Legislative Hotline

2019 SESSION OF THE
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY






Volume 25, Number 2





January 23, 2019

Here are some of the hot issues as the 2019 Legislative Session develops:



BILLS INTRODUCED
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Budget - Capital
Economic & Community Development
Financial Aid
General Education
Health Care Administration & Finance
Health Care Facilities
Health Care Occupations
Health Insurance/Health Care Access
Health Reform
Higher Education
Labor & Employment
Medical Liability/Tort Reform
Miscellaneous
Pharmaceuticals
Public Health
Public Safety
Research
Tax Policy
Telehealth Medicine
Transportation

BILLS INTRODUCED

Budget - Capital


HB155/SB164 Maryland Department of Health - Capital and Grant Programs - State Grants

Increasing the caps on the percentages of certain costs for the construction, acquisition, renovation, and equipping of community mental health facilities, addiction facilities, and developmental disabilities facilities for which State grants can be provided under the Community Mental Health, Addiction, and Developmental Disabilities Capital Program; increasing the caps on the percentages of certain costs for certain projects that may be covered by State grants under the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

HB156/SB172 Public Charter School Facility Fund

Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying that the Fund shall be used to provide funding to public charter schools in the State to acquire, plan, develop, finance, construct, improve, repair, and maintain public charter school facilities; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate a certain amount to the Fund each year; requiring the Department to establish certain procedures for schools to request funds; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

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Economic & Community Development


HB173 Economic Development - Job Creation Tax Credit - Sunset Extension

Extending, from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2027, the termination date applicable to the job creation tax credit program.

Hearing Date: Wed 2/6 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB51 Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Target Investment Zones - Repeal

Repealing the identification and use of "target investment zones" by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority for certain acquisition and development grants in certified heritage areas; removing a restriction on certain areas within which the Authority may make certain grants; and repealing the definition of "target investment zone".

Hearing Date: Tue 2/5 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB158 Maryland Department of Health - Community Dental Clinics Grant Program

Establishing the Community Dental Clinics Grant Program; authorizing the Board of Public Works, on the recommendation of the Secretary of Health, to make grants under the Program to counties, municipal corporations, and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of supporting the provision of dental services by community dental clinics; requiring the Governor to include funding in the State capital budget for the Program beginning in fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB174/HB150 More Opportunities for Marylanders Act of 2019

Extending certain benefits under the More Jobs for Marylanders Program to businesses that locate or expand in opportunity zones in the State; extending to 2030 the termination date of the Program; altering the maximum aggregate credit amounts of initial tax credit certificates the Department of Commerce may issue from the More Jobs for Marylanders Tax Credit Reserve Fund in a fiscal year; altering the calculation the Governor shall use for appropriating funds to the More Jobs for Marylanders Tax Credit Reserve Fund; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: June 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB175/HB235 Economic Development - Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program

Establishing the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; establishing the purposes of the Program; establishing the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Authority in the Corporation; providing for the appointment of members, the selection of officers, and the purposes and procedures of the Authority; establishing the Maryland Technology Infrastructure Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

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Financial Aid


HB93 Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Repeal of Award Cap

Repealing the $3,000 cap on the amount that will be awarded for a scholarship under the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program.

Hearing Date: Tue 2/5 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

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General Education


HB110 Elementary School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act)

Requiring a public school student in elementary school to be provided a daily program of physical activity totaling 150 minutes each week to include physical education and developmentally appropriate, moderate-to-vigorous activity, including recess; requiring that the program of physical activity for a certain category of student be consistent with the student's Individualized Education Program; requiring public elementary schools to designate a physical activity leadership team to plan and coordinate certain activities; etc.

Hearing Date: Thu 1/31 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

HB132/SB180 Education - Robotics Grant Program - Alterations

Expanding the eligibility requirements for the Robotics Grant Program to include nonprofit organizations and community clubs that are proposing new or have existing robotics programs; repealing the requirement for existing nonprofit robotics clubs to be associated with a public school to be eligible for the Program; and requiring the Governor to increase the annual appropriation for the Program to at least $500,000.

