2018 SESSION OF THE
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| 2018 SESSION OF THE |
| Volume 24, Number 5 | February 14, 2018 |
Here are some of the hot issues as the 2018 Legislative Session develops:
BILLS INTRODUCED
Crime Prevention HB1173 Public Safety - Use of Force De-Escalation Training of Law Enforcement Officers - Reports Requiring a law enforcement agency to report beginning October 1, 2018, and every 2 years thereafter to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention on policies and procedures related to use of force de-escalation training for law enforcement officers; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to adopt procedures for the collection, analysis, and compilation of use of force de-escalation training information received from a certain law enforcement agency; requiring a certain report; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1192 Department of Housing and Community Development - Live Near Your Work Program - Report Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2018, on the Department's evaluation of the ability of existing participants in the Live Near Your Work Program to increase their financial grants or incentives under the Program; and requiring the Department to submit this report as a one-time component of a certain annual report. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1219 Department of Housing and Community Development - Claims Regarding Neighborhood Blight Authorizing the Division of Neighborhood Revitalization within the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce compliance with certain State and local building codes and nuisance laws under certain circumstances; authorizing a person to file a certain written claim with the Division stating certain allegations regarding the condition of a certain property and violations of certain laws; authorizing the Division to impose a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000 if the Division makes a certain determination; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1286/SB614 State Center - Redevelopment - Requirements, Participation, and Process Prohibiting the State or its reporting agency from entering into certain contracts or plans related to the redevelopment of a certain project at State Center unless certain criteria are met; requiring certain criteria to be included in any new or modified plans for the redevelopment of a certain project; requiring the participation of community associations in the process for a certain redevelopment project; providing for the application of the Act; and making the provisions of the Act severable. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1548/SB1084 Baltimore City - Continuing the Creating Opportunities for Renewal and Enterprise (CORE) Partnership Fund Establishing the Continuing the CORE Partnership Fund to assist the Department of Housing and Community Development in conjunction with the Maryland Stadium Authority and Baltimore City, in expeditiously removing blighted property within Baltimore City; requiring the Secretary to administer the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; requiring the Governor to include at least $30,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund for fiscal year 2020 and $25,000,000 for the Fund in fiscal years 2021 through 2024; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1594/SB1104 Economic Development - More Jobs for Marylanders - Tier I Eligibility Defining "qualified distressed county" for purposes of expanding eligibility for certain credits and benefits under the More Jobs for Marylanders Program to include certain geographic areas that share the same zip code as a qualified distressed county. Hearing Date: Wed 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2018 SB563 Income Tax Credit - Qualified Research and Development Expenses - Application for and Procedure to Claim Credit Altering the date from September 15 to November 15 by which an individual or a corporation is required to submit a certain application for a certain credit against the State income tax for certain research and development expenses incurred by the individual or corporation; altering the date from December 15 to February 15 by which the Department of Commerce shall certify the credits approved for the individual or corporation; altering the method by which the individual or corporation may claim the credit; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1213 Maryland 529 - Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan - Required Establishment Requiring the Maryland 529 Board to establish a Maryland Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan on or before July 1, 2019; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1341/SB933 Maryland College Investment Plan ? State Match Requirement ? Revisions Requiring the Maryland 529 Board to develop an application form for a certain State contribution program that includes certain information; altering the date by which a certain contribution must be made to receive a certain State matching contribution; altering the date by which the Board is required to develop and implement a certain outreach and marketing plan; providing for the application of the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1404 Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Provision of Information Relating to the Cost of Higher Education Repealing a requirement that certain institutions of postsecondary education provide certain information to certain students on a certain form; requiring certain institutions of postsecondary education to provide certain information, including costs of attendance, financial assistance, and a student's potential total debt, to certain students under certain circumstances and in certain formats and delivered by certain methods; and requiring certain institutions to maintain certain records of certain efforts. Hearing Date: Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1642/SB1012 Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Student Education Loans - Ombudsman and Licensing of Servicers Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to designate an individual to serve as the Student Loan Ombudsman; establishing the duties and responsibilities of the Student Loan Ombudsman; requiring the Ombudsman, in consultation with the Commissioner, to establish a certain student loan borrower education course with certain requirements; prohibiting a person from engaging in student education loan servicing unless the person is licensed by the Commissioner or is exempt from licensing; establishing application requirements; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 2/16 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1110 Public Schools - Health and Safety Guidelines and Procedures - Digital