House Bills
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| 7 |
Automobile Insurance- Rates- Use of Territory as a Factor Delegate Burns |
For the purpose of prohibiting an insurer that uses territory as a factor in establishing automobile insurance rates from defining a territory by zip code if the zip code extends into two or more counties. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-12 Hearing 2/7-1:30 pm |
| 26 |
Task Force to Study Identity Theft Delegates Lee, Barkley, Goldwater, Kaiser, McComas, Mizeur and Niemann |
Altering to December 31, 2007, the date by which the Task Force to Study Identity Theft is required to report to the General Assembly; and providing for an alternate date for the termination of the Task Force. | Judiciary |
First Reading 1-15 Hearing 1/23-2:30 pm 2/5-Favorable Report 2nd Reading Passed 2-9-3rd Reading Passed (138-0) Senate 2/12-1st Reading Judicial Proceedings Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 45-0 |
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48 Prior Year Introduction As: HB 816/06 - JUD |
Circuit Courts-Medical Injury-Medical Malpractice Administrative Review BoardDelegates Morhaim, Aumann, Barve, Frank, Minnick, Oaks, Shank, and Stein |
Requiring that specified medical injury actions filed on or after June 1, 2007, be submitted to a medical malpractice review board; requiring a circuit administrative judge to appoint a circuit court judge to chair a board; suspending specified time limits for a specified period for the review; requiring a board to make specified determinations concerning liability and proximate cause and issue a decision; providing for the admission of the decision in a subsequent trial; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading 1-19 Hearing 1/31 at 2pm 2/5-Unfavorable |
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86
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Vehicle Laws -
Distracted Driving and Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving -
Prohibitions
Delegate Shewell (By Request) and Delegates Bartlett, McComas, Minnick and Stull |
Establishing the offense of distracted driving; prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using a wireless communication device; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit who is 18 years of age or older from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless communication device; prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a wireless communication device; providing for exceptions to the prohibitions of the Act; etc. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1/22 Hearing 2/6-1pm 2-27 Unfavorable Report |
| 90 |
Consumer Protection- Personal Information Protection ActDelegates Shewell, Boteler, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Impallaria, Kach, McComas, Minnick, Shank, Stocksdale, Stull and Weldon |
Requiring a business to destroy records that contain specified personal information in a specified manner; requiring a business that owns or licenses specified personal information to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices; requiring businesses that own or license specified data that include specified personal information to notify specified individuals of a breach of the security of a system under specified circumstances; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair or deceptive trade practice; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/22 Hearing 2/14-1pm 3/20-Unfavorable Report |
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110 OPPOSE |
Maryland
Comparative Negligence ActDelegates Simmons, Barnes & Smigiel
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Establishing that in an action brought to recover damages for negligence under specified circumstances, the fact that a plaintiff may have been contributorily negligent may not bar recovery by the plaintiff or the plaintiff's legal representative or beneficiary under specified circumstances; requiring any damages awarded under the Act to be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributed to the plaintiff; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/7-1pm WITHDRAWN |
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117 MONITOR |
Consumer Protection- Consumer Reporting Agencies- Security FreezesDelegates Lee, Rudolph, Goldwater etal |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within specified time periods after specified requests are received and to take specified actions within 5 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/14-1pm
3/20-Favorable w/ amendments
Senate |
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123 Prior Year Introduction As: HB 630/06 - ECM Crossfiled SB904 |
Consumer Protection- Personal Information Protection ActDelegates Lee, Rudolph etal.
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Requiring a business to destroy or arrange for the destruction of records that contain specified personal information in a specified manner; requiring a business that compiles, maintains, or makes available specified personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices; requiring businesses that compile, maintain, or make available specified records to notify specified individuals of a breach of the security of a system under specified circumstances, etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/14-1pm 3/20-Unfavorable Report |
| 174 | Vehicle Laws -
Distracted Driving and Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving -
Prohibitions
Delegates Olszewski, Aumann, Barkley, Bobo, Bromwell, Cardin, G. Clagett, Manno, Minnick, Mizeur, Pendergrass and Weir
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Providing that a person who drives a motor vehicle in an inattentive manner under specified circumstances is guilty of distracted driving; prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using specified wireless communication devices; prohibiting a specified driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use specified wireless communication devices; etc. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/6-1pm 2-27 Unfavorable Report |
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178 MONITOR |
Consumer Protection- Consumer Reporting Agencies -Consumer Reports-Security FreezesDelegate Holmes |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on all or part of the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within 5 days after a request is received and to take specified actions within 3 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/26
Hearing Cancelled |
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182 Prior Year Introduction As: HB 665/06 - W&M |
Income Tax- Credit for Long Term Care Insurance Delegates Frank & N. King |
Increasing limits on the State income tax credit for employer-provided long-term care insurance from $100 to $300 per employee and from $5,000 to $15,000 total for each employer; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2006; etc. | Ways & Means |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/14-1pm |
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184
