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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Services Cost Review Commission - Powers and Duties, Regulation of Facilities, and Maryland All-Payer Model Contract [HB-298]
Authorizing the Health Services Cost Review Commission, consistent with Maryland's all-payer model contract, to establish hospital rate levels and rate increases in a specified manner and promote and approve specified alternative methods of rate determination and payment; increasing the total amount of specified user fees that the Commission may assess; requiring the Commission to make a report, beginning October 1, 2014, and every 6 months thereafter, to specified individuals and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 263 on 05/05/2014
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Crimes - Committing a Crime of Violence in the Presence of a Minor - Penalties [HB-306]
Prohibiting a person from committing a specified crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor who is at least 2 years old is present in a residence; establishing a specified circumstance under which a minor is present; establishing an enhanced penalty for a violation of the Act; authorizing a court to impose an enhanced penalty if the State's Attorney provides specified notice to the defendant in a specified manner and if specified elements have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 116 on 04/14/2014
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Peace Orders and Protective Orders - Burden of Proof [HB-307]
Changing the standard of proof from clear and convincing evidence to a preponderance of the evidence by which a judge in a peace order hearing must make specified findings before the judge may issue a final peace order or mutual peace orders; and changing the standard of proof by which a judge in a protective order hearing must make specified findings before the judge may grant a final protective or mutual protective orders or extend the term of a protective order.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 112 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Statewide Interoperability Radio Control Board - Established [HB-308]
Establishing the Statewide Interoperability Radio Control Board in the Department of Information Technology; providing for the membership, appointment, terms, staggering of terms, chair, meetings, and staffing of the Board; establishing that members of the Board may not receive a specified compensation but are entitled to a specified reimbursement; establishing specified duties and responsibilities of the Board; specifying the terms of the initial members of the Board; specifying the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Family Law - Domestic Violence - Permanent Final Protective Orders [HB-309]
Requiring a court to issue a permanent final protective order against an individual who is sentenced to serve, instead of who served, a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years for specified crimes and who has served at least 12 months of the sentence; adding the crime of assault in the second degree to the list of crimes, the commission of which subjects an individual to the issuance of a permanent final protective order against the individual in specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 114 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit [HB-739]
Altering the size of an estate required to file an estate tax return; altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax; repealing a specified limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying before January 1, 2019; and altering a specified limit on the amount of the Maryland estate tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 612 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
General Provisions - Cross-References and Corrections [HB-969]
Correcting specified cross-references to the General Provisions Article in the Annotated Code of Maryland; correcting specified errors relating to the General Provisions Article; and providing that specified powers of specified local governments shall be deemed to incorporate and include specified power and authority contained in specified provisions of the General Provisions Article.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 104 on 04/08/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Code Revision - Miscellaneous Provisions [HB-999]
Revising, without substantive changes, specified provisions of the Annotated Code in order to effectuate the purposes of the Code Revision process; repealing as obsolete provisions of law relating to the time allowed for clerks of court and registers of wills to complete unfinished business on retirement; revising, without substantive change, provisions related to operation of stores by mining companies, the DNA Technology Fund, the State Aid for Police Protection Fund, open meetings of State boards and commissions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/08/2014
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Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor [HJR-3]
Establishing the salaries to be paid the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, as directed by Article II, Section 21A of the Maryland Constitution, for the 4-year term of office beginning January 21, 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 21a(d) Of The Maryland Constitution on 03/08/2014
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Qualified Zone Academy Bonds [HB-110]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $4,625,000, the proceeds to be used as grants to the Interagency Committee on School Construction and the Maryland State Department of Education for the renovation, repair, and capital improvements of qualified zone academies; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds and the further grant of funds to eligible school systems for specified purposes, subject to a requirement that the grantees document the provision of a required matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 401 on 05/12/2015