| BILL NUMBER | BILL TITLE & SPONSOR | SYNOPSIS | COMMITTEE | STATUS |
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55 Crossfiled SB529 Chapter 252 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Motor Vehicles-Use of Text
Messaging Device While Driving Delegate Malone |
Altering the definition of
"wireless communication device" to include a hand-held or hands-free
telephone but to remove from the definition a text messaging device;
establishing that a specified prohibition against a minor using a wireless
communication device while operating a motor vehicle does not apply to the
use of a text messaging device; altering the enforcement provision of the
prohibition against a minor texting while driving; etc.
MONITOR |
Environmental Matters | First Reading 1-13-2012
Hearing 1-31-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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65 Crossfiled SB30 Chapter 11 Signed 4-10-2012 |
Injured Workers' Insurance
Fund - Cancellation of Policies - Failure to Pay a Premium
Delegates Jameson and Minnick |
Altering the
manner in which the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund may cancel polices when
a policyholder has failed to pay a premium; repealing a requirement that the
Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund refer cases for collection to
the Office of the Attorney General; etc.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters | First Reading 1-16-2012
Hearing 2-22-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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104 Crossfiled SB217 Prior Yr. HB222 |
Motor Vehicles-Use of Wireless Communication Device-Prohibited Acts,
Enforcement, and Penalties Delegates Malone and Kach |
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a
secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless
communication device while operating a motor vehicle; repealing provisions
of law that apply prohibitions involving the use of a wireless communication
device to specified operators of motor vehicles only if the motor vehicle is
in motion; providing that specified prohibitions apply only if the motor
vehicle is in the travel portion of a roadway; altering a specified penalty;
etc.
MONITOR |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1-19-2012
Hearing 2-7-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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114 Crossfiled SB174
Approved by Governor |
Subsequent Injury Fund and Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments on
Settlement Agreements Delegates Jameson and Minnick |
Excluding from the assessments imposed by the Workers'
Compensation Commission and payable to the Subsequent Injury Fund and the
Uninsured Employers' Fund the amount of specified medical benefits under a
specified settlement agreement under specified circumstances.
NO POSITION |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-20-2012 Hearing
2-22-2012 1PM SENATE |
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123 Prior Yr. HB373 |
Vehicle Laws - Wireless Communication Devices
- Enforcement of Prohibitions on Use While Driving Delegate Clagett |
Repealing provisions of law that require
enforcement as a secondary offense of specified prohibitions against the use
of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
WITHDRAWN |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1-23-2012
Hearing 2-7-2012 1PM |
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149 Crossfiled SB309 Prior Yr. SB708 Chapter 211 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Mopeds and Motor Scooters - Titling,
Registration, Insurance, and Required Use of Protective Headgear Delegates Beidle, Olszewski, Glenn, Lafferty, Niemann, and Norman |
Requiring a moped or motor scooter in the
State to be titled and registered by the Motor Vehicle Administration;
requiring an owner or prospective owner of a moped or motor scooter to
obtain or maintain required security; establishing an annual registration
fee and surcharge; prohibiting an individual from operating or riding on a
moped or motor scooter unless the individual is wearing protective headgear
and specified eye protection; providing for the registration classification
of mopeds and motor scooters; authorizing a certain insurer to exclude a
moped and motor scooter from certain insurance benefits; expanding the pool
of vehicles eligible to be covered by the Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund; etc. MONITOR |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1-23-2012
Hearing 2-7-2012 1PM
SENATE |
| 163 |
Motor Vehicles - Prohibition on Use of Text
Messaging Device While Driving - Exceptions Delegate Arora |
Establishing that the prohibition on using a
text messaging device while driving does not apply to the use of voice
recognition technology that allows the hands-free sending of a text message
or an electronic message or the use of a text messaging device to listen to
a text message or an electronic message; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 1-24-2012
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174 Crossfiled SB463 |
Local Government Self-Insurance Funds -
Investment Guidelines Delegate George |
Altering the definition of "public funds", as
it relates to local government investment guidelines, to exclude funds held
by specified local governments for self-insurance purposes.
MONITOR |
Appropriations |
First Reading 1-25-2012
Hearing 2-7-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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234 Prior Yr. HB855 |
Corporate Income Tax-Rate Reduction Delegates Ready, Afzali, Aumann, Beitzel, Boteler, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Glass, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McDermott, McDonough, Minnick, Norman, Parrott, Schuh, Stocksdale, Vitale, and Wood |
Reducing the State corporate income tax rate
from 8.25% to 7% for taxable years after tax year 2011.
