Bills signed on May 2, 2030

8/7/2019 Bills signed on May 2, 2030

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Thursday, May 2, 2030

Senate Bill 178 Water Quality Improvement Act (The President (Administration), et al)

Establishing an Animal Waste Technology Fund; requiring specified commercial contract feed tocontain specified ingredients by a specified date and to a specified extent; requiring the

suspension, modification, or termination of the requirement under specified circumstances;requiring the Governor to provide sufficient funding to maintain a specified level of fieldpersonnel for soil conservation districts; requiring specified persons to have and to comply withspecified nutrient management plans by specified dates; etc.

3/5 Senate: Third Reading Passed (32-14)3/20 House: Third Reading Passed (88-44)5/2 Approved by the Governor Chapter 391

House Bill 2 Agricultural Stewardship Act (The Speaker (Administration), et al)

Requiring the Governor to appropriate specified funds to the Maryland Agricultural and

Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation for rural business development andassistance; establishing an Agriculture and Natural Resources Internship Program at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park; requiring the Department of Agriculture to reviewspecified programs and technology infrastructure and to report to the Governor and the GeneralAssembly by September 30, 2030; etc.

3/22 House: Third Reading Passed (138-0)4/7 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-0)5/2 Approved by the Governor Chapter 392

House Bill 306 Tax General - Income Tax Credit - Energy Efficient Residential Heating

Systems (The Speaker (Administration), et al)Providing for specified income tax credits for energy efficient home heating systems underspecified circumstances; providing for the amount of the credit; defining specified heatingsystems eligible for the credit; providing for specified limitations on the use of the credit;providing for the creation of specified regulations to administer the credit; creating a specifiedprogram to promote the credit; defining specified terms; and generally relating to income taxcredits for energy efficient heating systems.


House Bill 309 Public Utility Companies - Net Energy Metering (The Speaker

(Administration), et al)

Authorizing an eligible customer-generator to carry over to the next 12-month period anyremaining amount of excess energy generated in a month as a credit against billings for netenergy supplied; increasing to 500 kilowatts the maximum capacity of an electric generatingsystem used by an eligible customer-generator for net metering; and repealing a petitionrequirement for installing a generating system of specified capacity.


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House Bill 3 Ethics Law - Use of Prestige of Office (The Speaker, et al)Making applicable to all State officials the provision of the Maryland Public Ethics Law thatprohibits the intentional use of an official's prestige of office for personal gain or that of another;etc.


House Bill 319 Health - Advance Directives - Registry - Drivers' Licenses and

Identification Cards (The Speaker (Administration), et al)

Establishing an advance directive registry in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;authorizing the Secretary to adopt regulations; requiring the Department to carry out educationaland outreach efforts about the registry; authorizing an individual to register an advance directivewith the Department; providing for the placement of a notation on a driver's license oridentification card that a person has made a registered advance directive; etc.


Senate Bill 142 The Joseph Fund (The President (Administration) and Senators Currie,

Lawlah, McFadden, and Middleton)

Establishing the Joseph Fund as a nonlapsing fund within the State Reserve Fund; providing thatthe Fund is established to set aside reserves in times of economic prosperity to be used to meetthe emergency needs of the poor in times of economic downturn; specifying the status andsources of the Fund; authorizing the State Treasurer to invest moneys in the Fund in a specifiedmanner; establishing a Board to advise the Governor on the management of the Fund; specifyinghow the money in the Fund is to be used; etc.


House Bill 15 Beauty Salons - Prohibition on Use or Possession of Methyl Methacrylate

Liquid Monomer (MMA) (Delegate Hixson)

Prohibiting the use or possession of methyl methacrylate liquid monomer (MMA) in beautysalons in the State; authorizing an inspector to take actions to determine whether a product isillegal; and establishing criminal fines for violations of the Act.

3/5 House: Third Reading Passed (127-0)


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4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)5/2 Approved by the Governor Chapter 398

House Bill 62 Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse

Programs - Extension of Sunset and Time to Issue Final Report (Delegates Morhaim,

Nathan-Pulliam, and Menes)Extending until December 31, 2031, the termination date of the Task Force to Study Increasingthe Availability of Substance Abuse Programs; and extending until January 1, 2032, the date bywhich the Task Force is required to issue a final report.

2/12 Senate: Third Reading Passed (139-0)4/6 Senate: Third Reading Passed (46-0)5/2 Approved by the Governor Chapter 399

House Bill 64 Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel (Chairman,

Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene))

Extending to June 30, 2032, the termination of provisions of law relating to the refusal ofpsychiatric medication.


House Bill 72 Family Law - Award of Expenses (Delegates Grosfeld, T. Murphy, Turner,

and Barkley)

Adding absolute divorce, limited divorce, and property disposition in annulment or divorce to thetypes of proceedings in which a court may award to either party an amount for the reasonableand necessary expense of prosecuting or defending the proceeding; requiring the court toconsider certain factors before making an award; authorizing the court to award reimbursementfor certain expenses previously paid; and providing for the payment of counsel fees directly tocertain persons.


House Bill 67 Department of Agriculture - Cost Sharing for Water Pollution Control

(Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture))

Altering the maximum dollar amount available for certain projects under the Maryland Cost-Share Program for Water Pollution Control to $100,000.



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House Bill 125 Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Internal

Investigative Unit (Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and

Correctional Services))Creating an Internal Investigative Unit in the Department of Public Safety and CorrectionalServices to investigate alleged criminal violations committed by employees of the Department

while on duty or by inmates, visitors, or other individuals in the Department's facilities orprograms, and to investigate professional misconduct by employees; providing that theinvestigators in the Unit have the same authority as peace and police officers on specifiedproperty and under specified circumstances; etc.


House Bill 129 Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland - Auxiliary

and Academic Facilities Bonding Authority (Chairman, Appropriations Committee

(Departmental - Morgan State University))Increasing the bonding authority of Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Marylandfor the acquisition, development, and improvement of specified facilities; and approving theissuance of bonds by Morgan State University to finance the construction of a fine arts center,subject to specified requirements relating to review and comment by the General Assembly.


House Bill 150 Morgan State University - Procurement Authority (Chairman, Commerce

and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Morgan State University))

Expanding the procurement authority of Morgan State University to include the procurement ofsupplies funded by the proceeds from State general obligation bonds.


House Bill 161 Real Property - Sale of New Homes - Disclosure of Environmental

Hazards (Delegates Kach, Pendergrass, and Bobo)

Requiring new home builders to disclose or make a certain disclaimer as to the presence ofcertain hazardous materials on the site of a new home to certain owners under certaincircumstances; providing that the requirements of the Act are intended to be in addition to therequirements of any other ordinance, resolution, law, or rule and that the Act may not beconstrued to preempt or prevail over any ordinance, resolution, law, or rule more stringent thanthe Act; etc.

