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HB1366 - State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications
Kent Roberson, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1396 - Maryland Department of Health - Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Levels of Care - Study
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain study on linkages between levels of care within the substance use disorder treatment and recovery continuum of care; and requiring the Department to report the results of the study and make recommendations on improvements to existing discharge and linkage requirements to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1283 - Insurance - Discrimination - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity by an insurer, an insurance producer, a surety insurer, and a health network when engaging in certain insurance-related business practices.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1304 - Maryland Department of Health and Department of Aging - Earned Income Tax Credit - Distribution of Information and Training
Anne R Kaiser, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
64 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollees in certain programs, administered by the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring the Department of Aging to provide training to the Maryland Access Point network to increase awareness of the availability of the State's earned income tax credit.
STATUS
Passed
HB1344 - Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
Seth A. Howard, Tiffany T. Alston, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a one-time $500 credit to a maximum of $250 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024, but before January 1, 2027, and a maximum of $500 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2026; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1307 - Family Law – Child Custody and Visitation – Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies
Scott Phillips, Karen R. Toles, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certain actions as a result of a parent's failure to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule.
STATUS
Introduced
HB115 - Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Notification of Release From Confinement (Jaycee Webster Victims' Rights Act)
Aaron M. Kaufman, Jared Scott Solomon, Dalya Attar
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the telephone number of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center.
STATUS
Passed
HB209 - Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission
Marlon Amprey, Frank M Conaway, Aaron M. Kaufman
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025, and a final report by January 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB724 - Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Jackie Addison, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided any petition previously filed by the individual for a reduced sentence; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB542 - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage
Joe Vogel, Gabriel Acevero, Brooke Grossman
Last updated 5 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child in foster care who is entering foster care, moving from one placement to another, or exiting foster care; prohibiting the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport a child's belongings; and requiring the Department to maintain certain records.
STATUS
Passed
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