Hearing Date: Thu 2/7 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

HB152/SB167 Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Expansion Act of 2019

Repealing the limit on the number of Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Planning Grants that may be awarded to a local school system in each year; removing the prohibition against new P-TECH Planning Grants being awarded to establish a new P-TECH school until after the 2016-2017 cohort of P-TECH students completes the 6-year pathway sequence; and repealing certain intent language regarding a prohibition against additional P-TECH schools.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

HB156/SB172 Public Charter School Facility Fund

Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying that the Fund shall be used to provide funding to public charter schools in the State to acquire, plan, develop, finance, construct, improve, repair, and maintain public charter school facilities; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate a certain amount to the Fund each year; requiring the Department to establish certain procedures for schools to request funds; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

HB206/SB188 Public and Nonpublic Schools - Classwork and Assessment Involving Live and Dead Animals - Student Choice Policy

Authorizing a student in a public school or nonpublic school to choose not to participate in or observe, in whole or in part, classwork or an assessment that includes certain actions conducted on a live, dead, or severed part of an animal; authorizing a student to choose not to participate in or observe the classwork or assessment on the day that it is assigned; requiring a certain student to complete the required classwork or assessment by a certain alternative educational method that meets certain requirements; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

SB122/HB160 Property Tax Credits - Real Property Used for Robotics Programs

Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property used for the purposes of a public school robotics program or nonprofit robotics program in the State; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to provide, by law, for certain matters relating to the tax credit; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019.

Hearing Date: Wed 1/30 2:00 PM

Effective Date: June 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle,Sally Guy

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Health Care Administration & Finance


HB145 Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights

Requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a certain patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide certain patients with a translator, an interpreter, or another accommodation to provide certain assistance to patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post copies of the patient's bill of rights on the hospital's website and in areas of the hospital accessible to patients; etc.

Hearing Date: Wed 2/6 2:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson,Sally Guy

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Health Care Facilities


HB155/SB164 Maryland Department of Health - Capital and Grant Programs - State Grants

Increasing the caps on the percentages of certain costs for the construction, acquisition, renovation, and equipping of community mental health facilities, addiction facilities, and developmental disabilities facilities for which State grants can be provided under the Community Mental Health, Addiction, and Developmental Disabilities Capital Program; increasing the caps on the percentages of certain costs for certain projects that may be covered by State grants under the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

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Health Care Occupations


HB228/SB134 State Board of Nursing - Criminal History Records Checks - Certified Nursing Assistants and Certified Medication Technicians

Requiring certain applicants for certification as a medication technician by the State Board of Nursing to submit to a certain criminal history records check; requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide a revised criminal history record to the Board if the criminal history record information is reported to the Central Repository after the date of the initial criminal history records check; applying the Act prospectively: etc.

Hearing Date: Tue 2/5 2:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB134/HB228 State Board of Nursing - Criminal History Records Checks - Certified Nursing Assistants and Certified Medication Technicians

Requiring certain applicants for certification as a medication technician by the State Board of Nursing to submit to a certain criminal history records check; requiring the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide a revised criminal history record to the Board if the criminal history record information is reported to the Central Repository after the date of the initial criminal history records check; etc.

Hearing Date: Wed 1/30 2:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

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Health Insurance/Health Care Access


HB86 Health Insurance - Continuation Coverage - Change in Employment Status

Extending from 18 to 36 months, under certain circumstances, the period of time for which certain group contracts are required to provide continuation coverage for insureds who have experienced a change in status as the result of termination of employment other than for cause; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020.

Hearing Date: Thu 2/7 2:00 PM

Effective Date: January 1, 2020
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson

HB127/SB36 Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans - Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy

Requiring certain health benefit plans and certain carriers to provide a special enrollment period during which certain individuals who become pregnant may enroll in a health benefit plan; establishing the duration of the special enrollment period; establishing certain effective dates of coverage for certain individuals enrolled in certain health benefit plans during the special enrollment period; applying the Act to all health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020; etc.

Hearing Date: Thu 2/7 2:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson

SB36/HB127 Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans - Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy

Requiring certain health benefit plans and certain carriers to provide a special enrollment period during which certain individuals who become pregnant may enroll in a health benefit plan; establishing the duration of the special enrollment period; establishing certain effective dates of coverage for certain individuals enrolled in certain health benefit plans during the special enrollment period; applying the Act to all health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2020; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson

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Health Reform


HB145 Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights

Requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide patients with a certain patient's bill of rights; requiring each administrator of a hospital to provide certain patients with a translator, an interpreter, or another accommodation to provide certain assistance to patients; requiring each administrator of a hospital to conspicuously post copies of the patient's bill of rights on the hospital's website and in areas of the hospital accessible to patients; etc.

