2016 Disability Legislation​

Budget

• SB0068 - Sponsored By: Senator Ramirez              
  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - New Horizons Disability Job Training and Recycling Center Phase II
  
  

• HB0150/SB0190 -  Sponsored By: Speaker            
  Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2017)​

• SB0190/HB0150 -  Sponsored By: President           
  Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2017)​

• SB0205​ - Sponsored By: Senator Kasemeyer       
  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Good Shepherd School​

• HB0158 - Sponsored By: Delegate Krebs               
  Income Tax Subtraction Modification Retirement Income (Fairness in Taxation for Retirees Act)         

• HB0175/ SB0154​ - Sponsored By: Delegate Sophocleus    
  Creation of a ​State Debt - Anne Arundel County - The Arc of the Central Chesapeake Region  

• HB0176 - Sponsored By: Carroll County Delegation        
  Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - The Arc of Carroll County Building Renovation  

• SB0355​ - Sponsored by: Senator Feldman
  Maryland Achieving A Belter Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Establishment

• SB0458 / HB0418​ - Sponsored By:  Senator Conway              
  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Maryland State Boychoir ADA Improvements

• HB1017/SB0256 (PASSED)​ - Sponsored by: Prince George's County Delegation
  Prince George's County - Property Tax Deferrals - Elderly and Disabled Homeowners PG 412-16  
  

Children             ​

• SB0071 - Sponsored By: Senator Young 
  Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Diabetes Management Program
  
  
• SB0077 - Sponsored By: Chair, JPR Committee   
  Human Resources - Transition Planning for Foster Youth
  
  
• ​​SB0102​ -   Sponsored By: Chair, EHE               
  Governor's Office for Children and Services to Children
  
  
• HB0067 - Sponsored By: Chair, Ways and Means Committee
  Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program - Composition​
  
  

• HB0596 -  Sponsored By: Delegate Flanagan          
  State Department of Education - Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program - Age of Eligibility              

• HB0683​ - Sponsored By: Delegate Moon Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court         

Civil Rights & Law      

• HB0043​/ SB0070  - Sponsored By: Delegate Saab  ​​
  Duties of Guardian of the Person and Visitation Between Adult Child and Parent
  
  
• SB0011 - Sponsored By: Senator Manno
  Universal Voter Registration Act
  
  
• SB0019- Sponsored By: Senator Ramirez              
  Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration
  
  
• ​SB0070​ / HB0043 - Sponsored By: Senator Reilly   
  Duties of Guardian of the Person and Visitation Between Adult Child and Parent
  
  

• ​​​​SB0171​ – Sponsored By:  Senator Kelley
  Guardianship of a Minor or Disabled Person - Criminal Records History Check

• SB0193​ - Sponsored By:  Senator Waugh
  Criminal Procedure - Victim Demographics  

• SB0223 - Sponsored By: Senator Lee       
  Human Relations - Discrimination by a Place of Public Accommodation - Enforcement and Remedies​
  

• SB0268 - Sponsored By: Senator Salling
  Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity

• SB0350​ - Sponsored By: Senator Manno
  Universal Voter Registration Act

• HB0512 / SB0430 - Sponsored By: Delegate Kittleman
  Guardianship of a Disabled Person - Communication and Notification Rights

• SB0430 / HB0512 -  Sponsored By:  Senator Bates   
  Guardianship of a Disabled Person - Communication and Notification Rights               

• HB0645​ - Sponsored By: Delegate Rosenberg      
  Election Law - Change in Administrative Policy Affecting Voting Rights - Notice and Judicial Review       

• SB765 - Sponsored by: Senator Raskin​
  CINA, Guardianship, Adoption, Custody, and Visitation - Blindness of Parent, Guardian, Custodian, or Party  

• SB704 - Sponsored by: Senator Gladden
  CINA, Guardianship, Adoption, Custody, and Visitation - Blindness of Parent, Guardian, Custodian, or Party  
  

• HB0960​/ SB0853 (PASSED)- Sponsored by: Delegate Kelly
  Guardians of Property and Custodians - Authority to Fund Certain Trusts and Accounts     

• HB0981/ SB0449 (PASSED)​ Sponsored by: Delegate Kelly
  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Guardianship Fees - Income Deduction​​   

• HB0976  - Sponsored ​​​by: Delegate Rosenberg
  CINA, Guardianship, Adoption, Custody, and Visitation - Blindness of Parent, Guardian, Custodian, or Party   

Education

• HB0029 - Sponsored By: Delegate Chang               
  Participants in Youth Sports Programs - C​oncuss​ions - Penalties for Coaches​
  
