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HB493 - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants
Linda Foley, Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants; and altering the application of certain collective bargaining laws to supervisory, managerial, and confidential employees of a State institution of higher education.
STATUS
Introduced
HB609 - Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act)
Jared Scott Solomon, Steven Craig Johnson, Catherine M. Forbes
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing employees of public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB580 - Time to Serve Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
63 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management may provide for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or organized militia.
STATUS
Passed
HB584 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders (Caring for Public Employees in the Safety Professions - CAPES Act)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
62 Co-Sponsors
Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law.
STATUS
Passed
HB880 - Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers
Steven Craig Johnson, Andre V. Johnson
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; and altering the definition of "purchaser" for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB957 - Natural Resources - Hunting - Tundra Swans
Kevin Bailey Hornberger, Michael J. Griffith, Andre V. Johnson
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish an annual tundra swan hunting season if authorized by federal law; requiring the Department to request that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service authorize an annual tundra swan hunting season in the State and provide the Department with a certain number of permits to take tundra swan annually; and requiring the Department to distribute tundra swan permits annually using a lottery-based system and to charge a certain permit application fee under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB933 - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
Jessica Feldmark, Vanessa Atterbeary, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers.
STATUS
Passed
HB879 - Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost Sharing Contribution - Requirements
Steven Craig Johnson, Andre V. Johnson, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
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 enrollee when calculating cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; requiring persons that provide financial assistance payments, discounts, product vouchers, or other out-of-pocket expenses to notify an insured or enrollee of certain information; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB876 - Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Specialty Drugs
Steven Craig Johnson, Andre V. Johnson, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 6 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
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 reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to be the same as the rate applied to a designated specialty pharmacy for dispensing the covered specialty drugs and billed at a nonhospital level of care or place of service.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB952 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)
Mike Rogers, Michael J. Griffith, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Phasing in, over a period of 3 years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction of all military retirement income beginning in taxable year 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-034
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Andre V. Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1982. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. After college, Andre worked at the South Carolina Department of Education coordinating community programs. In 2010, Andre ran for State Senate and won. As a member of the State Legislature, he served on the Education Committee where he advocated for increased funding for schools and teachers. Andre lives in Columbia, South Carolina with his wife Jane and their two children.read less
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