2/16 House: Third Reading Passed (132-2)4/8 Senate: Third Reading Passed (43-3)


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5/2 Approved by the Governor Chapter 406

House Bill 203 Harford County - Hotel Rental Tax Repeal (Harford County Delegation)

Repealing the authority for Harford County to impose a hotel rental tax; repealing a requirementthat the Harford County Tourism Council submit its proposed annual budget to the Harford

County Executive and Harford County Council for review and comment; repealing authority forthe Harford County Executive and Harford County Council to audit the Harford County TourismCouncil; etc.


House Bill 271 Residential Educational Facilities Licensing (Delegate Hubbard)Requiring a person to be licensed by the Social Services Administration of the Department ofHuman Resources in order to operate a residential educational facility on or after January 1,

2031; authorizing the Department of Human Resources to adopt regulations relating to thelicensing of residential educational facilities; providing that a residential educational facility maynot be required to obtain a license from more than one State agency; etc.


House Bill 274 Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers Between Relatives (Delegate

ODonnell)

Adding stepparent, stepson, stepdaughter, stepson-in-law, stepdaughter-in-law, andstepgrandchild to the list of transferees included in the exemption, under the recordation tax andState transfer tax, for the principal amount of debt assumed by the transferee when property istransferred subject to a mortgage deed of trust.


House Bill 278 Alcoholic Beverages - Interstate Shipment Felony (Delegates Goldwater

and Bronrott)

Making it a felony for a person in the business of selling or distributing alcoholic beveragesoutside the State to ship or deliver alcoholic beverages to a recipient in this State if the seller,distributor, shipper, transporter, or recipient does not hold the requisite license or permit;clarifying that this offense includes shipments of alcoholic beverages ordered or purchasedthrough a computer network; etc.



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House Bill 287 Health Care Workers' Safety Act - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

(Delegate Morhaim, et al)Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a study on the exposures ofhealth care workers to blood and certain potentially infectious materials by objects that can

penetrate the skin; requiring the Department to hold hearings and prepare a report on theestablishment of a bloodborne pathogen standard in consultation with certain entities; requiringthe Department to complete the study and submit a report to the Secretary of the Department andthe General Assembly on or before January 1, 2031; etc.


House Bill 290 Estates and Trusts - Petition for Guardianship of Disabled Person -

Certificates of Competency (Delegate Dembrow)

Requiring a petitioner for guardianship of a disabled person to submit with the petition acombination of certificates of competency from a licensed physician and a licensed psychologistor certificates from two licensed physicians; requiring that at least one examination or evaluationby a health care professional who signs and verifies a certificate of competency occur within 21days before filing the petition; etc.


House Bill 299 Family Day Care Homes Inspections (Delegate W. Baker, et al)

Requiring that regulations relating to family day care providers and homes provide forunannounced inspections by the Department of Human Resources; and generally relating to theinspection of family day care providers and homes.


House Bill 318 Support Services - For-Hire Driving (Delegate Love, et al)

Exempting transportation services provided through specified agencies for clients of specifiedsupport services from requirements of for-hire driving services; requiring criminal historyrecords checks to be requested through the Criminal Justice Information System for specifiedpurposes; providing specified procedures for applying for, issuing, and challenging a specifiedcriminal history records check; etc.



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House Bill 332 Insurance - Transfer of Business (Delegates Love and Cadden)

Allowing an insurer that accepts a transfer of the insurance business of a group of policyholdersfrom an independent agent to treat the policies transferred as renewals and not as new policiesfor underwriting purposes.


House Bill 344 City of District Heights (Prince George's County) - Urban Renewal

Authority for Slum Clearance (Prince Georges County Delegation)

Authorizing the City of District Heights, Prince George's County, to undertake and carry outurban renewal projects for slum clearance and redevelopment; prohibiting any land or propertyfrom being taken under the Act without just compensation being first paid to the party entitled tothe compensation; declaring that all land or property taken under the Act is needed for publicuses or purposes; permitting the powers granted by the Act to be exercised by a municipal

agency with specified powers; etc.


House Bill 354 Harford County - Liquor Control Board Disclosure (Harford County

Delegation)Establishing that the members of the Harford County Liquor Control Board are subject toprovisions of law regarding financial disclosure, conflicts of interest, and lobbying activities;establishing that employees of the Liquor Control Board are subject to provisions of lawregarding conflicts of interest and lobbying activities; and requiring members of the LiquorControl Board to provide disclosure regarding conflicts between their duties and interests.


House Bill 360 Continuing Care Communities - Certificate of Need Exemption -

Concurrent Direct Admissions (Delegates Hammen and Hubbard)

Providing that a continuing care community does not lose its exemption from certificate of needrequirements if the continuing care community admits to a nursing facility within the continuingcare community specified individuals under specified circumstances; etc.


House Bill 381 Security Guards - Certifications and Renewals (Delegate Cryor, et al)


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Requiring an applicant for certification as a security guard to be of good moral character andreputation; establishing a renewal process for certifications of security guards; authorizing theSecretary of the State Police to refuse to renew certifications under certain circumstances and totake certain disciplinary action if an applicant or individual pleads guilty or nolo contendere to oris convicted of certain crimes; etc.


House Bill 406 Montgomery County - Supplemental Retirement Allowance for Retired

Teachers (Montgomery County Delegation)

Requiring the governing body for Montgomery County to appropriate to the school operatingbudget an amount to fund a supplemental retirement allowance of employees of the county boardwho retire as members of the Teachers' Pension System of the State of Maryland; requiring thegoverning body to pay a certain supplemental retirement allowance to employees who retire as

members of the Teachers' Pension System on or after July 1, 2030; etc.


House Bill 434 Estates and Trusts - Lien for Payment of Inheritance Tax (Delegate

Finifter)Altering the duration of a lien for unpaid inheritance tax against the property of an estateadministered by a foreign personal representative.


House Bill 450 Militia (Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee

(Departmental - Military))

Updating the laws governing the organized and unorganized militia of the State; allowing theAdjutant General to appoint an Executive Officer and subordinate unit directors; specifying theduties and powers of the Adjutant General, the Maryland National Guard, the Maryland DefenseForce, and the unorganized militia; etc.


House Bill 499 Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact (Delegates Weir and Guns)

Authorizing the Governor to enter into the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact; providing forthe purposes of the Compact; providing for procedures for states issuing citations for wildlifeviolations to persons residing in participating states; providing for procedures for home states of


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residents receiving wildlife citations from participating states; providing for the reciprocalrecognition of suspension of specified privileges by participating states under specifiedcircumstances; etc.



House Bill 504 Code Counties - Referendum - Special Election (Delegate Bozman)

Providing that a referendum on a local law enacted by the county commissioners of a codecounty may be submitted to the voters at a special election; and requiring that the calling of thespecial election be pursuant to a resolution enacted by the county commissioners.


