Health Insurance - Purchasing Out of State - Feasibility Study [HB-1015]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to study the feasibility and desirability of allowing State residents to purchase health insurance out of state and of establishing an Interstate Health Insurance Compact; requiring the study to examine specified items and issues; and requiring the Administration to report its findings and any recommendations.
HB-1015: Health Insurance - Purchasing Out of State - Feasibility Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 04/05/2010
State Government - Disclosure of Personal Information on Websites - Prohibition [HB-1042]
Prohibiting on or after June 1, 2010, specified courts, the Maryland General Assembly, and specified departments and specified units of the Executive Branch of State government from publicly posting or displaying on specified Internet websites an individual's personal information under specified circumstances; authorizing specified persons to request that specified official custodians mask specified personal information in the Internet version of specified records; etc.
HB-1042: State Government - Disclosure of Personal Information on Websites - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Election Law - Delay in Replacement of Voting Systems [HB-1060]
Altering the date for replacing the State's direct-recording electronic (DRE) touchscreen voting system with a voter-verified paper record voting system; requiring the State to continue using the touchscreen voting system for elections until payments for the touchscreen voting system are concluded or until another date, as specified; altering provisions relating to the certification of voting systems; providing for the application of specified provisions of the Act; repealing uncodified provisions of prior Acts, as specified; etc.
HB-1060: Election Law - Delay in Replacement of Voting Systems
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2010
Vehicle Laws - Single Registration Plate [HB-1063]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a single registration plate to all classes of vehicles; requiring that the registration plate be attached on the front of tractors and on the rear of all other vehicles; and authorizing the publisher of the Annotated Code to make specified corrections.
HB-1063: Vehicle Laws - Single Registration Plate
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/15/2010
Maryland Personhood Amendment [HB-1078]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Declaration of Rights to establish that the right not to be deprived of life is vested in all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, physical dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of their biological development; making technical changes; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
HB-1078: Maryland Personhood Amendment
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/25/2010
Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Laboratory Tests [HB-1089]
Including the performance of laboratory tests that are waived from the requirements of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) as within the scope of practice of a pharmacist; etc.
HB-1089: Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Laboratory Tests
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rudolph
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/01/2010
Insurance - Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Third-Party Claims [HB-1101]
Altering the circumstances under which an unfair claim settlement practice is considered to have been committed to include failure to act in good faith, as defined under specified provisions of law, in settling any claim, including a third-party claim, under a policy of property and casualty insurance; etc.
Presidential Elections - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by [HB-1122]
Rescinding the State of Maryland's consent to enter into the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote and repealing the statutory provisions reciting the Agreement; repealing specified provisions of law relating to the nomination of presidential electors; specifying that presidential electors in the State are elected at large by the voters of the entire State; specifying that presidential electors cast their votes in a specified manner; repealing a contingency related to the Agreement; etc.
HB-1122: Presidential Elections - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2010
State Personnel - Innovative Idea Awards Program - Additional Cash Awards [HB-1128]
Requiring that a specified additional cash award provided to specified State employees under the Innovative Ideas Award Program for innovative ideas shall be equal to a specified percentage of the savings or gain to the State from the innovative idea, up to a specified limit.
HB-1128: State Personnel - Innovative Idea Awards Program - Additional Cash Awards
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2010
Health Care Malpractice - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages [HB-1157]
Decreasing a specified limitation on noneconomic damages in health care malpractice claims arising on or after October 1, 2010 to $500,000, with specified annual increases beginning October 1, 2011; making conforming and stylistic changes; etc.
HB-1157: Health Care Malpractice - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/22/2010