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Current Status of Priority Bills and Actions to Take
2023 Legislative Session
Below are all of the bills that have been introduced to date that we are tracking, including those we selected as priorities and some related bills.
For further information on any bill listed below, please go to the Maryland General Assembly website and enter the bill number in the Search field.
Issue | Subject | Bill Number | XFile Bill No. | Sponsor | Title | Status | Current Location | Position | Action | Synopsis |
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Climate Change | Clean Transportation & Energy | HB0550 | Speaker | Maryland Energy Administration – Energy Programs – Modifications (Clean Transportation and Energy Act) | First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Altering the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Program by extending the duration of the Program through fiscal year 2026, repealing the rebates that may be issued to retail service station dealers, and repealing the limitation on the total amount of rebates that the Maryland Energy Administration may issue in each fiscal year; altering the definition of 'grant' for purposes of the Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant Program; etc. | |
Climate Change | Maryland the Beautiful | HB0631 | SB0470 | Delegate Stein | Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) | First Reading Environment and Transportation | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing the Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the fiscal year 2025 budget bill for the Fund; etc. |
Climate Change | Maryland the Beautiful | SB0470 | HB0631 | Senator Elfreth | Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) | Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) | Budget and Taxation | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing the Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the fiscal year 2025 budget bill for the Fund; etc. |
Climate Change | PFAS monitoring | HB0499 | SB0225 | Delegate Love | Environment - Publicly Owned Treatment Works - PFAS Monitoring | Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the owner or operator of a publicly owned treatment works to monitor and report the levels of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in effluent, influent, and biosolids. |
Climate Change | PFAS monitoring | SB0225 | HB0499 | Senator Elfreth | Environment - Publicly Owned Treatment Works - PFAS Monitoring | Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring the owner or operator of a publicly owned treatment works to monitor and report the levels of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in effluent, influent, and biosolids. |
Climate Change | Producer responsibility-packaging | HB0284 | SB0222 | Delegate Love | Environment – Reducing Packaging Materials – Producer Responsibility | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2026, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after a certain date, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc. |
Climate Change | Producer responsibility-packaging | SB0222 | HB0284 | Senator Augustine | Environment - Reducing Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility | Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2026, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after a certain date, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc. |
Climate Change | Sustainable buildings | HB0006 | SB0092 | Delegate Hill | Department of General Services – Energy–Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023) | Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) and Hearing canceled (Appropriations) | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and periodically update standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include the standards in any requirements established for participation in a higher-performance building program in the State; defining 'State building' as one acquired, constructed, or renovated by the State or one for which 50% of the money for acquisition, construction, or renovation came from State funds. |
Climate Change | Sustainable buildings | SB0092 | HB0006 | Senator Lam | Department of General Services – Energy–Conserving Standards (Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023) | Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring the Department of General Services to establish and update standards for State buildings to conserve energy and minimize adverse impacts on birds; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to include the standards in any requirements established for participation in a higher-performance building program in the State; and defining 'State building' as one acquired, constructed, or renovated by the State or one for which 50% of the money for acquisition, construction, or renovation came from State funds. |
Climate Change | Transportation equity | HB0009 | SB0019 | Delegate Ruth | Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses | Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals; requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to conduct transit equity analyses, cost-benefit analyses, and consult with certain communities before announcing or proposing any major service change or any reduction or cancellation of a certain capital expansion project in the construction program; etc. |
Climate Change | Transportation equity | SB0019 | HB0009 | Senator Carter | Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses | Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m. | Finance | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals; requiring the Department of Transportation to conduct transit equity analyses, cost-benefit analyses, and consult with certain communities before announcing or proposing any major service change or any reduction or cancellation of a certain capital expansion project in the construction program; etc. |
Climate Change | Transportation reserves | HB0051 | SB0024 | Delegate Korman | Department of Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program and Debt Limit of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle Bonds (State and Federal Transportation Funding Act) | Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Appropriations | Support | Requiring the financial forecast that supports the Consolidated Transportation Program to include a reserve of $30,000,000 for changes in certain revenue sources; altering the calculation of the maximum amount of debt secured by future federal aid that the Department of Transportation may issue; providing that the maximum amount of debt that may be issued is calculated as of June 30; and providing that the proceeds from the issuance of certain debt may be used only for certain purposes. | |
Climate Change | Transportation reserves | SB0024 | HB0051 | Senator McCray | Department of Transportation – Consolidated Transportation Program and Debt Limit of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle Bonds (State and Federal Transportation Funding Act) | Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m. | Budget and Taxation | Support | Requiring the financial forecast that supports the Consolidated Transportation Program to include a reserve of $30,000,000 for changes in certain revenue sources; altering the calculation of the maximum amount of debt secured by future federal aid that the Department of Transportation may issue; providing that the maximum amount of debt that may be issued is calculated as of June 30; and providing that the proceeds from the issuance of certain debt may be used only for certain purposes. | |
Criminal Justice | Correctional Ombudsman | HB0064 | SB0087 | Delegate Davis | Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman | Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Ombudsman to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department; requiring the Ombudsman to refer matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings when appropriate; establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board; etc. |
Criminal Justice | Correctional Ombudsman | SB0087 | HB0064 | Senator Hettleman | Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Ombudsman to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department; requiring the Ombudsman to refer matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings when appropriate; establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board; etc. |
Criminal Justice | Geriatric & medical parole | HB0157 | SB0098 | Delegate Moon | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain inmates; and requiring the Commission to report certain information relating to outcomes of parole considerations under the process to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board. |
Criminal Justice | Geriatric & medical parole | SB0098 | HB0157 | Senator Hettleman | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; and requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain inmates. |
Criminal Justice | Juvenile justice jurisdiction | HB0096 | SB0093 | Delegate Crutchfield | Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction (Youth Equity & Safety Act) | First Reading Judiciary | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed certain acts. |
Criminal Justice | Juvenile justice jurisdiction | SB0093 | HB0096 | Senator Carter | Juvenile Court – Jurisdiction | Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed certain acts. |
Criminal Justice | Prevention of Forced Infant Separation | HB0523 | Delegate Mireku-North | Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) | Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for a certain time period; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances. | |
Criminal Justice | Restorative justice | SB0027 | Senator West | Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program | Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to address and ameliorate the harmful effects of offenses on a victim in a certain manner; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council. | |
Criminal Justice | Restrictive Housing-limitatiions | HB0385 | Delegate Bartlett | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo at least 40 hours of training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website. | |
Criminal Justice | Restrictive Housing-limitatiions | SB0459 | Senator Washington, M. | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) | First Reading Judicial Proceedings | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website. | |
Criminal Justice | Restrictive Housing-limitations | SB0045 | Senator Lee | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) | First Reading Judicial Proceedings | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website. | |
Gun Violence | Do Not Sell Firearm Registry | HB0162 | SB0159 | Delegate Moon | Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry - Establishment | Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Department of State Police to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc. |
Gun Violence | Do Not Sell Firearm Registry | SB0159 | HB0162 | Senator Hettleman | Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry - Establishment | Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring the Department of State Police to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc. | |
Gun Violence | Gun industry accountability | HB0259 | SB0113 | Delegate Atterbeary | Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2023) | Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly or recklessly creating, maintaining, or contributing to public harm by the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product; requiring a firearm industry member to implement certain controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, or use of certain firearm-related products; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; authorizing certain civil actions for violations; etc. |
Gun Violence | Gun industry accountability | SB0113 | HB0259 | Senator Waldstreicher | Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2023) | Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly or recklessly creating, maintaining, or contributing to a public nuisance through the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and implement certain reasonable controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, or use of certain firearm-related products; authorizing certain civil actions for violations of the Act; etc. |
Gun Violence | Long gun age increase | SB0086 | Senator Waldstreicher | Rifles and Shotguns – Possession – Age Requirement (Raise the Age Act of 2023) | Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Altering the prohibition on selling, renting, or transferring certain ammunition to a person under the age of 21 years; prohibiting a person who is under the age of 21 years from possessing a rifle or shotgun except under certain circumstances; etc. | |
Gun Violence | Safe firearm storage | HB0307 | Delegate Bartlett | Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law) | Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised child; prohibiting the storage of firearms and ammunition in a manner that allows access by a certain person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm; repealing a certain provision relating to negligence; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee. | |
Gun Violence | Wearing, carrying on certain property | SB0118 | Senator Lee | Criminal Law – Prohibitions on Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms | First Reading Judicial Proceedings | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm on private property unless the owner has given the person certain permission or posted a certain sign; and prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in any place where prohibited by statute or a certain regulation. | |
Gun Violence | Wearing, carrying on others' property | SB0001 | Senator Waldstreicher | Criminal Law - Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting Firearms - Restrictions (Gun Safety Act of 2023) | Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Prohibiting a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm onto the real property of another unless the other has given certain permission to the person or the public generally; and prohibiting a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm within 100 feet of a place of public accommodation. | |
Healthcare | College reproductive services | HB0477 | SB0341 | Delegate Kelly | Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) | Appropriations | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring, on or before August 1, 2024, each public senior higher education institution, in consultation with students, to develop and implement a reproductive health services plan to provide at the institution or to refer students to a comprehensive range of reproductive health services; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on request, to provide assistance to a public senior higher education institution in developing the plan. |
Healthcare | College reproductive services | SB0341 | HB0477 | Senator Feldman | Public Senior Higher Education Institutions – Reproductive Health Services Plans – Requirements | Hearing 2/22 at 2:00 p.m. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring, on or before August 1, 2024, each public senior higher education institution, in consultation with students, to develop and implement a reproductive health services plan to provide at the institution or to refer students to a comprehensive range of reproductive health services; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on request, to provide assistance to a public senior higher education institution in developing the plan. |