House Bill 559 Baltimore City - Property Tax - Exemption for Economic Development

Projects (Delegate Rawlings)

Providing for an exemption from Baltimore City property tax for economic development projectslocated in designated urban renewal areas in certain parts of Baltimore City; providing a certaintax exemption for certain existing commercial property; setting forth the requirements in order toqualify for the property tax exemption; etc.


House Bill 572 Patient Protection Act (Delegates Barve and Goldwater)

Requiring health insurance carriers to provide a copy of certain reimbursement schedules, codingguidelines, and the methodology used to determine any bonuses or other incentive-basedcompensation under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which certain healthinsurance carriers may provide bonuses or other incentive-based compensation to a health carepractitioner; etc.


House Bill 576 Continuity of Patient Care Act (Delegates Barve and Goldwater)

Requiring a health maintenance organization (HMO) that allows a member or subscriber toreceive specified emergency medical services to reimburse a specified health care provider whoprovides specified medically necessary follow-up care; and prohibiting an HMO, under specifiedcircumstances, from imposing on a member or subscriber any co-payment or other cost-sharing


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requirement that exceeds what the member or subscriber is required to pay for services renderedby a health care provider who is a member of the provider panel of the HMO.


5/2 Approved by the Governor

Chapter 427

House Bill 595 Maryland Vehicle Law - Equipment Standards (Delegate Malone)

Modifying provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law pertaining to equipment approval andstandards; authorizing adoption of federal standards consistent with federal law; eliminatingobsolete or inaccurate references; etc.


House Bill 621 Health Occupations - Professional Counselors - Licensing andCertification (Delegate Hubbard)

Altering specified requirements for the licensing of clinical professional counselors, clinicalmarriage and family therapists, and clinical alcohol and drug counselors; altering themembership and authority of the State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors; alteringrequirements for when the Board may take action against specified individuals; establishingspecified examination requirements; authorizing the Board to take specified actions againstapplicants and licensees; etc.


House Bill 637 Licensed Certified Public Accountants Qualifications (Chairman,

Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))Adding a requirement that new applicants for licenses as certified public accountants complete2,000 hours of practical work experience that meets specified standards.


House Bill 639 Health Insurance - Payment of Claims (Delegate Goldwater, et al)

Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the payment of certain claims for reimbursementby health maintenance organizations and managed care organizations; and making provisions oflaw relating to payment of claims that are applicable to insurers and nonprofit health serviceplans also applicable to health maintenance organizations and managed care organizations.



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House Bill 659 Chartered Counties - Express Powers - County Board of Appeals

(Delegate Vallario)

Altering the review proceedings available to an aggrieved party from an appellate decision of a

circuit court that reviews a county board of appeals' decision in a chartered county; and makingstylistic changes.


House Bill 661 Washington County - Land Use - Administrative Adjustments

(Washington County Delegation)Authorizing the local legislative body of Washington County to designate the county planningdirector or another designee to grant administrative adjustments to land use restrictions in

accordance with specified standards and criteria; requiring the local legislative body to consultwith entities in considering standards and criteria; authorizing the enabling of appeals ofadministrative adjustments; etc.


House Bill 667 Cigarettes Regulation (Delegate Mitchell, et al)

Prohibiting specified persons from shipping, importing, or selling into or within this State anybrand of cigarette; requiring specified persons to comply with specified federal and Staterequirements and to provide a specified assurance; providing a specified person is subject todisciplinary action under specified circumstances; and specifying a penalty for violations of theAct.


House Bill 672 Cosmetologists - Practice Settings - Elderly, Homebound, and Other

Confined Individuals (Delegates Rudolph, Pitkin, and Cane)

Increasing the number of settings in which a licensed cosmetologist, under specified conditions,may practice cosmetology on individuals who are confined to or located in specified settings;establishing a pilot program in Cecil County that exempts a licensed cosmetologist from certainrestrictions on practicing cosmetology; etc.



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House Bill 674 Patient Prescription Access - Limited Physician Delegation to Physician

Assistants (Delegate RedmerM, et al)

Repealing specified provisions that require a physician assistant to obtain an approved jobdescription from the Board of Physician Quality Assurance in order to perform specifieddelegated medical acts; substituting provisions that authorize a physician to delegate specified

medical acts to a physician assistant under a delegation agreement that has been approved by theBoard; authorizing a physician to delegate authority to an assistant to write medication ordersunder an approved delegation agreement; etc.


House Bill 675 Washington County - Right to Farm (Washington County Delegation)Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to adopt an ordinance orregulation or take other action to protect a person's right to farm or engage in agricultural or

forestry operations; and requiring the County Commissioners to hold a public hearing andprovide reasonable notice of the hearing under certain circumstances.


House Bill 684 Information Technology Board - Membership and Duties (Delegate

Rosenberg)

Altering the membership of the Information Technology Board; altering the powers and duties ofthe Board to include studying existing and emerging Internet and information technology anddeveloping standards and making recommendations concerning Internet-based commerce,Internet user privacy, Internet-based crime, and the use of the Internet in the health care industry;etc.


House Bill 705 Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Quality of Care and

Performance Act (Delegates Guns, Hammen, and Cane)

Authorizing the Health Care Access and Cost Commission to develop a system to comparativelyevaluate hospital and ambulatory surgical facility quality of care outcomes and performancemeasurements on an objective basis; authorizing the Commission to disseminate the findings ofperformance measurements to consumers, hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, and certaininterested parties; allowing the Commission to contract with a private entity to implement theevaluation system; etc.



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House Bill 706 Department of Agriculture - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plans -

Use of Information (Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental -

Agriculture))

Requiring the supervisors of a soil conservation district to provide the Department of Agricultureand the Department of the Environment with information in a soil conservation and water qualityplan for specified purposes; authorizing the Department of Agriculture to release the informationto the Department of the Environment for a specified compliance or enforcement purpose;requiring the Department of Agriculture and the supervisors to maintain the information in aspecified manner; etc.


House Bill 711 Crimes - Cruelty to Animals - Animals Used by a Law Enforcement Unit(Delegate Sher, et al)

Prohibiting a person from intentionally inflicting bodily harm, disability, or death on an animalused by a law enforcement unit, except in the case of self-defense; and authorizing, as acondition of sentencing for a person convicted under the Act, a court to order the person toparticipate in psychological counseling that is to be paid for by the person.


House Bill 722 Motor Vehicle Administration - Privacy Protection Act of 2030 (Delegate

Barve, et al)

Prohibiting the disclosure, except under specified circumstances, of MVA records containingpersonal information unless the subject of the record consents in writing; authorizing a person ininterest to withdraw consent to the disclosure of personal information; authorizing individuals toallow the disclosure of personal information under specified circumstances; repealing provisionsrequiring that a person be given specified notice and take specified actions before personalinformation is protected from disclosure; etc.


