2020 Regular Session (Maryland Session Laws)
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Chapter 437, SB 774 – Health Services Cost Review Commission - Community Benefits - Reporting
Requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to establish a Community Benefit Reporting Workgroup; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations relating to the community health needs of nonprofit hospitals and reporting by nonprofit hospitals regarding community health needs and benefits provided by the hospital; requiring the Commission, on or before December 1, 20
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Chapter 401, SB 888 – Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships - Series - Conversion
Providing that, under certain circumstances, the personal representative or guardian of the last remaining member of a limited liability company shall automatically be admitted as a new member, unless a certain action is taken; authorizing certain persons to wind up the affairs of a limited liability company under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to wind up the affairs of
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Chapter 363, HB 909 – Frederick County - Board of Education - Compensation
Increasing the amount of annual compensation of the president of the Frederick County Board of Education, from $11,000 to $15,000, and of the other voting members, from $10,000 to $14,000, beginning with the commencement on December 6, 2022, of the term of office of members of the county board elected in the general election of 2022
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Chapter 329, HB 795 – Montgomery County - Authority of County Council Over Inspector General - Montgomery County Public Schools MC 14-20
Authorizing the County Council of Montgomery County to enact a local law that grants to the Montgomery County Inspector General certain authority over the Montgomery County Board of Education and public schools located in Montgomery County
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Chapter 263, SB 450 – Maryland Department of Health - Biosafety Level 3 Laboratories in Frederick County
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to make available a certain form; requiring certain biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratories in Frederick County to report certain information to the Department on or before October 30 each year; requiring the Department to report certain information related to BSL-3 laboratories to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and officials in...
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Chapter 244, SB 189 – State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties
Authorizing, on review and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary's designee, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to issue a cease and desist order against a person who practices, attempts to practice, or offers to practice veterinary medicine in violation of certain laws or takes certain actions; specifying that a civil penalty imposed under the Act...
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Chapter 227, SB 458 – Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition Exemption for Military Personnel, Spouses, and Dependents - Alterations
Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of active duty members of the United States armed forces from paying nonresident tuition at a public institution of higher education in the State if certain requirements are met at the time of acceptance to attend the institution; and requiring the exemption to continue if the qualifying individual enrolls and remains...
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Chapter 178, HB 353 – Frederick County - Elderly or Disabled Renters - Grants
Authorizing the governing body of Frederick County to provide, by law, a grant to certain elderly or disabled renters of property; authorizing the governing body of Frederick County to establish qualifications for the grant; etc.
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Chapter 622, HB 1493 – Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions
Prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving within a special event zone in Worcester County; prohibiting a person from committing certain violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law within a special event zone in Worcester County; defining the term "exhibition driving" to include the operation of a vehicle in a manner that produces abrupt acceleration or deceleration,...
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Chapter 177, SB 280 – Occupational and Professional Licensing - Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses - Revisions to Reciprocity Requirements
Altering the application requirements for a service member, veteran, or military spouse to apply for an occupational or professional license from a unit in the Maryland Department of Labor to require submission of proof that the applicant has held a certain license from another state for at least 1 year; authorizing the issuance of a temporary license to certain individuals who...
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Chapter 617, SB 507 – Health Savings Accounts - Establishment and Application of Trust Law
Authorizing the establishment of a certain health savings account; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain health savings accounts; providing that a health savings account is established on the first day that an individual becomes covered under a high deductible health plan; requiring a health savings account to be opened with a trustee or custodian within...
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Chapter 164, HB 315 – Public Ethics Violations and Crimes - Prohibitions and Penalties
Increasing certain penalties for bribery relating to a public employee; prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, a former secretary of a principal department of the Executive Branch from assisting or representing another party for compensation, for one calendar year from the date the secretary leaves State office, in a matter that is the subject of legislative action
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Chapter 143, SB 579 – Child Support - Shared Physical Custody
Establishing a certain formula for the calculation of a certain child support obligation under the child support guidelines when a parent with shared physical custody keeps the child or children overnight for more than 25%, at least 92 overnights, but less than 30%, not more than 109 overnights, of the year; applying the Act only to cases filed on or after October 1, 2020; etc
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Chapter 97, HB 177 – Environment - Water Infrastructure Assets - Authorization of Emergency Actions
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to take certain emergency actions to protect life, property, or the environment against risks arising from dams, reservoirs, and similar waterway constructions that are in imminent danger of failure; requiring the Department to remain in charge and control of a water infrastructure asset until the Department has determined that the...