Hearing Date: Wed 2/6 2:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson,Sally Guy

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Higher Education


HB152/SB167 Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Expansion Act of 2019

Repealing the limit on the number of Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Planning Grants that may be awarded to a local school system in each year; removing the prohibition against new P-TECH Planning Grants being awarded to establish a new P-TECH school until after the 2016-2017 cohort of P-TECH students completes the 6-year pathway sequence; and repealing certain intent language regarding a prohibition against additional P-TECH schools.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

HB205 Higher Education - Academic Forgiveness Policy - Established

Requiring institutions of higher education to develop and implement an academic forgiveness policy on or before August 1, 2019, that applies to applicants who earned unsatisfactory or failing grades at a prior institution of higher education under certain circumstances; etc.

Hearing Date: Tue 1/29 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

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Labor & Employment


HB166 Labor and Employment - Payment of Wages - Minimum Wage and Enforcement (Fight for Fifteen)

Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area; specifying the tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting an employer, beginning July 1, 2027, from including the tip credit amount as part of the wage of certain employees; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: June 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB160/HB233 Workers' Compensation - Medical Presumptions

Adding bladder, kidney or renal cell cancer to the types of cancer that are considered occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty and are compensable in a certain manner.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

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Medical Liability/Tort Reform


HB162 Medical Professional Liability Insurance Policies - Mandated Deductible Levels - Limitation

Limiting the requirement that insurers that issue or deliver medical professional liability insurance policies in the State offer, in addition to the basic policy, additional policies with certain deductibles to insurers that issue or deliver a policy with an annual premium of $5,000 or more.

Hearing Date: Thu 1/31 1:30 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

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Miscellaneous


HB91 Public-Private Partnerships - Presolicitation Reports - Environmental Impact Statement Requirement

Prohibiting a reporting agency for certain proposed public-private partnerships from submitting a certain presolicitation report before a draft environmental impact statement that complies with the National Environmental Policy Act is available; requiring the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to withdraw a certain presolicitation report; prohibiting the resubmission of the report until a certain draft environmental impact statement is adopted and a certain alternative is selected; etc.

Hearing Date: Tue 1/22 10:30 AM

Effective Date: Upon Enactment
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

HB134 Environment - Single-Use Plastic Straws - Use in Restaurants

Prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2020, a restaurant from providing a single-use plastic straw to a customer dining in at the restaurant unless the customer requests a straw; and providing the Act does not apply to restaurant services provided at a drive-through window.

Hearing Date: Wed 2/6 1:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

HB215/SB5 Public Information Act - 9-1-1 Communications - Denial of Part of a Public Record

Requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of the part of a 9-1-1 communications record that depicts certain information, subject to a certain exception; authorizing a custodian to redact certain information if a failure to do so would result in a constructive denial of the entire public record; requiring a custodian to allow inspection by the person in interest; providing for the application of the Act; providing that the Act may not be construed to affect the discovery or evidentiary rights of certain parties; etc.

Hearing Date: Tue 2/5 2:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB5/HB215 Public Information Act - 9-1-1 Communications - Denial of Part of a Public Record

Requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of the part of a 9-1-1 communications record that depicts certain information unless a certain record has been entered into evidence in a court proceeding; authorizing a custodian to redact certain information if a failure to do so would result in a constructive denial of the entire public record; requiring a custodian to allow inspection by the person in interest; providing that the Act may not be construed to affect the discovery or evidentiary rights of certain parties; etc.

Hearing Date: Wed 1/23 4:30 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB147/HB218 Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Forfeiture or Waiver of Right of Disposition

Requiring a person to forfeit the right of final disposition of the body of a decedent and that the right pass to the next qualifying person under certain circumstances; providing that a certain person's right of disposition may be restored under certain circumstances; authorizing a person to waive the right of final disposition and requiring that the right pass to the next qualifying person under certain circumstances; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson,Sally Guy

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Pharmaceuticals


HB25/SB195 Public Health - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions

Requiring, instead of authorizing, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to review prescription monitoring data for indications of a possible misuse or abuse of a monitored prescription drug; requiring the Program to report the possible misuse or abuse to the prescriber or dispenser of the monitored prescription drug and to provide certain education to the prescriber or dispenser; authorizing the Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the Office of Controlled Substances Administration for further investigation; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson

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Public Health


HB25/SB195 Public Health - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Revisions

Requiring, instead of authorizing, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to review prescription monitoring data for indications of a possible misuse or abuse of a monitored prescription drug; requiring the Program to report the possible misuse or abuse to the prescriber or dispenser of the monitored prescription drug and to provide certain education to the prescriber or dispenser; authorizing the Program to provide prescription monitoring data to the Office of Controlled Substances Administration for further investigation; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson

HB139/SB135 Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Site Program

Authorizing the establishment of an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Site Program by a community-based organization to provide a place for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and provide certain other services; providing the Maryland Department of Health may approve no more than 6 programs to operate in a single location in an area of high incidence drug use; requiring each program to submit a certain report to certain legislative committees by December 1 of each year; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson

HB167 Juvenile Causes - Safe Haven Newborns

Requiring a local department of social services that files a petition alleging that a safe haven newborn is a child in need of assistance to publish in a newspaper or other publication or website a notice containing certain information regarding the newborn to include a notice to the mother regarding her voluntary relinquishment; requiring the juvenile court to exclude the general public from a hearing which involves discussion of any information pertaining to the confidential identity of a mother of a safe haven newborn; etc.

