| MD | HB174 | Pass | Requiring a certain assistant State's Attorney with knowledge of the case to meet with a victim of sexually assaultive behavior or the victim's representative within 20 days after receiving a request from the victim regarding a decision by the Office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 |
| MD | HB292 | Pass | Exempting certain family child care homes, large family child care homes, and child care centers that serve only dependent children of military personnel and are located on a military base or federal property or are certified as a family child care p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 659 |
| MD | HB495 | Pass | Prohibiting the State Department of Education from increasing the copayment levels, reducing the reimbursement rates, reducing the income eligibility requirements, or implementing an enrollment freeze for the Child Care Scholarship Program in effect ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 732 |
| MD | HB525 | Pass | Establishing the Outdoor Preschool License Pilot Program in the State Department of Education to license outdoor, nature-based early learning and child care programs to expand access to affordable, high-quality early learning and child care programs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 779 |
| MD | HB614 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Aging to oversee long-term care and train the staff of long-term care and dementia care navigation programs; requiring each area agency to establish a long-term care and dementia care navigation program; and requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 668 |
| MD | HB1219 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for early childhood education teacher certification completed through an alternative teacher preparation program; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627 |
| MD | HB1149 | Pass | Requiring certain Medicaid funding to be used to provide community services to individuals waiting for services through waiver programs; authorizing certain Medicaid funding to be used for expanding provider capacity in certain waiver programs; and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| MD | HB316 | Pass | Establishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund; requiring the Comptroller to include certain information in each individual income tax return package; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 618 |
| MD | HB480 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to bury the eligible spouse or dependent of a veteran in a State veterans' cemetery without charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 |
| MD | HB554 | Pass | Increasing the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals under the age of 55 years to $12,500 and individuals at least 55 years of age to $20,000 during t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | HB9 | Pass | Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals; requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to conduct tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 583 |
| MD | HB188 | Pass | Increasing the membership of the Wildlife Advisory Commission; requiring the Governor to appoint a member to the Wildlife Advisory Commission who is an academic researcher with expertise in wildlife biology, wildlife conservation, wildlife management...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491 |
| MD | HB389 | Pass | Establishing the State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture as a position in the Department of Agriculture to serve as the primary point of contact for individuals engaging in, or interested in engaging in, value-added agriculture in the State; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | HB483 | Pass | Establishing that certain previous convictions for drunk or drugged operation of a vehicle or vessel and grossly negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel under certain provisions of law constitute prior convictions for the purpose of determining c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 |
| MD | HB508 | Pass | Requiring a county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a law enforcement officer or rescue worker; altering eligibility for the tax credit to include certain disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who were domiciled in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 |
| MD | HB626 | Pass | Establishing the Human-Relevant Research Fund under the administration of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants and loans to promote State-funded research intended to develop human-relevant alternatives to using nonhuman a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| MD | HB548 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund as an instrumentality of the State for purposes of developing opportunities for banking institutions and credit unions to better serve the needs of low- to moderate-income tracts; providing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432 |
| MD | HB552 | Pass | Establishing the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide funding for certain costs for infrastructure projects in eligible technology sectors; requiring certain grantees to provide matching funds and to demonstra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 |
| MD | HB551 | Pass | Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study as to how the State can incentivize broadband service providers to expand broadband infrastructure to communities that are unser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 |
| MD | HB683 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue an apprentice hunting license to a person under the age of 17 years who has previously been issued an apprentice hunting license under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 |
| MD | HB710 | Pass | Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply in Anne Arundel County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| MD | HB63 | Pass | Altering the Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program to be the Certified Local Farm and Fish Program; expanding the purpose of the Program to include food from certified Chesapeake invasive species providers in the overall percentage goal of 20% of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 576 |
| MD | HB470 | Pass | Prohibiting the setting on fire or burning of oriented strand board for certain fire-fighting training; and establishing an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 for a first violation of the Act and a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for a seco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580 |
| MD | HB6 | Pass | Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and periodically update standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include the standards in certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 |
| MD | HB676 | Pass | Making certain provisions of law governing cemeteries applicable to pet cemeteries; providing that a certain registered cemeterian, registered crematory operator, or permit holder who sells or offers to sell to the public certain services for pet rem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 |
| MD | HB319 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with certain State and federal agencies, to study the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in pesticides in the State; and requiring the Department to report its findings...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 |