Senate Bill 569 Natural Resources - Marine Sanitation (Senators Pinsky and Frosh)

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to conduct a survey of pumpout stationsand waste reception facilities, and of recreational vessels and the waters of the State in which thevessels congregate, by a specified date; requiring DNR to identify sensitive waters of the Stateby a specified date using specified criteria; requiring DNR to ensure that marine sanitation


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facilities are reasonably available for use in sensitive areas by a specified date; requiring DNR tosubmit a specified report by January 1, 2031; etc.

3/19 Senate: Third Reading Passed (41-2)4/3 House: Third Reading Passed (134-0)


Chapter 443

Senate Bill 427 Natural Resources - Fish - Permits and Fees (Senator Jimeno, et al)

Increasing the cost of Chesapeake Bay sport fishing licenses by $2; increasing the commission ofa Chesapeake Bay sport fishing license agent from 50 cents to $1; authorizing the Department ofNatural Resources to provide by regulation for the issuance of an annual special Chesapeake Baysport fishing license to be affixed to a boat registered in any state; increasing the cost of theannual special Chesapeake Bay sport fishing license for a boat from $30 to $40; repealing thestriped bass stamp and tag requirements; etc.

3/25 Senate: Third Reading Passed (43-4)

4/4 House: Third Reading Passed (108-26)5/2 Approved by the Governor Chapter 444

House Bill 783 Recordation of Releases of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - Copies of

Canceled Checks (Delegate Bozman)

Permitting a clerk to receive, index, and record a copy of a canceled check as a release of amortgage or deed of trust, provided that the check is accompanied by a certain certificate fromthe institution on which the check was drawn; and providing that under certain circumstances acopy of a canceled check accompanied by the certificate has the same effect as a release onproperty for which a mortgage or deed of trust is a security.


House Bill 785 Commercial Law - Maryland Fair Distributorship Act - Notice and

Arbitration Requirements (Delegate Minnick, et al)

Requiring that arbitration proceedings be conducted in Maryland at the request of either adistributor or a grantor under specified circumstances; requiring a grantor, when notifying adistributor of a proposed cancellation or nonrenewal of an agreement, to provide a notice of thedistributor's failure to comply with a reasonable requirement of the agreement and an opportunityto cure or dispute the asserted deficiency; etc.


House Bill 788 Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Termination Repeal

(Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Environment and

Transportation))


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Repealing the termination date for the vehicle emissions inspection program; authorizing theMotor Vehicle Administration and the Secretary of the Environment to grant a waiver to avehicle owner if the vehicle fails an initial exhaust emissions test occurring in specified calendaryears and the owner has incurred a specified expenditure towards emissions related repairs to thevehicle within a specified amount of time; etc.


House Bill 789 Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit - Mortgage Credit

Certificates (Delegate Rudolph, et al)

Allowing a business entity or individual under specified circumstances to elect to receive ahistorical rehabilitation mortgage credit certificate in lieu of a specified tax credit allowed forqualified expenses for the certified rehabilitation of certified heritage structures; providing that ahistorical rehabilitation mortgage credit certificate may be transferred to a lending institution

subject to Maryland tax and may be used by the lending institution to claim a tax credit; etc.


House Bill 801 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Neutral Case Evaluation (Delegate

Vallario)Authorizing specified courts to refer specified health care malpractice claims to the HealthClaims Arbitration Office for the purpose of neutral case evaluation if the parties mutually agree;establishing specified neutral case evaluation procedures; providing that, during the neutral caseevaluation period, the courts shall continue to have jurisdiction on specified matters; providingfor the compensation of evaluators; and providing for the application of the Act.


House Bill 862 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 2030

(Delegate Morhaim, et al)

Prohibiting the denial of health insurance to individuals based upon the individual's geneticinformation; prohibiting the requirement of genetic information for the purpose of determiningwhether to issue or renew health benefits coverage; prohibiting the disclosure of geneticinformation without the prior written consent of the individual from whom the geneticinformation was obtained; identifying permissible purposes for disclosure of an individual'sgenetic information; defining specified terms; etc.



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House Bill 884 Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (Delegates Hixson and Bobo, et al)

Altering the Program for Hearing-Impaired Infants to include a universal newborn hearingscreening component; altering the composition and responsibilities of the Advisory Council forthe Program; requiring the Advisory Council to advise the Department of Health and Mental

Hygiene on the implementation of universal hearing screening of newborns; requiring hospitalsto provide the results of the universal hearing screening of a newborn to the Department as partof the required birth event information; etc.


House Bill 893 Motor Vehicle Insurance - Personal Injury Protection - Preclusion of

Subsequent Action (Delegate Giannetti)

Establishing that a final judgment in an action for personal injury protection does not preclude a

subsequent action from the same motor vehicle accident or occurrence.


House Bill 909 Off-Site Outpatient Hospital Facility - Rate Regulation (Delegate Guns, et

al)Altering certain reimbursement procedures for certain services in certain facilities under theMaryland Medical Assistance Program; authorizing a hospital that has transferred certainoutpatient services to an off-site facility due to zoning restrictions at the hospital campus to electto have these services subject to Title 19, Subtitle 2 of the Health - General Article under certaincircumstances; etc.


House Bill 918 Health Benefit Plans - Small Employers - Rates (Delegate Redmer, et al)

Increasing the percentage to 40% above or below a certain community rate that certain carriersmay charge for a health benefit plan issued to a small employer; and repealing a requirement thatthe Insurance Commissioner, in conjunction with the Health Care Access and Cost Commission,submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly.


House Bill 923 Medical Assistance - Specialty Mental Health Services - Reimbursement

(Delegate Hammen)


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Requiring specified standards concerning the prompt payment of reimbursement of healthmaintenance organization providers to be applicable to the delivery system for specialty mentalhealth services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.



House Bill 947 Fire and Rescue Services - Local Government - Contracting with For-

Profit Entities (Delegate Benson)Prohibiting counties or municipal corporations that collectively bargain with fire, emergencymedical services, paramedic, or rescue personnel from contracting with for-profit entities for fire,emergency medical, paramedic, or rescue services without the enactment of an ordinance orother local law authorizing the action; providing that the requirement that a county or municipalcorporation enact an ordinance or other local law may not be satisfied through the enactment of alocal budget bill; etc.


House Bill 948 Well Drillers - Enforcement and Educational Requirements (Delegate

Conroy)

Authorizing the Board of Well Drillers to investigate violations involving the unlicensed practiceof well drilling; providing that a person who practices well drilling without a license is subject tospecified civil penalties; providing for administrative review of certain penalties; providing forjudicial review of certain penalties; etc.


