Creation of a State Debt - National Center for Children and Families Youth [SB-1037]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the National Center for Children and Families, Inc. for the construction and capital equipping of the National Center for Children and Families, located in Bethesda; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
SB-1037: Creation of a State Debt - National Center for Children and Families Youth
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/15 At 9:30 A.m. on 03/03/2010
Prescription Confidentiality Act [SB-1040]
Prohibiting patient-identifiable or prescriber-identifiable information from being licensed, transferred, used, or sold for any commercial purpose by specified entities; making specified provisions relating to prescription information inapplicable to specified actions under specified circumstances; prohibiting specified provisions relating to prescription information from being construed to prohibit specified actions; etc.
SB-1040: Prescription Confidentiality Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lenett
Re-referred Finance on 03/12/2010
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Criminal History Records Check [SB-1041]
Requiring applicants for a license to practice psychology to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring applicants to submit fingerprints and specified fees to the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services under specified circumstances; requiring the Central Repository to forward specified information to the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and to specified applicants; etc.
SB-1041: State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Criminal History Records Check
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lenett
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
Labor and Employment - Job and Financial Privacy Protection Act [SB-110]
Prohibiting an employer from requesting a credit report from an applicant for employment or an employee unless the request has a bona fide work-related purpose or the employer is required to request the credit report under federal or State law; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations specifying what is a bona fide work-related purpose; and authorizing specified civil actions under specified circumstances.
SB-110: Labor and Employment - Job and Financial Privacy Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing Cancelled on 02/15/2010
Education - High School Diploma - GED Options Program [SB-128]
Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a GED Options Program that provides specified students with an alternative course for obtaining a high school diploma beginning August 1, 2010; providing for specified Program requirements; requiring students enrolled in the GED Options Program to be counted in the average daily attendance of a local school system; and requiring the State Board to adopt specified regulations.
SB-128: Education - High School Diploma - GED Options Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs Withdrawn on 03/22/2010
Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Certification Process [SB-130]
Requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations to promote and facilitate certification under the State's minority business enterprise program of minority business enterprises that have received certification from the U. S. Small Business Administration or a county that uses a qualification process substantially similar to the State's certification process; and requiring the Board to keep records and submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding specified minority business enterprises.
SB-130: Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Certification Process
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
Commission to Study Streamlining and Increasing the Efficiency of the [SB-133]
Establishing a Commission to Study Streamlining and Increasing the Efficiency of the Procurement Process; providing for the membership, purposes, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to study specified matters; requiring the Commission to report to specified persons by a specified date; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
SB-133: Commission to Study Streamlining and Increasing the Efficiency of the
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing Cancelled on 01/27/2010
Regulated Firearms - Application for Dealer's License - Record-Keeping and [SB-167]
Requiring the Secretary of State Police or the Secretary's designee to disapprove an application for a State-regulated firearms dealer's license if the Secretary or designee determines that the applicant intends a specified person to participate or hold a specified interest in the management or operation of the business for which the license is sought; requiring licensed dealers to keep records of specified information; etc.
SB-167: Regulated Firearms - Application for Dealer's License - Record-Keeping and
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2010
Correctional Services - Prerelease Unit - Inmate Aftercare Plans [SB-183]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to operate a prerelease unit within the Division of Correction; requiring the Commissioner to develop specified prerelease services and make the services available to inmates of the prerelease unit; requiring the warden or administrator or specified designee to develop an aftercare plan for an inmate before the inmate is released from the prerelease unit; requiring that an aftercare plan for an inmate include specified information; etc.
SB-183: Correctional Services - Prerelease Unit - Inmate Aftercare Plans
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/22/2010