  
• ​SB0021 - Sponsored By:  Senator Young
  State Personnel - Professional Service - Maryland School for the Deaf - Teachers
  
  
• ​SB0038 - Sponsored By:  Senator Klausmeier 
  Higher Education - Community Colleges - Workforce Development Sequence Grants and Scholarships
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• ​HB0085 (PASSED) - Sponsored By: Delegate Luedtke 
  Education - Children With Disabilities - Support Services - Parental Notification
    
• ​HB0086 / SB0421 (PASSED) – Sponsored By: Delegate Luedtke         
  Special Education - Translations of Individualized Education Programs or Individualized Family Service Plans 
         
• ​SB0071 ​​ – Sponsored By: Senator Young
  Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Diabetes Management Program                              

• SB0120 – Sponsored By: Senator Simonaire        
  Higher Education - Senatorial Scholarships - Awards
  
  

• HB0142 - Sponsored By: Delegate Hixson            
  Health and Safety - Emotional Health Awareness Programs​

• SB0272 - Sponsored By: Senator King
  Financial Aid - Deaf and Hearing Imparied Students - Out-of-State Institutions of Higher Learning

• SB0421 / HB0086 - Sponsored By: Senator Ramirez              
  Special Education - Translations of Individualized Education Programs or Individualized Family Service Plans - Native Language    

• HB0597/ SB0021​ - Sponsored By: Delegate Young, K.         
  State Personnel - Professional Service - Maryland School for the Deaf - Teachers         ​

• HB0551 - Sponsored By: Delegate Kaiser Education - Children With Disabilities - Individualized Education Program Mediation              

• SB0465 - Sponsored By:  Senator Madaleno         
  Community Colleges - Tuition Waiver for Disabled Individuals - Requirements                

• SB0422​ -  Sponsored By: Senator Kasemeyer       
  Education - Maryland School for the Blind - Funding         

• SB950 - Sponsored by: Senator Conway
  Students with Disabilities - Parental Consent for Individualized Education Program Content

• SB823/HB0895 (PASSED)​​ - Sponsored by: Senator Conway
  Task Force to Study the Implementation of a Dyslexia Education Program - Extension

​Employment     ​

• HB0038 - Sponsored By: Delegate McConkey       
  State Retirement and Pension System - Disability Retirement - Alterations

• SB0186 - Sponsored By: Senator Klausmeier       
  Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability Compensation - Reversal or Modification of Award     
• HB420 - Sponsored By: Delegate Waldstreicher
  Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Individuals with Disabilities (Ken Capone Equal Employment Act)

• SB0417 / HB0420 - Sponsored By: Senator Kelley   Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Individuals With Disabilities (Ken Capone Equal Employment Act)
  

• SB818/ - Sponsored By: Senator Peters
  State Personnel - Individuals With Disabilities - Hiring Preferences

• HB1058​ - Sponsored by: Delegate Platt
  Task Force to Review the Workload of Special Educators in the state   

• HB0928 / SB0818 - Sponsored By: Senator Kramer
  State Personnel - Individuals With Disabilities - Hiring Preferences​

​Government

• ​​​HB0195 - Sponsored By: Delegate Krebs
  Procurement - Prohibition on Participation

• HB06​85​ - Sponsored By: Delegate Krimm              
  Department of Aging - Comprehensive Plan for the Aging Population    
  

​Health

• SB0089 - Sponsored By:  Chair, FIN Committee    
  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provision of Substance Use Services to Enrollees of Managed Care Organizations
  
  
• SB0091- Sponsored By: Chair, FIN Committee   
  Public Health - State-Identified HIV Priorities
  
  ​SB0097 - Sponsored By:​ Chair, FIN Committee    
  Public Health - Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs
  
  
• SB0186 - Sponsored By: Senator Klausmeier    
  Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability Compensation - Reversal or Modification of Award 
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• HB0180​ - Sponsored By: Delegate West  
  Public Health -HIV Testing During Pregnancy​ 
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• SB0304/HB423 - Sponsored by: Senator Nathan-Pulliam
  Maryland Commission on Health in All Policies
  
  
• HB423/SB0304​ - Sponsored by: Senator Nathan-Pulliam
  Maryland Commission on Health in All Policies
  
  
• SB0494 (PASSED) - Sponsored By: Senator Nathan-Pulliam
  State Department of Education - Community-Partnered School Behavioral Health Services Programs - Reporting System and Report (School Behavioral He​alth Accountability Act)                                                             
• SB0497/ HB0595​ - Sponsored By:  Senator Guzzone          
  Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act
                           