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Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight- MembershipDelegates Krysiak, Kirk, and McHale |
Expanding the membership of the Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight to include a rehabilitation service provider certified by the Workers' Compensation Commission; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/26
Hearing 2/13-1PM
Senate |
| 203 |
Workers' Compensation- Appeals- Admissibility of Medical Records
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Providing for the admissibility of specified records for an appeal of an order of the Workers' Compensation Commission. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/13-1PM WITHDRAWN |
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208 Prior Year Introduction As: SB 134/06 |
Consumer
Protection - Personal Information Protection Act
Delegates Howard, Ali, Aumann, Benson, Cane, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Kaiser, Kirk, Kullen, Lee, Pendergrass, Rice, Ross, Sossi, F. Turner, and Vaughn |
Requiring specified businesses, when destroying a customer's records that contain personal information of the customer, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the personal information under specified circumstances; requiring specified businesses that own or license personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices under specified circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/14-1pm
Favorable w/ amendments Senate |
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211
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Consumer
Protection - Unsolicited Transmissions to a Facsimile Device - Private
Actions
Delegates Howard, Benson, Braveboy, Healey, Holmes, Niemann, and Vaughn |
Authorizing a person that receives an electronic or telephonic transmission made to the person's facsimile device in violation of specified provisions of law to bring a specified action against a person that committed the violation; and authorizing the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and damages in a specified amount. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/14-1pm WITHDRAWN |
| 271 | Workers'
Compensation - Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences - Coverage
Delegates Stifler, George, Glassman, Shewell, and Taylor
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Altering the definition of an unpaid work-based learning experience for the purpose of requiring workers' compensation coverage for students placed by specified private noncollegiate institutions; requiring a participating employer to reimburse a private noncollegiate institution for the cost of the workers' compensation coverage; authorizing the private noncollegiate institution that places the student to obtain workers' compensation insurance for the student; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/31 Hearing 2/13-1PM
2-21 Favorable Report
Senate |
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277 SUPPORT |
Workers'
Compensation - Covered Employee - Domestic Worker
Delegate Rosenberg |
Altering from $750 to $1,000 the earnings level above which a domestic worker in a private home is a covered employee under the workers' compensation law. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1/31
Hearing 2/13-1PM Senate
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| 345 |
Workers' Compensation Commission- Governmental Self-Insurance
Groups- Investment Delegate Feldman |
Requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to adopt regulations that establish specified guidelines to authorize a specified type of investment of surplus funds by governmental self-insurance groups; and providing specified conditions for the investment of surplus funds by governmental self-insurance groups. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/1
Hearing 2/13-1PM
Senate |
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398 SUPPORT |
Vehicle Laws -
Required Security - Minimum Amounts
Delegates Barnes, Ali, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Schuler, Simmons, Vallario, and Vaughn |
Increasing the minimum amounts of the required security for motor vehicles for the payment of claims for bodily injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident from $20,000 to $30,000 for one person and from $40,000 to $60,000 for two or more persons; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/21-1PM 3/13-Unfavorable Report |
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425 MONITOR |
Civil Actions -
Liability of Insurer - Failure to Act in Good Faith
Delegate Simmons |
Authorizing the recovery by an insured, in specified civil actions between an insured and an insurer, of actual damages, expenses, litigation costs, and interest; requiring the court to make specified findings before an insured may recover specified damages, expenses, costs, and interest; providing that the interest is to be computed at a specified rate and from a specified date; and providing for the application of the Act. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2/5
Hearing 2/20-1PM
Senate |
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435 Prior Year Introduction As: HB 489/06 - W&M |
Income Tax -
Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums - Modifications
Delegates Stocksdale, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, George, Haddaway, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Shewell, Sophocleus, Sossi, Walkup, and Wood |
Removing limitations on an income tax credit for eligible long-term care premiums that provide that the credit may not be claimed in more than one taxable year with respect to the same insured individual or an individual insured before a specified date; reducing from $500 to $100 the amount of the income tax credit that may be claimed for eligible long-term care premiums; applying the Act to tax years after 2006; etc. | Ways & Means |
First Reading 2/5 Hearing 2/14-1PM |
| 454 | Income Tax -
Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
Delegates George, Bartlett, Beidle, V. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frush, Haddaway, Kach, Krebs, McConkey, O'Donnell, Ross, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Stukes |
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; allowing a credit for a specified individual insured prior to July 1, 2000; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006; etc. | Ways & Means |
First Reading 2/6 Hearing 2/14-1PM |
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470 MONITOR |
Commercial Law -
Consumer Reporting Agencies - Consumer Reports - Security Freezes
Delegates Smigiel, Costa, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, George, and Sossi |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on all or part of the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within a specified number of days after a request is received and to take specified actions within 5 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/6 Hearing 2/14-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 480 | Workers'
Compensation - Appeals - Evidence
Delegate McHale |