Devices Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, by June 1, 2019, to develop health and safety guidelines and procedures for the use of digital devices in public school classrooms and, by July 1, 2019, to provide the guidelines and procedures to each county board of education for consideration and adoption; requiring a county board that decides not to adopt the guidelines and procedures to provide the State Department of Education an explanation of the basis for the decision; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/2 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1203 Maryland Education Opportunity Act of 2018 Exempting recent high school graduates from payment of tuition to attend a community college in the State under certain circumstances; providing a 50% discount on tuition to individuals who do not have a high school diploma or GED and have been unemployed for at least 6 months but who have been seeking employment and who are attending a community college and seeking vocational certificates or associate's degrees; requiring the State to reimburse community colleges for foregone tuition revenue; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1254 Education - School Discipline - Guidelines and Data Collection Requiring each county board of education to adopt the Maryland Guidelines for a State Code of Discipline as the code of discipline for the local school system; requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain data in student discipline data reports in a certain manner; requiring the Department to report all discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for certain purposes; requiring the Department to collect data on alternative school discipline practices; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/1 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1415/SB1092 Education - Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with certain entities, to establish a certain outreach program; establishing the Maryland Early Literacy Initiative in the Department; establishing the Learning in Extended Academic Programs (LEAP) grant program; altering certain eligibility requirements for the Teaching Fellows for Maryland scholarship program; establishing a Career and Technology Education Innovation Grant; extending the final report date for the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1446 Public Schools - School Emergency Response Systems - Study (Safer Schools Act) Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to conduct a study to determine best practices and procedures for the use and installation of emergency response systems in elementary and secondary school systems to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a manmade or natural disaster or an emergency occurring on school property; requiring the Center to consult with certain parties; requiring the Center to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/9 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1466 Education - Video on Harms and Risks of Narcotic Drugs Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with certain other entities, to develop a certain educational video to provide awareness to high school students on the harms and risks of experimenting with narcotic drugs; requiring each public high school annually to show the video to each student in the school and make a certain certification; authorizing each nonpublic high school annually to show the video to each student in the school; terminating the Act after June 30, 2023; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 3/9 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1495 Public School Construction Assessment and Maintenance Reform Act Requiring the Interagency Committee on School Construction to develop and adopt certain educational facilities sufficiency standards, to create the Maryland School Facility Condition Index, and to conduct a statewide facility assessment on or before January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter; requiring the Interagency Committee to establish rankings based on certain criteria; requiring certain conditions for the statewide facility assessment; requiring the Interagency Committee to compare certain data; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1601 State Department of Education - Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative, Program, and Fund Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop certain guidelines and offer certain training; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to establish the Trauma-Informed Schools Expansion Program; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/1 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2018 SB904 Public Schools ? Social Media Use by Educators Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a certain model policy for public schools regarding the use of social media by educators; requiring the model policy to include certain guidelines and model forms; requiring each local school system to establish a certain policy regarding the use of social media and to provide certain training; prohibiting an educator from publishing a work product or image of a student on a social media personal account; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1008/SB1087 State Board of Physicians - Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals Authorizing certain registered cardiovascular invasive specialists to perform certain functions; requiring a registered cardiovascular invasive specialist to be supervised by a licensed physician; establishing that the failure of certain licensed physicians to provide proper supervision constitutes professional misconduct; requiring the State Board of Physicians to keep a list of all cardiovascular invasive specialists and adopt certain regulations; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1063 Physicians - Dispensing Permit Exemption - Prepackaged Topical Providing that certain provisions of law do not prohibit a physician from personally dispensing a prepackaged topical; establishing a certain exception to the requirement to receive a certain written permit; and defining the term "prepackaged topical". Hearing Date: Wed 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1193 Physicians ? Discipline ? Procedures and Effects Requiring a disciplinary panel to dismiss certain complaints against licensed physicians if either of two peer review reports makes a certain finding that a certain violation did not occur; authorizing a disciplinary panel of the State Board of Physicians to issue a certain letter of admonishment to certain licensees; requiring the Board to expunge all records of a public reprimand or probation 3 years after the final disposition of the case; providing certain insurers may not take any adverse actions under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1437 