| MD | HB48 | Pass | Repealing the Collaborative Care Pilot Program; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model under the Maryland Medical Assistance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 |
| MD | HB214 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on Public Health to make recommendations to improve the delivery of foundational public health services in the State; requiring the Commission to conduct an assessment of the foundational public health capabilities of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385 |
| MD | HB242 | Pass | Altering the definition of "massage therapy"; altering the date after which the option to be registered by the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners to practice massage therapy in a setting that is not a health care setting will no longer be avail...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 |
| MD | HB273 | Pass | Altering the education requirements for an applicant for licensure as an environmental health specialist; altering the grounds for which the Board may take disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee to include misfeasance and malfeasance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 |
| MD | HB260 | Pass | Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for sign language interpreters under the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund to be used exclusively t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270 |
| MD | HB322 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for intensive in-home services, case management, and wraparound services; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Behavioral Health Administration to fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 |
| MD | HB290 | Pass | Altering the Maryland Dent-Care Program; establishing a requirement regarding the reimbursement of dental-related services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; establishing requirements on the Maryland Department of Health regarding the cre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 |
| MD | HB271 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 an appropriation of $12,000,000 to the 9-8-8 Trust Fund for the purpose of designating and maintaining 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for a national suicide pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 |
| MD | HB283 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2024, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide gender-affirming treatment in a nondiscriminatory manner; requiring that the gender-affirming treatment be assessed according to nondiscriminatory criteria th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 |
| MD | HB505 | Pass | Establishing that an elevator installed in a privately owned single-family residential dwelling on or after October 1, 2023, is subject to certain inspection and registration requirements; prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry from discl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293 |
| MD | HB418 | Pass | Establishing the Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund to provide reimbursement for costs associated with educating, training, certifying, recruiting, placing, and retaining behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals; and requiring t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 287 |
| MD | HB420 | Pass | Requiring that the Health Services Cost Review Commission exercise its authority to consider certain standards when determining the reasonableness of certain rates in a manner that is consistent with the all-payer model contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 |
| MD | HB520 | Pass | Establishing an art establishment beer and wine license in the City of Annapolis; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to sell or serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption to a nonprofit organization primarily eng...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352 |
| MD | HB705 | Pass | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's rights to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 245 |
| MD | HB717 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Nursing to appoint peer advisory committees to provide advice related to midwifery; authorizing registered nurses certified as nurse-midwives and licensed certified midwives to personally prepare and dispense a starter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 368 |
| MD | HB1148 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to make recommendations to provide appropriate, accessible, and comprehensive behavioral health services that are available on demand to individuals in the State; establishing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 |
| MD | HB302 | Pass | Establishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council to study and make recommendations on matters relating to individuals with rare diseases in the State; requiring the Council to convene public hearings, make inquiries, and solicit comments from the publi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 |
| MD | HB234 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to take disciplinary action against an applicant or a licensee for failing to comply with a Board order; authorizing the Board to grant a stay of enforcement of a Board order in accordance with th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 |
| MD | HB278 | Pass | Defining "clinical nurse specialist" and "practice as a clinical nurse specialist" for the purpose of authorizing clinical nurse specialists to prescribe drugs and durable medical equipment under regulations adopted by the State Board of Nursing; des...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328 |
| MD | HB321 | Pass | Requiring the Cigarette Restitution Fund to include a separate account consisting of payments received by the State from certain enforcement actions related to the sale and marketing of electronic smoking devices; and providing that distributions fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| MD | HB571 | Pass | Authorizing the Attorney General to direct that an Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council committee be formed if required by a court or administrative order or settlement agreement entered into by the Attorney General; requiring the Maryland Depart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 356 |
| MD | HB172 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to approve licensed athletic trainers to perform dry needling, a certain type of intramuscular manual therapy involving the insertion of one or more solid needles into the muscle and related tissues to effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 302 |
| MD | HB333 | Pass | Establishing requirements related to the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by certain hospital patients who were eligible for free care, including requirements related to the consideration of data and the reporting and disclosure of certain i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310 |
| MD | HB111 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an Express Lane Eligibility Program by January 1, 2025, to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
