| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| HB27 | Automobile Insurance - Use of
Territory in Rate Making - Limitation
Delegate Conaway |
FOR the purpose of limiting the
number of territories an insurer may use in establishing automobile
insurance rates under provisions of law governing prior approval rate making
and competitive rating; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to
adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to rate making for
automobile insurance policies. MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/13 Hearing
2/2-2PM |
| HB28 | Condominiums and Homeowners
Associations – Reserves and Reserve Studies Delegate Braveboy |
FOR the purpose of requiring the
governing body or the council of unit owners of certain condominiums to have
a reserve study conducted of the common elements of the condominium by a
certain date and at certain intervals under certain circumstances; requiring
the reserve study conducted of the common elements of a condominium to meet
certain criteria; requiring the governing body of certain homeowners
associations or certain homeowners associations to have a reserve study
conducted of the common areas of the homeowners association by a certain
date and at certain intervals under certain circumstances; requiring the
reserve study conducted of the common areas of a homeowners association to
meet certain criteria; requiring the annual budget of a certain homeowners
association development to provide for reserves under certain circumstances;
defining certain terms; providing for the application of this Act; and
generally relating to the reserves and reserve studies of condominiums and
homeowners associations. NO POSITION |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 1/13
Hearing 2/4-1PM |
| HB29 | Real Property – Condominiums and
Homeowners Associations – Priority of Liens Delegate Braveboy |
FOR the purpose of providing that
a certain portion of a certain lien on a condominium unit, including any
attorney’s fees or costs for filing a lien, has priority over a first
mortgage or deed of trust under certain circumstances; providing that
certain lot owners in a homeowners association are liable for certain
charges and assessments; allowing a homeowners association to enforce the
payment of certain assessments and charges by imposition of a contract lien
under certain circumstances; providing that a certain portion of a
homeowners association contract lien, including certain attorney’s fees and
costs for filing the lien, has priority over a first mortgage or deed of
trust under certain circumstances; providing that certain provisions of this
Act do not affect or limit the priority of certain liens, mortgages, or
deeds of trust; making stylistic changes; and generally relating to liens on
condominium units and lots in homeowners associations. NO POSITION |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 1/13
Hearing 3-4-1PM |
| HB55 | Homeowner’s Insurance – Coverage
for Water Damage Delegate Ivey |
FOR the purpose of altering a
certain requirement that certain insurers offer at certain times coverage
for loss that is caused by or results from water backing up through sewers
or drains to specify that the sewers or drains are located inside or outside
the insured’s dwelling and are part of the dwelling’s sewer or drainage
system; requiring certain insurers to offer at certain times coverage for
loss that is caused by or results from a discharge or release of water from
a water or sewerage system; providing for the application of this Act; and
generally relating to coverage for water damage under homeowner’s insurance
policies. MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/13 Hearing
2/2-2PM |
| HB86 | Insurance – Underwriting and
Rating – Consumer Rates and Rating Chair Economic Matters (By Request – Departmental – Insurance Administration, Maryland)
|
FOR the purpose of clarifying
that an insurer shall place and retain a consumer at the most favorably
priced rate for which the consumer qualifies; clarifying that an insurer
that is part of an insurance holding company system shall place, retain, or
move a consumer to the most favorably priced rating tier of any of the
admitted insurers within its holding company system for which the consumer
qualifies; and generally relating to insurance underwriting and rating. WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/13 UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
|
HB91 Crossfiled SB107 |
Labor & Employment-Unemployment
Insurance- Modernization & Tax Relief Act The Speaker (By Request) |
Providing for an
alternative method to determine the base period for unemployment insurance
purposes under specified circumstances; altering provisions relating to
benefit eligibility of specified part- time workers; creating an additional
training benefit for specified individuals; providing that specified
training benefits may not be charged to employers; providing for the
calculation and limit for the additional training benefits; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/14 Hearing 1/28-10:30 a.m. |
| HB144 | People's Insurance Counsel
Division in the Office of the Attorney General - Repeal
Delegates Miller, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Minnick, Myers, O'Donnell, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, Walkup, and Wood |
Repealing the
People's Insurance Counsel Division in the Office of the Attorney General
and provisions of law relating to the Division; and requiring that all
equipment and other assets of the Division be transferred to the Maryland
Insurance Administration on July 1, 2010.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/20 Hearing
2/2-2PM |
|
HB168 Signed by the Governor Chapter 656 |
Architectural or Engineering
Services-Construction Industry-Indemnity Agreements-Void Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson and Dumais |
Providing that
specified construction industry indemnity agreements relating to
architectural or engineering services are against public policy and are void
and unenforceable; clarifying language; etc.
SUPPORT LEVEL 1 |
Judiciary | First Reading 1/20
Hearing 1/28-1PM
Senate Action: |
| HB175 | Labor and
Employment - Credit Reports and Credit Histories of Applicants and Employees
- Limitations on Use by Employers
Delegates Reznik, Ali, Barkley, Gutierrez, Hucker, Kaiser, Kullen, Manno, Rice, Robinson, Shewell, Taylor, Valderrama, and Weir |
Prohibiting an employer from using an applicant's or employee's credit
report or credit history in determining whether to deny employment to the
applicant, discharge the employee, or determine compensation or the terms,
conditions, or privileges of employment; authorizing an employer to request
or consider an applicant's credit report or credit history under specified
circumstances; authorizing an applicant or employee to bring an action for
injunctive relief, damages, or other relief for a violation of a specified
provision of law; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First
Reading 1/21 Hearing 2/18-1PM |
| HB192 | Motor Vehicles - Reading Text
Message While Driving - Prohibition
Delegates Malone and Kach |
Prohibiting a
person from using a text messaging device to read a text message while
operating a motor vehicle in motion or in the travel portion of the roadway.
MONITOR |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 1/22 Hearing
2/2-1PM Senate
Action: |
|
HB249 Crossfiled SB236 Signed by the Governor Chapter 663 |
Insurance - Premium Increase for
Commercial and Workers' Compensation Insurance - Notice
Delegate Rudolph |
Requiring an
insurer to provide notice to an insurance producer of a premium increase for
commercial and workers' compensation insurance; etc.
**This has been introduced on our behalf. The proposed legislation adds the term 'and insurance producer, if any' to #1 of the three options provided to carriers when sending renewal notices. Last year HB162 passed and required notice from carriers of any increase for commercial lines and workers compensation. The bill provided three options. Two of the options already include notice to the producer. The third did not. This bill replaces the '20% law'. This bill, if passed, would include 'producer' language in all three options. The carrier, if electing to send a renewal policy, would also be required to send the renewal policy to the named insurance producer, if any. SUPPORT LEVEL 3 |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/25 Hearing
2/2-2PM Senate
Action: |
|
HB305
Approved by Governor |
Insurance-Domestic Reinsurers Delegates Davis, Burns, Love, Manno, Taylor, and Vaughn |
Specifying the
assessment fee payable by specified domestic reinsurers to the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner; exempting the domestic reinsurers from a requirement
to have an office in the State; requiring the domestic reinsurers to keep
specified assets in the State; and authorizing the domestic reinsurers to
keep their general ledger accounting records outside the State under
specified circumstances.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/27 Hearing
2/23-1PM Senate
Action: |
|
HB317 Crossfiled SB401 |
Maryland Automobile
Insurance Fund - Acceptance of Premiums on Installment Basis
Delegates Holmes, Aumann, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Cane, Carr, Davis, Doory, Elmore, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Jennings, Kullen, McConkey, Montgomery, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ross, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Tarrant, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, and Weir |
Authorizing the
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment
basis under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner to ensure specified provisions of the Fund's installment
payment plan; prohibiting the Fund from discriminating among insureds in a
specified manner; prohibiting the Fund from paying a higher commission to
specified producers; requiring specified written and electronic
communications to include a specified statement under specified
circumstances; etc.
