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2024 Disability Legislation​

This listing does not indicate support or non support of legislation by the department or administration.  This is a partial listing of bills and is not exhaustive of all possible disability related legislation proposed during session.  Click here for a full listing of legislative bills​.



ADA/Accessibility
  • HB60 - Rehabilitation Services - Disability - Definition
  • HB420 - State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Communication Boards
  • HB641 - Election Law - Curbside Voting
  • HB775/SB802 - Election Law - Voters with Disabilities - Electronic Ballot Return
  • SB796 - Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established
 
Community Living
  • HB60 - Rehabilitation Services - Disability - Definition
  • HB215/SB226 - Attendant Care Program Ongoing Additional Supports
  • HB39 / SB197 - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services
  • HB98/SB185 - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program
  • HB349 - Department of Aging - Long-Term Care Insurance - Study
  • HB377/SB419 - Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding Alterations
  • SB482/HB694 - Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)

Education
  • HB336/SB592- Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individual Education Program Meetings
  • SB185/HB98 - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program Established

Emergency Preparedness
  • HB​576/SB453 - Mental Health Emergency Evaluation and Involuntary Admission Procedures and Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
​Employment
  • HB669/SB843 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Hearing Loss 
​Environment
  • HB530/SB645 - Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trials - Establishment (Great Maryland Trails Act)
  • HB420 - State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility Communication Boards

​Legal/Family Law

  • HB359 - Petition for Guardianship of the Property of Alleged Disabled Person - Stay of Civil Actions and Proceedings 
  • HB432 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections Reference to Intellectual Disability
  • HB698/SB759 - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Personal of a Disabled Person - Expedited Proceedings

Finance
  • HB32 - Income Tax - Caregiver Tax Credit
  • HB63/SB6 - Property Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans - Alterations
  • HB226/SB269 - Property Tax Credit - Permanent Supportive Housing - Established
  • SB25 - Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations
  • SB599/HB509 - Developmental Disabilities - Community Providers - Federal Participation for Local Funds
  • SB639 / HB0862 - Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veterans - Service Connected Disability
​Health

  • HB167 - Public Schools - Student Health - Certificate of Dental Health
  • SB208 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wages
  • HB189 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wage Reports (Homecare Workers Employment Act of 2024)
  • HB403/SB443 - End of Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
  • HB509/SB599 - Developmental Disabilities Community Providers - Federal Participation for Local Funds
  • HB349/SB631 - Department of Aging - Long Term Care Insurance - Study
  • HB822 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Employed Individuals with Disabilities
  • HB865/SB614 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses
  • SB142 - Genetic Testing - Prohibitions on Disability, Live, and Long-Term Care Insurance (Genetic Testing Protection Act of 2024)
  • SB208 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wages
  • SB371 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wage Reports (Homecare Workers Livable Wage Act of 2024)
  • SB453/HB576 - Emergency Evaluation and Involuntary Admission Procedures and Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
  • SB614 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses
  • SB790 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Employed Individual with Disabilities
  • HB509/SB599 - Developmental Disabilities Community Providers - Federal Participation for Local Funds

​Human Services
  • HB98 - Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program
  • HB377/SB419 - Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding Alterations
  • SB226/HB215 - Human Services - Attendant Care Program - Ongoing Additional Supports
  • SB597 - Individuals With Disabilities and Service - Disabled Veterans Boating Fund
  • HB773/SB597 - Human Services - Individuals with Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund
Housing
  • SB352 - Maryland Building Performance Standards - Apartment Building Height Allowances - Study and Alterations
  • HB226/SB269 - Property Tax Credit - Permanent Supportive Housing - Established
  • HB577 - Department of Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Licensing Program Establishment
Public Safety

  • HB195/SB817 - Public Safety - Missing Persons with Cognitive Impairment - Purple Alert Program

Transportation

  • HB178 / SB55 - Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance
  • SB331 - Task Force to Study Paratransit in Maryland
  • SB593/HB135 - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility