Republican support	Business Regulation And Occupations Cemeteries Monuments And Memorials Notices Postal Service Public Information
SB-14	State (Maryland)	Altering the calculation of the Maryland earned income tax credit to allow specified individuals without qualifying children to claim an increased credit; expanding eligibility of the credit to allow specified individuals without specified qualifying children to claim the credit; allowing specified individuals to claim the credit without regard to a specified age limitation; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016; etc. Democrat: 100% (13) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Income Income Tax Minors Tax Credits
SB-82	State (Maryland)	Renaming the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to be the Maryland Department of Health; renaming the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to be the Secretary of Health; providing that the Maryland Department of Health is the successor of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing that specified names and titles of a specified unit and officials in laws and other documents mean the names and titles of the successor unit and officials; etc. Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3) 70% Democrat support 30% Republican support	State Government - Agencies, Offices, And Officials Public Health Administrative Agencies Annotated Code Of Maryland Health Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of Legislative Services, Department Of Names Notices
SB-61	State (Maryland)	Establishing that a specified coverage requirement that applies to specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations includes coverage for digital tomosynthesis, a radiologic breast cancer screening procedure, under specified circumstances; prohibiting a copayment or coinsurance requirement that is greater than for other breast cancer screenings; applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2018; etc. Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3) 70% Democrat support 30% Republican support	Insurance - Health Diseases Emergency Bills Examinations Health Health Insurance Health Maintenance Organizations Health Planning And Cost Review Nonprofit Organizations Patients
SB-72	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a workers' compensation insurer to develop a tiered rating plan that establishes discrete tiers based on risk attributes that are not arbitrary, capricious, or unfairly discriminatory and are reasonably related to the insurer's business and economic purposes; requiring a workers' compensation insurer to submit a tiered rating plan to the Insurance Commissioner at least 30 days in advance of the plan's use; authorizing a workers' compensation insurer to use a specified merit rating plan under specified circumstances; etc. Democrat: 66% (6) Republican: 33% (3) 66% Democrat support 33% Republican support	Workers' Compensation Insurance Commerce And Business Discrimination
SB-96	State (Maryland)	Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for instruction by a licensed health care provider on fertility awareness-based methods; prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from applying a copayment, coinsurance requirement, or deductible to coverage for the instruction on fertility awareness-based methods, except with respect to a specified grandfathered exception; etc. Republican: 27% (3) Democrat: 72% (8) 27% Republican support 72% Democrat support	Insurance - Health Education Health Health Insurance Health Maintenance Organizations Health Occupations Nonprofit Organizations Patients Reproductive Matters
SB-151	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a disciplinary committee of the State Board of Nursing to grant and deny licenses and certificates and take specified disciplinary action against licensees and certificate holders; authorizing the Board to establish one or more disciplinary committees to conduct specified hearings and issue final decisions or orders under specified provisions of law; authorizing the Board to delegate authority to conduct a hearing and issue a final decision or order to a disciplinary committee; etc. Democrat: 100% (15) 100% Democrat support	Health Occupations Committees And Commissions Contests Discipline Emergency Bills Evidence Fines Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of Hearings Judicial Review
SB-178	State (Maryland)	Altering specified conditions of eligibility for funding from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account by specifying minimum amounts to be spent on capital maintenance and expenditures by specified race tracks; authorizing the Maryland Racing Commission to grant a one-time request for capital improvement funds not to exceed $150,000 from the funds available in the Account for a capital improvement project at the Bowie Race Course Training Center under specified conditions; etc. Democrat: 72% (8) Republican: 27% (3) 72% Democrat support 27% Republican support	Horse Racing Condemnation Contracts Prince George's County Procurement Public Information Public Officials Racing Real Property Appropriations
SB-169	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the Maryland Dental Action Coalition to conduct a study to determine the annual cost of emergency room visits to treat dental conditions of specified adults and whether it is advisable to expand benefits for dental services for specified adults under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; authorizing the Coalition to report to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the General Assembly the findings of the study by December 1, 2017 and distribute the report to specified stakeholders; etc. Democrat: 72% (8) Republican: 27% (3) 72% Democrat support 27% Republican support	Public Health Dentists Emergency Medical Services Emergencies General Assembly Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of Medical Assistance Patients Prices Reports

Title: Internet Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2017

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-1200

Subjects: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection, Advertising, Consumer Protection, Discrimination, Electronic Commerce, Electronic Communication, Emergency Bills, Identification, Penalties And Sentences, Privacy

Democrat: 100% (28)

Title: Cemeteries - Authority to Maintain and Repair Memorials and Monuments

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-50

Subjects: Business Regulation And Occupations, Cemeteries, Monuments And Memorials, Notices, Postal Service, Public Information

Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3)

Title: Earned Income Tax Credit - Individuals Without Qualifying Children - Expansion

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-14

Subjects: Taxes - Income, Income Tax, Minors, Tax Credits

Democrat: 100% (13)

Title: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Renaming

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-82

Subjects: State Government - Agencies, Offices, And Officials, Public Health, Administrative Agencies, Annotated Code Of Maryland, Health, Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of, Legislative Services, Department Of, Names, Notices

Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3)

Title: Health Insurance - Coverage for Digital Tomosynthesis

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-61

Subjects: Insurance - Health, Diseases, Emergency Bills, Examinations, Health, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations, Health Planning And Cost Review, Nonprofit Organizations, Patients

Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3)

Title: Workers' Compensation - Tiered Rating Plans and Merit Rating Plans

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-72

Subjects: Workers' Compensation, Insurance, Commerce And Business, Discrimination

Democrat: 66% (6) Republican: 33% (3)

Title: Health Insurance - Coverage for Fertility Awareness-Based Methods

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-96

Subjects: Insurance - Health, Education, Health, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations, Health Occupations, Nonprofit Organizations, Patients, Reproductive Matters

Republican: 27% (3) Democrat: 72% (8)

Title: State Board of Nursing - Disciplinary Process and Authority - Revisions

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-151

Subjects: Health Occupations, Committees And Commissions, Contests, Discipline, Emergency Bills, Evidence, Fines, Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of, Hearings, Judicial Review

Democrat: 100% (15)

Title: Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-178

Subjects: Horse Racing, Condemnation, Contracts, Prince George's County, Procurement, Public Information, Public Officials, Racing, Real Property, Appropriations

Democrat: 72% (8) Republican: 27% (3)

Title: Health - Cost of Emergency Room Visits to Treat Dental Conditions and Coverage of Dental Services Under Medicaid - Study

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-169

Subjects: Public Health, Dentists, Emergency Medical Services, Emergencies, General Assembly, Health And Mental Hygiene, Department Of, Medical Assistance, Patients, Prices, Reports

Democrat: 72% (8) Republican: 27% (3)

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