House Bill 965 Carroll County - Recordation - Assessment Books (Delegate Getty)

Providing that, in Carroll County, recordation by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of instrumentsaffecting property may be done, under certain circumstances, prior to the transfer of the propertyon the assessment records; and providing for the formulation of certain procedures.


House Bill 983 University of Maryland, Maryland Cooperative Extension - Dairy Farm

Nutrient and Business Management Program (Delegates Rudolph and Hecht , the Eastern

Shore Delegation, and the Western Maryland Delegation)

Establishing the Dairy Farm Nutrient and Business Management Program administered by theUniversity of Maryland, Maryland Cooperative Extension; requiring the Program to develop and


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maintain a Dairy Nutrient and Business Management Team and a Dairy Advisory TeamProgram; etc.



Chapter 459

House Bill 989 State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Disciplinary and Regulatory

Authority (Delegate Nathan-Pulliam)

Authorizing the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to disclose any information containedin a record of the Board to specified health occupations boards on a written request; altering andadding specified grounds for disciplinary action by the Board; authorizing the Board to impose amonetary penalty under specified circumstances and in a specified manner; prohibiting a stay ofa specified decision of the Board pending specified judicial review; etc.



House Bill 990 Insurance - Premium Finance Companies - Return of Premiums after

Cancellation of Insurance Contract (Delegate Kach)

Requiring that an insurer return any gross unearned premiums to a premium finance companywhen an insurance contract is canceled regardless of whether the contract is canceled by thepremium finance company, the insurer, or the insured; and altering the computation of timewithin which an insurer is required to return any gross unearned premiums to a premium financecompany when an insurance contract is canceled under specified circumstances.


House Bill 994 Hospital Capacity and Cost Containment Act (Delegates Hammen and

Taylor)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure that payments for servicesprovided by specified hospitals are reduced by 20% if the hospital fails to submit discharge dataon specified patients to a specified commission in a specified manner; providing that a certificateof need is not required for specified purposes, including moving an existing or previouslyapproved but unbuilt health care facility to another site or changing the type or scope of healthcare services, under specified circumstances; etc.


House Bill 1019 Insurance Commissioner - Stay of Order Exception (Delegate

McMillan)


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Providing that an order of the Insurance Commissioner resulting from a final decision on acomplaint in an emergency case against a health insurance carrier cannot be stayed by thedemand for a hearing; and making the Act an emergency measure.



House Bill 1031 Office of Cemetery Oversight - Religious, Nonprofit Cemeteries

(Delegate J. Kelly, et al)Repealing a provision that relates to the registration and permitting of a person that owns a bonafide religious, nonprofit cemetery that sells preneed goods; expanding the scope of a provisionthat exempts specified cemeteries from registration and permitting provisions; etc.



Chapter 464

House Bill 1038 Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Exemptions - Disabled

Individuals and Seniors (Delegate Mohorovic)

Providing an exemption from the mandatory inspection and testing requirements of the vehicleemissions inspection program if the owners of the vehicle meet certain disability or agerequirements, the vehicle is driven less than a certain number of miles over certain periods, andthe exemption is not prohibited by federal law; etc.


House Bill 1039 Maryland Building Performance Standards - Time Limits (Delegate

Bozman, et al)Altering the time period within which the Department of Housing and Community Developmentmust incorporate subsequent versions of the BOCA National Building Code into the MarylandBuilding Performance Standards from 9 months to 24 months; and altering the date on which theMaryland Building Performance Standards shall apply to counties or municipalities that haveadopted the standard building code issued by the Southern Building Code CongressInternational, Inc. from August 1, 2030, to August 1, 2032.


House Bill 1069 Crimes - Destructive Devices - False Statement or Rumor - Biological

Substances (Delegate Bozman, et al)


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Including biological substances in the definition of toxic material for purposes of prohibitionsconcerning destructive devices; adding a prohibition against circulating or transmitting falsestatements or rumors concerning the location or release of the toxic material; etc.



House Bill 1078 Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages (Delegate Eckardt)

Increasing in Dorchester County the alcohol content of "light wine" to 22 percent; authorizingthe Dorchester County Board of License Commissioners to issue a 1-day wine tasting alcoholicbeverages (WT) license; specifying the conditions for the issuance and the fee of a WT license;allowing on-sale consumption of alcoholic beverages for 1 hour after sales of alcoholicbeverages must cease; etc.



House Bill 1086 Stop-Loss Insurance Policies (Delegate McMillan, et al)

Providing that a stop-loss insurance policy or contract delivered or issued for delivery inMaryland may not have attachment points below certain amounts.


House Bill 1089 Motor Vehicle Administration - Verification of Vehicle Registrations

(Delegates McClenahan and W. Baker)

Reducing the percentage from 10% to 5% of vehicle registrations verified by the Motor VehicleAdministration on a random sample basis; repealing a provision relating to verification of certainvehicle security requirements after January 1, 2031; etc.


House Bill 1146 Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Retail Sale of Wine (Somerset

County Delegation)

Adding Somerset County to provisions authorizing in specified jurisdictions the issuance of aClass A light wine license for retail sale of wine.



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House Bill 1191 State Procurement Law - Application to Maryland Port Administration

and Modification of the Reciprocal Preference Program (Delegate Wood)

Altering the circumstances under which resident bidders can qualify for a preference whencompeting against nonresident bidders under the State procurement law; exempting theMaryland Port Administration from certain provisions of the State procurement law for limited

purposes and for a limited period; etc.


House Bill 1194 Baltimore County - Special Wine Festival - Micro-Breweries (Delegate

Minnick)

Authorizing a special wine festival licensee in Baltimore County to display and sell at thefestival beer that is produced by a Class 5 brewery or a Class 7 micro-brewery in the State foron- and off-premises consumption; and requiring a special beer and wine festival licensee to hold

a requisite alcoholic beverages license.


House Bill 1210 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance

Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical Director

(Delegate McMillan)

Establishing a Health Maintenance Organization Quality Assurance Unit in the Department ofHealth and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Secretary to appoint a Quality Assurance MedicalDirector for the Unit; providing for the qualifications of the Medical Director; requiring the Unitto investigate quality of care complaints referred from the Insurance Commissioner and toenforce other statutory and regulatory requirements; etc.


Senate Bill 91 Department of the Environment - Location of Meetings and Hearings

(Senator Della)

Requiring the Department of the Environment to hold public informational meetings and publichearings relating to specified permits issued by the Department at a location in the politicalsubdivision and in close proximity to the location where the individual permit applies.



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Senate Bill 96 Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (Senator

McCabe)

Authorizing the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources to enterinto interstate compacts with agencies of other states to provide adoption and medical assistanceservices for specified children; establishing procedures for the interstate delivery of adoption and

medical assistance services; establishing a penalty for providing false information; authorizingthe Administration to adopt regulations; etc.


