AN ACT relating to procurement. [HB-247]
Amend KRS 45A.380 to enable noncompetitive negotiation under the Kentucky Model Procurement Code for purchase or sale of wholesale electric power or natural gas by a local public agency; amend KRS 424.260 to exempt contracts for local public agency purchase or sale of wholesale electric power or natural gas of more than $30,000, from requirement for newspaper advertisement for bids.
HB-247: AN ACT relating to procurement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Posted In Committee on 01/16/2020
Labor and Employment - Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Revisions [HB-99]
Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to be the third-party administrator for the State's Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Program for State Employees under a contract with the State; authorizing the Fund to use nonsupervisory employees of the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company; authorizing nonsupervisory employees of the Company to be assigned to perform certain functions under a certain contract; altering the membership of the Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund; etc.
HB-99: Labor and Employment - Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 52 on 05/08/2020
Health Insurance Info.; Incentive Program [SB-135]
An Act relating to health care insurers; relating to availability of payment information; relating to an incentive program for electing to receive health care services for less than the average price paid; relating to filing and reporting requirements; relating to municipal regulation of disclosure of health care services and price information; and providing for an effective date.
SB-135: Health Insurance Info.; Incentive Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Hughes
Prefile Released 1/10/20 on 01/21/2020
Consumer Protection – Electronic Transactions – Sale and Lease of Vehicles [SB-134]
Providing that only a dealer may contract for the sale and delivery of a vehicle by electronic means under certain circumstances; providing that a consumer shall be deemed not to have agreed to enter into a transaction for the sale or lease of a vehicle with a dealer by electronic means unless the dealer provides the consumer with certain documents and a reasonable opportunity to review the documents before providing an electronic signature; requiring that a vehicle be delivered at a certain location and within a certain time period; etc.
SB-134: Consumer Protection – Electronic Transactions – Sale and Lease of Vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 72 on 05/08/2020
Expansion of Commercial Gaming - Sports and Event Wagering Referendum and Minority Business Enterprise Disparity Study [SB-4]
Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain sports and event wagering licenses; requiring certain implementing legislation to include certain criteria; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that certain revenues be used to fund public education; requiring certain State entities to contract with an appropriate expert to review a certain disparity study for certain purposes; submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State; etc.
SB-4: Expansion of Commercial Gaming - Sports and Event Wagering Referendum and Minority Business Enterprise Disparity Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 492 on 05/08/2020
AN ACT relating to physician employment contracts. [HB-86]
Create a new section of KRS 311.530 to 311.620 to make non-compete provisions in physician and osteopath employment contracts void and unenforceable, except in limited circumstances when the contract is for the sale of a practice or for employment as a faculty member at a medical school.
HB-86: AN ACT relating to physician employment contracts.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
AN ACT relating to blockchain technology. [SB-55]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to create a six-member Blockchain Technology Working Group; attach the working group to the Commonwealth Office of Technology; require the working group to examine the applicability of blockchain technology for various utility sectors and report to the Governor and the LRC by December 1 of each year.
SB-55: AN ACT relating to blockchain technology.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Smith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 108) on 04/24/2020
SB-70: AN ACT relating to unfair trade practices in the negotiation and offer of contracts for the provision of health care services and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 01/08/2020
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Business Regulation - Home Builders - Performance Bond Requirement [SB-75]
Requiring a person that constructs new homes for sale to the public to purchase a performance bond for the construction of each new home; requiring the liability under a performance bond to be for a period of 5 years after completion; prohibiting a home builder from beginning construction of a new home under certain circumstances; and altering the circumstances under which a building and permits department of a county may not issue a certain permit to include failure to purchase a performance bond.
SB-75: Business Regulation - Home Builders - Performance Bond Requirement
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 02/06/2020
Solid Waste Management - Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere [SB-28]
Prohibiting a person who is at least 13 years old, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a nonprofit entity, the State, or any unit or political subdivision of the State from knowingly and intentionally releasing or causing to be released, or organizing the release of, a balloon into the atmosphere, with certain exceptions; requiring a certain unit, officer, or official of a local government with delegated enforcement authority to report certain violations; establishing a civil penalty of $250 for a violation of the Act; etc.
SB-28: Solid Waste Management - Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Referred Environment And Transportation on 02/12/2020
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Duties and Reports - Revisions [SB-42]
Altering the information required to be included in a certain annual report required to be submitted to certain persons by the Health Services Cost Review Commission; altering a certain reporting date from October 1 to May 1 each year; repealing the requirement that the Commission annually publish certain acute care hospital charges; requiring that the Commission take certain actions consistent with a certain all-payer model contract; etc.
SB-42: Health Services Cost Review Commission - Duties and Reports - Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/19/2020
Built to Learn Act of 2020 [SB-1]
Requiring or authorizing, under certain circumstances, the Maryland Stadium Authority to contract for, manage, and oversee certain public school facility projects; authorizing the Prince George's County government and Board of Education to enter into a certain public-private partnership to enhance the delivery of public school construction projects in the county; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2020, to include in the annual budget certain supplemental funding to be used for certain educational purposes; etc.
SB-1: Built to Learn Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/08/2020
Built to Learn Act of 2020 [HB-1]
Requiring or authorizing, under certain circumstances, the Maryland Stadium Authority to contract for, manage, and oversee certain public school facility projects; authorizing the Prince George's County government and Board of Education to enter into a certain public-private partnership to enhance the delivery of public school construction projects in the county; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2020, to include in the annual budget certain supplemental funding to be used for certain educational purposes; etc.
HB-1: Built to Learn Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 20 on 05/08/2020
Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency [SB-99]
Clarifying that certain provisions of law and certain provisions of this Act apply to managed care organizations and certain pharmacy benefits managers; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to indicate in a certain manner on a health insurance benefit card or prescription benefit card or other technology which State agency regulates the policy or contract offered by the entity; etc.
SB-99: Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/19/2020
Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum [SB-88]
Authorizing certain museums located in the State to claim title to property that is on permanent loan or that was loaned for a certain term that has expired by giving notice that the museum is terminating the loan of the property; authorizing a museum to take possession of certain property if the lender fails to respond to a notice provided by certified mail within 60 days; authorizing a museum to acquire a certain lien for the costs of certain conservation measures taken on the property; etc.
SB-88: Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 29 on 05/08/2020
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doulas [SB-110]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to the limitations of the State budget, and as permitted by federal law, to provide certified doula services including childbirth education and support services and emotional and physical support provided during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum; authorizing the Secretary of Health to contract with certified doulas for the provision of care under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
SB-110: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doulas
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 1/30 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/20/2020
Relating To Tourism. [SB-992]
Requires that the management contract for the Hawaii Convention Center be separate from the contract for marketing for all uses of the facility. (SB992 HD2)
SB-992: Relating To Tourism.
Sponsored by: Sen. Breene Harimoto
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019