SUPPORT LEVEL 1 |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/27 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| HB382 | Income Tax
- Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
Delegates Manno, Ali, Barnes, Frush, Hucker, Ivey, Kelly, Kramer, Krebs, Miller, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Serafini, Taylor, and Valderrama |
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, 2011; etc.
NO POSITION |
Ways & Means | First
Reading 1/28 Hearing 2/4-1PM |
|
HB405 Signed by the Governor Chapter 669 |
Workers' Compensation - Covered
Employees and Employers - Corporate or Limited Liability Company Officer
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Workers' Compensation Commission) |
Authorizing an
officer of a close corporation, as defined under the laws of the
jurisdiction where the corporation is incorporated, to elect to be exempt
from workers' compensation coverage; clarifying that members of specified
limited liability companies may elect to be exempt; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1/29 Hearing
2/24-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB423 Signed by the Governor Chapter 414 |
Life and
Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation - Maximum Liability
Delegate Sossi |
Altering, for life insurance death benefits, health insurance benefits, and
the present value of annuity benefits, the maximum amounts of specified
contractual obligations of impaired insurers or insolvent insurers for which
the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation may become liable under
specified circumstances.
NO POSITION |
Health & Government Operations | First
Reading 1/29 Hearing 2/25-1PM Senate
Action |
| HB460 | Real
Property - Condominium Bylaws - Surcharge on Assessments
Delegates McConkey, Beidle, Holmes, Niemann, Norman, and Weir |
Authorizing condominium bylaws to include a provision establishing a 10%
surcharge on each assessment for common expenses payable by the owner of a
condominium unit that is not owner-occupied or a unit that is vacant under
specified conditions; and limiting the applicability of the surcharge to
multiple-unit condominium buildings and not townhouse condominiums.
NO POSITION |
Environmental Matters | First
Reading 1/29 Hearing 2/18-1PM |
| HB478 | Health
Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Cost-Sharing Obligations
Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Mizeur, Benson, Carr, Costa, DeBoy, Donoghue, Elliott, Frush, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, Lafferty, Manno, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Ross, Stukes, and V. Turner |
Prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations from imposing a cost-sharing obligation for a
prescription drug that exceeds the dollar amount of the cost-sharing
obligation for a prescription drug in a specified category; prohibiting a
person from making or allowing unfair discrimination between specified
individuals in the amount of the cost-sharing obligation imposed for a
prescription drug; etc.
NO POSITION |
Health & Government Operations | First
Reading 2/1 Hearing 2/18-1PM |
| HB489 |
Delegates G. Clagett, Barkley, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Kullen, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, F. Turner, and Weir |
Prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using a wireless
telephone; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit or
provisional driver's license who is 18 years old or older from driving a
motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone; prohibiting a driver of a
motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a
wireless telephone; providing exceptions to the prohibitions; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Environmental Matters | First
Reading 2/1 Hearing 2/16-1PM |
| HB492 | Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance
- Personal Injury Protection Coverage - Minimum Benefits
Delegates Smigiel, Boteler, Dumais, Elmore, McComas, McDonough, Simmons, Stocksdale, and Vallario |
Altering the
minimum amount of specified medical, hospital, and disability benefits that
insurers are required to provide under motor vehicle liability insurance
policies under specified circumstances.
OPPOSE LEVEL 1 |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/1 Hearing
3/9-1PM |
| HB504 | Employment
Discrimination - Unlawful Employment Practices - Motivating Factor
Delegates Rosenberg, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, and Reznik |
Clarifying that an unlawful employment practice is established when a
specified classification is a motivating factor for any employment practice,
even though other factors also motivated the practice; and providing that a
specified Supreme Court ruling is not to be applied in any cases brought
under provisions of law prohibiting discrimination in employment.
NO POSITION |
Health & Government Operations | First
Reading 2/1 Hearing 3/3-1PM |
| HB525 | Maryland
False Health Claims Act of 2010
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Anderson, Beidle, Beitzel, Benson, Bobo, Cardin, Carr, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Jones, Kaiser, King, Kramer, Lafferty, Levy, Love, McIntosh, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Walker |
Prohibiting specified actions constituting false claims against a State
health plan or a State health program; providing specified penalties for
making false claims against a State health plan or a State health program;
authorizing the State or a person on behalf of the State to file a civil
action against a person who makes a false claim against a State health plan
or a State health program under specified circumstances; providing for the
procedures to be followed and remedies in a civil action; etc.
NO POSITION |
Judiciary & Appropriations | First
Reading 2/1 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
| HB526 | Vehicle Laws - Required Insurance
- Minimum Amounts for Vehicles of Drunk Drivers Delegates Shewell, Ali, Aumann, Bartlett, Boteler, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Krebs, McComas, McDonough, Murphy, Niemann, Schuh, Serafini, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Weir |
Increasing the
minimum amounts of required security for the payment of specified claims for
bodily injury or death or for the damage or destruction of the property of
others for a motor vehicle owned by an individual who has been convicted of,
or granted probation for, specified alcohol-related driving offenses.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/1 Hearing
2/23-1PM |
| HB591 |
Unemployment Insurance - Charging and Taxation
Delegates George, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Impallaria, James, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, Levy, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Myers, Norman, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, and Wood |
Altering the unemployment insurance charging and taxation system; decreasing
the standard rate of contribution that specified employing units are
required to pay; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and
Regulation to notify employing units; terminating the Act if the balance of
the Unemployment Fund reaches the amount required for § 8-612(d)(3) of the
Labor and Employment Article to apply; terminating the Act after December
31, 2011, if the balance does not reach the required amount; etc.
EMERGENCY BILL |
Economic Matters | First
Reading 2/3 Hearing 2/17-1PM |
|
HB603 Crossfiled SB397 |
Health Care Freedom Act of 2010 Delegates Shank, Bartlett, Bates, Boteler, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Jenkins, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Miller, Norman, Serafini, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Stull |
Adding a new article to the Maryland Constitution to
enact limits on the regulation of health care in the State; prohibiting a
law from compelling, directly or indirectly, specified persons to
participate in any health care system; prohibiting specified persons from
being required to pay penalties or fines under specified circumstances;
specifying that the purchase or sale of specified health insurance may not
be prohibited by law; authorizing certain persons to pay directly or accept
direct payment for specified health care services; etc.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT |
Health & Government Operations | First
Reading 2/3 Hearing 3/18-1PM |
| HB622 | Health Care Malpractice -
Noneconomic Damages
Delegates Waldstreicher, Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Lee, Ramirez, Schuler, Simmons, and Smigiel |
Increasing
specified limitations on noneconomic damages for a personal injury action
and a wrongful death action concerning health care malpractice for a cause
of action arising on or after a specified date.
