Public Safety - 9-1-1 Fees - Audits [HB-6]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers to keep records of 9-1-1 fees collected and remitted for at least four years after the fees are remitted; requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with the Emergency Number Systems Board, to adopt procedures for auditing surcharge collection and remittance by telephones companies and CMRS providers; providing the Comptroller is entitled to .5% of the fees to cover the expense of conducting audits; authorizing the Comptroller to adopt certain regulations; etc.
HB-6: Public Safety - 9-1-1 Fees - Audits
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 604 on 05/08/2020
Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland - Extension and Alteration [HB-44]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland to report certain findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 15, 2020, and on or before December 15, 2021; and extending the termination date for the Commission by 2 years to June 30, 2022.
HB-44: Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland - Extension and Alteration
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Referred Finance on 02/14/2020
Health Occupations - Morticians and Funeral Directors - Apprenticeships [HB-106]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Increasing the cap, from 2 to 4 years, that an applicant for a mortician or funeral director license may spend as an apprentice except under certain circumstances; requiring certain applicants and licensed apprentices to submit to the Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors a certain letter from the Director of the Mortuary Science program in which the applicant is enrolled; requiring the practical experience for an apprentice to include at least 1,000 hours in a funeral establishment under supervision; etc.
HB-106: Health Occupations - Morticians and Funeral Directors - Apprenticeships
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 602 on 05/08/2020
Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity [HB-197]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot under certain circumstances; allowing a voter who is unable to present a certain form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-197: Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/14/2020
Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund [HB-243]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a distribution from a perpetual care trust fund made under certain circumstances to be used only for the perpetual care of the cemetery, including the maintenance of the grounds, roads, and paths and the repair and renewal of buildings; permitting a cemetery to select a certain method of distribution; requiring a cemetery to submit to the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight a statement attesting that the cemetery's method of distribution will not result in insufficient protection of the trust fund's principal; etc.
HB-243: Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Referred Finance on 02/21/2020
Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures [HB-317]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a facility or Veterans' Administration hospital to take an individual who is involuntarily admitted under certain circumstances into confinement on observation status; requiring an individual confined on observation status to be examined within 24 hours by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; requiring that certain regulations require that an impartial hearing officer receive testimony from the physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner; etc.
HB-317: Mental Health - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2020
Public Health - Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substances - Partial Filling of Prescriptions [HB-316]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Authorizing a certain authorized provider to partially fill a prescription for a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule II in a quantity less than the prescribed amount on request of the patient; authorizing a certain authorized provider to fill the remaining portion of a partially filled prescription if the remaining portion is dispensed within a certain time period and by a certain authorized provider; etc.
HB-316: Public Health - Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substances - Partial Filling of Prescriptions
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 01/22/2020
Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020) [HB-259]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting health occupations boards and disciplinary panels from reprimanding a licensee or certificate holder, placing a licensee or certificate holder on probation, or suspending or revoking a license of a licensee or the certificate of a certificate holder solely on the basis of a licensee's or certificate holder's use of a diagnostic evaluation or treatment that is integrative, complementary, alternative, or nonconventional, including in the treatment of Lyme disease or tick-borne illnesses.
HB-259: Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 139 on 05/08/2020
You have voted HB-259: Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020).
You have voted HB-350: Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Correctional Officers, Law Enforcement Officers, and Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel (Hometown Heroes Act).
Victim's Rights - Restitution [HB-358]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering procedures relating to the award of a judgment of restitution; requiring a court to enter a judgment of restitution under certain circumstances; requiring certain notice, evidence, and procedures before a certain court orders a judgment of restitution; requiring a court to order a certain individual to pay restitution under certain circumstances; providing the court may not consider the current inability of a restitution obligor to pay restitution as an extraordinary circumstance; etc.
HB-358: Victim's Rights - Restitution
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2020