Senate Bill 145 Assisted Living Programs - Continuing Care Communities

Requirements (Senator Kelley, et al)Requiring that, if a provider's continuing care agreement includes a provision to provide assistedliving program services and the provider does not execute a separate assisted living agreement,

the provider must include information regarding the assisted living program in its disclosurestatement; requiring a provider to annually furnish the revised disclosure statement to eachsubscriber, ensure that each subscriber initials the statement, and make the statement available tothe Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to inspect; etc.


Senate Bill 271 Electricity - Net Energy Metering Schools (Senator Pinsky, et al)

Adding specified schools and educational institutions to the classes of electric customer that mayuse net energy metering in connection with solar electric generation.


Senate Bill 370 Insurance - Premium Financing Discrimination (Senator Kelley, et al)

Prohibiting discrimination by insurers that market through independent agents againstindependent agents, brokers, and insureds who use premium financing instead of payingpremiums in a different manner; requiring certain independent agents to provide a certaindisclosure to insureds with respect to personal lines automobile insurance; etc.


Senate Bill 448 Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission (Senator

Kasemeyer)


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Prohibiting a member of the Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission from beingreappointed to the Commission under specified circumstances; increasing the minimum requirednumber of annual meetings of the Commission; altering the factors the Commission mustconsider in assessing specified issues concerning reimbursement rates for specified providers;authorizing the Commission to have timely access to information from the Executive Branch

required to fulfill the Commission's responsibilities; etc.


Senate Bill 480 Foster Care - Child Support Obligations (Senator Hafer)

Requiring the Social Services Administration to adopt regulations that authorize backgroundchecks for child support arrearages for certain applicants for foster home approval who are alsobiological or adoptive parents; and requiring the Administration to adopt regulations thatauthorize the Administration to consider any child support arrearage of an applicant in

determining whether to approve or disapprove the application.


Senate Bill 483 Life Insurers Investments (Senator Della, et al)

Authorizing a separate investment account and a segregated asset account established by a lifeinsurer to invest in any investments contractually permitted for the account and specified in theplan of operation issued to a qualified plan; providing that specified provisions of State insurancelaws do not apply to the investments contained in the separate investment account or thesegregated asset account under specified circumstances; etc.


Senate Bill 490 Family Law - Permanency Plan Hearing for Out-of-Home Placement -

Opportunity to Speak (Senator Roesser)

Authorizing an attorney for the foster parent, preadoptive parent, or relative providing care forcertain children the opportunity to speak at the permanency plan hearing for out-of-homeplacement of children; requiring the local department of social services to give notice of thepermanency plan hearing for out-of-home placement to an attorney for the foster parent,preadoptive parent, or relative providing care for children; etc.



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Senate Bill 572 Agricultural Land Preservation - Sand and Gravel Pilot Program

(Senator Middleton)

Authorizing the Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to establish a pilot program todetermine the impact of the extraction of sand and gravel from land in not more than threespecified agricultural districts; providing specified components of the pilot program; providing

for the adoption of specified regulations; requiring specified extractions of sand and gravel to bein accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring the Foundation to submit a specifiedreport on or before January 1, 2035; etc.


Senate Bill 588 Mental Health Care Providers - Patient's Violent Behavior - Duty to

Predict, Warn, or Take Precautions (Senator Hollinger)

Expanding the definition of a certain term to make certain provisions regarding the duty of a

mental health provider to predict, warn of, or take precautions to provide protection from apatient's violent behavior applicable to certain facilities, corporations, partnerships, associations,or other entities that provide treatment or services to individuals who have mental disorders.


Senate Bill 641 Health Insurance - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries - Uniform

Credentialing Form (Senator Bromwell)

Requiring a carrier or its credentialing intermediary to accept the uniform credentialing formestablished by regulation as the sole application for a health care provider to become credentialedor recredentialed for participation on a provider panel of the carrier; requiring a carrier or itscredentialing intermediary to make the uniform credentialing form available to any health careprovider that is to be credentialed or recredentialed by that carrier or credentialing intermediary;etc.


Senate Bill 655 Income Tax - United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Members (Senator

Conway, et al)

Making members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary who meet specified requirementseligible for the subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for qualifying volunteerfire, rescue, or emergency medical services members; providing that an individual may notqualify for the subtraction modification based on membership in the United States Coast GuardAuxiliary unless the Auxiliary maintains certain records and provides certain reports; andapplying the Act to tax years after 2029.


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Senate Bill 672 State Board of Dental Examiners (Senator Hollinger)

Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to waive specified education requirements onlyfor applicants for a limited license to practice dentistry; providing for a waiver for a teacher'slicense under specified circumstances; adding violations of professional ethics and violations ofBoard orders to the grounds for disciplinary action; and authorizing the Board to recognizespecialties designated by the Commission on Dental Accreditation or its successor organization.


Senate Bill 699 Health Insurance - Health Care Regulatory Fund and Complaint Process

for Adverse Decisions or Grievances (Senator Bromwell)Exempting certain carriers from the health care regulatory assessment for the Health CareRegulatory Fund and from the requirements relating to the adverse decision and grievanceprocess; making certain provisions of law applicable to certain health benefit plans; etc.


House Bill 55 Labor and Employment Minimum Wage Application (Delegate D.

Davis, et al

Defining the term "employer" to include specified State and local governmental units forpurposes of minimum wage requirements.


House Bill 180 Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Land Link Program

(Delegate Jennings, et al)

Establishing a Maryland Agricultural Land Link Program in the Department of Agriculture forspecified purposes; requiring the Department, if sufficient funds are provided in the annualbudget, to maintain an on-line database and to promote the lease or sale of specified agriculturallands by farmers to farmers; and providing for a delayed effective date.



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House Bill 204 Assisted Living Program Facilities - Emergency Electrical Power

Generator (Delegate Hammen, et al)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to require facilities offering assistedliving program services to have an emergency electrical power generator on the premises;providing for the power and system requirements of the emergency power generator; requiring a

facility to conduct a monthly test of the emergency power generator; requiring an emergencypower system to provide lighting to specified areas in a facility; requiring emergency electricalpower to be provided to specified areas and equipment; etc.


House Bill 205 Anne Arundel County - Deer Hunting on Private Lands Sundays (Anne

Arundel County Delegation)

Removing Anne Arundel County from the list of counties in which deer hunting on private lands

on Sundays is prohibited.


House Bill 222 Agriculture - Commercial Fertilizer - Required Signage at Retail

Outlets (Delegate Sossi, et al)Requiring retail outlets distributing commercial fertilizer in bags weighing 50 pounds or more todisplay a specified sign advising customers of specified damaging effects of fertilizer overuseand recommending receipt of a specified chemical analysis of soil before using commercialfertilizer; etc.