MONITOR |
Ways & Means |
First Reading 1-26-2012 Hearing 2-14-2012 1PM |
| 236 |
Insurance-Maryland Insurance Information Day (MII Day) Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Howard, McConkey, A. Miller, Oaks, B. Robinson, Tarrant, Valentino-Smith, and Walker |
Authorizing insurance carriers and insurance producers to hold insurance coverage symposiums for specified purposes; authorizing the symposiums to be held in specified locations and to include specified information; authorizing insurance carriers and insurance producers to accept applications for insurance at the symposiums; authorizing the public to be made aware of the symposiums through specified mechanisms; requiring a symposium to be called a "Maryland Insurance Information Day (MII Day)"; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-26-2012 Hearing
2-16-2012 1PM |
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279 Crossfiled SB82 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund-Claims for Bodily Injury
or Death-Payment Limitation Delegate Barkley |
Increasing the maximum amounts payable from the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund for certain claims on account of injury to or death of one individual and of more than one individual arising from a motor vehicle accident; and generally relating to claims against the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund. SUPPORT |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-27-2012 Hearing
2-16-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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286 Crossfiled SB484
Approved by Governor |
Managed Care Organizations-Medical Loss Ratio
Information-Publication Delegates Hubbard, Anderson, Costa, Cullison, Frank, Hammen, A. Kelly, Kipke, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan–Pulliam, Pendergrass, Ready, Reznik, Rosenberg, and V. Turner |
Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to publish in a certain manner certain medical loss ratio information provided by certain managed care organizations and certain financial information on the Web site of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and generally relating to managed care organizations and the publication of medical loss ratio information. |
Health and Government Operations |
First Reading 1-27-2012
Hearing 2-7-2012 1:30 PM
SENATE |
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293 Approved by Governor |
Worker's Compensation-Uninsured Employers' Fund Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request-Departmental) |
Requiring the Uninsured Employers’ Fund Board to review the administration of the Uninsured Employers’ Fund by the Director of the Fund; specifying that the Director shall have immediate supervision and direction over the administration of the Fund; authorizing the Director to employ staff in accordance with the State budget; establishing the Director as the appointing authority for all staff of the Fund; authorizing an employee to appeal a disciplinary action taken by the Director to the Board; making conforming and technical changes; and generally relating to the Uninsured Employers’ Fund. NO POSITION |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-27-2012 Hearing
2-22-2012 1PM SENATE |
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301
Approved by Governor |
Insurance Fraud-Applications for Insurance and Claim
Forms-Required Disclosure Chair, Economic Matters (By Request-Departmental-Insurance Administration) |
Altering a specified statement required to be contained in specified
applications for insurance and claim forms. |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-27-2012 Hearing
2-9-2012 1PM SENATE |
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309 Prior Yr. HB649 |
Labor and Employment-Independent Contractor-Definition Delegates W. Miller, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria, Minnick, Schuh, Schulz and Stifler |
Defining "independent contractor" as an individual who is not
an employee for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the
Federal Unemployment Tax Act, based on application of the 20 factors set
forth in a specified Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 1-30-2012
Hearing 3-7-2012 |
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347 Crossfiled SB35 |
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums Delegates Hubbard, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Bates, Beidle, Bohanan, Boteler, Braveboy, Clagett, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Elliott, Fisher, Frush, Gaines, George, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Impallaria, Ivey, Kramer, Krebs, Lee, Love, Luedtke, McComas, McConkey, A. Miller, Minnick, Morhaim, Myers, Niemann, O'Donnell, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, S. Robinson, Serafini, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, V. Turner, and Vaughn |
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for
eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect
to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a
onetime $500 credit to an annual $200 credit; and applying the Act to all
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.
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Ways & Means |
First Reading 1-27-2012 Hearing 2-7-2012 1PM |
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421 Crossfiled SB991 |
Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits - Determination of
Benefits Delegate Feldman |
Altering the calculation of workers' compensation death benefits for a dependent of a deceased covered employee who died due to an occupational disease. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-1-2012 Hearing
2-22-2012 1PM SENATE |
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443 Crossfiled SB238 Chapter 152 Signed 5-2-2011 |
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Gaines, Griffith, Hammen, Haynes, Hucker, Jones, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher |
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Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-1-2012
Hearing 2-23-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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463 Crossfiled SB297 |
Property and Casualty Insurance - Certificates of Insurance
and Certificate of Insurance Forms Delegate Rudolph |
Prohibiting a person from preparing or issuing or requiring
the preparation or issuance of a certificate of insurance unless the
certificate of insurance form has been filed with and approved by the
Maryland Insurance Commissioner; providing an exception; prohibiting a
person from altering or modifying a certificate of insurance; requiring the
Commissioner to disapprove a certificate of insurance form or withdraw
approval of a certificate of insurance form under specified circumstances;
etc.
SUPPORT |
Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-2-2012 Hearing
3-1-2012 1PM SENATE HOUSE |
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469 Crossfiled SB351 Prior Yr. HB574 |
Punitive Damages -
High-Risk Drunk Drivers Delegates Waldstreicher, Anderson, Barkley, Dumais, Glenn, Lee, Malone, McDermott, Simmons, and Smigiel |
Authorizing a finder of fact to determine that a person with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or more in the blood or breath who causes personal injury or wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle was acting with malice and to award punitive damages under specified circumstances; etc. | Judiciary | First Reading
2-2-2012 Hearing 2-22-2012 1PM |
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506 Crossfiled SB857 |
Health Care
Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Admissibility of Insurance Coverage
Delegate Anderson |
Providing that the existence of professional liability
insurance coverage is admissible at the hearing of a claim or the trial of
an action against a health care provider for alleged medical injury solely
for the purpose of assessing the bias, if any, of an expert witness, if the
expert's professional liability insurance carrier is a mutual or
self-insured entity and a judgment against a defendant in the action would
be paid by the expert's carrier.
WITHDRAWN |
Judiciary | First Reading
2-2-2012 Unfavorable Report |
| 616 | Workers'
Compensation - Approval of Legal Services Fee - Cases Involving Medical
Expenses Delegate Barnes |
Requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to approve a
fee for legal services if the employer or its insurer was required to pay
specified workers' compensation, a specified time period has elapsed since
the last compensation payment was made in the case, the employee is claiming
specified medical expenses, and the Commission held a hearing on the claim
for specified medical expenses; and prohibiting the fee for legal services
awarded by the Commission from exceeding a specified amount.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters | First Reading
2-6-2012 Hearing 2-22-2012 1PM |
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715 Crossfiled SB604 Chapter 269 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Motor Vehicle
Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Effect of Consent to Offer of
Settlement Delegate Feldman |
Providing that written consent by an uninsured motorist
insurer to acceptance of a specified settlement offer may not be construed
to limit the right of the uninsured motorist insurer to raise any issue
relating to liability or damages in an action against the uninsured motorist
insurer and does not constitute an admission by the uninsured motorist
insurer as to any issue raised in the action.