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Chapter 67, HB 123 – Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
Requiring an employer, on request, to provide to an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant applied; prohibiting an employer from taking negative actions against an applicant for employment because the applicant did not provide wage history or a wage range; prohibiting an employer from relying on wage history, except when voluntarily ...
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Chapter 615, SB 931 – Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Specialty Drugs - Definition
Prohibiting the Secretary of Health from considering certain drugs to be specialty drugs for the purposes of providing services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; altering the definition of "specialty drug" for the purpose of excluding prescription drugs prescribed to treat certain conditions from the authority of certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and ...
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Chapter 630, SB 417 – Property Tax - Credit for Disabled Veterans
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant a property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of disabled veterans with a service-connected disability rating of at least 50%; providing for the amount of the property tax credit; requiring certain disabled veterans to provide certain...
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Chapter 629, HB 257 – Property Tax - Credit for Disabled Veterans
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of disabled veterans with a service-connected disability rating of at least 50%; providing for the amount of the property tax credit; requiring certain disabled veterans to provide certain...
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Chapter 546, SB 294 – Higher Education - Annual Revenues of For-Profit Institutions - Limitation on Enrollment (Veterans' Education Protection Act)
Prohibiting certain for-profit institutions of higher education and private career schools from enrolling new Maryland residents if, beginning in fiscal year 2023, federal funds exceed 10% of annual revenues; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to adopt certain regulations by December 1, 2020; etc.
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Chapter 541, SB 240 – Allegany County Board of Education - Elected Members - Filling a Vacancy
Requiring the Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, rather than the Governor, to fill a vacancy in an elected member's position on the Allegany County Board of Education for the remainder of that term and until a successor is elected and qualifies
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Chapter 440, HB 1181 – Property Tax - Tax Sales - Data Collection
Altering and expanding certain data collection and reporting responsibilities of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation concerning tax sales; requiring each county to provide the Department with certain information on the form the Department provides; requiring the Department to obtain certain data concerning certain categories of properties that are subject to tax sale...
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Chapter 443, HB 1196 – Financial Institutions - Check Cashing Services - Registration and Dissemination of Information
Repealing an exemption for certain check cashing services from provisions of law governing the licensure of check cashing services; authorizing a person to provide check cashing services without obtaining a certain license by registering each year with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a person to obtain and maintain a certain identifier to register as a check...
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Chapter 426, HB 1111 – Public Safety - Special Police Officers - Training and Renewal of Commission
Repealing the authorization for the Secretary of State Police to require certain training; requiring a certain candidate for a commission as a special police officer to complete at least 80 hours of instruction; exempting a certain candidate for commission as a special police officer from completing certain instruction under certain circumstances; and requiring an applicant for the
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Chapter 403, SB 501 – Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding
Transferring oversight of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to submit a certain annual report to the General Assembly; requiring the Comptroller to distribute $1,000,000 from the Board of Physicians Fund to the Program if...
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Chapter 333, HB 817 – Regulations Affecting Small Businesses - Certification of Comparable Local Regulation
Requiring a certain unit of State government proposing a regulation affecting small businesses to include a certain certification stating whether a certain comparable regulation has been adopted by a unit of local government in a certain economic impact analysis rating and a certain economic impact analysis in a certain manner; and authorizing a certain unit of State government to...
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Chapter 317, HB 761 – Somerset County - Property Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property - Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc
Providing that certain limitations on the duration of certain tax exemptions for certain manufacturing property in Somerset County do not apply to an exemption granted to Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc
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Chapter 312, HB 758 – Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Board of License Commissioners Staff and Compensation
Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to employ a full-time executive director, a full-time administrator, and two full-time secretaries whose salaries are fixed by the Board within the general county classified salary schedule; and providing that the full-time executive director's salary shall be fixed within pay grade 17, the full-time administrator'
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Chapter 311, HB 749 – Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Authority to Prescribe and Administer Medication
Authorizing a dental hygienist who complies with certain provisions of the Act to prescribe certain types of prescription or over-the-counter fluoride preparations, topical antimicrobial oral rinses, and up to a 600 mg dose of ibuprofen every 6 hours for 3 days; prohibiting a dental hygienist from prescribing certain drugs and from administering certain medications; authorizing a...
- Chapter 555, SB 447 – Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical
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Chapter 292, HB 668 – Corporations and Associations - Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous
Providing an October 1, 2020, effective date of certain articles of incorporation filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation for record; authorizing the articles to contain a delayed effective date, not later than 30 days after the Department accepts the articles for record; authorizing indemnification of a board of directors by a certain vote of certain directors...