Subject Child Abuse and Neglect | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action![]() |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB473 | Authorizing access to specified court records and police records by the Baltimore City Health Department's Office of Youth Violence Prevention and the Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice under specified circumstances; requiring that the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 |
| MD | HB588 | Authorizing access to specified court records and police records by the Baltimore City Health Department's Office of Youth Violence Prevention and the Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice under specified circumstances; requiring that the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB631 | Prohibiting an individual from preventing or interfering with the making of a specified report of suspected child abuse or neglect; and making a violation of the Act a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceedi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380 |
| MD | HB245 | Requiring a health care practitioner involved in the delivery or care of a substance-exposed newborn to make a report to a local department of social services except under specified circumstances; establishing that a report made under the Act does no... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 90 |
| MD | HB428 | Authorizing the disclosure of a report or record of child abuse or neglect to specified officials of specified public institutions of higher education for specified purposes if the abuse was committed under specified circumstances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 |
| MD | HB478 | Prohibiting a person from committing a specified crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is present in a residence; establishing specified circumstances under which a minor is present; establishing an enhanced p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB861 | Prohibiting a person from committing a specified crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is present in a residence; establishing specified circumstances under which a minor is present; establishing an enhanced p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-06 |
| MD | HB1186 | Establishing the Task Force on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding matters including methods to adopt an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 |
| MD | SB534 | Prohibiting an individual from preventing or interfering with the making of a specified report of suspected child abuse or neglect; and making a violation of the Act a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceedi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-02 |
| MD | HB302 | Authorizing the medical use of marijuana under specified circumstances; repealing criminal provisions that allow the imposition of a fine or the use of an affirmative defense for use or possession of marijuana or use or possession of drug paraphernal... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | SB570 | Requiring specified governing bodies that issue licenses or certificates to specified individuals to adopt specified regulations requiring each licensee or certificate holder to complete training in the recognition of child abuse and child sex abuse ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| MD | HB876 | Authorizing the Attorney General to institute a civil action against specified professionals who fail to report child abuse or neglect under specified circumstances; establishing a civil penalty for each violation; requiring a civil penalty collected... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB897 | Requiring specified governing bodies that issue licenses or certificates to specified individuals to adopt specified regulations requiring each licensee or certificate holder to complete training in the recognition of child abuse and child sex abuse ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 |
| MD | SB94 | Expanding immunity from civil liability or criminal penalty to a person who provides or participates in providing notice of child abuse or neglect to the appropriate authorities; requiring the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to send an autopsy r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 |