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Economic Matters | First Reading
2-8-2012 Hearing 2-16-2012 1PM SENATE |
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734 Crossfiled SB600 |
Business
Regulation - Independent Contractor Registry - Presumptions Under Workplace
Fraud Act Delegates Schulz, Aumann, Beitzel, Bromwell, Clagett, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Krebs, McDermott, W. Miller, Minnick, Otto, Ready, Rudolph, Serafini, Smigiel, and Stifler |
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
to develop and maintain an Independent Contractor Registry; authorizing an
individual who performs construction services or landscaping services as an
independent contractor to register with the Registry; establishing that work
performed by an individual registered with the Registry is not presumed to
create an employer-employee relationship for the purposes of specified
provisions related to workplace fraud; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters | First Reading
2-8-2012 Hearing 3-7-2012 1PM |
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741 Crossfiled SB74 Prior Yr HB11 |
Common Ownership
Communities - Fidelity Insurance - Indemnification Delegate Braveboy |
Altering the scope of indemnification provided by fidelity insurance that the board of directors or other governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, council of unit owners or other governing body of a condominium, or board of directors or other governing body of a homeowners association is required to purchase; requiring a management company that provides specified services to a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to purchase specified fidelity insurance; etc. | Environmental Matters | First Reading
2-8-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM |
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777 Crossfiled SB855 |
Corporations and
Associations - Limited Liability Act - Revisions
Delegate Feldman |
Establishing that certain statutory provisions relating to limited liability companies apply unless otherwise agreed on in the limited liability company's articles of organization, in the operating agreement, or by unanimous consent; repealing the requirement that the purposes for which a limited liability company is formed be stated in the articles of organization; altering the requirements for a resident agent; repealing provisions relating to a member's authority regarding abandoning the business; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-9-2012 Hearing 2-28-2012 1PM SENATE |
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861 Prior Yr. HB762 Crossfiled SB960 |
Insurance - Unfair
Claim Settlement Practices - Refusal to Pay a Claim Delegate Braveboy |
Altering the circumstances under which it is an unfair claim
settlement practice and a violation of specified provisions of law for an
insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization
to refuse to pay a claim.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading
2-9-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM SENATE |
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876 Crossfiled SB256 |
Property and
Casualty Insurance - Commercial Policies - Notices of Premium Increases Delegate Jameson |
Altering the scope of provisions of law that require an insurer to send to a named insured and an insurance producer a specified notice of a premium increase for policies of commercial insurance and policies of workers' compensation insurance; providing that the provisions of law do not apply to policies for which the renewal policy premium is in excess of $500 and an increase over the expiring policy premium of 5% or less; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-9-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM SENATE |
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885 Crossfiled SB764 Chapter 300 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Fraudulent
Insurance Acts - Individual Sureties - Contracts of Surety Insurance Delegates Jameson, Barkley, Burns, Haddaway-Riccio, Impallaria, Love, W. Miller, Minnick, and Schulz |
Establishing that it is a fraudulent insurance act for an individual surety to make a representation that it has legal authority to issue a contract of surety insurance or to issue a contract of surety insurance, except as provided in specified provisions of law; establishing that it is a fraudulent insurance act for a person to knowingly or willfully assist a person to obtain a contract of surety insurance from an individual surety, except as provided in specified provisions of law; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-9-2012 Hearing 3-2-2012 1PM SENATE |
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982 Crossfiled SB928 |
Health Insurance - Fees for Administrative Services Provided by Insurance
Producers - Authorized Delegate Davis |
Authorizing an insurance producer who is licensed to sell health insurance to charge reasonable fees related to the administration of a health benefit plan that is sold by the insurance producer to an employer and covers eligible employees of the employer; providing that fees may not be charged by an insurance producer for specified services; requiring an insurance producer, before a fee for administrative services is charged, to disclose specified information; etc. | Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-10-2012 Hearing
3-8-2012 1PM
SENATE
HOUSE |
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1015 Prior Yr. HB1035 Crossfiled SB206 |
Maryland Health Security Act of 2012
|
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.
WITHDRAWN |
Health & Government Operations |
First Reading 2-10-2012 Hearing
2-23-2012 1PM |
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1017 Crossfiled SB745 Chapter 408 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Injured Workers'
Insurance Fund - Conversion to Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
Title changed to: |
Providing that the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund be
converted into a statutorily created, private, nonprofit, and non-stock
workers' compensation insurer to be named the Chesapeake Employers'
Insurance Company; providing that the Company be independent of State
government; requiring, on a specified date, that specified functions,
powers, duties, equipment, assets, property, accounts, liabilities,
contracts, and obligations be irrevocably transferred to the Company; etc.
SEE CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF BILL |
Economic Matters | First Reading
2-10-2012 Hearing 2-29-2012 1PM SENATE |
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1059 Crossfiled SB938 |
Property and
Casualty Insurance - Rescission of Policy or Binder - Authorized Delegate Feldman |
Authorizing an insurer to rescind a policy or binder of personal insurance, commercial property insurance, or commercial liability insurance if the applicant's initial premium payment is made by a check that is dishonored and returned by a financial institution as unpaid because of insufficient funds in the account on which the check is drawn; requiring that an insurer, to rescind the policy or binder, send a specified notice to the applicant; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-10-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM SENATE HOUSE |
| 1068 | Homeowner's
Insurance - Limitation on Number of Claims Made - Notice Delegates Burns, Braveboy, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, Hucker, Impallaria, Kramer, W. Miller, Minnick, Olszewski, Schuh, Schulz, and Vaughn |
Requiring insurers that issue policies of homeowner's
insurance in the State to provide applicants and insureds with a notice that
states the number of claims that may be made under a policy of homeowner's
insurance before the insurer cancels or refuses to renew the policy;
requiring insurers to provide the notice at specified times and in a
specified manner; providing that insurers are deemed to be in compliance
with the notice requirement under specified circumstances; etc.