Authorizing the introduction of specified health care records as evidence in an appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission under specified circumstances; requiring a specified notice to be served to all parties within a specified time period; providing for the right to object for good cause under specified conditions; providing for a response to an objection; clarifying that the Act does not otherwise limit the right to introduce new evidence; defining a specified term; and providing for the application of the Act. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/6 Hearing 2/13-1PM |
| 532 | Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fraud Act
Delegate Davis
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Prohibiting specified persons from employing or acting as a runner with the intent to falsely or fraudulently obtain benefits under a contract of insurance or assert a specified claim against an insured or an insurer for providing specified services; prohibiting a person, for 60 days after the date of a motor vehicle accident, from inspecting or obtaining a copy of a motor vehicle accident report from a law enforcement agency under specified circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/7 Hearing 2/21-1PM WITHDRAWN |
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547
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Motor Vehicle
Insurance - Accident Prevention Courses - Discount for Seniors
Delegate Love |
Requiring an insurer to provide a reduction in rates for motor vehicle personal injury and property damage coverage to an insured who is at least 55 years old and who, within the last two years, has completed a specified course in accident prevention; providing that the Act does not apply to an insured who attends a course in accident prevention under a court order or as required by the Motor Vehicle Administration for a specified violation; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/7 Hearing 2/21-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 592 | Motor Vehicle
Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Insureds
Delegates Smigiel, Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Heller, Kramer, Lee, Manno, Schuler, and Waldstreicher |
Defining the term "insured" for purposes of uninsured motorist coverage under policies of motor vehicle liability insurance to include a family member of the named insured who is domiciled in the named insured's household, whether or not the family member physically resides in the named insured's household; and applying the Act. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8 Hearing 2/21-1PM Unfavorable Report |
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620 Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 494 |
Homeowner's
Insurance - Coverage Beyond Coastal Areas
Delegates Minnick, Aumann, Boteler, Burns, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Harrison, Hecht, Impallaria, Jameson, Krysiak, Kullen, Love, Manno, Mathias, McDonough, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Weir, and Wood |
Requiring specified insurers to provide coverage beyond a coastal area; defining "coastal area"; and applying the Act to personal lines homeowner's insurance policies and contracts issued, delivered, or renewed on or after October 1, 2007. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8 Hearing 2/21-1PM WITHDRAWN |
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634 NO POSITION |
Insurance -
Binders or Policies - Personal Insurance
Delegate Feldman |
Providing that
specified provisions of law regarding binders or policies are applicable to
personal insurance; and defining "personal insurance".
This bill appears to clarify 'personal insurance' for the purposes of the 45 day underwriting period passed last session. |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/8
Hearing 2/21-1PM
Senate |
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746
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Lead-Based Paint
Damages - Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability
Delegates Carter, Anderson, and Rosenberg |
Requiring a manufacturer of lead-based paint to reimburse specified persons for damages caused by lead-based paint; establishing the types of damages for which specified manufacturers of lead-based paint are required to pay reimbursement; providing that specified manufacturers of lead-based paint may be held liable under any legally recognized theory of liability including a market share theory of liability; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading 2/8 Hearing 3/7-1PM |
| 767 | Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund - Acceptance of Premiums on Installment Basis
Delegates Holmes, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Cardin, Feldman, Gutierrez, Hucker, Lawton, Manno, Mizeur, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Riley, Schuler, Stein, Taylor, and Wood |
Authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment basis; authorizing the Fund to offer to accept premiums on an installment basis on specified policies in a specified manner on or after October 1, 2007; authorizing the Fund to request approval of the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to offer to accept premiums on an installment basis on any policy issued in the State in a specified manner on or after a specified date; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading
2/9 Hearing 3/1-1PM |
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898 Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 303
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Motor Carrier Transportation
Contracts - Indemnity Agreements Void
Delegates Simmons and Vallario |
Providing that specified indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts that purport to indemnify the promisee against specified liability resulting from specified conduct by the promisee are against public policy and are void and unenforceable; etc. | Judiciary |
First Reading
2/9 Hearing 2/28-1PM
3/12-Favorable w/
amendments
Senate |
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904
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Homeowner's
Insurance - Action for Bad Faith Settlement of or Bad Faith Failure to
Settle a Claim
Delegate Olszewski |
Establishing specified procedures for specified insureds to bring a civil action for damages against a specified insurer for a bad faith settlement of or bad faith failure to settle a claim made under a policy of homeowner's insurance; requiring an insured to send written notice of the insured's intent to file a specified action to a specified insurer at least 30 days before the action is filed; authorizing an insurer to request that an insured allow an inspection of the insured property and provide specified evidence; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9
Hearing 3/1-1PM |
| 953 | Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund - Payment of Fees for Motor Vehicle Records -
Required
Delegate Feldman |
