Insurance - Short-Term Medical Insurance - Study [SB-380]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to conduct a study to assess the need in the State for short-term medical insurance offered by nonadmitted insurers; establishing specified requirements for the study; requiring the Administration to solicit input from specified persons in conducting the study; requiring the Administration to submit a specified report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2017; etc.
SB-380: Insurance - Short-Term Medical Insurance - Study
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 224 on 04/18/2017
Improving the State Procurement Oversight Structure [HB-390]
Repealing a specified provision of law relating to prequalification of bidders and offerors; increasing from $100,000 to $200,000 the total value of specified contracts, leases, or other agreements that require a business to file a specified disclosure with the Secretary of State; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with a specified press association, to study the use and costs of public announcements of specified solicitations and report to specified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2017; etc.
HB-390: Improving the State Procurement Oversight Structure
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 586 on 05/25/2017
Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contracts - Employee Rights [HB-304]
Repealing a requirement that annuity contracts purchased under the optional retirement program shall be issued to and become the property of participating employees of the program; clarifying that the rights of participating employees who purchase annuity contracts under the program are fully vested and not subject to forfeit; authorizing a participating employee in the optional retirement program to select specified annuity contracts for the transfer of existing balances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-304: Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contracts - Employee Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 527 on 05/04/2017
Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contract Providers [HB-328]
Repealing a default inclusion as an optional retirement program annuity contract provider of a company designated by a governing board of an employing institution on or before a specified date; altering the definition of "designated company" to mean one that is designated by the Board of Trustees; and providing the Board of Trustees may designate not more than five companies from which annuity contracts are to be purchased under the program.
HB-328: Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contract Providers
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 276 on 04/18/2017
Health Insurance - Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapists - Reimbursement [HB-298]
Adding a licensed clinical professional art therapist to the types of licensed clinical counselors and therapists whose services entitle an insured or specified other persons to reimbursement, under specified circumstances, under specified health insurance policies, contracts, or certificates.
HB-298: Health Insurance - Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapists - Reimbursement
Sponsored by: Rep. Angela Angel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 219 on 04/18/2017
Consumer Protection - Recurring Automatic Orders - Notice of Method of Contract Cancellation [HB-362]
Requiring a merchant that provides or sells consumer goods or consumer services by mail or over the telephone under a specified contract with a consumer to include or send a written notice that includes specified information on how to cancel the contract to the consumer under specified circumstances; and providing for a specified penalty.
HB-362: Consumer Protection - Recurring Automatic Orders - Notice of Method of Contract Cancellation
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 02/27/2017
Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer End-of-Life Option Act [SB-354]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making specified requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet specified requirements; establishing specified requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a specified form; etc.
SB-354: Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer End-of-Life Option Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/09/2017
Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contracts - Employee Rights [SB-353]
Repealing a requirement that annuity contracts purchased under the optional retirement program shall be issued to and become the property of participating employees of the program; clarifying that the rights of participating employees who purchase annuity contracts under the program are fully vested and not subject to forfeit; authorizing a participating employee in the optional retirement program to select specified annuity contracts for the transfer of existing balances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
SB-353: Optional Retirement Program - Annuity Contracts - Employee Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 528 on 05/04/2017
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Discrimination - Prohibited MC/PG 102-17 [HB-355]
Prohibiting the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission from discriminating against a person on the basis of religion, marital status, or gender identity; and altering a nondiscrimination clause required in all contracts entered into by the Commission to require the contractor not to discriminate in any manner against an employee or applicant for employment on the basis of religion, marital status, or gender identity and require the contractor to include a similar nondiscrimination clause in all subcontracts.
Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer End-of-Life Option Act [HB-370]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making specified requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet specified requirements; establishing specified requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a specified form; etc.
HB-370: Richard E. Israel and Roger "Pip" Moyer End-of-Life Option Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/16/2017
Procurement - Prohibitions on Participation [HB-283]
Providing that specified prohibitions on participation in procurement apply only for a specified period of time following the issuance of an invitation for bids or a request for proposals; providing that specified prohibitions on participation in procurement do not apply to a subsequent invitation for bids or request for proposals for which the specifications are reused under specified circumstances; etc.
HB-283: Procurement - Prohibitions on Participation
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 341 on 04/18/2017
Economic Development - Maryland Energy Innovation Institute [SB-313]
Establishing a Maryland Energy Innovation Institute as part of the A. James Clark School of Engineering to collaborate with academic institutions on clean energy programs in the State and to attract private investment to clean energy innovation and commercialization in the State; establishing the Maryland Energy Innovation Fund to be used by the Institute and the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Center to develop a plan to become self-sustaining 5 years after the effective date of the Act; altering the purposes of the Center; etc.
SB-313: Economic Development - Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 365 on 05/04/2017
Promoting Efficiencies in State Procurement [SB-311]
Altering provisions of State procurement law; altering the dollar value threshold that triggers the requirement to publish notice in eMaryland Marketplace; specifying a preferred procurement method for human, social, cultural, or educational services; establishing qualification based selection as the method of procurement for specified procurements; clarifying the authority of the board of trustees of a community college to advertise specified bids on eMaryland Marketplace; etc.
SB-311: Promoting Efficiencies in State Procurement
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 588 on 05/25/2017
Improving the State Procurement Oversight Structure [SB-310]
Repealing a specified provision of law relating to prequalification of specified bidders and offerors; increasing from $100,000 to $200,000 the total value of specified contracts, leases, or other agreements that require a business to file a specified disclosure with the Secretary of State; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with a specified press association, to study the use and costs of public announcements of specified solicitations and report to specified committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2017; etc.
SB-310: Improving the State Procurement Oversight Structure
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 587 on 05/25/2017
State Finance and Procurement - Small and Minority Business Participation [SB-309]
Incorporating specified findings and evidence associated with a specified Minority Business Enterprise Program; requiring that approved applicants for a proposed offshore wind project comply with the Program to a specified extent; clarifying what constitutes good cause for the removal of a certified minority business enterprise after the execution of a contract; altering a requirement that specified units structure procurement procedures to achieve a minimum percentage of the dollar value of contracts for small businesses; etc.
SB-309: State Finance and Procurement - Small and Minority Business Participation
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 438 on 05/04/2017