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Economic Matters | First Reading
2-10-2016 Hearing 3-2-2012 1PM SENATE HOUSE |
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1093 Crossfiled SB861 |
Portable Electronics Insurance Delegates Love and Jameson |
Repealing a specified limitation on the authority of a vendor of portable electronics insurance to sell coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance; altering the circumstances under which a vendor that collects premiums for portable electronics insurance need not keep the premiums in a segregated account; providing an exception to a specified requirement to itemize premiums and charges; etc. | Economic Matters |
First Reading 2-10-2012 Hearing
3-2-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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1094 Crossfiled SB811 |
Insurance - Fraud
Violations - Fines and Administrative Penalties Delegate Rudolph |
Providing that a specified fine imposed for specified insurance fraud violations is mandatory and not subject to suspension; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to impose an administrative penalty for specified insurance fraud violations and to order restitution for specified insurance fraud violations to specified insurers or self- insured employers; requiring the Commissioner to consider specified factors in determining the amount of an administrative penalty; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-10-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM SENATE |
| 1095 | Property and
Casualty Insurance - Underwriting Period - Discovery of Material Risk Factor
Delegate Rudolph |
Requiring an insurer that discovers a material risk factor during the 45-day underwriting period to recalculate the premium for a policy or binder of personal insurance, commercial property insurance, or commercial liability insurance under specified circumstances; requiring the insurer to provide specified notice to the insured if the insurer recalculates the premium for the policy or binder based on the discovery of a material risk factor; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-10-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM SENATE HOUSE |
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1097 Crossfiled SB812 |
Insurance -
Suspected Fraud - Reporting Requirement Delegate Rudolph |
Altering the list of persons that are required to report suspected insurance fraud to specified persons and entities in a specified manner under specified circumstances; and providing for the withholding of specified information under specified circumstances. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-10-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM SENATE |
| 1105 | Homeowner's
Insurance and Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Bundling
Requirement - Prohibited Delegates Hucker and Love |
Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to homeowner's
insurance, from denying, refusing to renew, or canceling coverage solely
because the applicant or policyholder does not carry private passenger motor
vehicle insurance with the insurer; prohibiting an insurer, with respect to
private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from denying, refusing to renew,
or canceling coverage solely because the applicant or policyholder does not
carry homeowner's insurance with the insurer; etc.
MONITOR |
Economic Matters | First Reading
2-10-2012 Hearing 3-2-2012 1PM SENATE |
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1180 Chapter 421 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Vehicle Laws -
Required Security - Electronic Reporting Requirements Delegates Rudolph and Malone |
Requiring insurers and other providers of required vehicle security to immediately notify the Motor Vehicle Administration electronically of the issuance of certain new insurance policies; requiring insurers and other providers of required vehicle security to notify the Administration electronically within a certain time period of certain changes regarding certain fleet policies of insurance; requiring certain notices regarding the termination or lapse of required security to be made electronically; defining a certain term; and generally relating to vehicle security and the reporting requirements for insurers and other providers of required motor vehicle security. | Environmental Matters | First Reading
2-10-2012 Hearing 3-6-2012 1PM SENATE |
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1295 Prior Yr. HB681 |
Income Tax -
Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Delegate Frank |
Increasing limits on an employer's 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 all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011; etc. | Ways & Means | First Reading
2-15-2012 Hearing 3-9-2012 1PM |
| 1335 |
Vehicle Laws - Carrying and Displaying Proof of Required Security -
Requirements Delegate Stein |
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; requiring a police officer who detains a driver for a suspected violation to demand that the driver display the proof of required security; providing that specified requirements regarding proof of required security may be satisfied by carrying and making available a valid rental agreement in specified circumstances; establishing a fine; etc. | Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2-16-2012 Hearing
3-16-2012 1PM |
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1340 Crossfiled SB1003 |
Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions Delegate Cullision |
Revising the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act; altering the maximum amounts of specified contractual obligations of specified impaired or insolvent insurers for which the Corporation may become liable under specified circumstances; authorizing the Corporation to elect to succeed to the rights and obligations of specified insolvent insurers relating to specified reinsurance contracts within 180 days after the date of an order of liquidation; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-16-2012 Hearing
3-21-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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1364 Crossfiled SB1005 Chapter 207 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Labor and
Employment - Determination of Independent Contractor Status - Workplace
Fraud Act and Unemployment Insurance Delegates Schulz, Afzali, Bates, Clagett, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Jacobs, Krebs, McComas, W. Miller, Minnick, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Schuh, Stifler, and Vitale |
Establishing an exception for an employer that produces
specified documents for inspection to the presumption that an
employer-employee relationship exists for purposes of the Workplace Fraud
Act; providing for a presumption, under specified circumstances, that an
individual working for remuneration is an independent contractor under
specified circumstances; prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry,
under specified circumstances, from entering a place of business or work
site to review and copy specified records; etc.
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Economic Matters | First Reading
2-22-2012 Hearing 3-21-2012 1PM SENATE HOUSE |
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1383 Prior Yr. HB860 |
Property and
Casualty Insurance - Underwriting Based on Geographic Area Delegate O'Donnell |
Altering the requirements an insurer must meet before refusing to issue or renew a contract of motor vehicle, property, or casualty insurance solely because the insured property or the applicant's or insured's address is located within a specified geographic area of the State; requiring an insurer to adopt a specified underwriting standard and file it with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner for approval; etc. | Economic Matters | First Reading
2-23-2012 Hearing 3-15-2012 1PM
SENATE |
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1426 Crossfiled SB1063 |
Workers'
Compensation Commission - Jurisdiction Over Claims on Appeal - Limitation
Delegate Jameson |
WITHDRAWN |
Economic Matters | First Reading
3-1-2012 Unfavorable Report |
| 1477 | Environment -
Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Qualified Offer Delegates Niemann and McIntosh |
Requiring the Department of the Environment to create a specified formula for determining a payment amount for a qualified offer; requiring that the formula established for determining a payment amount for a qualified offer meet specified criteria; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly. | Environmental Mattters | First Reading
3-19-2012 Hearing 3-23-2012 |
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16 Chapter 159 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Jury Service – Employers – Prohibited Acts Senators Ramirez, Miller, Rosapepe, Peters, Forehand, and Montgomery |
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an individual to work on a day in which an individual spends more than a certain number of hours performing jury service or acts related to jury service; prohibiting an employer from depriving an individual of employment or coercing, intimidating, or threatening to discharge an individual for exercising a certain right to refrain from work for performing jury service or acts relating to jury service; and 8 generally relating to jury service.