MONITOR |
Judiciary | First Reading 2/3 Hearing 2/24-1PM |
| HB666 | Vehicle Laws - Uninsured
Motorists - Waiver of Right to Noneconomic Damages
Delegates Kipke, Bartlett, DeBoy, Kach, Krebs, McComas, Minnick, Morhaim, Schuh, Shewell, and Stocksdale |
Establishing that
an individual driving a motor vehicle that is not covered by insurance is
considered to have waived the right to recover noneconomic damages under
specified circumstances; exempting specified individuals from the waiver
under specified circumstances; creating a rebuttable presumption that an
individual knows or has reason to know that the motor vehicle is not covered
by insurance under specified circumstances; defining "noneconomic damages";
etc.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/4 Hearing
2/23-1PM |
| HB669 | Landlord and Tenant - Renter's
Insurance
Delegates Weir, Boteler, McConkey, and Minnick |
Authorizing a
landlord to require a tenant to maintain specified liability and property
coverage as a condition of tenancy during the term of the lease agreement;
requiring that a written lease include specified information in a specified
format; authorizing the landlord to obtain the insurance policy and require
the tenant to pay the premium in a specified manner; requiring the landlord
to inform a prospective tenant that the tenant may obtain specified
insurance coverage separately; etc.
MONITOR |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 2/4 Hearing
2/25-1PM |
|
HB702 Signed by the Governor Chapter 615 |
Common Ownership Communities -
Fidelity Insurance or Fidelity Bond
Delegates Stein, Beidle, Glenn, and Lafferty |
Authorizing
specified governing bodies of a cooperative housing corporation, a
condominium, or a homeowners association to satisfy the requirement of
purchasing fidelity insurance by purchasing a fidelity bond.
NO POSITION |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 2/4 Hearing
2/25-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB708 Crossfiled SB15 |
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of
Credit History in Rating Policies
Delegates Carter, Burns, Howard, Impallaria, Kirk, Taylor, and Vaughn |
Prohibiting an
insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from
rating a risk based, in whole or in part, on the credit history of an
applicant or insured in any manner; repealing provisions of law authorizing
an insurer to use the credit history of an applicant or insured to rate a
new policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance subject to specified
limitations and requirements; etc.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/4 Hearing
2/23-1PM |
| HB735 | Workers' Compensation - Exemption
from Covered Employment - AmeriCorps Program Workers
Delegate Rosenberg |
Clarifying that
work performed under an AmeriCorps program is not covered employment for
purposes of workers' compensation laws.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/5 Unfavorable Report |
| HB751 | Workers' Compensation - Temporary
Total Disability Benefits - Credit
Delegates Miller, Haddaway, Jameson, King, Minnick, and Rudolph |
Providing a credit
for an employer or insurer for specified payments to a covered employee for
temporary total disability benefits under specified circumstances and during
a specified period.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/5 Hearing
3/10-1PM |
| HB767 | Maryland
Health Security Act of 2010
Delegates Montgomery, Manno, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, Lee, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher |
Establishing the Maryland Health System; requiring the Health System to
provide health care services to all residents of the State under a single
system that is not dependent on employment; authorizing a member of the
Health System to choose any participating health care provider; requiring
the Health System to reimburse a member who receives health care services
from an out-of-state health care provider under specified circumstances;
etc.
NO POSITION |
Health & Government Operations | First
Reading 2/5 Hearing 3/18-1PM |
|
HB799 Signed by the Governor Chapter 623 |
Reverse Mortgage Homeowners
Protection Act
Delegates Kramer and Manno |
Authorizing a
borrower under a reverse mortgage loan to prepay the loan without penalty;
authorizing specified interest rates and interest that is contingent on
specified factors in connection with a reverse mortgage loan; authorizing
specified costs and fees in connection with a reverse mortgage loan;
prohibiting a reduction in the amount or number of periodic advances paid to
a borrower under a reverse mortgage loan under specified circumstances; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/9 Hearing
2/25-1PM Senate
Action |
| HB803 | Health
Insurance - High Deductible Plans and Limited Benefit Plans for Uninsured
Individuals
Delegates Rudolph and Kullen |
Authorizing a nonprofit health service plan to limit the issuance of a
specified high deductible health plan to specified uninsured individuals who
are residents of the State under specified circumstances; authorizing a
nonprofit health service plan to issue a specified limited benefit health
insurance contract to specified uninsured individuals; etc.
NO POSITION |
Health & Government Operations | First
Reading 2/9 Hearing 2/25-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB814 Signed by the Governor Chapter 703 |
Health
Insurance - Individual Health Benefit Plans - Frequency of Premium Increases
Delegates Kach and Olszewski |
Prohibiting health insurance carriers from increasing the premium on an
individual health benefit plan more frequently than once every 6 months.
MONITOR |
Health and Government Operations | First
Reading 2/9 Hearing 2/25-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB825 Signed by the Governor Chapter 441 |
Vehicle Laws - Required Security
- Minimum Amounts
Delegates Barkley, Barnes, Davis, Feldman, Harrison, Hecht, Impallaria, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Manno, McHale, Minnick, Schuler, Stifler, Taylor, 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.
|
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/9 Hearing
2/23-1PM Senate
Action |
| HB840 | Homeowner's Insurance - Ordinance
or Law Coverage
Delegate Stein |
Requiring an
insurer that issues, sells, or delivers a policy of homeowner's insurance to
offer to provide ordinance or law coverage for increased costs of repair or
construction incurred in order to comply with local, State, or federal laws
or ordinances; and establishing a minimum coverage amount for ordinance or
law coverage.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/9 Hearing
2/23-1PM |
|
HB854 Crossfiled SB647
Approved by Governor |
Homeowner's, Farmowner's, and
Dwelling Insurance Policies - Claims for Additional Payments
Delegates Stein, Barkley, Cardin, Manno, and Minnick |
Requiring each
policy of homeowner's, farmowner's, or dwelling insurance issued, sold, or
delivered in the State that provides property coverage for a dwelling or
personal property to contain a provision that allows an insured to file a
claim for additional payments, on a replacement cost basis, for the repair
or replacement of the dwelling or personal property for at least 2 years
after payment of actual cash value.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/10 Hearing
2/23-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB878 Crossfiled SB313 Signed by the Governor Chapter 536 |
Health
Insurance - Annual Preventive Care
Delegate Mizeur |
Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance
organizations that provide covered benefits for annual preventive care from
denying coverage solely because 365 days have not elapsed since the previous
annual preventive care occurred; requiring the insurers, nonprofit health
service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for
the annual preventive care if specified conditions are met; etc.
NO POSITION |
Health and Government Operations | First
Reading 2/10 Hearing 3/4-1PM Senate Action |
| HB928 | Punitive Damages - High-Risk
Drunk Drivers
Delegates Schuler, Barnes, Simmons, Smigiel, and Waldstreicher |
Authorizing a
finder of fact to determine that a person with a specified alcohol
concentration in the blood or breath of the person who causes personal
injury or wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a motor
vehicle was acting with malice and award punitive damages under specified
circumstances; etc.
