| MD | HB829 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget, to provide a virtual mental health awareness and skills building training program for service sector employees; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, su... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1174 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB876 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that meets certain criteria; and requiring the rei... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1270 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that the calculation of an enrollee's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for a prescription drug be based on the list price of the drug reduced by at least 85% of the total amount of rebates received or expected to be received by th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1399 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to include the name, physical mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number for the resident agent for each entity required to designate a resident agent as part of the publicly available... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB726 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "purchaser" for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; and repealing certain provisions that restrict app... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB879 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB673 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1020 | Intro
Sine Die | Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB694 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB407 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students who are residents of the State, are enrolled in an institution of higher education for at least 15 credit hours per year, whose family contribution is expected... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB34 | Engross
Sine Die | Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold interstate compact licenses to practice social work in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB368 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering certain maximum amounts of monetary relief the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to award if the Commission finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act under provisions of law regarding public accommodations a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB40 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1096 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide st... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB1245 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl without the lawful authority to do so, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from includ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB302 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering penalties relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer, correctional employee, or court-ordered services provider and certain individuals under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1279 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements of buildings and structures meet all water and s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1283 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity by an insurer, an insurance producer, a surety insurer, and a health network when engaging in certain insurance-related business practices. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1218 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to allow a person to purchase a State lottery ticket through an electronic device that connects to the Internet; and altering the distribution of certain lottery proceeds. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB691 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "legally protected health care" to include certain gender-affirming treatment, including medications and supplies, for the purposes of certain provisions of law that prohibit health occupations disciplinary actions and cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB748 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Attorney General to adopt and make publicly available a code of conduct for members of the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention, adopt a policy for investigating violations of the code of conduct, and establish a process for... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB775 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish a process by which an individual with disabilities may return a marked absentee ballot to a local board of elections electronically. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB872 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that candidates, campaign finance entities, and certain other persons, or agents of candidates, campaign finance entities, or certain other persons, that publish, distribute, or disseminate, or cause to be published, distributed, or dissemi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB579 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance op... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB509 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process to receive federal financial participation for the payment of county or municipal general funds appropriated to community providers that serve individuals with developmental disabilitie... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB377 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the fiscal years, to begin in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill a certain appropriation to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17 To House Ways and Means Committee |