House Bill 239 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Agricultural Ombudsman

(Delegate Rudolph, et al)

Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to designate an agricultural ombudsman;and establishing specified duties of the agricultural ombudsman.


House Bill 245 Insurance - Prior Approval Rating Law - Exempt Commercial

Policyholders (Delegate Vaughn)

Altering the annual property and casualty insurance premium dollar amount threshold abovewhich specified insurance policy forms and endorsements issued to specified commercial


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policyholders are exempt from specified form filing requirements under prior approval insurancerating law; and altering the definition of "exempt commercial policyholder".



Chapter 496

House Bill 292 Maryland Military Department - Maryland Defense Force Employment

Protection (Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental -

Military))Providing employment protection to members of the Maryland Defense Force.


House Bill 294 Bonds - Small Denominations (Delegate Heller (Joint Committee on theManagement of Public Funds))

Increasing the maximum denomination that qualifies for a small denomination bond.


House Bill 326 Home Builder Registration - Application - Social Security Numbers

(Delegate Krysiak)

Repealing specified provisions of law requiring an applicant for a home builder registration toprovide the Social Security number of all principals of the applicant; and making specifiedtechnical and conforming corrections.


House Bill 342 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Public Awareness and

Outreach - Hepatitis C Virus and Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donation (Delegate Nathan-

Pulliam, et al)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a specified needsassessment, initiate a public awareness campaign, and coordinate with specified units of Stategovernment to activate a specified hepatitis C virus plan; requiring the Department to solicitfunding for hepatitis C outreach; etc.



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House Bill 351 Talbot County - Hotel Rental Tax Rate (Delegates Haddaway and

Eckardt)

Increasing from 3% to 4% the maximum hotel rental tax rate that may be set in Talbot County.



House Bill 358 St. Mary's County - Special Taxing Districts Creation (St. Marys

County Delegation)Authorizing St. Mary's County to exercise specified powers concerning the creation of specialtaxing districts, the levying of ad valorem or special taxes, and the issuing of bonds fordeveloping and financing specified infrastructure improvements when the improvement isreasonably related to the development and utilization of the land; etc.



House Bill 367 Family Law - Unregistered Family Day Care Homes and Unlicensed Child

Care Centers Penalties (Delegate Patterson, et al)

Altering the criminal penalties for operating an unregistered family day care home; and alteringthe criminal penalties for operating an unlicensed child care center.


House Bill 373 St. Mary's County - Impact Fees (St. Marys County Delegation)

Increasing the number of units for which St. Mary's County may waive, defer, or amortizebuilding impact fees in any fiscal year; repealing a specified limit on the total amount of buildingimpact fees that may be waived, deferred, or amortized in any fiscal year; providing that thecounty shall reflect the total amount of building impact fees waived, deferred, or amortized in theannual capital budget; repealing the June 30, 2030, termination of the county's authority towaive, defer, or amortize building impact fees; etc.


House Bill 397 Agricultural Operations - Nuisance Actions Requirements (Delegate

Elmore, et al)

Requiring a person filing a nuisance action against an agricultural operation in any court to firstfile a complaint with a specified local agency or refer a complaint to the State agriculturalmediation program in the Department of Agriculture and to obtain a decision or recommendation


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from the local agency or a specified certification from the Department on the nuisancecomplaint; excepting government agencies from specified requirements; etc.



Chapter 505

House Bill 398 Secretary of State - Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act - Solicitations

Disclosure Statement (Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request -

Departmental - Secretary of State))Altering provisions of the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act to require a charitableorganization to be in total compliance prior to soliciting the public; authorizing a noncompliantapplicant for registration to request a hearing with the Secretary of State under specifiedcircumstances; establishing the burden of proof in a court proceeding based on an appeal by acharitable organization; etc.


House Bill 436 Maryland Home Improvement Commission - Prosecution of Unlicensed

Contractors, Subcontractors, and Salespersons Procedures (Chairman, Economic

Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation))

Clarifying that under specified circumstances, an administrative hearing and adjudication by theMaryland Home Improvement Commission is not a prerequisite to criminal prosecution ofspecified unlicensed home improvement contractors, subcontractors, or salespersons.


House Bill 440 Garrett County - Property Tax Credit - Adventure Sports Center, Inc.

(Garrett County Delegation)

Authorizing the governing body of Garrett County to grant, by law, a property tax credit againstthe county property tax imposed on property that is owned by Adventure Sports Center, Inc.;authorizing the governing body of Garrett County to set the amount and duration of the credit, toprovide for additional eligibility criteria, regulations, and procedures relating to credit requests,and to adopt any other provisions necessary to administer the credit; and applying the Act to taxyears beginning after June 30, 2030.


House Bill 448 Revenue Collection Offsets (Delegate Heller (Joint Committee on the

Management of Public Funds))


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Authorizing the Comptroller to withhold tax refunds and other payments owed by the State tospecified persons, including vendors doing business with the federal government, and to payamounts to an agency of the federal government that has certified the delinquent nontaxliabilities of specified persons; etc.


House Bill 465 Howard County - Steel Jaw Leghold Trap Prohibition (Howard County

Delegation)

Adding Howard County to the counties in which the use, setting, placement, and maintenance ofsteel jaw leghold traps on land is prohibited.



Chapter 510

House Bill 507 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Folic Acid Supplement

Distribution Program (Delegate Taylor, et al)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a program to distributefolic acid supplements to women between the ages of 15 and 45 years old who have familyincomes at or below a specified level; requiring the program to provide the appropriaterecommended amount of folic acid, along with counseling and information regarding proper useof the supplement, to specified women; etc.


House Bill 532 Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Licenses (Delegates

Bozman and Conway)

Clarifying obsolete descriptions of the boundaries of areas in Worcester County in which ClassD beer, wine and liquor licenses may be issued; and specifying that specified license fees set bythe Worcester County Commissioners may not be less than specified amounts.


House Bill 549 Health Insurance - Private Review Agents - Emergency Inpatient and

Residential Crisis Services Admission Determinations (Delegate Morhaim, et al)

Requiring a private review agent, under specified circumstances, to submit information to theMaryland Insurance Commissioner regarding procedures and policies for making determinationsfor emergency inpatient admissions, or admissions for specified residential crisis services, for the


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treatment of a mental, emotional, or substance abuse disorder; requiring a private review agent,under specified circumstances, to make specified admissions determinations within 2 hours; etc.



Chapter 513

House Bill 583 Surplus Lines Insurance - Compliance with Filing Requirement -

Electronic Transmission (Delegate Moe)

Providing that reports, affidavits, and returns required to be filed with regard to surplus linesinsurance are in compliance with the filing requirement if they are transmitted electronically onor before the filing date in a manner approved by the Insurance Commissioner.