Requiring the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to pay to the Motor Vehicle Administration a specified fee for motor vehicle records provided by the Administration to the Fund. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 3/1-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 1006 |
Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Cost of Living Adjustment
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Requiring specified employers to provide a specified annual cost of living adjustment for compensation paid for claims arising from events occurring before a specified date; authorizing specified employers to provide a specified annual cost of living adjustment for compensation paid for claims arising from events occurring before a specified date; defining a specified term; and providing for the application of the Act. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 2/28-1PM
Favorable w/ amendments
Senate |
| 1053 |
Business Organization Filing Fees - Income Tax Credit
Delegates Hucker, Barve, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, Lawton, and Stukes |
Increasing from $300 to $1,000 the filing fee for annual reports filed by specified corporations; providing a credit against the State income tax for $500 of the filing fee paid for filing annual reports; applying the Act to fees paid for annual reports filed after December 31, 2007, and taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006; etc. | Ways & Means |
First Reading 2/19 Hearing 3/15-1PM |
| 1081 | Task Force to
Study Risk Management and Loss Control
Delegates Valderrama, Ali, and Kramer |
Creating the Task Force to Study Risk Management and Loss Control; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Department of Legislative Services and the Office of Legislative Audits to provide staff to the Task Force; providing specified duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to make specified reports to the Governor and General Assembly on or before specified dates; and providing for the termination of the Act. | Appropriations |
First Reading 2/9 Hearing 3/19-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 1087 | Automobile
Insurance - Discrimination in Underwriting - Prohibitions
Delegates Kirk, Krysiak, Harrison, Haynes, Jones, McHale, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Robinson, Stukes, and Vaughn |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to automobile liability insurance, from refusing to underwrite, canceling, refusing to renew a risk, or rating a risk based in whole or in part on the occupation or education of the applicant or insured. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 2-26-Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/12
Hearing 3/14-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 1101 |
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance- Personal Injury Protection
Coverage- Full or Partial Delegate Miller |
Authorizing a full or partial waiver of required coverage for specified medical, hospital, and disability benefits for specified individuals under policies of motor vehicle liability insurance; specifying the individuals for whom the first named insured may waive coverage; providing for the effect of a full waiver; providing for the effect of a partial waiver; and providing for the application of the Act. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 2-26-Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/14 Hearing 3/14-1PM Unfavorable Report |
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1105
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Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund - Authority of Commissioner to Impose Penalties
and Restitution
Delegate Feldman
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Repealing a requirement for an insurance producer at a specified time and in a specified manner to provide an applicant for homeowner's insurance with a specified notice about homeowner's insurance coverage for losses from flood; repealing provisions that deem an insurance producer to be in compliance with the notice requirement under specified circumstances; etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 2-26 Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/14 Hearing 3/8-1PM WITHDRAWN |
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1106 Crossfiled with Senate Bill 790 SUPPORT |
Homeowner's Insurance - Insurance Producers -
Notice of Coverage for Flood Loss - Statement of Additional Optional
Coverage
Delegate Feldman
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Repealing a requirement for an insurance producer at a specified time and in a specified manner to provide an applicant for homeowner's insurance with a specified notice about homeowner's insurance coverage for losses from flood; repealing provisions that deem an insurance producer to be in compliance with the notice requirement under specified circumstances; etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 2-26 Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/14
Hearing 3/14-1PM
Senate |
| 1121 | Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund - Fund Producers - Commissions and Expenses
Delegate Krysiak
|
Altering the commission that the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund must pay to a fund producer of a specified policyholder for private passenger auto insurance issued by the Fund; and altering the maximum charge a fund producer may charge and collect, as an actual expense incurred in placing automobile insurance with the Fund, for a specified driving record obtained from the Motor Vehicle Administration. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 2-26-Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/16 Hearing 3/8-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 1130 | Maryland Transit
Administration - Limits of Liability
Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) |
Limiting the liability of the Maryland Transit Administration in a tort action to $1,000,000 to a single claimant for injuries arising from a single incident or occurrence; and providing that the Act shall apply prospectively to actions arising from incidents occurring on or after October 1, 2007. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 2-26 Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/16 Hearing 3/14-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 1187 | Motor Vehicle
Liability Insurance - Exclusion of Named Driver
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Altering the scope of specified provisions of law that require specified insurers to offer to exclude specified individuals from specified liability insurance policies; requiring specified insurers to offer to exclude specified individuals from a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy instead of canceling, refusing to renew, or increasing the premiums on the policy; etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 2-26 Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/21
Hearing 3/14-1PM
Senate |
| 1231 | Workers'
Compensation - Medical Records - Authorized Disclosures
Delegate Krysiak |