Maryland Licensure of Direct-Entry Midwives Act - Revisions Altering the circumstances under which a licensed direct-entry midwife is prohibited from assuming or continuing to take responsibility for a patient's pregnancy and birth care and is required to arrange for the orderly transfer of care of the patient; altering the circumstances under which a licensed direct-entry midwife is required to consult with a health care practitioner; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1519/SB1024 Self-Referrals - Oncology Group Practices - Exemption Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to establish a process to exempt one oncology group practice in certain geographic regions from a certain prohibition against self-referral; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations by December 1, 2018, that include a certain application process to begin accepting applications for the exemption on or before April 1, 2019; requiring an oncology group practice applying for the exemption to submit an application to the Commission on the form the Commission requires; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 SB711 Health Occupations - Applications for Renewal of Licenses, Permits, Certifications, or Registrations - Available by Mail Requiring a health occupations board to send by first-class mail a renewal application at the request of a licensee, permit holder, certificate holder, or registrant if the health occupations board chooses to send renewal notices or renewed licenses, permits, certifications, or registrations exclusively by e-mail under certain provisions of law. Hearing Date: Thu 2/15 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1062/SB827 Historically Black Colleges and Universities ? Appointment of a Special Advisor ? Development of a Remedial Plan(HBCU Equity Act of 2018) Requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates to select a certain individual to serve as a Special Advisor who will develop a remedial plan that will resolve the issues raised under The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, et al. v. Maryland Higher Education Commission, et al.; requiring the remedial plan to include certain funding and a certain system of reporting and monitoring; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to draft certain legislation; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/1 1:00 PM Effective Date: Upon Enactment HB1143/SB903 Southern Maryland ? University System of Maryland Partnership Act of 2018 Repealing provisions that establish the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center and its governance. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1223 Tuition Stabilization Act of 2018 Prohibiting the governing boards of public senior higher education institutions from approving increases in tuition that are more than 2% over the previous year's tuition for certain eligible students in certain academic years; providing that certain tuition restrictions apply to certain eligible students through a certain academic year, do not apply to eligible students after the fourth academic year, and do not apply to eligible students who attend the University of Maryland University College; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1238 Higher Education - Sexual Assault Response Training - Requirements and Grant Program Requiring each institution of higher education, beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year, to annually provide certain sexual assault response training to certain employees, contractors, or enrolled students who may be involved in certain actions; requiring each institution of higher education to provide certain training for a minimum of 8 hours to certain employees; authorizing the institution of higher education to combine certain required training; requiring certain training to include certain information; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/1 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1457 Higher Education ? Students With a Chronic Health Condition ? Reporting Requirements Requiring each institution of higher education that operates in the State to submit a report on undergraduate and graduate students with a chronic health condition to the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2019, and each year thereafter; requiring the Commission to make certain reports available to the public; requiring a certain report to use information from certain sources and that is collected in a certain way; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2018 HB1473 Public Health - Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program for Food Service Facilities at Institutions of Higher Education Establishing the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program for food service facilities at eligible institutions of higher education; providing for the purpose of the Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations, collect certain fees, issue and renew certain certificates, approve certain training programs relating to the Program, develop a method by which certain reports may be made, and publish a certain report by January 31 each year; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1606 Higher Education - Workforce Shortage Vocational Certificate Grant Program - Established Establishing the Workforce Shortage Vocational Certificate Grant Program; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program; providing for the purpose of the Program; establishing requirements of a certain recipient under the Program; requiring the Commission to periodically designate certain vocational workforce shortage fields as eligible under the Program; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: July 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1105 Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substances Testing - Medical Review Officers and Preliminary Breath Tests Authorizing an employer to use a preliminary breath test to test a job applicant or an employee for the use or abuse of alcohol; providing that a certain provision of the Act does not apply to certain employers that have entered into certain collective bargaining agreements; requiring an employer to require a job applicant or an employee to submit a blood or urine sample under certain circumstances and to submit the sample for certain testing; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1216/SB978 Career Preparation Expansion Act Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop a certain mobile application to target industry employers where skills align with the skills developed through membership in the Career Technology Student Organization; requiring the State Department of Education to adopt regulations requiring the award of high school credit for certain apprenticeship programs; requiring the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to require certain information from each employing unit; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1239 Labor and Employment - Sexual Harassment - Contractual Waivers Providing that a provision in certain employment contracts, policies, or agreements that waive certain rights or remedies to a claim of sexual harassment, discrimination, or retaliation is null and void as being against the public policy of the State; and providing for the application of the Act. