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SB427 - Public Health – Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program
Shelly Hettleman, Mary Washington, Jill P Carter
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB589 - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding
Jack Bailey, Michael A. Jackson, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from $900,000 to $1,000,000, the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill each year for the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; and repealing the termination of certain provisions of law that require the Governor to include the appropriation in the annual budget bill each year and the Council to use the appropriation to fund the activities of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission.
STATUS
Passed
SB410 - Vehicle Laws - Unauthorized Registration Plates - Prohibition
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting the knowing use, possession, or purchase of unauthorized registration plates for a vehicle; and providing a penalty for violation of the Act of imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine not to exceed $10,000 or both.
STATUS
Introduced
SB36 - Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by the Department of deaths of incarcerated individuals suspected to be homicides that occur while the incarcerated individuals are in the custody of the Division of Correction and the number of cases referred to the Department for prosecution following an investigation.
STATUS
Passed
SB47 - Public Health - Sale of Diet Pills to Minors - Prohibition (Protecting Teenagers From Unregulated Diet Pills)
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing prohibitions and requirements regarding the sale of diet pills to individuals under the age of 18 years; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a notice with information about the potential health risks of diet pills; and authorizing the Department to establish limitations on which diet pills are subject to the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB145 - Criminal Procedure – Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing an individual serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; providing that a certain petitioner is entitled to assistance of counsel and, if indigent, representation by the Office of the Public Defender; and authorizing a certain person to apply to the Appellate Court of Maryland for leave to appeal a certain order in a certain manner and within a certain period of time after the court passes a certain order in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB202 - Department of Aging - Caregiver Expense Grant Program - Established
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Caregiver Expense Grant Program in the Department of Aging to award grants to certain caregivers for up to 30% of the qualified expenses that exceed $2,000 paid or incurred by the caregiver to provide care or support to certain qualified family members; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of up to $5,000,000 to the Program.
STATUS
Passed
SB64 - Income Tax - Credit for Employers Providing Parental Engagement Leave
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain certification form; requiring a certain qualified employee to obtain the signatures of a certain county board member and certain school personnel under certain circumstances; and making the credit refundable under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
SB198 - Income Tax - Credit for Parent and Guardian Volunteers in Elementary and Secondary Schools
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in a certain elementary and secondary school a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain application and tax credit certificate; requiring a certain county board member or school administrator to issue tax credit certificates in a certain manner; making the credit refundable; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB208 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wages
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to increase the hourly reimbursement rate for certain personal assistance services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to a minimum of $25 per hour; requiring provider agencies to pay the greater of $16 per hour or 64% of the hourly reimbursement rate to personal care aides and to provide a written notice regarding the wage to personal care aides; requiring provider agencies to submit annual cost reports to the Department; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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