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Judicial Proceedings | Prefiled 10-17-2011 First Reading 1-11-2012 Hearing 1-12-2012 1PM HOUSE SENATE |
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30 Crossfiled HB65
Approved by Governor |
Injured Workers' Insurance
Fund-Cancellation of Policies-Failure to Pay a Premium Senators Klausmeier and Kittleman |
FOR the purpose of altering the manner in which the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund may cancel polices when a policyholder has failed to pay a premium; repealing a requirement that the Board for the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund refer cases for collection to the Office of the Attorney General; and generally relating to the cancellation and collection procedures of the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund
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Finance | Prefiled 10-3-2011 First Reading 1-11-2012 Hearing 1-17-2012 1PM HOUSE |
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35 Prior Yr. SB703 Crossfiled HB347 |
Income Tax-Credit for Long Term
Care Premiums Senators Klausmeier, Jacobs, Raskin, Garagiola, Mathias, Madaleno, Peters, Rosapepe, Young, Ramirez, Dyson, Stone, Kittleman and Reilly |
FOR the purpose of altering a certain limitation on a certain credit against the State income tax for certain long–term care insurance premiums paid by a taxpayer; altering the amount a taxpayer may claim as a credit for certain long–term care insurance purchased after a certain date; providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to a certain income tax credit for eligible long–term care premiums. MONITOR |
Budget & Taxation | Prefiled 10-4-2011 First Reading 1-11-2012 Hearing 2-8-2012 1PM |
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74 Crossfiled HB741 Prior Yr. SB264 |
Common Ownership
Communities-Fidelity Insurance-Indemnification Senator Kelley |
Altering the scope of indemnification provided by fidelity
insurance that the board of directors or other governing body of a
cooperative housing corporation, council of unit owners or other governing
body of a condominium, or board of directors or other governing body of a
homeowners association is required to purchase; requiring a management
company that provides specified services to a cooperative housing
corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to purchase specified
fidelity insurance; etc.
MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 1-16-2012
Hearing 2-7-2012 1PM |
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77 Chapter 171 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Life Insurance and
Annuities-Unfair Claim Settlement Practices-Failure to Cross Check Death
Master File Senator Kelley |
Requiring an insurer that issues or delivers a policy of life
insurance or an annuity contract in the State to perform a cross-check of
the insurer's in-force life insurance policies, annuity contracts, and
retained asset accounts against a specified death master file to identify
any death benefit payments that may be due as a result of the death of an
insured, annuitant, or account holder; requiring the insurer to perform the
cross-check at specified intervals and in a specified manner; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading 1-16-2012
Hearing 1-26-2012 2PM
HOUSE
SENATE |
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80 Prior Yr. SB138 |
Courts-Evidence-Vehicle Repair
Estimates Senator Zirkin |
Providing that, on specified testimony by a party or
specified other persons, a written vehicle repair estimate prepared by an
insurer or its authorized representative is admissible, without the
testimony of the preparer of the estimate, as evidence of the authenticity
and the fairness and reasonableness of the estimate; making specified
provisions concerning the admissibility of paid bills for goods or services
applicable to specified written vehicle repair estimates; etc.
MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading 1-16-2012
Hearing 2-9-2012 1PM
HOUSE |
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82 Crossfiled HB279 |
Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund-Claims for Bodily Injury or Death-Payment Limitation Senator Zirkin |
Increasing from $20,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount payable
from the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund for specified claims on account
of injury to or death of one individual arising from a motor vehicle
accident; and increasing from $40,000 to $60,000 the maximum amount payable
from the Fund for specified claims on account of injury to or death of more
than one individual arising from a motor vehicle accident.
SUPPORT |
Finance | First Reading 1-16-2012
Hearing 1-31-2012 1:30PM
HOUSE |
| 136 | Commercial Law - Consumer
Contracts - Payment of Legal Fees Senator Zirkin |
Authorizing a consumer contract to contain a provision for
the payment of legal fees by the losing party in a specified legal action
only if the provision is equally applicable to both parties to the contract;
and applying the Act to contracts entered into on or after the effective
date of the Act.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | First Reading 1-18-2012
Hearing 1-31-2012 1:30PM |
| 137 | Commercial Law-Contract
Provisions-Payment of Legal Fees Senator Zirkin |
Authorizing a contract to contain a provision for the payment
of legal fees by the losing party in a specified legal action only if the
provision is equally applicable to both parties to the contract; and
applying the Act to all contracts entered into on or after the effective
date of the Act.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | First Reading 1-18-2012
Hearing 1-31-2012 1:30PM |
| 146 | Public Ethics-Financial
Disclosure Statements-Mutual Funds Chair, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs (by Request-State Ethics Commission) |
Excluding interests in specified mutual funds from the
interests in corporations, partnerships, and limited liability partnerships
and companies that must be disclosed on an annual financial disclosure
statement under the Maryland Public Ethics Law.
MONITOR |
Health and Environmental Affairs | First Reading 1-18-2012
Hearing 1-31-2012 1:30PM
HOUSE |
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174 Crossfiled HB114
Approved by Governor |
Subsequent Injury Fund and
Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments on Settlement Agreements Senators Klausmeier, Kittleman, Middleton, and Muse |
Excluding from the assessments imposed by the Workers'
Compensation Commission and payable to the Subsequent Injury Fund and the
Uninsured Employers' Fund the amount of specified medical benefits under a
settlement agreement under specified circumstances.