NO POSITION |
Judiciary | First Reading 2/12 Hearing 3/3-1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
|
HB934 Signed by the Governor Chapter 716 |
Vehicle
Laws - Use of Wireless Telephone While Driving - Prohibitions
Delegates McIntosh, Barkley, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, Carr, V. Clagett, Conaway, Donoghue, Dumais, Frick, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hecht, Howard, Hucker, Kullen, Love, Manno, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Stein, and Weir |
Prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using a wireless
telephone; 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 telephone; prohibiting a driver of a
motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a
wireless telephone; providing exceptions to the prohibitions; providing for
enforcement of and penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.
NO POSITION |
Environmental Matters | First
Reading 2/12 Hearing 3/2-1PM Senate Action |
| HB951 | Health Insurance Carriers -
Declinations of Applications for Coverage - Required Reporting
Delegates Carter, Gutierrez, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, and Robinson |
Altering the
information that health insurance carriers are required to submit to the
Maryland Insurance Commissioner in a specified report to include the reason
that an application for individual health insurance coverage was declined;
requiring the Commissioner to post specified information on the Maryland
Insurance Administration's website; requiring the Commissioner to compile a
summary report of specified information and to make the report available to
the public; etc.
NO POSITION |
Health and Government Operations | First Reading 2/12
Hearing 3/4-1PM |
| HB968 | Workers' Compensation - Appeals -
Evidence
Delegate Barkley |
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; establishing a specified limit on a
judgment; requiring a court to alter a specified award under specified
circumstances; providing that the Act does not apply to specified
determinations, awards, or claims; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/12 Hearing
3/10-1PM |
| HB976 | Reduction
of Lead Risk in Housing
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment) |
Repealing provisions of law relating to specified qualified offers in
connection with the liability of an owner of specified rental property;
repealing a provision of law relating to a specified window replacement
program; repealing obsolete provisions of law relating to the reduction of
lead risk in housing; etc.
EMERGENCY BILL |
Environmental Matters | First
Reading 2/12 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
|
HB1008 Crossfiled SB507 |
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund -
Status and Renaming
Delegate Davis |
Renaming the
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund as the Chesapeake Employers' Mutual
Insurance Company; requiring the Company to be a specified authorized mutual
insurer; altering the provisions of law that apply to the Company that
applied to the Fund; specifying that the Company is a statutorily created
nonprofit insurer that is not a unit of State government; providing that an
employee of the Company is not an employee of the State and is not subject
to specified laws; etc.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/15 Hearing 2/23-1PM |
|
HB1052 Crossfiled SB238 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund - Use of Fund Moneys and Property - Prohibitions
Delegate Bromwell |
Prohibiting moneys
or property of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund from being used to pay
for specified bonuses, services, events, and sponsorships; making the Act an
emergency measure; etc.
EMERGENCY BILL |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/17 Hearing
3/16-1PM |
|
HB1069 Crossfiled SB525 |
Vehicle Laws - Driver Improvement
Programs - Deduction of Accumulated Points
Delegates Weir, Boteler, Carr, Glenn, Hucker, Niemann, Norman, Shewell, and Sossi |
Requiring the
Motor Vehicle Administration to deduct 2 points from a specified
individual's driving record if the individual attends a specified driver
improvement program or driver safety program; prohibiting the Administration
from deducting more than 2 points from an individual's driving record in a
2-year period; requiring the Administration to apply a specified point
deduction in a specified manner; etc.
MONITOR |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 2/17 Hearing
3/2-1PM |
|
HB1073 Crossfiled SB704 Signed by the Governor Chapter 341 |
Insurance -
Coordination of Benefits - Health Insurance and Personal Injury Protection
Delegates Pena-Melnyk and Vallario |
Providing that health maintenance organization contracts, health insurance
policies, and policies of nonprofit health service plans are subject to
specified provisions of law relating to coordination of benefits with
personal injury protection coverage under motor vehicle liability insurance
policies; prohibiting the policies and contracts from containing a provision
requiring personal injury protection benefits to be paid before benefits
under the policies and contracts; etc.
SUPPORT LEVEL 2 |
Health and Government Operations | First
Reading 2/17 Hearing 3/11-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB1082 Crossfiled SB500 |
Unemployment Insurance - Compensation for Lawyer or Agent Representation in
Claim Proceedings
Delegate Braveboy |
Repealing specified provisions of law that specify the amount of
compensation that a lawyer may charge a claimant for representation in a
proceeding relating to the determination of an unemployment insurance claim
before a hearing examiner, special examiner, or the Board of Appeals in the
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; repealing a specified
provision that prohibits an agent from charging a claimant for
representation in a proceeding relating to the determination of an
unemployment insurance claim; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First
Reading 2/17 Unfavorable Report
|
|
HB1088 Crossfiled SB906 |
Homeowner's Insurance - Offer of
Coverage for Loss Caused by Discharge of Water
Delegates Minnick, Olszewski, Weir, Barkley, Boteler, Burns, Conaway, DeBoy, Feldman, Haddaway, Harrison, Haynes, Jameson, Kelly, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Manno, Mathias, McHale, Miller, Robinson, Rudolph, Stukes, and Tarrant |
Requiring
specified insurers to offer in writing, at the time of application and
renewal, to provide coverage for loss that is caused by or results from a
discharge of water from a specified system or source; requiring the insurers
to include a specified statement with the offer; providing that if an
application or renewal is made by telephone or the Internet, an insurer is
deemed to be in compliance with the Act under specified circumstances;
requiring specified insurers to submit specified reports; etc.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/17 Hearing
3/9-1PM |
| HB1101 | Insurance - Unfair Claim
Settlement Practices - Third-Party Claims
Delegate Elliott |
Altering the
circumstances under which an unfair claim settlement practice is considered
to have been committed to include failure to act in good faith, as defined
under specified provisions of law, in settling any claim, including a
third-party claim, under a policy of property and casualty insurance; etc.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/17 Hearing
3/9-1PM |
|
HB1151 Signed by the Governor Chapter 458 |
Vehicle Laws - Commercial Motor
Vehicles - Minimum Security Requirements
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) |
Establishing
specified minimum levels of required security for commercial motor vehicles
in conformance with federal regulations; authorizing the Motor Vehicle
Administration to adopt specified regulations consistent with specified
federal regulations; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/17 Hearing
3/9-1PM Senate
Action |
| HB1157 | Health Care
Malpractice - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages
Delegates Elliott, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Jenkins, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, and Stull |
Decreasing a specified limitation on noneconomic damages in health care
malpractice claims arising on or after October 1, 2010 to $500,000, with
specified annual increases beginning October 1, 2011; making conforming and
stylistic changes; etc.
NO POSITION |
Judiciary | First
Reading 2/17 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
| HB1166 | Health Care
Malpractice - Awards and Judgments - Periodic Payments
Delegates Elliott, Bartlett, Bates, Costa, Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, Jenkins, Krebs, McComas, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, and Stull |
Requiring periodic payments of specified damages in excess of $100,000 for
specified health care malpractice causes of action under specified
circumstances; establishing procedures and requirements relating to periodic
payments and annuities for funding periodic payments; etc.
