Maryland Senate Bill 70 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-11 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expanding the duties of a guardian of a disabled person to include enforcing the right to receive visitors and specified communications; authorizing an adult child to file a petition to compel visitation with a parent; requiring the court to appoint an independent investigator to conduct an investigation and report to the court; requiring the court to determine whether the proposed visitee has specified decision-making capacity; requiring the court to grant or deny visitation under specified circumstances; etc.

Duties of Guardian of the Person and Visitation Between Adult Child and Parent

Sen. Edward Reilly [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
2016-01-28	Senate	Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m.
2016-01-13	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2015-11-13	Senate	Pre-filed

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0070?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0070f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0070.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0070_jpr.pdf