NO POSITION |
Finance | First Reading 1-20-2012
Hearing 2-1-2012 2PM
SENATE |
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206 Prior Yr. SB388 Crossfiled HB1015 |
Maryland Health Security Act of 2012 Senators Pinsky, Benson, Forehand, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe |
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. | Finance |
First Reading 1-20-2012 Hearing
2-22-2012 1PM |
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217 Crossfiled HB104 |
Motor Vehicles -
Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and
Penalties
Senators Robey, Conway, Ferguson, Forehand, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, and Young |
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a
secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless
communication device while operating a motor vehicle; repealing provisions
of law that apply prohibitions involving the use of a wireless communication
device to specified operators of motor vehicles only if the motor vehicle is
in motion; providing that specified prohibitions apply only if the motor
vehicle is in the travel portion of a roadway; altering a specified penalty;
etc.
MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1-20-2012 Hearing 2-14-2012 1PM |
| 229 |
Health Insurance - Individual and Group Coverage - Application of Federal
Affordable Care Act Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Providing that specified provisions of the
federal Affordable Care Act regarding preventive services apply to
individual health insurance coverage and health insurance coverage offered
in the small group and large group markets issued or delivered in the State
by an authorized insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health
maintenance organization; repealing a provision of law applying specified
provisions of the Affordable Care Act regarding bona fide wellness programs
to specified health insurance coverage; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance |
First Reading 1-20-2012 Hearing 2-15-2012 1PM |
|
230 Chapter 196 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Insurance - Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland) |
Altering the time at which specified professional liability insurers seeking reimbursement from the Rate Stabilization Account of the Maryland Health Care Provider Rate Stabilization Fund on behalf of specified health care providers are required to make a specified determination, send a specified notice, and apply to the Account for reimbursement; repealing a specified audit requirement; altering reporting requirements; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1-20-2012 Hearing
2-15-2012 1PM HOUSE
SENATE |
|
238 Crossfiled HB443 |
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012 The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe |
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to make specified qualified dental plans available to specified individuals and employers; requiring the Exchange to establish and implement specified navigator programs on or before January 1, 2014; establishing qualifications for specified navigators; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 1-20-2012 Hearing
2-22-2012 1PM
HOUSE |
|
248 Prior Yr. SB979 |
Taxation of Corporations - Alternative Minimum Assessment Senators Jones-Rodwell and Montgomery |
Imposing an alternative minimum assessment on
corporations doing business in the State; providing for the computation of
the alternative minimum assessment as a percentage of a corporation's gross
receipts or gross profits, based on an election made by the corporation;
limiting the assessment to $5,000,000 for any corporation and to $20,000,000
for affiliated groups of corporations; providing for credits against the
corporate income tax under specified circumstances; applying the Act to tax
years after 2011; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Budget & Taxation |
First Reading 1-25-2012 Hearing
2-15-2012 1:15PM |
|
256 Crossfiled HB876 |
Property and
Casualty Insurance - Commercial Policies - Notices of Premium Increases Senator Astle |
Altering the scope of provisions of law that require an
insurer to send to a named insured and an insurance producer a specified
notice of a premium increase for policies of commercial insurance and
policies of workers' compensation insurance; providing that the provisions
of law do not apply to policies for which the renewal policy premium is in
excess of $500 and an increase over the expiring policy premium of 5% or
less; etc. SUPPORT |
Finance | First Reading
1-25-2012 Hearing 2-7-2012 1PM HOUSE SENATE |
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269 Prior Yr. SB305 |
Maryland Business Tax Fairness Act Senators Pinsky, Benson, Conway, Currie, Ferguson, Frosh, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, Manno, Madaleno, Montgomery, Ramirez, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stone, and Young |
Requiring specified corporations to compute
Maryland taxable income using a specified combined reporting method;
requiring, subject to specified regulations, specified groups of
corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate
income tax liability of all the members of the group; requiring the
Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; requiring specified regulations
to be consistent with regulations adopted by the Multistate Tax Commission;
applying the Act to tax years beginning after 2012; etc.
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Budget & Taxation |
First Reading 1-25-2012 Hearing
2-22-2012 1PM |
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272 Chapter 206 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Labor & Employment-Workplace Fraud Act-Revisions Senators Peters, Astle, Kittleman, and Klausmeier |
Repealing the presumption that, except under
specified circumstances, an employer-employee relationship exists when
remuneration for work by an individual is paid by an employer; and defining
the term "independent contractor" as used in the Workplace Fraud Act.
|
Finance |
First Reading 1-26-2012 Hearing
2-9-2012 1PM
HOUSE |
| 281 | Civil
Actions-Contract Actions Against Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund-Limitation Senator Frosh |
Extending, from 1 year to 3 years after the later of
specified events, the period within which an action arising out of an
insurance policy issued by the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund is
required to be filed as a condition of bringing a contract action against
the Fund; etc.
MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1-26-2012 Hearing 2-9-2012 1PM |
|
297 Crossfiled HB463 |
Property and
Casualty Insurance - Certificates of Insurance and Certificate of Insurance
Forms Senator Kelley |
Prohibiting a person from preparing or issuing or requiring
the preparation or issuance of a certificate of insurance unless the
certificate of insurance form has been filed with and approved by the
Maryland Insurance Commissioner; providing an exception; prohibiting a
person from altering or modifying a certificate of insurance; requiring the
Commissioner to disapprove a certificate of insurance form or withdraw
approval of a certificate of insurance form under specified circumstances;
etc.
SUPPORT |
Finance | First Reading
1-27-2012 Hearing 2-21-2012 1PM HOUSE SENATE |
|
351 Prior Yr. SB483 Crossfiled HB469 |
Punitive Damages -
High-Risk Drunk Drivers Senators Forehand, Madaleno, and Rosapepe |
Authorizing a finder of fact to determine that a person with
an alcohol concentration 0.15 or more in the blood or breath who causes
personal injury or wrongful death while driving or attempting to drive a
motor vehicle was acting with malice and to award punitive damages under
specified circumstances; etc. MONITOR |
Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
1-30-2012 Hearing 2-15-2012 1PM |
| 406 | Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund - Notice of Claim for Damages - Time for Filing
Senator Zirkin |
Altering the time period from 180 days to 3 years after an
accident out of which the cause of action arises within which notice of a
claim for damages must be filed with the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
before a person may apply or sue for payment from the Fund.