NO POSITION |
Judiciary | First
Reading 2/17 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
| HB1252 | Physicians - Professional
Liability Coverage - Requirements
Delegates Manno and Feldman |
Requiring
physicians who perform specified services in the State in specified settings
to maintain specified minimum amounts of professional liability insurance or
attest that the physician has other specified coverage as a condition of
licensure and to notify the State Board of Physicians prior to cancellation
of the insurance or coverage; etc.
MONITOR |
Health and Government Operations | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/15-1PM |
| HB1253 | Physicians - Professional
Liability Coverage - Proof and Notification
Delegates Manno and Feldman |
Requiring
physicians who perform specified services in the State in specified settings
to provide verification or other documentation of professional liability
insurance or other specified coverage as a condition of licensure; requiring
physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify patients in
writing and on each visit of specified information relating to professional
liability insurance or coverage; etc.
MONITOR |
Health and Government Operations | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/15-1PM |
|
HB1280 Crossfiled SB646 |
Workers' Compensation - Medical
Presumptions
Delegates Feldman, Barkley, Braveboy, Harrison, Hecht, King, Kirk, Love, Manno, Mathias, McHale, Minnick, Taylor, and Vaughn |
Altering the
occupational disease presumption under the workers' compensation law as
applied to specified individuals; providing that specified diseases and
cancers are considered occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty
and are compensable in a specified manner; providing that a specified
presumption applies only if specified circumstances are met; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/3-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB1295 Crossfiled SB955 Signed by the Governor Chapter 731 |
Workers' Compensation - Uninsured
Employers' Fund - Uninsured Employer Assessments
Delegates Krysiak, Jameson, Kirk, McHale, Minnick, and Rudolph |
Increasing the
amount of assessments that the Workers' Compensation Commission imposes
against uninsured employers and directs as payment into the Uninsured
Employers' Fund; etc.
|
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/3-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB1318 Crossfiled SB953 |
Delegates Krysiak, Davis, and Kelly |
Altering the
authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission to make specified
determinations of dependency; altering the provisions relating to
calculation of death benefits for individuals who are wholly or partly
dependent; providing the amount of death benefits to specified dependents
who are neither a dependent spouse nor a dependent child; specifying that
the Commission has continuing jurisdiction under specified circumstances;
etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/3-1PM Senate
Action |
| HB1348 | Vehicle Laws - Carrying and
Displaying Proof of Required Security - Requirements
Delegates Stein, Beidle, and Frush |
Requiring an
individual who is operating a vehicle to carry in the vehicle proof of
required security for the vehicle and to display the proof of required
security on demand of a police officer; providing that specified
requirements regarding proof of required security may be satisfied by
carrying and making available a valid rental agreement in specified
circumstances; etc.
OPPOSE LEVEL 1 |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/9-2PM |
| HB1403 | Prohibition of Transfer of Money
from Insurance Funds to General Funds
Delegates Miller, Bates, Feldman, and Manno |
Adding a new
section to the Maryland Constitution to prohibit the General Assembly from
enacting a law authorizing the transfer to the General Funds of the State
of, or otherwise diverting from their intended purposes, any money of a fund
established by law to provide workers' compensation insurance or vehicle
liability insurance; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of
the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT |
Appropriations and Economic Matters | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/11-1PM |
|
HB1470 Crossfiled SB1050 Signed by the Governor Chapter 740 |
Title Insurance - Title Insurers
and Title Insurance Producers - Regulation and Reports
Delegates Rudolph, Miller, and Niemann |
Providing that a title insurance producer independent contractor who is the agent of a title insurance producer is not required to file a specified fidelity bond, surety bond, or letter of credit with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting a title insurance producer from using or accepting the services of a title insurance producer independent contractor unless the title insurance producer independent contractor is covered under the title insurance producer's fidelity bond and surety bond or letter of credit; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 3/1 Hearing
3/16-1PM Senate
Action |
|
HB1489 Crossfiled SB841 |
Bail Bonds - Surety Bondsmen -
Licensure, Regulation, and Financing of Bail Bonds
Delegates Haynes and Kirk |
Requiring licensure by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner of bail bondsmen except for property bondsmen; authorizing the Commissioner to take specified disciplinary action in connection with specified violations; authorizing a premium finance company to finance bail bonds under specified circumstances; requiring the Commissioner to adopt regulations regarding the premium financing of bail bonds; defining the scope of specified provisions; providing for the repeal of laws inconsistent with the Act; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading 3/2 Hearing 3/30-1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
|
HB1514 Signed by the Governor Chapter 742 |
Real Property - Condominiums -
Cancellation of Insurance
Delegates Beidle and Stein |
Altering the
procedure for cancellation of specified property and casualty insurance that
must be maintained by the council of unit owners of a condominium.
SUPPORT W/AMENDMENTS |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 3/5 Hearing 3/23-1PM Favorable Report Third Reading Passed 141-0 Senate
Action |
| HB1516 | Vehicle Laws - Accidents
Involving Self-Insured Vehicles - Required Information
Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Boteler, Conaway, George, Glenn, Harrison, Howard, Jones, Oaks, Tarrant, F. Turner, and Walker |
Requiring the
driver of a self-insured vehicle involved in an accident to give evidence of
self-insurance in the form required by the Motor Vehicle Administration to
specified persons; requiring the Administration to adopt specified
regulations; and requiring the evidence of self-insurance to include
specified information.
NO POSITION |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 3/5 Hearing 3/23-1PM |
| HB1528 | Motor Vehicle Administration -
Online Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Verification System - Required
Study
Delegates Rudolph and Stocksdale |
Requiring the
Motor Vehicle Administration to study the feasibility and desirability of
establishing an online Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Verification System
to verify the compliance of a motor vehicle owner or operator with motor
vehicle liability insurance requirements and proof of security requirements;
requiring the study to examine specified matters; and requiring the
Administration to report its findings on or before a specified date. WITHDRAWN |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 3/8 Hearing 3/23-1PM UNFAVORABLE REPORT |
| HB1563 | Maryland's
Health Insurance Freedom Act
Delegate Dwyer |
Establishing that, notwithstanding specified provisions of law, a person has
the right to choose to participate in a private health insurance system or
plan; establishing that, notwithstanding specified provisions of law and
subject to a specified exception, a person has the right to pay for lawful
medical services without interference and a penalty, tax, fee, or fine may
not be imposed on a person who declines to contract for health insurance
coverage or to participate in a particular health insurance system or plan;
etc.
