Capitol Building Maryland Register

Issue Date:  May 19, 2023

Volume 50 •  Issue 10  • Pages 389 — 426

IN THIS ISSUE

Governor

General Assembly

Regulations

Special Documents

General Notices

Pursuant to State Government Article, §7-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, this issue contains all previously unpublished documents required to be published, and filed on or before May 1, 2023 5 p.m.
 
Pursuant to State Government Article, §7-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, I hereby certify that this issue contains all documents required to be codified as of May 1, 2023.
 
Gail S. Klakring
Acting Administrator, Division of State Documents
Office of the Secretary of State

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CITATION TO COMAR REGULATIONS

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Closing Dates for the Maryland Register

Schedule of Closing Dates and Issue Dates for the
Maryland Register .....................................................................  392

 

 

COMAR Research Aids

Table of Pending Proposals ...........................................................  393

 

Index of COMAR Titles Affected in This Issue

COMAR Title Number and Name                                                  Page

09        Maryland Department of Labor .........................................  407

10        Maryland Department of Health ........................................  405

11        Department of Transportation ............................................  408

12        Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services .....  409

20        Public Service Commission ...............................................  410

26        Department of the Environment ........................................  417

33        State Board of Elections ....................................................  407

 

 

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The Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2023.05

Maryland Council on Innovation and Impact  396

 

General Assembly

SYNOPSIS NO. 3 .  398

 

Emergency Action on Regulations

10  MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

BOARD OF NURSING

Examination and Licensure .  405

 

Final Action on Regulations

09 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Model Performance Code ........................................................  407

Maryland Building Performance Standards .  407

International Green Construction Code ...................................  407

Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Regulations .  407

33 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

CAMPAIGN FINANCING

Campaign Finance Report  407

Prohibitions .  407

Contributions by Employee Membership and Membership
   Entities
.  407

Legal Expenses .  407

Exploratory Committees .  407

VIOLATIONS

Civil Penalties .  407

 

Proposed Action on Regulations

11  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION—DRIVER
   LICENSING AND IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS

Point System: Definition of Moving Violation and
   Assessment of Points ............................................................
 408

12  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
   CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

POLICE TRAINING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION

General Regulations .................................................................  409

20  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

SERVICE SUPPLIED BY ELECTRIC COMPANIES

General  410

Engineering .  410

Records and Reports .  410

Deanna Camille Green Rule — Contact Voltage Survey
   Requirement and Reporting
.  410

Service Quality and Reliability Standards .  410

CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC AND
   COMMUNICATION FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL
   AND NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS

Residential Electric Underground Facilities .  417

26  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

AIR QUALITY

Low Emissions Vehicle Program ..  417

 

Special Documents

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

WATER AND SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION

Water Quality Certification 22-WQC-0023 .  423

MARYLAND HEALTH CARE COMMISSION

AVERAGE ANNUAL BED OCCUPANCY RATE AND
   AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER OF LICENSED
   NURSING HOME BEDS BY JURISDICTION AND
   REGION: MARYLAND, FISCAL YEARS
   2019 — 2021
..................................................................  423

REQUIRED MARYLAND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
   PARTICIPATION RATES FOR NURSING HOMES
   BY REGION AND JURISDICTION:
   FISCAL YEAR 2021
.....................................................  424

 

General Notices

STATE COLLECTION AGENCY LICENSING BOARD
   (SCALB)

Public Meeting .  426

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/
   RADIO CONTROL BOARD QUARTERLY MEETING

Public Meeting .  426

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/
   RADIO CONTROL BOARD SYSTEM MANAGERS
   COMMITTEE

Public Meeting .  426

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/
   RADIO CONTROL BOARD SYSTEM USERS
   COMMITTEE

Public Meeting .  426

FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION

Public Meeting .  426

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION

Public Meeting .  426

GOVERNOR’S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Public Meeting .  426

 

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Maryland Documents

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        Anyone wishing to receive ‘‘Maryland Documents’’ should write to: Legislative Sales, Maryland Department of Legislative Services, 90 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401.

 

CLOSING DATES AND ISSUE DATES THROUGH
DECEMBER 2023

Issue
Date

Emergency

and Proposed

Regulations

5 p.m.*

Notices, etc.

10:30 a.m.

Final

Regulations

10:30 a.m.

2023

June 2

May 15

May 22

May 24

June 16

May 26**

June 5

June 7

June 30

June 12

June 16 **

June 21

July 14

June 26

July 3

July 5

July 28

July 10

July 17

July 19

August 11

July 24

July 31

August 2

August 25

August 7

August 14

August 16

September 8

August 21

August 28

August 30

September 22

September 1**

September 11

September 13

October 6

September 18

September 25

September 27

October 20

October 2

October 6**

October 11

November 3

October 16

October 23

October 25

November 17

October 30

November 6

November 8

December 1

November 13

November 20

November 22

December 15

November 27

December 4

December 6

December 29

December 11

December 18

December 20

 

   Please note that this table is provided for planning purposes and that the Division of State Documents (DSD) cannot guarantee submissions will be published in an agency’s desired issue. Although DSD strives to publish according to the schedule above, there may be times when workload pressures prevent adherence to it.

