| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 203 (HB 1053) - Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response | Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected child exploitation and human trafficking; requiring transportation-sector employers to certify that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring certain transportation-sector employers to establish procedures for reporting suspected child exploitation and human trafficking to certain entities; etc. | SB 203 HB 1053 | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (1/24) Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) |
| SB 234 (HB 420) - Health Services Cost Review Commission - Hospital Rates - All-Payer Model Contract | 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. | SB 234 HB 420 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 374 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 373 (5/3) |
| SB 349 (HB 19) - State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - License and Registration Issuance and Renewals - Electronic Means | Requiring the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists to issue electronic licenses and registrations, except under certain circumstances; requiring the Board, on the applicant's request, to print a paper copy of the verification of licensure or registration and send it by first-class mail to the address on the application; repealing the requirement that the Board include certain information on each license and registration; and requiring the Board to send renewal notices by first-class mail under certain circumstances. | SB 349 HB 19 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42 (4/11) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41 (4/11) |
| SB 788 (HB 861) - Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations | Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; requiring the Governor to include $7,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund beginning in fiscal year 2025; and altering funding for the Fund. | SB 788 HB 861 | Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) |
| SB 914 (HB 811) - Hospitals - Testing for Fentanyl (The Josh Siems Act) | Requiring a hospital to include testing for fentanyl as part of a urine drug screening; and requiring the hospital, if a urine drug screening detects fentanyl, to report the deidentified test results to the Maryland Department of Health through the State-designated health information exchange. | SB 914 HB 811 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 (5/3) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 (5/3) |
| HB 329 - Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care | Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to develop a plan for the State, by July 1, 2026, to establish a universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; requiring a member of the Commission to be subject to ethics laws and disclose certain other information related to ethics; and prohibiting a member of the Commission from being held personally liable for actions taken as a member under certain circumstances. | HB 329 | Hearing 3/16 at 6:00 p.m. (3/16) |
| HB 461 - Education - Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program - Human and Sex Trafficking | Requiring the State Board of Education and nonpublic schools that hold a certificate of approval from the State Board and participate in the Nonpublic Schools Textbook and Technology Grants Program to develop and implement a program of age-appropriate education on the awareness and prevention of sexual abuse and assault that includes, for students in grades 6 through 8, material promoting the awareness and prevention of human and sex trafficking. | HB 461 | Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m. (3/21) |