EMERGENCY BILL |
House Rules & Executive Nominations | First Reading 3/21 |
| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
| SB15 | Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of
Credit History in Rating Policies
Senator Muse |
FOR the purpose of prohibiting an
insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from
rating a risk based, in whole or in part, on the credit history of an
applicant or insured in any manner; repealing certain provisions of
law authorizing an insurer to use the credit history of an applicant or
insured to rate a new policy of private passenger motor vehicle
insurance subject to certain limitations and requirements; making
conforming and clarifying changes; providing for the application of this
Act; and generally relating to rating policies of private passenger motor
vehicle insurance. MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 1/13 Hearing
2/2-3PM |
| SB19 | Vehicle Laws – Use of Wireless
Telephone While Driving – Prohibitions Senator Lenett |
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a
driver of a certain school vehicle from using a certain wireless telephone
under certain circumstances; 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 a certain wireless
telephone; prohibiting a certain driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion
from using the driver’s hands to use a certain wireless telephone except
under certain circumstances; establishing penalties for a violation of this
Act; authorizing the court to waive a certain penalty under certain
circumstances; providing for exceptions to certain provisions of this Act
relating to prohibitions on using a wireless telephone while driving;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to prohibitions against the
use of a wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle. MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 1/13 Hearing 2/18-1PM Unfavorable Report |
|
SB107 Crossfiled HB91 |
Labor and Employment -
Unemployment Insurance - Modernization and Tax Relief Act
The President (By Request) |
Providing for an
alternative method to determine the base period for unemployment insurance
purposes under specified circumstances; altering provisions relating to
benefit eligibility of specified part- time workers; creating an additional
training benefit for specified individuals; providing that specified
training benefits may not be charged to employers; providing for the
calculation and limit for the additional training benefits; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 1/14
Hearing 1/26-3PM
House Action: |
| SB110 | Labor & Employment-Job &
Financial Privacy Protection Act Senators Lenett and Pugh |
Prohibiting an
employer from requesting a credit report from an applicant for employment or
an employee unless the request has a bona fide work-related purpose or the
employer is required to request the credit report under federal or State
law; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations
specifying what is a bona fide work-related purpose; and authorizing
specified civil actions under specified circumstances.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 1/15
|
| SB181 | Health
Insurance - Child Dependents - Qualifying Age Limit
Senator Brochin |
Increasing to age 30 the age limit for an individual to be considered a
child dependent under policies of individual or group health insurance,
contracts issued by a nonprofit health service plan, and contracts issued by
a health maintenance organization.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 1/20 Hearing 2/3-2PM |
|
SB236 Crossfiled HB249 |
Insurance - Premium Increase for
Commercial and Workers' Compensation Insurance - Notice
Senators Middleton, Kelley & Klausmeier |
Requiring an
insurer to provide notice to an insurance producer of a premium increase for
commercial and workers' compensation insurance; etc. **This has been introduced on our behalf. The proposed legislation adds the term 'and insurance producer, if any' to #1 of the three options provided to carriers when sending renewal notices. Last year HB162 passed and required notice from carriers of any increase for commercial lines and workers compensation. The bill provided three options. Two of the options already include notice to the producer. The third did not. This bill replaces the '20% law'. This bill, if passed, would include 'producer' language in all three options. The carrier, if electing to send a renewal policy, would also be required to send the renewal policy to the named insurance producer, if any. SUPPORT LEVEL 3 |
Finance | First Reading 1/22 Hearing
2/2-3PM
House Action: |
| SB238 | Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund - Use of Fund Moneys and Property - Prohibitions
|
Prohibiting
moneys or property of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund from being used
to pay for specified bonuses, services, events, and sponsorships; making the
Act an emergency measure; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 1/22 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| SB300 |
Unemployment Insurance - Contributions - Installment Payment Option
Senators Peters, DeGrange, Edwards, King, and Robey |
Allowing specified employing units to pay to the Secretary of Labor,
Licensing, and Regulation specified contributions in a specified manner
during a specified period of time; requiring the Department of Labor,
Licensing, and Regulation to notify specified employing units of a specified
option to pay specified contributions in a specified manner during a
specified period of time; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
NO POSTION |
Finance | First
Reading 1/27 Hearing 2/4-1PM |
| SB312 | Labor and
Employment - Credit Reports and Credit Histories of Applicants and Employees
- Limitations on Use by Employers
Senators Lenett, Pugh, Conway, Currie, Exum, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, McFadden, Miller, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, and Stone |
Prohibiting an employer from using an applicant's or employee's credit
report or credit history in determining whether to deny employment to the
applicant, discharge the employee, or determine compensation or the terms,
conditions, or privileges of employment; authorizing an employer to request
or consider an applicant's credit report or credit history under specified
circumstances; authorizing an applicant or employee to bring an action for
injunctive relief, damages, or other relief for a violation of a specified
provision of law; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 1/27 Hearing 2/25-1PM |
|
SB313 Signed by Governor Chapter 535 |
Health
Insurance - Annual Preventive Care
Senators King, Miller, Harrington, Conway, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Stone |
Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance
organizations that provide covered benefits for annual preventive care from
denying coverage solely because 365 days have not elapsed since the previous
annual preventive care occurred; requiring the insurers, nonprofit health
service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for
the annual preventive care if specified conditions are met; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 1/27 Hearing 2/17-1PM House
Action: |
| SB320 | Income Tax
- Credit for Long-Term Care Premium
Senator Stone |
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, 2009; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Budget & Taxation | First
Reading 1/28 Unfavorable Report |
| SB345 |
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Reserves and Reserve Studies
Senators Kelley, Forehand, Gladden, and Stone |
Requiring specified condominiums to have a reserve study conducted of the
common elements by a specified date and at least every 5 years thereafter;
requiring specified homeowners associations to have a reserve study
conducted of the common elements by a specified date and at least every 5
years thereafter; requiring a reserve study to meet specified criteria;
requiring the annual budget of specified homeowners association development
to provide for reserves under specified circumstances; etc.
NO POSITION |
Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1/28 Hearing 2/3-1PM |
|
SB397 Crossfiled HB603 |
Health Care
Freedom Act of 2010
Senators Pipkin, Jacobs, and Mooney |
Adding a new article to the Maryland Constitution to enact limits on the
regulation of health care in the State; prohibiting a law from compelling,
directly or indirectly, specified persons to participate in any health care
system; prohibiting specified persons from being required to pay penalties
or fines under specified circumstances; specifying that the purchase or sale
of specified health insurance may not be prohibited by law; authorizing
persons to pay directly or accept direct payment for specified health care
services; etc. NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 1/29 Hearing 2/17-1PM |
| SB401 | Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund - Acceptance of Premiums on Installment Basis
Senators Pugh, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Miller, Muse, Peters, Raskin, Robey, and Stone |
Authorizing the
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept premiums on an installment
basis under specified circumstances; requiring the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner to ensure specified provisions of the Fund's installment
payment plan; prohibiting the Fund from discriminating among insureds in a
specified manner; prohibiting the Fund from paying a higher commission to
specified producers; requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to study
the enforcement of eligibility criteria for coverage in the Fund; etc.
SUPPORT LEVEL 1 |
Finance | First Reading 1/29 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| SB402 | Physicians - Professional
Liability Insurance Coverage - Notification and Posting Requirements
Senators Klausmeier, Conway, Currie, Mooney, and Stone |
Requiring
physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State to notify patients in
writing and on each visit of specified information relating to professional
liability insurance coverage; requiring the notification to be signed by a
patient at the time of the patient's visit and retained by a physician as
part of the physician's patient records; requiring specified physicians to
post specified information in their place of practice; etc.