MONITOR |
Finance | First Reading
2-1-2012 Hearing 2-28-2012 1PM |
|
529 Crossfiled HB55 Chapter 251 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving Senator Robey |
Altering the definition of "wireless
communication device" to include a handheld or hands-free telephone but to
remove from the definition a text messaging device; establishing that a
specified prohibition against a minor using a wireless communication device
while operating a motor vehicle does not apply to the use of a text
messaging device; altering the enforcement provision of the prohibition
against a minor texting while driving; etc.
MONITOR |
Environmental Matters |
First Reading 2-3-2012 Hearing
2-21-2012 1PM
HOUSE |
|
531 Chapter 253 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Property and
Casualty Insurance - Underwriting Period - Discovery of Material Risk Factor
Senator Middleton |
Requiring an insurer that discovers a material risk factor
during the 45-day underwriting period to recalculate the premium for a
policy or binder of personal insurance, commercial property insurance, or
commercial liability insurance under specified circumstances; requiring the
insurer to provide specified notice to the insured if the insurer
recalculates the premium for the policy or binder based on the discovery of
a material risk factor; etc.
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Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 2-28-2012 1PM HOUSE SENATE |
|
600 Crossfiled HB734 |
Business Regulation - Independent Contractor Registry - Presumptions Under
Workplace Fraud Act Senators Young, Montgomery, and Ramirez |
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing,
and Regulation to develop and maintain an Independent Contractor Registry;
authorizing an individual who performs construction services or landscaping
services as an independent contractor to register with the Registry;
establishing that work performed by an individual registered with the
Registry is not presumed to create an employer-employee relationship for the
purposes of specified provisions related to workplace fraud; etc.
MONITOR |
Finance |
First Reading 2-3-2012 Hearing
2-23-2012 1PM |
|
604 Crossfiled HB715 Chapter 268 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Motor Vehicle
Insurance-Uninsured Motorist Coverage-Effect of Consent to Offer of
Settlement Senators Kelley, Middleton and Pugh |
Providing that written consent by an uninsured motorist
insurer to acceptance of a specified settlement offer may not be construed
to limit the right of the uninsured motorist insurer to raise any issue
relating to liability or damages in an action against the uninsured motorist
insurer and does not constitute an admission by the uninsured motorist
insurer as to any issue raised in the action.
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Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 2-28-2012 1PM HOUSE |
| 732 | Low-Cost
Automobile Insurance Program - Prince George's County Senator Muse |
Establishing a Low-Cost Automobile Insurance Program in
Prince George's County; establishing the purpose of the Program; providing
that the Program is part of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; altering
the purpose of the Fund; providing for the administration and development of
the Program; authorizing the Program to sell, issue, and deliver specified
policies of automobile insurance to individuals who meet specified
eligibility requirements; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM |
| 742 | Workers'
Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Contest of Determination Senator Kittleman |
Authorizing an employer, an employer's insurer, or the Uninsured Employers' Fund to contest the average weekly wage of a covered employee as determined by the Workers' Compensation Commission by filing wage statements with the Commission; requiring, under specified circumstances, the employer, employer's insurer, or the Fund to continue to pay workers' compensation benefits to a covered employee based on a specified average weekly wage. | Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 2-28-2012 1PM |
|
745 Crossfiled HB1017 |
Injured Workers'
Insurance Fund - Conversion to Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company Senator Middleton |
Providing that the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund be
converted into a statutorily created, private, nonprofit, and non-stock
workers' compensation insurer to be named the Chesapeake Employers'
Insurance Company; providing that the Company be independent of State
government; requiring, on a specified date, that specified functions,
powers, duties, equipment, assets, property, accounts, liabilities,
contracts, and obligations be irrevocably transferred to the Company; etc.
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Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 2-28-2012 1PM
HOUSE |
|
764 Crossfiled HB885 Chapter 299 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Fraudulent
Insurance Acts - Individual Sureties - Contracts of Surety Insurance Senators Kelley, Klausmeier, and Mathias |
Establishing that it is a fraudulent insurance act for an individual surety to make a representation that it has legal authority to issue a contract of surety insurance or to issue a contract of surety insurance, except as provided in specified provisions of law; establishing that it is a fraudulent insurance act for a person to knowingly or willfully assist a person to obtain a contract of surety insurance from an individual surety, except as provided in specified provisions of law; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM HOUSE |
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785 Prior Yr. SB15 |
Motor Vehicle
Insurance - Use of Credit History in Rating Policies Senator Muse |
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.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM |
|
811 Crossfiled HB1094 |
Insurance - Fraud
Violations - Fines and Administrative Penalties
Senator Astle |
Providing that a specified fine imposed for specified insurance fraud violations is mandatory and not subject to suspension; authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to impose an administrative penalty for specified insurance fraud violations and to order restitution for specified insurance fraud violations to specified insurers or self- insured employers; requiring the Commissioner to consider specified factors in determining the amount of an administrative penalty; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM |
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812 Crossfiled HB1097 |
Insurance -
Suspected Fraud - Reporting Requirement Senator Astle |
Altering the list of persons that are required to report suspected insurance fraud to specified persons and entities in a specified manner under specified circumstances; and providing for the withholding of specified information under specified circumstances. | Finance | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM HOUSE |
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846 Crossfiled HB550 |
Vehicle Laws -
Historic Motor Vehicles Senators King, Forehand, and Ramirez |
Increasing to 25 years the age that a motor vehicle must attain before it may be registered as a historic motor vehicle; prohibiting a specified historic motor vehicle from being used for specified purposes; requiring an applicant for registration of a historic motor vehicle to submit with the application a certification that the vehicle is insured by a specified vehicle insurance policy; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | First Reading
2-3-2012 Hearing 2-29-2012 1PM |
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855 Crossfiled HB777 |
Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Act - Revisions Senator Raskin |
Establishing that specified statutory provisions relating to limited liability companies apply unless otherwise agreed on in the limited liability company's articles of organization, in the operating agreement, or by unanimous consent; repealing the requirement that the purposes for which a limited liability company is formed be stated in the articles of organization; altering the requirements for a resident agent; repealing provisions relating to a member's authority regarding abandoning the business; etc. | Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2-3-2012 Hearing
3-8-2012 1PM
HOUSE |
|
857 Crossfiled HB506 |
Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses - Admissibility of
Insurance Coverage Senator Raskin |
Providing that the existence of professional
liability insurance coverage is admissible at the hearing of a claim or the
trial of an action against a health care provider for alleged medical injury
solely for the purpose of assessing the bias, if any, of an expert witness,
if the expert's professional liability insurance carrier is a mutual or
self-insured entity and a judgment against a defendant in the action would
be paid by the expert's carrier.
