National Association of Social Workers Profile Report February 16, 2014
National Association of Social Workers Profile Report – February 16, 2014
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Bill / Title & Synopsis / Status / Position & Client NotesHB 106
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee et al. / Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Sunset Extension
Extending the termination date of the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program; and altering the period of time during which the subsidy required under the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program may not exceed a specified amount. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations (2/18) / Position:
Support
HB 273 (SB 262)
Del. Samuel Rosenberg et al. / Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Safety Net Act of 2014
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to establish a specified Prison In-Reach Program; requiring each county board of education to include behavioral health services with school health services; requiring DHMH to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2014 on a plan for statewide implementation of the School Health Program; requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to implement a specified program throughout the State; etc. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) / Position:
Support
SB 262 (HB 273)
Sen. Richard Madaleno et al. / Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Safety Net Act of 2014
synopsis same as CF HB 273 / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) / Position:
Support
HB 532 (SB 432)
Del. Barbara Robinson et al. / Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Database of Direct Access Employees - Establishment
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a database of direct access employees; requiring the database to include specified information on all direct access employees in the State; establishing the purpose of the database; requiring each adult dependent care program to submit to the Department, for inclusion in the database, specified information on each newly hired direct access employee and periodically update the information; etc. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
Monitor
SB 432 (HB 532)
Sen. Catherine Pugh et al. / Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Database of Direct Access Employees - Establishment
synopsis same as CF HB 532 / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
Monitor
HB 590
Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee et al. / Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Waivers - Consolidation and Repeal
Repealing the Living at Home Waiver Program; altering the requirements for applicants, financial eligibility criteria, and services to be included in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's home- and community-based services waiver; repealing the requirement that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene work with the Maryland Health Care Commission to convert a specified percentage of nursing facility beds to assisted living program waiver beds; etc. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
Monitor
HB 637 (SB 537)
Del. James Hubbard et al. / Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rare and Expensive Case Management Program - Waiver Amendment
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an amendment to the Rare and Expensive Case Management Program under a specified waiver; and requiring the application to authorize enrollment in the Program for specified individuals under specified circumstances. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
Support
SB 537 (HB 637)
Sen. Katherine Klausmeier / Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rare and Expensive Case Management Program - Waiver Amendment
synopsis same as CF HB 637 / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) / Position:
Support
HB 705 (SB 940)
Del. Jeff Waldstreicher et al. / Victims of Crime - Legal Representatives of Minors and Disabled and Elderly Persons
Authorizing a personal representative to request specified compensation, restitution, or financial property interest for a decedent who was a victim of a crime; providing that the rights, duties, and powers of a guardian of the person of a minor shall include serving as a victim's representative under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to order a guardian of the person of a specified person with a disability to serve as a victim's representative under specified circumstances; etc. / Committees:
Judiciary
Status:
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
SB 940 (HB 705)
Sen. Norman Stone / Victims of Crime - Legal Representatives of Minors and Disabled and Elderly Persons
synopsis same as CF HB 705 / Committees:
Rules
Status:
First Reading Senate Rules (2/5) / Position:
HB 710 (SB 483)
Del. Bonnie Cullison et al. / Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Violence Prevention Program
Requiring a specified health care facility to establish a specified workplace violence prevention committee; requiring a workplace violence prevention committee to establish a specified workplace violence prevention program; requiring a workplace violence prevention program to include specified components; etc. / Committees:
Economic Matters
Status:
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) / Position:
Monitor
SB 483 (HB 710)
Sen. Katherine Klausmeier et al. / Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Violence Prevention Program
synopsis same as CF HB 710 / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) / Position:
Monitor
HB 723
Del. Benjamin Kramer et al. / Money Transmission - Protection of Elder Adults From Financial Abuse and Financial Exploitation - Training
Requiring a licensee that engages in the business of money transmission to provide specified training materials to specified agents annually on how to recognize financial abuse and financial exploitation of elder adults and how to respond appropriately to specified circumstances; requiring a licensee to provide specified materials to newly appointed agents within a specified period; requiring an agent to make an abuse report to specified persons under specified circumstances; etc. / Committees:
Economic Matters
Status:
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) / Position:
HB 724 (SB 435)