OPPOSE LEVEL 1 |
Education, Health & Environmental Affairs | First Reading 1/29 Hearing
2/18-1PM House
Action: |
|
SB430 Crossfiled HB5 |
Corporations and Associations - Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies
Senator Kelley |
Authorizing the formation of a low-profit limited liability company as a
permitted form of unincorporated business organization; requiring the name
of a low-profit limited liability company to include specified words or
abbreviations; requiring a low-profit limited liability company to meet
specified requirements; etc.
MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 1/29 Hearing 2/16-1PM |
| SB445 | Health
Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage
Senators Madaleno, Pugh, Forehand, Frosh, King, Lenett, and Raskin |
Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations to provide coverage of habilitative services for
individuals under the age of 25 years; and altering the definition of "habilitative
services".
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 2/1 Hearing 2/17-1PM |
|
SB460 Crossfiled HB382 |
Income Tax
- Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums Senators Stone and Klausmeier |
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, 2011; etc.
NO POSITION |
Budget & Taxation | First
Reading 2/1 Hearing 2/24-1PM |
| SB500 |
Unemployment Insurance - Compensation for Lawyer or Agent Representation in
Claim Proceedings
Senator Raskin |
Repealing certain provisions of law that specify the amount of compensation
that a lawyer may charge a claimant for representation in a proceeding
relating to the determination of an unemployment insurance claim before a
hearing examiner, special examiner, or the Board of Appeals in the
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; repealing a certain
provision that prohibits an agent from charging a claimant for
representation in a proceeding relating to the determination of an
unemployment insurance claim; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 2/3 Hearing 2/23-1PM |
| SB507 | Injured Workers' Insurance Fund -
Status and Renaming
Senator Middleton |
Renaming the
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund as the Chesapeake Employers' Mutual
Insurance Company; requiring the Company to be a specified authorized mutual
insurer; altering the provisions of law that apply to the Company that
applied to the Fund; specifying that the Company is a statutorily created
nonprofit insurer that is not a unit of State government; providing that an
employee of the Company is not an employee of the State and is not subject
to certain laws; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 2/3 Hearing
2/23-1PM House
Action: |
| SB525 | Vehicle Laws - Driver Improvement
Programs - Deduction of Accumulated Points
Senator Haines |
Requiring the
Motor Vehicle Administration to deduct 2 points from a specified
individual's driving record if the individual attends a specified driver
improvement program or driver safety program; prohibiting the Administration
from deducting more than 2 points from an individual's driving record in a
2-year period; requiring the Administration to apply a specified point
deduction in a specified manner; etc.
MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 2/3 Hearing 2/25-1PM |
|
SB547 Crossfiled HB305
Approved by Governor |
Insurance - Domestic Reinsurers
Senators Pugh, Jones, and McFadden |
Specifying the
assessment fee payable by specified domestic reinsurers to the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner; exempting the domestic reinsurers from a requirement
to have an office in the State; requiring the domestic reinsurers to keep
specified assets in the State; and authorizing the domestic reinsurers to
keep their general ledger accounting records outside the State under
specified circumstances.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/4 Hearing
3/16-1PM House Action |
|
SB597 Signed by Governor Chapter 584 |
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Common Elements and Common Areas
- Implied Warranties
Senator Rosapepe |
Requiring the description of the common elements in a condominium
declaration that is recorded on or after October 1, 2010, to include
specified improvements; altering the duration of a specified implied
warranty on the common elements of a condominium; altering the duration of a
specified implied warranty on the common areas of a homeowners association;
etc.
NO POSITION |
Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 2/5 Hearing 2/23-1PM House Action |
| SB608 | Workers' Compensation - Temporary
Total Disability - Incarcerated Employees
Senator Kittleman |
Providing that an
employer or insurer is not liable for temporary total disability payments to
a covered employee while the employee is incarcerated; providing for a
specified exception; and applying the Act prospectively.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing
2/23-1PM |
| SB609 | Workers' Compensation - Temporary
Total Disability Benefits - Credit
Senator Kittleman |
Providing a credit
for an employer or insurer for specified payments to a covered employee for
temporary total disability benefits under specified circumstances and during
a specified period.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing
2/23-1PM House
Action: |
| SB610 | Workers' Compensation -
Jurisdiction Pending Appeal - Proposed Settlement
Senator Kittleman |
Expanding the
circumstances under which the Workers' Compensation Commission retains
jurisdiction pending an appeal of a Commission order to include a request
for approval of a proposed settlement of all or part of a claim.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing
2/23-1PM House
Action: |
| SB625 | Health
Insurance - Payment and Fee Disclosure
Senator Frosh |
Requiring health insurance carriers to establish and implement a procedure
for providing to an enrollee or a health care provider on behalf of an
enrollee an estimate of specified payments for covered services; requiring
the estimate to include specified payments and terms; requiring a carrier
that uses a provider panel to provide an estimate of specified amounts, if a
specified health care provider does not participate in the provider panel;
requiring a carrier to provide on its website a specified explanation; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 2/5 Hearing 2/24-1PM |
| SB641 | Insurance - Premium Finance
Companies - Acceptance of Consideration During Term of Premium Financing
Agreement - Prohibited
Senators Pugh, Harrington, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
Prohibiting an
insurance producer, employee of an insurance producer, or any other person
from accepting, directly or indirectly, any valuable consideration during
the term of a premium finance agreement that was facilitated by the
insurance producer, employee, or other person and finances premiums under a
personal lines automobile insurance policy written through the Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| SB642 | Insurance - Premium Finance
Companies - Premium Finance Agreement Terms - Disclosure and Publication
Senators Pugh, Jones, and Rosapepe |
Requiring a
premium finance company that offers premium financing to individuals who are
insured under a policy of personal lines automobile insurance written
through the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to disclose to the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner specified rates, fees, and other terms and conditions
applicable to the premium financing; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| SB644 | Insurance - Premium Finance
Companies - Limitation on Referrals by Insurance Producers
Senators Pugh, Harrington, Jones, Madaleno, and Rosapepe |
Prohibiting, with
respect to personal lines automobile insurance written through the Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund, an insurance producer or an agent or employee of
an insurance producer from directing or referring an insured to a premium
finance company in which the insurance producer, agent, or employee has a
specified beneficial interest or with which the insurance producer, agent,
or employee has a specified compensation arrangement; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing 3/16-1PM |
| SB646 | Workers' Compensation - Medical
Presumptions
Senators Pugh, Astle, Della, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Klausmeier, Lenett, Peters, and Stone |
Altering the
occupational disease presumption under the workers' compensation law as
applied to specified individuals; providing that specified diseases and
cancers are considered occupational diseases suffered in the line of duty
and are compensable in a specified manner; providing that a specified
presumption applies only if specified circumstances are met; terminating the
Act at the end of June 30, 2015; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing 2/23-1PM |
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SB647 Crossfiled HB854
Approved by Governor |
Homeowner's, Farmowner's, and
Dwelling Insurance Policies - Claims for Additional Payments
Senator Pugh |
Requiring each
policy of homeowner's, farmowner's, or dwelling insurance issued, sold, or
delivered in the State that provides property coverage for a dwelling or
personal property to contain a provision that allows an insured to file a
claim for additional payments, on a replacement cost basis, for the repair
