Public Schools - Air Quality [HB-665]
Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to adopt regulations to set minimal standards for air quality standards by August 1, 2023; requiring each county board of education to utilize the services of a qualified indoor air quality investigator to conduct any indoor air quality tests to be conducted in a public school in the county; and requiring a county board, on receipt of a request by a member of the public for the results of an indoor air quality test to provide the results to a member of the public in a certain manner.
HB-665: Public Schools - Air Quality
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/21/2022
Public Health - Medications to Treat an Opioid Use Disorder - Preferred and Nonpreferred Medications [HB-578]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt a certain reporting system, analyze patterns of prescribing medications in the State, conduct outreach, and identify certain barriers related to prescribing medications to treat an opioid use disorder; requiring the Department to submit a report of its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2023, and each October 1 thereafter; and requiring the Department to submit a certain analysis to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2022.
HB-578: Public Health - Medications to Treat an Opioid Use Disorder - Preferred and Nonpreferred Medications
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 83 on 04/12/2022
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [HB-594]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
HB-594: State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/03/2022
State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology [HB-663]
Increasing the maximum fees from $4 to $25 for an original notarial act and, subject to certain regulations, to $50 for performance of a notarial act using communication technology; repealing a certain prohibition on performing a notarial act using communication technology with respect to a will or a trust; authorizing a notary public to use communication technology to take an acknowledgement of a signature remotely under certain circumstances; establishing certain requirements for a notary public to confirm a record remotely; etc.
HB-663: State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 714 on 05/29/2022
Employment – Workers’ Compensation and Workplace Discrimination – Use of Medical Cannabis [HB-628]
Altering the circumstances under which a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee is not entitled to compensation or benefits under the workers' compensation law to include circumstances related to the use of medical cannabis; including medical cannabis in the medicine that an employer or its insurer is required to provide to a certain covered employee under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively: etc.
HB-628: Employment – Workers’ Compensation and Workplace Discrimination – Use of Medical Cannabis
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/01/2022
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
Career Pathways for Health Care Workers Program [HB-821]
Establishing the Career Pathways for Health Care Workers Program in the Maryland Department of Labor for the purpose of providing grants to eligible employers for training programs attended by health care workers; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $1,000,000 for the Program.
HB-821: Career Pathways for Health Care Workers Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/09/2022
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