  
• SB0513 / HB0377 - Sponsored By: Senator Nathan-Pulliam               
  Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund
                       
  
• SB0549 / HB0730 (PASSED) - Sponsored By:​ Senator Pugh
  Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council - Membership and Extension of Termination Date             
   
• SB0551 / HB0682 - Sponsored By:  Senator Pugh    
  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Clinical Crisis Walk-In Services and Mobile Crisis Teams - Strategic Plan
  
  
• SB0569 - Sponsored By:  Senator Gladden             
  Methadone Treatment Facilities - Location - Limitations
  
  
• SB0586 - Sponsored By: Senator King     
  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Regional Institutes for Children and Adolescents - Report Before Closure
       
  
• SB0449 - Sponsored By: Senator Kelley  
  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Guardianship Fees - Income Deduction
  
  
• SB0418 / HB0404​ - Sponsored By:  Senator Young              
  Richard E. Israel and Roger 'Pip' Moyer End-of-Life Option Act
     
  
• HB0468 / SB0097​ - Sponsored By:  Delegate Lam    Public Health - Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs
     
  
• HB0568 - Sponsored By: Delegate Aumann          
  Health Occupations - Health Care Practitioners - Exemption From Participation in Aid in Dying
           
  
• HB0574 - Sponsored By: Charles County Delegation         
   Ji'Aire Lee Workgroup on the Protection of Adults With Mental Illness and Their Children
              
  
• HB0579/SB858​ - Sponsored By: Delegate Rosenberg      
  Mental Health - Wraparound Services for Children and Youth
      
  
• HB0595 / SB0497 - Sponsored By: Delegate Hayes              
  Behavioral Health Community Providers - Keep the Door Open Act
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• HB0644 - Sponsored By: Delegate Aumann          
  Public Health - Provision of Life-Preserving Health Care Services (Vulnerable Protection Act)
  
  
• HB0682 / SB0551 - Sponsored By:​  Delegate Rosenberg      
   Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Clinical Crisis Walk-In Services and Mobile Crisis Teams - Strategic Plan
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• SB873/HB416 - Sponsored by: Senator Young
  Health Care Decisions Act - End of Life Decision Making Informational Booklet
  
  
• SB899 - (PASSED) ​Sponsored by: Senator Klausmeier​
  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Specialty Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services - Parity
  
  
• SB644/HB714 - Sponsored by: Senator King​
  Early Identification of Autism Act 
  
  
• HB0885 - Sponsored by: Delegate Vogt
  Behavioral Health Administration - Creation and Maintenance of Mental Health Professional Profiles (Patient Protection Provider Information Act)
  
  
• HB0908​ - Sponsored by: Delegate Morhaim
  Hospitals - Establishment of Substance Use Treatment Programs - Requirements
  
  
• ​HB0596 - (PASSED) State Department of Education - Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program - Age Eligibility

Housing

• ​HB0021 - Sponsored By:​ Delegate Haynes             
  Sustainable Communities Tax Credit - Residential Units for Lower-Income Individuals
  
  
• ​​SB0022​ - Sponsored By: Senator Benson               
  Human Services - Interagency Council on Homelessness - Membership
  
  

• SB0024​  - Sponsored By:  Senator Simonaire       
  Discrimination in Housing - Military Status​​

• HB0593 / SB0022 (PASSED)   - Sponsored By: Delegate Washington, M.           
  Interagency Council on Homelessness - Membership      

​Public Safety      ​​

• HB0022/SB0147 - Sponsored By:  Delegate Krimm              
  Interagency Disabilities Board - Membership and Duties - Community Inclusion Training Oversight​
  
  

• SB0147/​HB0022​ - Sponsored By:  Senator Hough             
  Interagency Disabilities Board - Membership and Duties - Community Inclusion Training Oversight​

Technology

• ​HB0008/SB0126​ - Sponsored By:​Delegate Beidle                
  Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles
  
  
• SB0126​/HB0008  - Sponsored By: Senator Serafini            
  Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles​
  

• SB0099​ - Sponsored By:​ Chair, FIN Committee   
  Department of Disabilities - Assistive Technology Loan Program - Board of Directors
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Transportation 

• HB0008/SB0126 - Sponsored By: Delegate Beidle               
  Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles
  
  

• SB0126/HB0008  - Sponsored By: Senator Serafini            
  Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles

• SB835 - Sponsored by: Senator Guzzone
  Health Insurance - Motor Vehicle Modifications for Permanently Wheelchair Dependent Individuals - Coverage

Veterans