or replacement of the dwelling or personal property for at least 2 years
after payment of actual cash value.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 2/5 Hearing
3/16-1PM House Action |
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SB663 Crossfiled HB478 |
Health
Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Cost-Sharing Obligations
Senators Klausmeier, Della, Exum, Forehand, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pugh, and Raskin |
Prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations from imposing a cost-sharing obligation for a
prescription drug that exceeds the dollar amount of the cost-sharing
obligation for a prescription drug in a specified category; prohibiting a
person from making or allowing unfair discrimination between specified
individuals in the amount of the cost-sharing obligation imposed for a
prescription drug; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 2/5 Hearing 2/24-1PM |
| SB675 |
Unemployment Insurance - Exemption from Covered Employment - Small Business
Directors, Officers, and Members
Senators Kittleman and Jacobs |
Providing that work performed by an officer or director of a specified
corporation or a member of a specified limited liability company under
specified circumstances is not covered employment for purposes of
unemployment insurance; etc. NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 2/23-1PM
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| SB682 | Maryland
Health System Act of 2010 Senators Pinsky, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Pugh, and Raskin |
Establishing the Maryland Health System; requiring the Health System to
provide health care services to all residents of the State under a single
system that is not dependent on employment; authorizing a member of the
Health System to choose any participating health care provider; requiring
the Health System to reimburse a member who receives health care services
from an out-of-state health care provider under specified circumstances;
etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First
Reading 2/10 Hearing 3/10-1PM |
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SB704 Crossfiled HB1073 Signed by the Governor Chapter 340 |
Insurance - Coordination of
Benefits - Health Insurance and Personal Injury Protection
Senators Garagiola and Frosh |
Providing that
health maintenance organization contracts, health insurance policies, and
policies of nonprofit health service plans are subject to specified
provisions of law relating to coordination of benefits with personal injury
protection coverage under motor vehicle liability insurance policies;
prohibiting the policies and contracts from containing a provision requiring
personal injury protection benefits to be paid before benefits under the
policies and contracts; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/10 Hearing
3/3-1PM House Action |
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SB769 Crossfiled HB622 |
Health Care
Malpractice - Noneconomic Damages
Senator Gladden |
Increasing specified limitations on non-economic damages for a personal
injury action and a wrongful death action concerning health care malpractice
for a cause of action arising on or after a specified date.
MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 2/10 Hearing 3/9-1PM |
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SB800 Signed by the Governor Chapter 616 |
Common
Ownership Communities - Fidelity Insurance - Exemption
Senator Klausmeier |
Limiting the applicability of a specified requirement that the governing
body of a cooperative housing corporation, a condominium, or a homeowners
association purchase fidelity insurance by exempting the governing body of a
cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association
containing fewer than a specified number of units, or lot owners, and with
less than a specified amount of common charges, assessments, or fees.
NO POSITION |
Judicial Proceedings | First
Reading 2/10 Hearing 3/4-1PM House Action |
| SB841 | Bail Bonds - Surety Bondsmen -
Licensure, Regulation, and Financing of Bail Bonds
Senator Conway |
Requiring
licensure by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner of bail bondsmen except for
property bondsmen; authorizing the Commissioner to take specified
disciplinary action in connection with specified violations; authorizing a
premium finance company to finance bail bonds under specified circumstances;
requiring the Commissioner to adopt regulations regarding the premium
financing of bail bonds; defining the scope of specified provisions;
providing for the repeal of laws inconsistent with the Act; etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/11 Hearing
3/16-1PM |
| SB906 | Homeowner's Insurance - Offer of
Coverage for Loss Caused by Discharge of Water
Senator Stone |
Requiring
specified insurers to offer in writing, at the time of application and
renewal, to provide coverage for loss that is caused by or results from a
discharge of water from a specified system or source; requiring the insurers
to include a specified statement with the offer; providing that if an
application or renewal is made by telephone or the Internet, an insurer is
deemed to be in compliance with the Act under specified circumstances; and
requiring specified insurers to submit specified reports; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 2/16 Hearing
3/16-1PM |
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SB953 Crossfiled HB1318 |
Workers' Compensation - Death
Benefits - Dependency
Senators Exum, Edwards, and Kittleman |
Altering the
authority of the Workers' Compensation Commission to make specified
determinations of dependency; altering the provisions relating to
calculation of death benefits for individuals who are wholly or partly
dependent; providing the amount of death benefits to specified dependents
who are neither a dependent spouse nor a dependent child; specifying that
the Commission has continuing jurisdiction under specified circumstances;
etc.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/17-1PM |
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SB955 Crossfiled HB1295 |
Workers' Compensation - Uninsured
Employers' Fund - Uninsured Employer Assessments
Senators Exum, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, and Peters |
Increasing the
amount of assessments that the Workers' Compensation Commission imposes
against uninsured employers and directs as payment into the Uninsured
Employers' Fund; etc SUPPORT LEVEL 1. |
Finance | First Reading 2/18 Hearing
3/17-1PM House Action |
| SB1025 | Vehicle Laws - Required Security
- Increase in Minimum Amounts
Senator Garagiola |
Increasing the
minimum amounts of required security for the payment of claims for bodily
injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident. (Increase to $30,000/$60,000/$15,000) SUPPORT LEVEL 1 |
Finance & Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 2/24 Hearing 3/30-1P<
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| SB1044 | Homeowner's Insurance - Coverage
for Other Structures
Senator Stone |
Prohibiting an
insurer that issues a policy of homeowner's insurance from requiring the
policy to include coverage for other structures such as sheds or
outbuildings if the policyholder does not have a shed or outbuilding on the
property.
OPPOSE LEVEL 3 |
Finance | First Reading 2/26 Hearing 3/23-1PM |
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SB1050 Crossfiled HB1470 |
Title Insurance - Title Insurers
and Title Insurance Producers - Regulation and Reports
Senator Kelley |
Providing that a title insurance producer independent contractor who is the agent of a title insurance producer is not required to file a specified fidelity bond, surety bond, or letter of credit with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting a title insurance producer from using or accepting the services of a title insurance producer independent contractor unless the title insurance producer independent contractor is covered under the title insurance producer's fidelity bond and surety bond or letter of credit. | Finance | First Reading 2/26 Hearing
3/23-1PM House Action |
| SB1100 | Workers' Compensation - Average
Weekly Wage - Compensation
Senator Kittleman |
Authorizing an
employer, an employer's insurer, or the Uninsured Employers' Fund to make a
specified assertion regarding the average weekly wage of a covered employee
by submitting a specified wage statement to the State Workers' Compensation
Commission before a specified decision is issued by the Commission; and
prohibiting an employer, an employer's insurer, or the Uninsured Employers'
Fund from receiving a credit for a specified overpayment of compensation
under specified circumstances. NO POSITION |
Senate Rules | First Reading 3/5 |
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SB1118 Crossfiled HB1516 |
Vehicle Laws - Accidents
Involving Self-Insured Vehicles - Required Information
Senator Conway |
Requiring the
driver of a self-insured vehicle involved in an accident to give evidence of
self-insurance in the form required by the Motor Vehicle Administration to
specified persons; requiring the Administration to adopt specified
regulations; and requiring the evidence of self-insurance to include
specified information.
NO POSITION |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 3/10 |