Healthcare | Prescription Drugs-Upper Pmt. Limits | HB0279 | SB0202 | Delegate Cullison | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Upper Payment Limits | Hearing 2/02 at 3:00 p.m. | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Reestablishing the requirement that the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, under certain circumstances, draft a plan of action for implementing a process to set upper payment limits for certain prescription drug products; reestablishing the authority of the Board to set upper payments limits, under certain circumstances, for prescription drug products that are purchased or paid for by or through certain State or local government entities, plans, or programs; etc. |
Healthcare | Prescription Drugs-Upper Pmt. Limits | SB0202 | HB0279 | Senator Feldman | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Upper Payment Limits | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. | Finance | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Reestablishing the requirement that the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, under certain circumstances, draft a plan of action for implementing a process to set upper payment limits for certain prescription drug products; reestablishing the authority of the Board to set upper payments limits, under certain circumstances, for prescription drug products that are purchased or paid for by or through certain State or local government entities, plans, or programs; etc. |
Healthcare | SNAP auto enrollment | HB0111 | SB0026 | Delegate Charkoudian | Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Social Services Programs - Eligibility and Enrollment | Hearing 2/07 at 3:00 p.m. | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an Express Lane Eligibility Program by January 1, 2025, to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department of Human Services to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program; requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to enroll certain individuals in certain energy assistance programs; etc. |
Healthcare | SNAP auto enrollment | SB0026 | HB0111 | Senator Augustine | Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Social Services Programs – Eligibility and Enrollment | Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. | Finance | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an Express Lane Eligibility Program by January 1, 2025, to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; requiring the Department of Human Services to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program; requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to enroll certain individuals in certain energy assistance programs; etc. |
Healthcare | Small employer enrollment period | HB0107 | SB0059 | Delegate Lewis, R. | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – Small Employers – Special Enrollment Period and Marketing | Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to open a special enrollment period for individuals who become employed by a small employer that does not offer employer-sponsored health benefit plans and the individuals' dependents; altering the amount of funds required to be appropriated to the Maryland Health Benefit Fund in certain fiscal years; and requiring certain funds to be allocated for marketing and outreach to small employers and nonprofit employers and their employees to facilitate enrollment in health insurance coverage. |
Healthcare | Small employer enrollment period | SB0059 | HB0107 | Senator Hester | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – Small Employers – Special Enrollment Period and Marketing | Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m. | Finance | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to open a special enrollment period for individuals who become employed by a small employer that does not offer employer-sponsored health benefit plans and the individuals' dependents; altering the amount of funds required to be appropriated to the Maryland Health Benefit Fund in certain fiscal years; and requiring certain funds to be allocated for marketing, outreach, and programs to small employers and nonprofit employers and their employees for a certain purpose. |
Immigration | Access to Care Act | HB0588 | SB0365 | Delegate Cullison | Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act) | First Reading Health and Government Operations | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Altering the purpose of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Fund to include the provision of funding for the establishment and operation of the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Program to allow qualified residents to obtain coverage, facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified health plans, and, based on the availability of funds, provide premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions to qualified residents; etc. |
Immigration | Access to Care Act | SB0365 | HB0588 | Senator Lam | Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act) | Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. | Finance | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Altering the purpose of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Fund to include the provision of funding for the establishment and operation of the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Program to allow qualified residents to obtain coverage, facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified health plans, and, based on the availability of funds, provide premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions to qualified residents; etc. |
Immigration | Access to health care | HB0363 | Delegate Cullison | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and Maryland Department of Health - Health Care Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants - Report | Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and the Maryland Department of Health to develop a report comparing options for offering affordable health care coverage to State residents who are ineligible for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, or qualified health plans due to the individuals' immigration status; and requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by October 31, 2023. | |
Immigration | Probation Not Deportation | HB0193 | SB0211 | Delegate Moon | Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements | Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Contact your Delegate on committee | Authorizing a court to stay the entering of judgment, defer further proceedings, and place a certain defendant on probation subject to reasonable conditions if the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt; authorizing the court and a certain defendant to enter into a probation agreement under certain circumstances; providing that the entry of a probation agreement under the Act shall be considered as a probation before judgment for all other purposes under State law; etc. |
Immigration | Probation Not Deportation | SB0211 | HB0193 | Senator West | Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact your Senator on committee | Authorizing a court to stay the entering of judgment, defer further proceedings, and place a certain defendant on probation subject to reasonable conditions if the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt; authorizing the court and a certain defendant to enter into a probation agreement under certain circumstances; providing that the entry of a probation agreement under the Act shall be considered as a probation before judgment for all other purposes under State law; etc. |
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