Del. Benjamin Kramer et al. / Civil Actions - Damages for Crimes Against Vulnerable or Elderly Adults - Standing
Authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action for damages against a person who violates specified provisions of criminal law on behalf of a specified person; providing that a specified criminal conviction is not a prerequisite for maintenance of an action under the Act; providing that the Attorney General may recover specified damages under the Act; etc. / Committees:
Judiciary
Status:
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
SB 435 (HB 724)
Sen. Brian Frosh et al. / Civil Actions - Damages for Crimes Against Vulnerable or Elderly Adults - Standing
synopsis same as CF HB 724 / Committees:
Judicial Proceedings
Status:
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) / Position:
HB 778
Del. James Hubbard et al. / Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
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 credit of $250 for taxable years beginning January 1, 2015 and January 1, 2016, and $500 for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2017 and each taxable year thereafter; requiring a public awareness campaign; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014. / Committees:
Ways and Means
Status:
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) / Position:
Support
HB 846
Del. Sheila Hixson et al. / Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Viatical Settlement Contracts - Long-Term Care Services
Authorizing an owner of a life insurance policy with a face value of more than $10,000 to enter into a viatical settlement contract in exchange for payments to a health care provider for long-term care services for an individual; prohibiting the proceeds of specified viatical settlement contracts from being considered a resource or asset in determining an individual's eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 2/28 at 12:30 p.m. (2/12) / Position:
HB 935 (SB 505)
Del. Barbara Frush et al. / Task Force on Family Caregiving and Long-Term Supports
Establishing the Task Force on Family Caregiving and Long-Term Supports; providing for the composition of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations for legislative and administrative action relating to family caregiving; requiring the Task Force to report specified recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 31, 2015; etc. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) / Position:
Monitor
SB 505 (HB 935)
Sen. Delores Kelley / Task Force on Family Caregiving and Long-Term Supports
Establishing the Task Force on Family Caregiving and Long-Term Supports; providing for the composition of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations for legislative and administrative action relating to family caregiving; requiring the Task Force to report specified recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a specified date; etc. / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) / Position:
Monitor
HB 968 (SB 753)
Del. John Olszewski et al. / Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave for specified purposes; requiring an employee, under specified circumstances, to request leave, notify the employer of specified information, and comply with specified procedures; etc. / Committees:
Economic Matters
Status:
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) / Position:
Support
SB 753 (HB 968)
Sen. Catherine Pugh et al. / Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act
synopsis same as CF HB 968 / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
Support
HB 1068
Del. Michael Smigiel et al. / Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Death With Dignity Laws - Study
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of authorizing mentally competent, terminally ill adult patients in the State to request and receive prescription medication to end their lives; requiring the study to include an analysis of specified information; and requiring the Department to submit the results of the study to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 3/07 at 12:30 p.m. (2/12) / Position:
HB 1072
Del. Benjamin Kramer et al. / Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Sex Offenders
Requiring a registered sex offender who applies for admission to a nursing home or an assisted living program to provide a specified notification to the nursing home or assisted living program during the admission process; adding to the information to be included in a registration statement; prohibiting a facility from knowingly employing an identified registrant; authorizing a facility to decline admission to an identified registrant; etc. / Committees:
Health and Government Operations
Status:
Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) / Position:
HB 1339 (SB 807)
Del. Dana Stein / Drivers' Licenses - Disorder, Disease, or Physical Disability - Defining and Reporting
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, and the State Board of Examiners in Optometry to define diseases and physical disabilities that may render an individual unable to exercise reasonable control over a motor vehicle; expanding the scope of health care professionals authorized to make a specified report to the Medical Advisory Board; etc. / Committees:
Environmental Matters
Status:
Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) / Position:
SB 807 (HB 1339)
Sen. Jamie Raskin / Drivers' Licenses - Disorder, Disease, or Physical Disability - Identification, Disclosure, and Reporting
Expanding the requirements for renewing a driver's license to include the written disclosure of a specified disorder, disease, or physical disability; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, and the State Board of Examiners in Optometry to define diseases and physical disabilities that may render an individual unable to exercise reasonable control over a motor vehicle; expanding the scope of health care professionals authorized to make a specified report to the Medical Advisory Board; etc. / Committees:
Judicial Proceedings
Status:
Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
SB 13
Chair, Finance Committee et al. / Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advisory Committee
Establishing the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advisory Committee; providing for the purpose and the membership of the Advisory Committee; requiring the Advisory Committee to submit a specified annual report; providing for the terms of the members of the Advisory Committee; requiring the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman to staff the Advisory Committee; etc. / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Unfavorable Report by Finance; Withdrawn (1/16) / Position:
Support
SB 478
Sen. Katherine Klausmeier et al. / Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
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 taxable years beginning January 1, 2015, and January 1, 2016, and a maximum of $500 for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2017, and for each taxable year thereafter; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014. / Committees:
Budget and Taxation
Status:
Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
Support
Behavioral Health
Bill / Title & Synopsis / Status / Position & Client NotesSB 905
Sen. Thomas Middleton / Community-Based Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Services Providers - County Minimum Wage Reimbursement
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, under specified circumstances, to reimburse specified providers at a rate sufficient to ensure that the hourly wage paid to specified workers is not less than a specified percentage above a specified minimum wage; requiring a county, under specified circumstances, to reimburse the Department for the difference between specified reimbursement rates paid to specified providers; etc. / Committees:
Finance
Status:
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) / Position:
Monitor
CY&F
Bill / Title & Synopsis / Status / Position & Client Notes* SB 210 (HB 1053)
Sen. Delores Kelley et al. / Child Abuse - Failure to Report - Penalties and Task Force
Making it a misdemeanor, subject to specified penalties, for a specified person to knowingly and willfully fail to report child abuse under specified circumstances; establishing the Task Force to Study Training for Mandatory Reporters on the Risk Factors, Prevention, Identification, and Reporting of Child Abuse; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; etc. / Committees:
Judicial Proceedings
Status:
Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/17) / Position:
Support with Amendment
HB 1053 (SB 210)
Del. Susan McComas et al. / Child Abuse - Failure to Report - Penalties and Task Force
synopsis same as CF SB 210 / Committees:
Judiciary
Status:
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) / Position:
Support with Amendment
HB 178
Chair, Judiciary Committee et al. / Family Law - Adoption, Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Relatives of Minors in Out-of-Home Placement
Expanding search, contact, and reunion services to include contacting specified relatives of a minor in out-of-home placement to develop a placement resource or facilitate a family connection if the minor was adopted through a local department of social services and a local department determines that reunification with the minor's adoptive parents is not in the minor's best interests. / Committees:
Judicial Proceedings
Status:
First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/14) / Position:
Support
HB 358 (SB 270)
Del. Steven Schuh et al. / Law Enforcement Personnel - Training - Human Trafficking Offenses
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to develop a training program for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, public defenders, juvenile detention center staff, and others involved in the criminal justice system and juvenile justice system in addressing human trafficking; requiring the training program to focus on specified issues; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to seek the input and participation of specified organizations in the development of the training program. / Committees:
Judiciary
Status:
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) / Position:
Support
SB 270 (HB 358)
Sen. Nancy Jacobs et al. / Law Enforcement Personnel - Training - Human Trafficking Offenses
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to provide mandatory training for specified individuals in addressing human trafficking; requiring the training to focus on specified issues; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to seek the input and participation of specified organizations in the preparation and presentation of the training. / Committees:
Judicial Proceedings
Status:
Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (1/21) / Position:
Support
HB 428
Del. Eric Luedtke / Children - Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program - Eligibility
Altering the eligibility requirements for the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program by allowing a child to participate until the beginning of the school year after the child turns 4 years old. / Committees:
Ways and Means
Status:
Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) / Position:
Support
HB 550 (SB 812)
Del. Samuel Rosenberg / Child Support - Income Tax Refund Intercept - Priority of Requests and Information to Obligee
Requiring specified arrearages collected through the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program to be applied in a specified order under specified circumstances; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to provide information to an obligee who receives a specified refund; and requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit a report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014, regarding child support collection, why specified options have not been implemented, and the cost of implementing those options. / Committees:
Ways and Means
Status:
Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30) / Position:
Support
SB 812 (HB 550)
Sen. Jamie Raskin et al. / Child Support - Income Tax Refund Intercept - Priority of Requests and Information to Obligee
Altering the order of priority by which child support income tax refund interception requests are honored; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to provide a specified information sheet to an obligee who receives a specified refund; and requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit a report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014, on why specified options for improving child support collection have not been implemented and on the cost of implementing those options. / Committees: