Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase [HB-698]
Increasing the State minimum wage rates in effect for certain periods of time; and repealing the authority of the Board of Public Works to temporarily suspend an increase to the State minimum wage rate.
HB-698: Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
Department of Human Services - Missing Children in Out-of-Home Placements - Reporting [HB-764]
Requiring the Department of Human Services and local departments of social services, immediately after a discovery that a child in an out-of-home placement is missing, to report to local law enforcement agencies any information the Department or a local department of social services has or reasonably could obtain that would assist in locating the missing child.
HB-764: Department of Human Services - Missing Children in Out-of-Home Placements - Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2022
Department of Aging - Dementia Care Coordinator and Dementia Care Navigation Programs [HB-731]
Establishing the position of Dementia Care Coordinator in the Department of Aging to oversee dementia care navigation programs; requiring each area agency to employ a dementia care navigator; authorizing dementia care navigators to provide support services for caregivers, increase community awareness, offer technical assistance, and establish relationships with health care providers; requiring the Governor to include $1,600,000 in the annual budget bill to employ the Dementia Care Coordinator and dementia care navigators; etc.
HB-731: Department of Aging - Dementia Care Coordinator and Dementia Care Navigation Programs
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/17 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2022
Income Tax - Caregiver Tax Credit [HB-978]
Allowing certain caregivers to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain qualifying expenses paid or incurred during a taxable year to provide certain goods, services, or support to certain family members with long-term care needs.
HB-978: Income Tax - Caregiver Tax Credit
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2022
Sports Wagering - Prince George's County Stadiums - Sports Wagering Community Impact Fund [HB-980]
Requiring that 5% of the proceeds from sports wagering at a stadium located in Prince George's County be distributed to the Sports Wagering Community Impact Fund; establishing the Sports Wagering Community Impact Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; providing that the Fund may be used only for certain purposes within a 1-mile radius of the stadium; etc.
HB-980: Sports Wagering - Prince George's County Stadiums - Sports Wagering Community Impact Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2022
Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff - Program Establishment and Funding [HB-975]
Establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program Fund for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff to assist certain nurses and nursing support staff with the repayment of certain education loans; establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to convene a certain stakeholder workgroup to make recommendations on the priorities for funding the repayment of education loans through the program; etc.
HB-975: Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff - Program Establishment and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/09/2022
Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity [HB-1097]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity to study the misvaluation and undervaluation of property owned by minorities; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 31, 2023.
HB-1097: Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 654 on 05/29/2022
State Highway Administration - Highway Cleanup - Records and Reporting [HB-1032]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to keep and maintain records that detail all processes, procedures, and expenditures made to maintain clean highways in the State; requiring the Administration to report certain records on highway cleanup under certain State-county agreements to the General Assembly by February 1, 2023 and each February 1 thereafter; and requiring the Administration to publish on its website certain highway cleanup schedules and certain related information by a certain date annually.
HB-1032: State Highway Administration - Highway Cleanup - Records and Reporting
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
Education - Public High Schools - Financial Literacy Curriculum [HB-985]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a half credit course in financial literacy; requiring each county board of education to implement the financial literacy curriculum content in every public high school in the county; and repealing a provision of law requiring the State Department of Education to report on certain changes to financial literacy curricula at a certain interval.
HB-985: Education - Public High Schools - Financial Literacy Curriculum
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2022
Public Health – Sickle Cell Disease – Referral for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound [HB-1185]
Requiring a physician or an advanced practice nurse, except under certain circumstances, to refer certain minor patients who the physician or advanced practice nurse knows to have sickle cell disease to a hematologist who specializes in sickle cell disease for a transcranial doppler ultrasound.
HB-1185: Public Health – Sickle Cell Disease – Referral for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022