Authorizing a health care provider to disclose a medical record without the authorization of a person in interest to a party seeking the disclosure to investigate a workers' compensation claim under specified circumstances; etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 3-5 Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/21 Hearing 3/22-1PM |
| 1241 | Surplus Lines
Insurance - Date of Filing Affidavit
Delegate Mann |
Altering the date by which a specified affidavit for surplus lines insurance must be filed with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 3-5 Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/21 Hearing 3/14-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 139-0
Senate |
| 1261 | Workers'
Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Compensation
Delegates Schuler, Barnes, and Smigiel |
Increasing the maximum weekly benefit for a permanent partial disability claim that is awarded to a covered employee for a period of less than 75 weeks; and providing for the application of the Act. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations 3-5 Referred to Economic Matters |
First Reading 2/22 Hearing 3/22-1PM |
| 1389 | Agriculture - Crop
Insurance Premium Program - Cost Share
Delegates Conway, Beitzel, Bohanan, Cane, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Haddaway, Jameson, Jennings, Kelly, Kullen, Mathias, McKee, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, Walkup, and Wood |
Altering the Maryland Crop Insurance Premium Program to include a cost share element in order to increase participation by farmers in the State in the Federal Crop Insurance Program; authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to make a cost share payment for specified qualifying crop insurance products; prohibiting a cost share payment from exceeding a specified amount; etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations Referred Environmental Matters |
First Reading 3/5
Hearing 3/23-1PM
Senate House Concurs with Senate amendments 139-0 |
| 1409 | Insurance - Fraud
- Intentional Motor Vehicle Accidents, Creation of Documentation of Motor
Vehicle Accidents, and Reports
Delegate Davis |
Providing that it is a fraudulent insurance act, with the purpose of submitting a specified claim, for a person to organize, plan, or knowingly participate in an intentional motor vehicle accident or a scheme to create documentation of a motor vehicle accident that did not occur; providing that for a specified time following the date a specified report is filed with a law enforcement agency, only specified persons may access the report; etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations Referred Economic Matters |
First Reading 3/5
Hearing 3/21-1PM
Senate |
| 1425 | Insurance
Producers - Use of Trade Name
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
|
Defining the term "trade name" for specified purposes; requiring the holder of an insurance producer license to use the name in which the license is issued or a trade name filed with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner when engaging in specified activities for which a license is required; requiring a specified licensee to notify the Commissioner of a change in the trade name of the licensee within a specified period of time; etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations Referred Economic Matters |
First Reading 3/7
Hearing 3/21-1PM |
| 1432 |
Insurance-Analyses and Examination Reports- Use and Sharing
of Documents, Materials & Information Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request-MIA) |
Authorizes the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to conduct a certain analysis and examine the financial condition of certain entities under certain circumstances; repealing certain provisions of law governing the disclosure of certain information by the Commissioner; establishing that certain documents, materials and information in the control or possession of the Commissioner is confidential and privileged, is not subject to certain record keeping and disclosure requirements, and is not subject to subpoena or discovery; establishing the circumstances under which the Commissioner may use, share and receive certain documents, materials and information, etc. |
House Rules & Executive Nominations Referred Economic Matters |
First Reading 3/9
Hearing 3/19-1PM
Senate |
| 1442 |
Task Force on the Availability and Affordability of Property Insurance in
Coastal Areas Delegate Rudolph |
Establishing the Task Force on the Availability and Affordability of Property Insurance in Coastal Areas; providing for the composition, co chair, and staff of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit a report to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2007, regarding methods to ensure the continued availability and affordability of property insurance in coastal areas of Maryland; etc. |
Emergency Bill Economic Matters |
First Reading 3/20 Hearing 3/28-1PM Favorable w/ amendments Third Reading Passed 138-1
Senate House Concur w/Senate amendments 139-0 |
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| 30 | Vehicle
Laws-Distracted Driving and Use of Wireless Communication Devices While
Driving-Prohibitions Senator Stone |
Establishing the offense of distracted driving; prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using a wireless communication device; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit or a provisional driver's license who is 18 years of age or older from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless communication device; prohibiting the driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a wireless communication device; providing for exceptions to the prohibitions of the Act; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1-15 Hearing 1/23-1pm |
| 44 | Vehicle Laws - Use of Wireless
Communication Devices While Driving - Prohibitions
Senators Lenett, Conway, Madaleno, Middleton, Pinsky, Robey, and Stone |
Prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using wireless communication devices; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit or provisional driver's license who is 18 years of age or older from driving a motor vehicle while using wireless communication devices; prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use specified wireless communication devices except under specified circumstances; establishing penalties for specified violations; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1-17 Hearing 1/23-1pm |
| 52 MONITOR Prior Year Introduction As: SB 487/06 |
Consumer Protection- Consumer Reporting Agencies-Consumer Reports- Security FreezesSenators Forehand, Frosh, Britt and Della |
Authorizing a consumer to elect to place a security freeze on all or part of the consumer's consumer report; establishing procedures for requesting a security freeze; requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report within a specified number of days after a request is received and to take specified actions within 3 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 1-19 Hearing 1/25
at 3 pm House First Reading Senate concur with House amendments 45-0 |
| 70 Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 26 |
Task Force to Study Identity
Theft
Senators Jones, Forehand, Kelley and Stone |