WITHDRAWN |
Judicial Proceedings |
First Reading 2-3-2012 Unfavorable Report |
|
861 Crossfiled HB1093 |
Portable Electronics Insurance Senator Klausmeier |
Repealing a specified limitation on the authority of a vendor of portable electronics insurance to sell coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance; altering the circumstances under which a vendor that collects premiums for portable electronics insurance need not keep the premiums in a segregated account; providing an exception to a specified requirement to itemize premiums and charges; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-3-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM HOUSE |
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907 Prior Yr. SB711 Crossfiled HB356 |
Transportation -
Required Security - Rental Vehicles Senators Astle and Klausmeier |
Establishing that the owner of a rental vehicle may satisfy a specified insurance requirement by maintaining a specified security that is secondary to any other valid and collectible coverage; requiring the owner of a rental vehicle to provide a specified notice to the renter of the rental vehicle; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2-9-2012 Hearing 3-1-2012 1PM |
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928 Crossfiled HB982 |
Health Insurance - Fees for Administrative Services Provided by Insurance
Producers - Authorized Senators Astle and Middleton |
Authorizing an insurance producer who is licensed to sell health insurance to charge reasonable fees related to the administration of a health benefit plan that is sold by the insurance producer to an employer and covers eligible employees of the employer; providing that fees may not be charged by an insurance producer for specified services; requiring an insurance producer, before a fee for administrative services is charged, to disclose specified information; etc. | Finance |
First Reading 2-10-2012 Hearing
3-21-2012 1PM HOUSE |
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938 Crossfiled HB1059 |
Property and
Casualty Insurance - Rescission of Policy or Binder - Authorized Senator Mathias |
Authorizing an insurer to rescind a policy or binder of personal insurance, commercial property insurance, or commercial liability insurance if the applicant's initial premium payment is made by a check that is dishonored and returned by a financial institution as unpaid because of insufficient funds in the account on which the check is drawn; requiring that an insurer, to rescind the policy or binder, send a specified notice to the applicant; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2-13-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM HOUSE SENATE |
|
960 Crossfiled HB861 |
Insurance - Unfair
Claim Settlement Practices - Refusal to Pay a Claim Senator Pugh |
Altering the circumstances under which it is an unfair claim settlement practice and a violation of specified provisions of law for an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization to refuse to pay a claim. | Finance | First Reading
2-15-2012 Hearing 3-22-2012 1PM |
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1003 Crossfiled HB1340 |
Life and Health
Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions Senator Middleton |
Revising the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act; altering the maximum amounts of specified contractual obligations of specified impaired or insolvent insurers for which the Corporation may become liable under specified circumstances; authorizing the Corporation to elect to succeed to the rights and obligations of specified insolvent insurers relating to specified reinsurance contracts within 180 days after the date of an order of liquidation; etc. | Finance | First Reading
2-17-2012 Hearing 3-14-2012 1PM HOUSE SENATE |
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1005 Crossfiled HB1364 |
Labor and
Employment - Determination of Independent Contractor Status - Workplace
Fraud Act and Unemployment Insurance Senator Pugh |
Establishing an exception for an employer that produces
specified documents for inspection to the presumption that an
employer-employee relationship exists for purposes of the Workplace Fraud
Act; providing for a presumption, under specified circumstances, that an
individual working for remuneration is an independent contractor under
specified circumstances; prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry,
under specified circumstances, from entering a place of business or work
site to review and copy specified records; etc.
WITHDRAWN |
Finance | First Reading
2-17-2012 Hearing 3-22-2012 1PM |
|
1006 Chapter 336 Signed 5-2-2012 |
Maryland
Automobile Insurance Fund - Fund Producers - Commissions Senator Middleton |
Altering the commission the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund is required to pay to a fund producer of a policyholder to whom a private passenger auto insurance policy is issued by the Fund. | Finance | First Reading
2-17-2012 Hearing 3-13-2012 1PM HOUSE |
| 1027 | Motor Vehicle
Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Waiver of Mandatory Deduction Senator Stone |
Requiring an insurer that issues a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance that provides uninsured motorist coverage to waive the $250 mandatory deduction from the amount payable for damages to property for a specified insured who makes a claim, under the uninsured motorist coverage provided in a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by the insurer, for property damage to a motor vehicle covered under the policy. | Finance | First Reading
2-22-2012 Hearing 3-21-2012 1PM |
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1063 Crossfiled HB1426 |
Workers'
Compensation Commission - Jurisdiction Over Claims on Appeal - Limitation
Senator Kittleman |
Providing that, if a workers' compensation claim is on appeal, the Workers' Compensation Commission has continuing powers and retains jurisdiction over the claim only to consider specified requests; etc. | Senate Rules | First Reading 2-29-2012 |