*   Also note that proposal deadlines are for submissions to DSD for publication in the Maryland Register and do not take into account the 15-day AELR review period. The due date for documents containing 8 to 18 pages is 48 hours before the date listed; the due date for documents exceeding 18 pages is 1 week before the date listed.

NOTE:  ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN TIMES NEW ROMAN, 9-POINT, SINGLE-SPACED FORMAT. THE PAGE COUNT REFLECTS THIS FORMATTING.

** Note closing date changes.

The regular closing date for Proposals and Emergencies is Monday.

 

RegCodificationSystem
Cumulative Table of COMAR Regulations
Adopted, Amended, or Repealed

   This table, previously printed in the Maryland Register lists the regulations, by COMAR title, that have been adopted, amended, or repealed in the Maryland Register since the regulations were originally published or last supplemented in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR). The table is no longer printed here but may be found on the Division of State Documents website at www.dsd.state.md.us.

Table of Pending Proposals

   The table below lists proposed changes to COMAR regulations. The proposed changes are listed by their COMAR number, followed by a citation to that issue of the Maryland Register in which the proposal appeared. Errata and corrections pertaining to proposed regulations are listed, followed by “(err)” or “(corr),” respectively. Regulations referencing a document incorporated by reference are followed by “(ibr)”. None of the proposals listed in this table have been adopted. A list of adopted proposals appears in the Cumulative Table of COMAR Regulations Adopted, Amended, or Repealed.

 

03 COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY

 

03.02.01.01 • 50:8 Md. R. 340 (4-21-23)

03.02.02.05—.07 • 50:8 Md. R. 340 (4-21-23)

03.02.04.01,.02 • 50:8 Md. R. 340 (4-21-23)

 

05 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

05.03.09.01—.11 • 50:7 Md. R. 304 (4-7-23)

05.20.05.01—.12 • 49:25 Md. R. 1054 (12-2-22)

 

08 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

 

08.02.03.11,.12 • 50:8 Md. R. 341 (4-21-23)

08.02.03.14 • 50:9 Md. R. 381 (5-5-23)

08.02.04.11 • 50:8 Md. R. 342 (4-21-23)

08.02.11.01 • 50:8 Md. R. 344 (4-21-23)

08.02.11.02,.04 • 50:8 Md. R. 345 (4-21-23)

08.02.13.03,.05,.10 • 50:8 Md. R. 346 (4-21-23)

08.02.20.01,.03 • 50:8 Md. R. 349 (4-21-23)

08.04.07.01 • 50:8 Md. R. 350 (4-21-23)

08.18.07.01 • 50:9 Md. R. 382 (5-5-23)

 

09 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

09.03.14.01—.18 • 50:4 Md. R. 125 (2-24-23)

                                50:7 Md. R. 307 (4-7-23) (corr)

09.12.32.01—06 • 49:21 Md. R. 953 (10-7-22)

09.12.81.02 • 50:1 Md. R. 11 (1-13-23) (ibr)

09.22.01.13 • 50:3 Md. R. 92 (2-10-23)

09.28.04.01—.06,.08 • 50:9 Md. R. 382 (5-5-23)

 

10 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

     Subtitle 09 (2nd volume)

 

10.09.01.03,.06 • 50:4 Md. R. 135 (2-24-23)

10.09.02.01,.03—.05,.07—.09,.11 • 50:1 Md. R. 11 (1-13-23) (ibr)

10.09.04.01,.03,.04,.07 • 50:7 Md. R. 307 (4-7-23)

10.09.05.01,.03—.07 • 49:27 Md. R. 1113 (12-30-22)

10.09.07.08 • 50:7 Md. R. 309 (4-7-23)

10.09.09.01,.03—.07 • 50:6 Md. R. 220 (3-24-23) (ibr)

10.09.10.07,.08 • 50:6 Md. R. 221 (3-24-23)

10.09.12.06,.07 • 50:6 Md. R. 222 (3-24-23)

10.09.15.03,.07 • 50:4 Md. R. 136 (2-24-23)

10.09.16.01—.13 • 50:4 Md. R. 136 (2-24-23)

10.09.17.03,.04 • 50:4 Md. R. 139 (2-24-23)

10.09.23.01,.01-1,.03—.05,.07,.08 • 50:6 Md. R. 224 (3-24-23) (ibr)

10.09.27.01,.03—.06 • 50:6 Md. R. 225 (3-24-23)

10.09.29.07 • 50:7 Md. R. 310 (4-7-23)

10.09.31.01,.03—.06 • 49:22 Md. R. 982 (10-21-22)

10.09.33.01,.02,.06,.07,.09 • 50:6 Md. R. 227 (3-24-23)

10.09.34.06 • 50:6 Md. R. 228 (3-24-23)

10.09.40.01—.06 • 50:1 Md. R. 13 (1-13-23)