Altering to December 31, 2007, the date by which the Task Force to Study Identity Theft is required to report to the General Assembly; and providing for an alternate date for the termination of the Task Force. |
Judicial Proceedings |
First
Reading 1/19 Hearing 2/1-2pm 2/12-Favorable Report 2nd Reading Passed 3rd Reading Passed 47-0
House |
| 84 Crossfiled w/HB 147 |
Health Care Malpractice- Expression of Regret or Apology- InadmissibilitySenator Zirkin |
Altering a specified evidentiary rule concerning an expression of regret or apology in specified civil actions and proceedings against health care providers; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1/22 Hearing 3/1-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 138 |
Motor Vehicles- Maintenance of Required Security- Administrative OffenseSenator Stone |
Providing that failure to maintain the required security for a motor vehicle is solely an administrative offense punishable by specified civil penalties. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1/24 Hearing 2/6-1pm |
| 156 |
Insurers- Third Party Claimants - Notice of Payment to Claimant's AttorneySenators Kelley, Colburn, Conway, Exum, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Miller, Mooney and Resapepe |
Requiring, instead of authorizing, an insurer to provide specified notice to specified third party claimants if payment, in the amount of $2,000 or more, of a third party liability claim for bodily injury is made to the claimant's attorney under specified circumstances; and altering the time period within which notice must be sent to a third party claimant. | Finance | First
Reading 1/25 Hearing 2/6-1pm 2/13-Favorable Report 2nd Reading Passed 3rd Reading Passed 46-0
House |
| 194 |
Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act Senators Kelley, Astle, Garagiola, Klausmeier, and Middleton |
Requiring specified businesses, when destroying a customer's records that contain personal information of the customer, to take specified steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the personal information under specified circumstances; requiring specified businesses that own or license personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices under specified circumstances; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 1/26 Hearing 2/28-1PM Favorable w/ amendments House |
| 267 OPPOSE |
Maryland Comparative
Negligence Act
Senator Lenett |
Establishing that in an action brought to recover damages for negligence under specified circumstances, the fact that a plaintiff may have been contributorily negligent may not bar recovery by the plaintiff or the plaintiff's legal representative or beneficiary under specified circumstances; requiring any damages awarded under the Act to be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributed to the plaintiff; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1/30 Hearing 3/6-1PM |
| 303 | Motor Carrier Transportation
Contracts - Indemnity Agreements Void
Senator Forehand |
Providing that specified indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts that purport to indemnify the promisee against specified liability resulting from specified conduct by the promisee are against public policy and are void and unenforceable; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1/30 Hearing 3/6-1PM
Favorable w/ amendments
House |
| 335 | Qualified
State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership- Revisions Senator Middleton |
Altering provisions of law to conform with the requirements of the federal Social Security Act; and altering reporting dates for reports requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Insurance Commissioner to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership. | Finance | First
Reading 2/1 Hearing
2/22-1PM
House |
| 368 | Torts-
Release of Claim for Damages- Voidable Senator Muse |
Increasing from 5 to 30 days the period during which a release of a claim for tort damages signed by an injured individual is voidable; increasing from 5 to 30 days the period during which a specified power of attorney or employment contract signed by an injured individual is voidable; clarifying when a specified time period begins; applying the Act prospectively; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
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| 383 Prior Year Introduction As: SB 745/05 |
Motor Vehicle Administration -
Driver's License Provisions - Safe Driving Credit System
Senator Haines
|
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to maintain a safe driving credit system for all licensees; requiring the Administration to award a safe driving credit, up to a specified limit, to licensees who meet specified safe driving standards; requiring the Administration to apply safe driving credits in a specified manner to offset specified points assessed against a licensee; and providing for the invalidation of a safe driving credit under specified circumstances. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing
2/15-1PM
House |
| 389 MONITOR |
Civil Actions - Liability of
Insurer - Failure to Act in Good Faith
Senator Stone
|
Authorizing an insured, in a civil action between an insured and an insurer to determine coverage or payment, to recover expenses and litigation costs including reasonable attorney's fees, interest computed at a specified rate and from a specified date, and actual compensatory damages, if the court finds that the insurer failed to act in good faith; providing for the application and construction of the Act; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 3/6-1PM
Favorable w/ amendments
House |
| 427 | Health Insurance -
Authorization of Additional Products and Small Group Administrative
Discounts
Senators Middleton & Astle |
Making specified provisions of the Act applicable to health maintenance organizations; providing that a specified insurance policy may provide for payment of services rendered by specified providers; requiring an insurer to establish payment in a specified manner under specified circumstances; requiring a specified policy to allow direct access to specialists; requiring specified insurers to offer an option to include preferred and nonpreferred providers as an additional benefit under specified circumstances; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/21-1PM
Favorable w/ amendments
House |
| 429 | Income Tax - Credit for
Long-Term Care Premium
Senators Haines & Munson |
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; applying the Act to tax years beginning after December 31, 2006; etc. | Budget & Taxation | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/21-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 494 | Homeowner's Insurance -
Coverage Beyond Coastal Areas
Senator Stone |
Requiring specified insurers to provide coverage beyond a coastal area; defining "coastal area"; and applying the Act to personal lines homeowner's insurance policies and contracts issued, delivered, or renewed on or after October 1, 2007. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing
3/2-1PM |
| 508 | Circuit Courts - Medical
Liability Division
Senator Zirkin |
