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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education Savings Account Program - Established [SB-418]
Establishing an Education Savings Account program in the State; stating the purpose of the program; establishing the requirements for participation in the program; requiring a certain deposit into the account of certain students; establishing a process for calculating and depositing a certain amount; limiting the use of certain funds to certain educational purposes; establishing the autonomy of a participating private school; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 02/17/2020
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State Government – Environmental and Natural Resources Ombudsman – Establishment (Environmental Accountability and Transparency Act) [SB-460]
Establishing the Environmental and Natural Resources Ombudsman; requiring the Ombudsman to have the ability to analyze environmental and natural resource-related data and communicate effectively with State agencies and the public; providing for the appointment, qualifications, and salary of the Ombudsman; requiring the Ombudsman to receive and process complaints involving suspected environmental and natural resources violations in a certain manner; requiring the development and maintenance of a certain website; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2020
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Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax - Exemptions - Data Centers [SB-397]
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain qualified data center personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; requiring an individual or a corporation to apply to the Department of Commerce for an exemption certificate for the exemption; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 640 on 05/08/2020
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State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [SB-395]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the State Board of Physicians and the committees; altering the reasons for which a disciplinary panel of the Board is authorized to deny a certain license or refuse to renew or reinstate an applicant's license under certain circumstances; altering the content of a certain annual report by the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 613 on 05/08/2020
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Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Heat Stress Standards [SB-434]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations, on or before October 1, 2022, that include a certain standard establishing certain heat stress levels and to ensure that all employers comply with certain requirements with respect to occupational exposure to excessive heat; requiring certain employers to develop, implement, and maintain a certain excessive heat-related illness prevention plan for employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020
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Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact [SB-416]
Entering into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; stating the purpose of the Compact; requiring a state to meet certain requirements to participate in the Compact; requiring certain audiologists and speech-language pathologists to meet certain eligibility requirements to exercise the privilege to practice; requiring member states to recognize the right of an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist to practice via telehealth under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Labor and Employment - Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program [SB-449]
Establishing the Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program in the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning within the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the Division to provide certain matching grants to certain entities to create and expand on successful recruitment and retention strategies that address certain barriers to increasing the population of direct care workers; requiring the Division to issue a request for certain applications from certain entities for certain matching grants each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 03/15/2020
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Electric Industry - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program [HB-561]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing a certain Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on October 1, 2022, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred Finance on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [HB-560]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the State Board of Physicians and the committees; altering the reasons for which a disciplinary panel of the Board is authorized to deny a certain license or refuse to renew or reinstate an applicant's license under certain circumstances; altering the content of a certain annual report by the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 612 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act) [HB-516]
Requiring a public school student in elementary school to be provided a daily program of physical activity totaling 150 minutes each week to include physical education and developmentally appropriate, moderate-to-vigorous activity, including recess and at least 90 minutes each week of physical education; requiring that the program of physical activity for a certain category of student be consistent with the student's Individualized Education Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2020
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Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program [HB-464]
Authorizing the establishment of an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program by a community-based organization to provide a place for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and provide certain other services; providing the Maryland Department of Health may approve not more than six programs, two programs in urban areas, two in suburban areas, and two in rural areas, to operate at a single location in areas with a high incidence of drug use; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Environment - Drinking Water Outlets in School Buildings - Testing for Elevated Level of Lead [HB-457]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to testing for the presence of lead in certain drinking water outlets in certain school buildings to be a lead concentration in drinking water that exceeds 5 parts per billion rather than a certain standard recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and requiring certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to require that certain testing be conducted at least once every 18 months.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2020
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Environment - Drinking Water Outlets in School Buildings - Testing for Elevated Level of Lead [SB-371]
Altering the definition of "elevated level of lead" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to testing for the presence of lead in certain drinking water outlets in certain school buildings to be a lead concentration in drinking water that exceeds 5 parts per billion rather than a certain standard recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and requiring certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment to require that certain testing be conducted at least once every 18 months.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/03/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data [HB-455]
Requiring certain carriers, on or before March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2024, to submit a report to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to demonstrate the carrier's compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; requiring certain carriers to identify the five health benefit plans with the highest enrollment for each product offered in certain markets and conduct a certain analysis; authorizing certain carriers to submit a request to the Commissioner that disclosure of certain information be denied; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 211 on 05/08/2020
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State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [SB-367]
Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education to expand the use of the trauma-informed approach used in schools and intensively train schools on becoming trauma-informed schools; requiring the Department to develop and distribute certain guidelines and to develop a website on the trauma informed approach; requiring, on or before July 1, 2020, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Criminal Procedure - Cell Site Simulator [HB-499]
Authorizing a court to issue an order authorizing or directing a law enforcement officer to use a cell site simulator after making a certain determination; limiting to 30 days or less the time period during which a cell site simulator may be used or location information may be obtained under the authority of a certain order; requiring cell site simulator use by law enforcement to begin 10 days after issuance of an order; providing that evidence obtained in violation of the Act is subject to the exclusionary rule, as judicially determined; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 222 on 05/08/2020
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Health Insurance – Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data [SB-334]
Requiring certain carriers, on or before March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2024 to submit a report to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to demonstrate the carrier's compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; requiring certain carriers to identify five health benefit plans with the highest enrollment for each product offered in certain markets and conduct a certain analysis; authorizing certain carriers to submit a request to the Commissioner that disclosure of certain information be denied; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 212 on 05/08/2020
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Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises [HB-404]
Requiring the Department of Commerce in a certain annual report on economic development programs to include information for minority business enterprises on the number of enterprises that received assistance from each economic development program and the percentage of assistance distributed to each minority business enterprise from each economic development program compared to the total assistance distributed from each economic development program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 194 on 05/08/2020
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Higher Education - Report on Collection Practices for Unpaid Fees and Services [HB-419]
Requiring each institution of higher education to collect data on the number of students who have unpaid fees, the average amount of unpaid fees, the common categories for which fees are owed, the number of academic documents withheld because of unpaid fees, the threshold triggering the withholding of certain information, and any payments plans offered; requiring the data be submitted to the Maryland Higher Education Commission; requiring the Commission to report to the General Assembly each year for 3 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2020
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Public Information Act - Remote Access, Fee Complaints, Fee Waivers, and Inspection of Judicial Records (Open Government, Better Government Act) [HB-401]
Establishing the intent of the General Assembly that each official custodian adopt an internet use policy and other technological advances to expand remote access to public records and increase the transparency of government; requiring the Public Information Act Compliance Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints alleging that a custodian unreasonably failed to waive a fee under certain circumstances; altering the minimum fee charged under which the Board has authority to review a complaint; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) And Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 01/27/2020