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1262 Healthy Working Families Act - Enforcement - Modifications (Healthy Working Families Enforcement Consistency Act) Repealing the rebuttable presumption that an employer that fails to keep certain records or refuses to allow the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to inspect certain records has violated certain provisions of law; repealing a requirement that the Commissioner investigate a certain complaint within a certain number of days; altering the steps the Commissioner is required to take if the Commissioner receives a certain complaint; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1364 Maryland Healthy Working Families Act ? Calculation of Employees (Fair Sick Leave and Holiday Compensation Act) Specifying, for purposes of determining whether an employer is required to provide paid or unpaid earned sick and safe leave in accordance with certain provisions of law, that, if an employer or a franchisor has more than one business location in the State, the number of employees at each location shall be aggregated. Hearing Date: Tue 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1383 Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Expansion (Maryland Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment (REDEEM) Act of 2018) Authorizing a person who is the subject of a certain warrant to file a certain petition for expungement; providing that a person who, on or after October 1, 2018, has been charged with the commission of a certain crime, has been charged with a certain civil offense or infraction, or is the subject of a certain warrant is entitled to automatic expungement of certain records under certain circumstances; specifying that certain dispositions are eligible for automatic expungement at certain times; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1417 Healthy Working Families Act - Delay of Effective Date Delaying the effective date of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: Upon Enactment HB1421 Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Worker Revisions Repealing the period within which an employer is not required to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave; altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses earned sick and safe leave to provide certain verification; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/6 1:00 PM Effective Date: Upon Enactment HB1496 Labor and Employment - Discrimination Against Medical Cannabis Patients and Caregivers - Prohibition (Medical Cannabis Patient and Caregiver Antidiscrimination Act) Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, a certain employer from taking certain discriminatory actions against or otherwise penalizing a qualifying patient or caregiver based on the individual's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver or, with respect to a certain qualifying patient, a certain drug test result; authorizing certain individuals to file a complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1596/SB1010 Labor and Employment ? Sexual Harassment ? Contractual Waivers and Reporting Requirements Providing that a provision in certain employment contracts, policies, or agreements that waive certain rights or remedies to a claim of sexual harassment, discrimination, or retaliation is null and void as being against the public policy of the State; prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse actions against certain employees; providing that certain employers are liable for certain attorney's fees; applying the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 2/27 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1637 Labor and Employment - Parking Cash-Out Program - Requirement Requiring certain employers that provide to employees a free parking space or a parking subsidy to establish a certain parking cash-out program; authorizing an employer to provide certain employees with a combination of certain passes, certain subsidies, and cash; authorizing an employee to file a written complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry under certain circumstances; authorizing the Commissioner, on receipt of a written complaint, to investigate whether the Act has been violated; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 SB543/HB664 Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area; specifying the tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting an employer, beginning July 1, 2026, from including the tip credit amount as part of the wage of certain employees; etc. Hearing Date: Thu 3/8 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 SB712 Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Exemptions Repealing the inclusion of local governments in the definition of "employer" for purposes of certain provisions of law governing earned sick and safe leave; exempting from certain provisions of law governing earned sick and safe leave certain employees who are employed by county boards of education or nonprofit entities or who regularly work at facilities at which their employers offer the employees access to an on-site health clinic that has operating costs of at least $1,000,000 per year; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: Upon Enactment [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1652/SB704 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telemedicine - Assertive Community Treatment and Mobile Treatment Services Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, under certain circumstances, to include psychiatrists who are providing Assertive Community Treatment or mobile treatment services to certain Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients in the types of providers eligible to receive reimbursement for health care services that are delivered through telemedicine and provided to Program recipients; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1581/SB30 Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Limitation on Testimony in Personal Injury Claims - Repeal Repealing the requirement that a health care provider who attests in a certificate of a qualified expert or who testifies in relation to a proceeding before an arbitration panel or a court concerning compliance with or departure from standards of care devote no more than 20% of the provider's professional activities to activities that directly involve testimony in personal injury claims. Hearing Date: Wed 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 SB862/HB909 Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for certain premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/21 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1461 Criminal Procedure ? Immigration ? Supporting All Families Everywhere (SAFE Act) Providing that an official of State government or a local government is immune from criminal and civil liability for refusing to provide information to the federal government or another state that will be used for certain purposes; stating it is the intent of the General Assembly to maintain community trust in Maryland governmental operations and law enforcement by clarifying the parameters of State and local participation in federal immigration enforcement efforts; requiring the Attorney General to develop certain policies; etc. Hearing Date: Tue 3/13 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1471 Workgroup to Study Design Industry Impacts in Maryland Establishing the Workgroup to Study Design Industry Impacts in Maryland for certain purposes; providing particular tasks for the Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, staffing, and structure of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving certain compensation; requiring the Workgroup to study and develop certain plans and frameworks; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings, recommendations, and actions each year to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1290/SB1074 Health Insurance and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement for and Provision of Pharmacy Services Authorizing a pharmacist or a pharmacy to decline to dispense a prescription drug or provide a pharmacy service to a member if the amount reimbursed by an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health maintenance organization is less than the acquisition cost; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from reimbursing a pharmacy or pharmacist for a product or a pharmacy service in an amount less than the amount the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses itself for the same product or pharmacy service; applying the Act; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1349/SB1079 Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Revisions Altering the application fee for a pharmacy benefits manager to register with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from prohibiting a pharmacy or pharmacist from providing a beneficiary with certain information regarding a certain retail price or certain cost share for a prescription drug; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from retaliating against a contracted pharmacy for filing a certain complaint; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from charging a certain fee; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: January 1, 2019 HB1376/SB1077 Pharmacy Benefits - Processing and Adjudication of Claims - Restrictions on Fees Prohibiting pharmacy benefits managers and certain purchasers from directly or indirectly charging a contracted pharmacy, or holding a contracted pharmacy responsible for, certain fees; and defining "contracted pharmacy". Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1402 Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Pharmacy Choice Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from requiring that a beneficiary use a certain pharmacy or entity to fill a prescription if the pharmacy benefits manager has an ownership interest in the pharmacy or entity or if the pharmacy or entity has an ownership interest in the pharmacy benefits manager. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1416 Drugs and Devices - Electronic Prescriptions - Requirements Requiring, except under certain circumstances, a certain health practitioner to issue a prescription electronically; authorizing an authorized prescriber to issue a written or oral prescription only under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Health, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Care Commission, to adopt certain regulations regarding a certain waiver that includes certain provisions; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1546 Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Requirements for Prior Authorization Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from requiring prior authorization for certain coverage of certain prescription drugs prescribed in certain situations; authorizing a pharmacy benefits manager to require a prescriber to certify certain information after a drug is dispensed by the prescriber; requiring that a prior authorization form include a certain question; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from requesting a reauthorization for a certain prescription drug under certain circumstances; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1558 Pharmacists - Dispensing of Prescription Drugs - Single Dispensing of Dosage Units Authorizing, with a certain exception, a pharmacist to dispense, in a single dispensing and exercising the pharmacist's professional judgment, a quantity of a prescription drug that is up to a certain number of authorized dosage units and does not exceed a 90-day supply of the prescription drug; providing that the Act does not apply to a certain controlled dangerous substance, certain prescriptions that an authorized prescriber prescribes for a patient, or a certain supply of prescription contraceptives; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1639 Maryland Rx Program - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts With Pharmacies and Pharmacists Prohibiting the Department of Budget and Management from contracting with a pharmacy benefits manager under certain circumstances. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 SB1023/HB1194 Health - Drug Cost Review Commission Establishing the Drug Cost Review Commission; providing for the purpose of the Commission; providing for the membership of the Commission; requiring certain conflicts of interest to be disclosed and considered when appointing members to the Commission; specifying the terms of the initial members of the Commission; providing for the election of the chair of the Commission and requiring the chair to hire certain staff; requiring that the staff of the Commission receive a certain salary; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 2/28 1:00 PM Effective Date: October 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1266/SB950 Health Occupations - Treatment of Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases - Disciplinary Actions Prohibiting a certain health practitioner from being disciplined under certain circumstances solely because of the health practitioner's diagnostic evaluation, testing, or treatment of Lyme disease or another tick-borne disease in a patient; authorizing a certain disciplinary body to discipline a certain health practitioner if the body makes a certain determination; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1316 Task Force to Study State Alcohol Regulation, Enforcement, Safety, and Public Health Establishing a Task Force to Study State Alcohol Regulation, Enforcement, Safety, and Public Health to examine whether the State agency that now is assigned the tasks of regulating the State alcoholic beverages industry and enforcing State alcoholic beverages laws is the most appropriate agency to ensure the safety and welfare of the residents of Maryland; providing for the chair, membership and staff of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the General Assembly by December 1, 2018; etc. Hearing Date: Fri 2/23 1:00 PM Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1414 Sickle?Cell Trait Screening, Treatment, Education, and Public Awareness (Journey?s Law) Requiring the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle-Cell Disease to work in conjunction with members of the medical community in leading a certain comprehensive education and treatment program; calling the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with local health departments and the Steering Committee, to develop a certain public awareness campaign; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1555 Interception of Oral Communications - Medical Information - One-Party Consent Establishing that it is lawful under certain circumstances for a patient, or certain other individuals with the knowledge and consent of a patient, to intercept certain oral communications with a health care practitioner under certain circumstances. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB992 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Definitions Defining "bona fide provider-patient relationship" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing medical cannabis to mean a treatment or counseling relationship between a provider and a patient in which the provider has reviewed certain records and completed a certain assessment in person or through telehealth, has created and maintained certain records, and has a certain reasonable expectation; and defining "telehealth" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing medical cannabis. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1035/SB1063 Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission - Certifying Providers - Referrals Requiring, rather than authorizing, a qualifying patient to be a patient of a certain certifying provider or to be referred to the certifying provider, subject to certain conditions; requiring a certain referral to be made by the patient's primary care health care provider or a health care provider who is responsible for the treatment of the patient's medical condition; and prohibiting certain referrals from certain persons or entities. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1288 Medical Cannabis - Identification and Registration Cards and Law Enforcement Requiring a patient or a caregiver to obtain a certain identification card and to comply with certain requirements; requiring a grower agent, dispensary agent, or processor who is issued a certain registration card to comply with certain requirements; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from being held liable in any cause of action if the law enforcement officer, acting in good faith, takes certain actions; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1348/SB1078 Medical Cannabis - Advertising - Restrictions Prohibiting a certifying provider, dispensary, processor, or grower or officers, managers, and employees of the certifying provider, dispensary, processor, or grower from cooperating, directly or indirectly, in advertising if the advertising has the purpose or effect of steering or influencing patient or caregiver choice of a certifying provider or an approved medical cannabis product; prohibiting an advertisement for cannabis from containing certain statements, offers, or images; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB1668 Medical Cannabis - Certifying Providers - Written Certifications Altering the definition of "written certification", for purposes of certain provisions of law governing medical cannabis, to require that a written certification issued by a certifying provider to a certain qualifying patient include a certain recommendation on the amount of medical cannabis that would be necessary to meet the medical needs of the qualifying patient. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1643 Income Tax - Credit for Contributions to the Maryland Excellence in Education Fund Allowing a certain taxpayer to claim a certain credit against the State income tax for certain contributions during the taxable year to the Maryland Excellence in Education Fund; requiring a certain reduction of itemized deductions if the credit is claimed under certain circumstances; providing that any unused credit may be carried forward to succeeding taxable years, subject to certain limitations; establishing the Maryland Excellence in Education Fund; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc. Hearing Date: Wed 3/7 1:00 PM Effective Date: July 1, 2018 [GO TO TOP] [GO TO BILL LIST] HB1197/SB706 Telehealth - Coverage for Breast Cancer Services Requiring that the health care services appropriately delivered through telehealth include diagnostic and symptom management services for breast cancer delivered to a patient in a home setting for the purpose of certain provisions of law requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations and the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide certain coverage and reimbursement for health care services delivered through telehealth; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: June 1, 2018 HB1652/SB704 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telemedicine - Assertive Community Treatment and Mobile Treatment Services Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, under certain circumstances, to include psychiatrists who are providing Assertive Community Treatment or mobile treatment services to certain Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients in the types of providers eligible to receive reimbursement for health care services that are delivered through telemedicine and provided to Program recipients; etc. Hearing Date: Effective Date: October 1, 2018 Legislative Session Office Legislative Hotline is a service of Johns Hopkins Government Affairs. © 2016 The Johns Hopkins Institutions. 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