Criminal Law - Distributing a Controlled Dangerous Substance to a Minor Causing [HB-1068]
Prohibiting a person 18 years of age or older from distributing or dispensing to a minor a controlled dangerous substance, the use or ingestion of which causes the death of the minor; establishing penalties; and providing that in a prosecution for violation of the Act, the State need only prove that a reasonable person, based on the totality of the circumstances, should have known that the minor had not attained the age of 18 years.
HB-1068: Criminal Law - Distributing a Controlled Dangerous Substance to a Minor Causing
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
First Reading Judiciary on 02/17/2010
Child Protection from Predators Act [HB-1233]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of a specified offender or a child sexual offender committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a local correctional facility; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-1233: Child Protection from Predators Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Smigiel
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/09/2010
Municipal Corporations - Planning Commissions - Meetings [HB-1244]
Requiring that a planning commission appointed by a municipal corporation shall hold meetings quarterly or more often as the planning commission's duties require; and authorizing the chairman or a specified planning commission to cancel a specified quarterly meeting under specified circumstances.
HB-1244: Municipal Corporations - Planning Commissions - Meetings
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Mental Health - Local Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals with [HB-1335]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or the managing official of a local correctional facility to provide an inmate who has been sentenced to a term of incarceration in the Division of Correction or a term of at least 60 days in a local correctional facility and who has been diagnosed with a mental illness with access to a 30-day supply of medication for the mental illness on the release of the inmate; providing for an exception for pretrial inmates; etc.
HB-1335: Mental Health - Local Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals with
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Family Planning Works Act [HB-1358]
Altering the eligibility requirements for family planning services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program by requiring the Program to provide those services to all women whose family income is at or below 250 percent of the poverty level; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly to use any long-term savings from the Act to continue the operation of the Upper Shore Community Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland.
HB-1358: Family Planning Works Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 04/12/2010
Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Rates [HB-1363]
Altering the manner in which the Commissioner of Labor and Industry determines prevailing wage rates for specified worker classifications; establishing a statewide prevailing wage rate for each worker classification; requiring the Commissioner to survey specified contractors and subcontractors when setting prevailing wage rates; requiring the Commissioner to estimate the prevailing wage under specified circumstances; altering provisions governing the review of the Commissioner's prevailing wage rate determination; etc.
HB-1363: Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Rates
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/25/2010
Local Government - Collective Bargaining Referendum - Local Ordinance [HB-1401]
Prohibiting a county from enacting prohibitions on collective bargaining by county employees under specified conditions; authorizing a county under specified conditions to submit a specified local law for referendum; establishing that a specified local law enacted under specified conditions shall not take effect unless approved by referendum; and requiring the county governing body and board of elections to take specified actions to provide for and hold the referendum.
HB-1401: Local Government - Collective Bargaining Referendum - Local Ordinance
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2010
Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center - [HB-156]
Adding the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center to the list of State facilities maintained under the direction of the Mental Hygiene Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Administration, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to continue the operation of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center in Chestertown, Maryland; etc.
HB-156: Mental Hygiene Administration - Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center -
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/16/2010