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that medical liability matters be treated efficiently, equitably, and effectively, that a medical liability division be established in the circuit courts, and that medical liability division judges have special experience or training; authorizing the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to establish a medical liability division in each circuit court where the creation of a division is feasible; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 3/1-1PM WITHDRAWN |
| 514
|
Consumer Protection -
Protection of Personal Information from Security Breaches
Senator Forehand |
Requiring specified business and State entities that own, license, or maintain specified records that include specified personal information of an individual residing in the State to notify specified persons of a breach of the security of a system under specified circumstances; specifying the time at which notification must be given; authorizing notification to be given in a specified manner; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/28-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 530 |
Motor Vehicle Insurance -
Accident Prevention Courses - Discount for Seniors
Senator Middleton |
Requiring an insurer to provide a reduction in rates for motor vehicle personal injury and property damage coverage to an insured who is at least 55 years old and who, within the last two years, has completed a specified course in accident prevention; providing that the Act does not apply to an insured who attends a course in accident prevention under a court order or as required by the Motor Vehicle Administration for a specified violation; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 3/2-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 549 |
Workers' Compensation -
Jurisdiction of Commission Pending Appeal - Temporary Total Disability
Senator Garagiola |
Altering the circumstances
under which the Workers' Compensation Commission retains jurisdiction of
requests for temporary total disability benefits pending an appeal; and
altering the circumstances under which the Commission is authorized to pass
a supplemental order requiring an employer to provide temporary total
disability benefits.
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Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/20-1PM |
| 550 | Workers' Compensation -
Appeals - Evidence
Senator Garagiola |
Authorizing the introduction of specified health care records as evidence in an appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission under specified circumstances; requiring a specified notice to be served to all parties within a specified time period; providing for the right to object for good cause under specified conditions; providing for a response to an objection; clarifying that the Act does not otherwise limit the right to introduce new evidence; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/20-1PM |
| 588 | Insurance - Binders or
Policies - Personal Insurance
Senator Garagiola |
Providing that specified provisions of law regarding binders or policies are applicable to personal insurance; and defining "personal insurance." | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 3/2-1PM
Favorable w/ amendments
House |
| 599 | Health - Disclosure of Medical
Records - Cases Before the Workers' Compensation Commission
Senator Kittleman |
Requiring a health care provider to disclose medical records without the authorization of a person in interest in accordance with a specified subpoena for a case before the Workers' Compensation Commission, subject to specified exceptions and the additional limitations for a medical record developed primarily in connection with the provision of mental health services; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/20-1PM Unfavorable Report |
| 600 |
Workers' Compensation
Commission - Authorization for Release of Medical Information - Work-Related
Injury or Occupational Disease
Senator Kittleman |
Requiring an authorization for the release of specified medical information to be filed with the Workers' Compensation Commission when a claim is filed for an alleged work-related injury or occupational disease; requiring a health care provider to disclose specified medical information on receipt of a specified authorization filed with the Commission; etc. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing
2/20-1PM
House |
| 625 |
Workers' Compensation
Commission - Governmental Self-Insurance Groups - Investment
Senator Garagiola |
Requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to adopt regulations that establish specified guidelines to authorize a specified type of investment of surplus funds by governmental self-insurance groups; and providing specified conditions for the investment of surplus funds by governmental self-insurance groups. | Finance | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 2/20-1PM
Favorable Report
House |
| 660 |
Lead-Based Paint Damages -
Reimbursement by Manufacturer - Market Share Liability
Senator McFadden |
Requiring a manufacturer of lead-based paint to reimburse specified persons for damages caused by lead-based paint; establishing the types of damages for which specified manufacturers of lead-based paint are required to pay reimbursement; providing that specified manufacturers of lead-based paint may be held liable under any legally recognized theory of liability including a market share theory of liability; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 2/2 Hearing 3/6-1PM |
| 712 | Workers' Compensation -
Covered Employees - Benefits
Senator Kittleman |
Providing that undocumented employees are entitled to specified workers' compensation benefits under specified circumstances; and defining a specified term. | Finance | First
Reading 2/7 Hearing 2/20-1PM Favorable w/ amendments Laid Over-Adopted Recommit to Committee Finance |
| 721 MONITOR |
Homeowner's Insurance - Action
for Bad Faith Settlement of or Bad Faith Failure to Settle a Claim
Senator Stone |
Establishing specified procedures for specified insureds to bring a civil action for damages against a specified insurer for a bad faith settlement of or bad faith failure to settle a claim made under a policy of homeowner's insurance; requiring an insured to send written notice of the insured's intent to file a specified action to a specified insurer at least 30 days before the action is filed; authorizing an insurer to request that an insured allow an inspection of the insured property and provide specified evidence; etc. | Senate
Rules Referred to Judicial Proceedings |
First
Reading 2/8 Hearing 3/6-1PM |
| 765 | Insurance - Notice - Premiums
Senator Exum |
Establishing specified
requirements for notice relating to premium amounts for renewal of workers'
compensation insurance policies; altering specified requirements relating to
the renewal of workers' compensation and commercial insurance policies;
altering the circumstances under which an insurer must provide a reasonable
estimate of a renewal policy premium; making the Act an emergency measure;
and applying the Act to insurance issued, delivered, or renewed on or after
the effective date of the Act.
