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HB277 - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers
Ken Kerr
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing, subject to certain provisions of law, a person that operates a tip jar in Frederick County to operate an electronic tip jar dispenser that does not connect to the Internet or to a server; altering certain obsolete language in provisions of law governing gaming in Frederick County; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB84 - Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers - Sepsis Protocol (Lochlin's Law)
Ken Kerr, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, each hospital and urgent care center in the State to implement an evidence-based protocol for the early recognition and treatment of a patient with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock that is based on generally acceptable standards of care; requiring a specialty psychiatric hospital to establish a certain process; and requiring hospitals and urgent care centers to require periodic training in the implementation of the protocol for certain staff.
STATUS
Passed
HB292 - State Procurement - Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals - Attorney's Fees
Ken Kerr, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Board of Contract Appeals to award an interested party reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including attorney's fees, if an appeal is sustained and there is a violation of law or regulation; and authorizing the Board of Contract Appeals to award a contractor under any State contract the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a claim, including attorney's fees, if the unit processing the claim acts in bad faith, without justification, or in violation of law.
STATUS
Passed
HB408 - Mental Health Law - County Mental Health Advisory Committees - Membership
Heather Bagnall, Nick Allen, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Altering the membership of a county's mental health advisory committee by including an individual with experience with mental health care for veterans or individuals serving in the military on the list of groups from which individuals may be appointed to the committee by the governing body of the county.
STATUS
Passed
HB448 - Korean American Day
Courtney Watson, Mark S. Chang, Nick Allen
Last updated 6 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge certain organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
STATUS
Engrossed
HJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Edith Jerry Patterson, Lesley J. Lopez, Jackie Addison
Last updated 9 months ago
74 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB400 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Annual Behavioral Health Wellness Visits - Coverage and Reimbursement
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage and certain reimbursement for annual behavioral health wellness visits; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB467 - Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024)
Adrian Boafo, Veronica Turner, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages.
STATUS
Introduced
HB728 - Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act)
Bonnie L Cullison, Gabriel Acevero, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 5 months ago
43 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program to facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified plans; providing that the operation and administration of the Program may include functions delegated by the Exchange to a third party; and providing that the implementation of the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application amendment.
STATUS
Passed
HB548 - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Kris Fair, Terri Hill
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding any changes to State law, policies, and practices needed to create a program that enables broad, equitable, and affordable access to psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 31, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Maryland district HD-003
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Maryland House
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