Hearing Date: Thu 2/7 1:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB147/HB218 Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Forfeiture or Waiver of Right of Disposition

Requiring a person to forfeit the right of final disposition of the body of a decedent and that the right pass to the next qualifying person under certain circumstances; providing that a certain person's right of disposition may be restored under certain circumstances; authorizing a person to waive the right of final disposition and requiring that the right pass to the next qualifying person under certain circumstances; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson,Sally Guy

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Public Safety


HB148/SB165 Safe Schools Maryland Act of 2019

Establishing the Safe Schools Maryland Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; requiring the School Safety Subcabinet to develop program guidance on or before September 1, 2019; requiring a local school system that elects to participate in the program to follow the program guidance; requiring the Center to perform certain tasks related to the program; providing that certain documents and information submitted to the Center are not subject to the Maryland Public Information Act; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

HB168 Public Safety - Reporting of Hate Crimes

Altering certain requirements for the reporting, collection, and analysis of information relating to hate crimes to require the Department of State Police to collect and analyze information about incidents apparently directed against an individual or a group because of color, religious beliefs, gender, disability, national origin, or homelessness; requiring information about incidents directed at certain individuals or groups be provided by local law enforcement agencies and the State Fire Marshal to the Department; etc.

Hearing Date: Tue 2/5 1:00 PM

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

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Research


HB175 Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit - Sunset Extension

Extending the termination date applicable to the Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit to June 30, 2028; and extending the applicability of the credit to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2027.

Hearing Date: Wed 2/6 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB187 Maryland Department of Health - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and make available a certain form; requiring certain biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratories to report, on or before September 30 each year, certain information to the Department; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 31 each year, certain information regarding the number and location of the laboratories to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and certain local officials and the total number of the laboratories to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

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Tax Policy


HB173 Economic Development - Job Creation Tax Credit - Sunset Extension

Extending, from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2027, the termination date applicable to the job creation tax credit program.

Hearing Date: Wed 2/6 1:00 PM

Effective Date: July 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

SB122/HB160 Property Tax Credits - Real Property Used for Robotics Programs

Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property used for the purposes of a public school robotics program or nonprofit robotics program in the State; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to provide, by law, for certain matters relating to the tax credit; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2019.

Hearing Date: Wed 1/30 2:00 PM

Effective Date: June 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle,Sally Guy

SB174/HB150 More Opportunities for Marylanders Act of 2019

Extending certain benefits under the More Jobs for Marylanders Program to businesses that locate or expand in opportunity zones in the State; extending to 2030 the termination date of the Program; altering the maximum aggregate credit amounts of initial tax credit certificates the Department of Commerce may issue from the More Jobs for Marylanders Tax Credit Reserve Fund in a fiscal year; altering the calculation the Governor shall use for appropriating funds to the More Jobs for Marylanders Tax Credit Reserve Fund; etc.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: June 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Sally Guy

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Telehealth Medicine


SB178 Behavioral Health Programs - Medical Directors - Telehealth

Requiring that regulations adopted under certain provisions of law regulating behavioral health programs include provisions authorizing a medical director of a behavioral health program located in a federally designated health professional shortage area to provide services through telehealth; and prohibiting a behavioral health program located in a federally designated health professional shortage area from requiring a medical director to provide services on-site.

Hearing Date:

Effective Date: October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Patrick Carlson,Sally Guy

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Transportation


HB130 Maryland Transit Administration - Workgroup to Study Dedicated Bus Lanes in Baltimore City

Establishing the Workgroup to Study Dedicated Bus Lanes in Baltimore City to study and analyze dedicated bus lane enforcement mechanisms in use by peer transit agencies and develop a certain enforcement plan; requiring the study to include an examination of best practices and technologies, a review of potential costs, and an evaluation of the most effective methods for ensuring compliance with and enforcement of existing law; requiring the Workgroup to report by December 31, 2019, to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.

Hearing Date: Thu 2/7 1:00 PM

Effective Date: June 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Mary Clapsaddle

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