This bill would include Workers Compensation under the current 'commercial insurance' provisions to provide the insured with 45 days notice of renewal premium and of any increases of 20% or more. |
Senate
Rules 2-21 Referred to Finance |
First
Reading 2/12 Hearing 3/9-1PM
Favorable w/ amendments
House |
| 788 | Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund- Payment of Fees for Motor Vehicle Records-
Required Senator Astle |
Requiring the Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund to pay to the Motor Vehicle Administration a
specified fee for motor vehicle records provided by the Administration to
the Fund.
|
Senate
Rules 2-21 Referred to Finance |
First
Reading 2/14 Hearing 3/13-1PM |
| 789 Crossfiled w/HB1105 |
Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund- Authority of Commissioner to Impose Penalties Senator Astle |
Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to impose a specified penalty on the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund for a violation of the Insurance Article; and authorizing the Commissioner to require the Fund to make restitution to a person who has suffered financial injury because of the violation of the Insurance Article. | Senate
Rules
2-21 Referred to Finance |
First
Reading 2/14 Hearing 3/13-1PM WITHDRAWN |
|
790 Crossfiled w/HB 1106 SUPPORT |
Homeowner's Insurance- Insurance
Producers-Notice of Coverage for Flood Loss- Statement of Additional
Optional Coverage Senator Astle |
Repealing a requirement for an insurance producer at a specified time and in a specified manner to provide an applicant for homeowner's insurance with a specified notice about homeowner's insurance coverage for losses from flood; repealing provisions that deem an insurance producer to be in compliance with the notice requirement under specified circumstances; etc. |
Senate Rules
Referred to Finance 2-21 |
First Reading 2/14 Hearing 3/13-1PM
Favorable Report
House |
| 875 | Surplus Lines Insurance - Date
of Filing Affidavit
Senator Garagiola |
Altering the date by which a specified affidavit for surplus lines insurance must be filed with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner. | Senate
Rules
Referred to Finance 3-2 |
First
Reading 2/21 Hearing 3/13-1PM Favorable Report
House |
| 884 | Vehicle Laws - Traffic Control
Signal Monitoring Systems and Speed Monitoring Systems - Points and
Insurance
Senator Mooney |
Repealing a prohibition on specified violations recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system or a speed monitoring system being considered moving violations for purposes of assessing specified points and being considered in the provision of motor vehicle insurance coverage; providing that specified points are to be assessed after imposition of a specified civil penalty; etc. | Senate
Rules Referred to Finance 3-2 |
First
Reading 2/21 Hearing 3/22-1PM |
| 904
|
Consumer Protection - Personal
Information Protection Act
Senator Dyson
|
Requiring a business to destroy or arrange for the destruction of records that contain specified personal information in a specified manner; requiring a business that compiles, maintains, or makes available specified personal information of an individual residing in the State to implement and maintain specified security procedures and practices; requiring businesses that compile, maintain, or make available specified records to notify specified individuals of a breach of the security of a system under specified circumstances, etc. | Senate
Rules Referred to Finance 3-2 |
First
Reading 2/22 Hearing
3/21-1PM |
| 929 | Workers' Compensation
Insurance - Subrogation Rights of Insurers
Senator Kittleman |
Providing that if an insurer pays a specified claim under the workers' compensation law, the insurer is subrogated to a specified cause of action of a specified claimant against the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund for specified uninsured motorist coverage or against specified uninsured motorist coverage. | Senate
Rules Referred to Finance 3-2 |
First
Reading 2/23 Hearing 3/20-1PM |
| 930 |
Workers' Compensation Insurance - Adjustments to Experience Rating Plans Senator Kittleman |
Providing that a prospective premium adjustment to a workers' compensation insurance experience rating plan may not be based on a specified claim paid for injuries caused by the negligence of a specified third party under specified circumstances; etc. | Senate
Rules Referred to Finance 3-2 |
First
Reading 2/23 Hearing 3/20-1PM |
| 1020 |
Credit Regulation- Inquiries About
Consumer Reports- Credit Score Calculation Senator Muse |
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from considering any inquiries made about a consumer's consumer report in the calculation of a consumer's credit score; and generally relating to consumer reporting agencies and consumer credit scores. | Senate
Rules Referred to Finance Re-referred to Education, Health & Environmental Affairs |
First Read
3/8 Hearing 3/30-1PM |
| 1035 |
Vehicle Laws- Motorcycle- Definition Senator DeGrange |
Altering the definition of 'motorcycle' in the Maryland Vehicle Law to include a motor vehicle that has two front wheels positioned on a single front axle and one rear wheel; and making clarifying and conforming changes. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 3/27 |