House Bill 597 Insurance - Prohibited Acts - Inducements to Financing an Insurance

Contract (Delegate Haddaway, et al)

Prohibiting an insurance producer, employee of an insurance producer, or other person fromaccepting, directly or indirectly, any valuable consideration as an inducement to facilitate anagreement to finance a specified insurance premium.


House Bill 657 Montgomery County - Housing Opportunities Commission Powers

(Montgomery County Delegation)

Authorizing the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County to enter intospecified development agreements to develop housing in which a specified minimum percentageof the units are initially occupied by specified individuals; authorizing the Commission tocontract to furnish services, consultation, advice, and assistance to other housing authorities orother persons in or outside of the State to assist in developing, managing, renovating, orconstructing specified housing.


House Bill 690 State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Study on

Licensure and Board Membership (Delegate Mandel, et al)

Requiring the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, in conjunction withspecified other entities, to convene a specified workgroup to study the standards for licensure ofnursing home administrator applicants and the effectiveness of the Board in regulating nursing


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home administrators in the State; requiring the study to include specified items; requiring theworkgroup to make a specified report; etc.



Chapter 517

House Bill 698 Open Meetings Act - Administrative Function - Reporting Requirement

(Delegate Weldon, et al)

Renaming the executive function exclusion under the Open Meetings Act as an exclusion foradministrative functions; and requiring a public body that recesses an open session to carry outan administrative function in a meeting that is not open to the public to include specifiedinformation in the minutes of its next open session.



Chapter 518

House Bill 699 Agriculture - Preservation of Historic Structures (Delegate Stull, et al)

Establishing the Maryland Advisory Committee on Historic Agricultural Structure Preservation;providing for the membership, term, and compensation of the Committee; establishing aMaryland Barn Preservation Fund to preserve historic agricultural structures; providing for theuses of the Fund; requiring the Board of Public Works to make specified grants from the Fund;etc.


Senate Bill 120 Motor Fuel - Gasoline Commingling by Brand or Grade Prohibition

(Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller))Prohibiting a marina from commingling gasoline under specified circumstances; prohibitingspecified motor fuel sellers and transporters from commingling gasoline by brand or grade;making conforming changes; requiring the State Comptroller to notify marinas in the State of therequirements of the Act; etc.


Senate Bill 125 Falsifying and Altering Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Criminal

Penalties (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request -

Departmental - Environment))

Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly falsify, alter, or cause another to falsify or alter anypermit, license, or certificate issued or required by the Department of the Environment todemonstrate compliance with any environmental regulation or permit condition; making it a


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misdemeanor to knowingly possess, display, or submit any falsified or altered document issuedor required by the Department; creating specified penalties; requiring fines to be deposited intoapplicable special funds; etc.

2/17 Senate: Third Reading Passed (44-0)

4/6 House: Third Reading Passed (137-1)5/2 Approved by the Governor Chapter 521

Senate Bill 126 Department of Housing and Community Development - Partnership

Rental Housing Program - Individuals with Disabilities (Chair, Education, Health, and

Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Housing and Community

Development))

Altering resident eligibility requirements under the Partnership Rental Housing Program;authorizing the Secretary of Housing and Community Development to establish specified incomelevels; altering the requirements to approve an application for a proposed partnership project;authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to approve the use of

partnership rental housing funds under specified circumstances; etc.


Senate Bill 127 Department of Housing and Community Development - Multifamily

Rental Housing Programs (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Committee (By Request - Departmental - Housing and Community Development))

Authorizing loans under the Multifamily Rehabilitation Program to acquire and rehabilitatebuildings that provide more than four dwellings; clarifying that specified loans for rehabilitationprojects may be made to sponsors and nonprofit sponsors in addition to families of limitedincome; defining "elderly households"; etc.


Senate Bill 129 Election Law - Ballots - Certification of Questions and Nomination of

Candidates (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request

- Departmental - Elections, State Board of))

Authorizing specified political parties to nominate candidates to the ballot if the parties do notnominate candidates by primary election; establishing filing requirements for specifiedcandidates; providing that unless a board of education race is partisan a candidate may notqualify by petition or party nomination; clarifying the procedure by which political parties mustfill vacancies; requiring the county attorney to prepare and certify specified information forspecified ballot questions; etc.

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Senate Bill 185 City of Frostburg Employees - Participation in the Employees' Pension

System (Senator Hafer)

Requiring specified employees of the City of Frostburg to participate in the Employees' Pension

System of the State of Maryland as of the date that the City of Frostburg begins participating inthe Employees' Pension System; providing for specified employees of the City of Frostburg toreceive service credit for specified prior service; etc.


Senate Bill 197 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Umbilical Cord Blood

Donation - Educational Materials (Senator Jacobs, et al)

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified entities,

to develop educational materials concerning the donation of umbilical cord blood; requiringspecified obstetricians and hospitals to distribute specified educational materials to specifiedpatients; etc.


Senate Bill 240 Baltimore City - Special Traffic Enforcement Officers - Jurisdiction and

Requirements (Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration))

Altering the jurisdiction of special traffic enforcement officers of Baltimore City; limiting thecircumstances under which a special traffic enforcement officer in Baltimore City may exercisespecified authority; requiring special traffic enforcement officers in Baltimore City to take anaccredited conflict resolution training course; etc.


Senate Bill 251 Insurance - Loans and Advances Made to Stock Insurers and Mutual

Insurers (Senators Kelley and Gladden)

Repealing a specified limitation on the interest allowed on a specified loan or advance made to astock insurer; requiring that the instrument evidencing a specified loan or advance be approvedin a specified manner by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; providing that a specified loanor advance and any interest on it made to a mutual insurer is payable only out of the surplusremaining after the mutual insurer provides for all reserves and other liabilities; etc.



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Senate Bill 267 State Buildings Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (Senator

Garagiola, et al)

Requiring the Department of General Services, in cooperation with the Maryland EnergyAdministration, to set specified energy performance standards to require reductions of energy

consumption in State buildings by specified dates; providing an exception for specified buildingsunder the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation; requiring State agencies to conductenergy consumption analyses; requiring State agencies to update energy conservation plans; etc.


Senate Bill 287 Baltimore City - Orphans' Court Judges - Retirement Allowances

(Senator McFadden)

Increasing the annual retirement allowances of the associate judges and the Chief Judge of the

Orphans' Court for Baltimore City; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salaries orcompensation of the incumbent associate judges and the Chief Judge of the Orphans' Court forBaltimore City.


Senate Bill 301 Baltimore County - Sheriff - Salary Increase Senator Stone (By Request -

Baltimore County Administration))

Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Baltimore County to $90,000 over a 4-year period;and providing that the Act

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