10.09.41.04,.07 • 49:16 Md. R. 762 (7-29-22)

10.09.48.08 • 50:6 Md. R. 229 (3-24-23)

10.09.49.03—.10 • 49:24 Md. R. 1028 (11-18-22)

10.09.52.01—.06 • 50:1 Md. R. 13 (1-13-23)

10.09.53.01,.07 • 50:7 Md. R. 311 (4-7-23)

10.09.54.01,.04,.14,.16,.17,.22 • 50:3 Md. R. 94 (2-10-23)

10.09.55.03,.06 • 49:27 Md. R. 1115 (12-30-22)

10.09.56.22 • 50:4 Md. R. 140 (2-24-23)

10.09.76.01,.03,.05 • 50:1 Md. R. 13 (1-13-23)

10.09.77.01,.03—.07,.10 • 50:1 Md. R. 21 (1-13-23)

10.09.89.09—.12,.14 • 50:6 Md. R. 230 (3-24-23)

10.09.96.01,.02,.05,.06 • 49:24 Md. R. 1028 (11-18-22)

 

     Subtitles 10—22 (3rd volume)

 

10.15.07.01 • 49:27 Md. R. 1116 (12-30-22) (ibr)

10.21.01.04,.08 • 49:23 Md. R. 1000 (11-4-22)

 

     Subtitles 23—36 (4th volume)

 

10.28.01.01—.06 • 49:26 Md. R. 1084 (12-16-22)

10.32.01.03 • 49:16 Md. R. 768 (7-29-22)

10.32.02.03 • 49:16 Md. R. 768 (7-29-22)

10.32.02.10 • 49:16 Md. R. 769 (7-29-22)

10.34.14.01,.03..03-1 • 50:3 Md. R. 96 (2-10-23)

 

     Subtitles 37—52 (5th volume)

 

10.37.10.26 • 49:18 Md. R. 822 (8-26-22)

10.38.13.01—.06 • 50:1 Md. R. 22 (1-13-23)

10.40.12.01—.06 • 49:26 Md. R. 1085 (12-16-22)

10.41.06.01—.06 • 49:26 Md. R. 1087 (12-16-22)

10.42.10.01—.06 • 49:26 Md. R. 1088 (12-16-22)

10.43.17.01—.06 • 50:2 Md. R. 68 (1-27-23)

10.46.08.01—.06 • 49:27 Md. R. 1116 (12-30-22)

 

     Subtitles 53—68 (6th volume)

 

10.56.10.01—.06 • 49:27 Md. R. 1117 (12-30-22)

10.58.06.01—.06 • 49:26 Md. R. 1090 (12-16-22)

10.58.16.02,.13—.19 • 49:26 Md. R. 1090 (12-16-22)

10.63.01.02,.05 • 50:4 Md. R. 143 (2-24-23)

10.63.02.02 • 50:4 Md. R. 143 (2-24-23)

10.63.03.20,.21 • 50:4 Md. R. 143 (2-24-23)

10.65.10.01—.06 • 50:2 Md. R. 69 (1-27-23)

10.67.06.26-6 • 49:22 Md. R. 982 (10-21-22)

 

11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

     Subtitles 01—10

 

11.06.05.01—.05 • 50:7 Md. R. 312 (4-7-23)

 

     Subtitles 11—23 (MVA)

 

11.17.13.02 • 50:10 Md. R. 408 (5-19-23)

 

12 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

 

12.04.01.09,.14 • 50:10 Md. R. 409 (5-19-23)

 

13A STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

13A.01.08.01—16 • 50:7 Md. R. 313 (4-7-23)

13A.01.09.01—11 • 50:7 Md. R. 315 (4-7-23)

13A.06.07.06—.08,.11,.12,.18,.19 • 50:8 Md. R. 351 (4-21-23)

13A.08.01.03 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

13A.15.01.02 • 49:24 Md. R. 1032 (11-18-22)

13A.15.04.03 • 49:24 Md. R. 1032 (11-18-22)

13A.15.13.01—.10 • 49:24 Md. R. 1032 (11-18-22)

13A.15.14.01—.09 • 49:24 Md. R. 1032 (11-18-22)

13A.15.15.01—.08 • 49:24 Md. R. 1032 (11-18-22)

13A.15.16.01—.04 • 49:24 Md. R. 1032 (11-18-22)

 

13B MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION

 

13B.01.01.17 • 50:4 Md. R. 153 (2-24-23)

13B.02.06.01,.06,.11,.14 • 50:4 Md. R. 153 (2-24-23)

13B.03.01.03,.13 • 50:4 Md. R. 155 (2-24-23)

13B.07.02.03 • 50:4 Md. R. 156 (2-24-23)

13B.08.01.02 • 49:16 Md. R. 772 (7-29-22)

13B.08.12.01—.08 • 50:4 Md. R. 156 (2-24-23)

13B.08.13.03 • 49:17 Md. R. 802 (8-12-22)

13B.08.14.02,.06,.07 • 49:17 Md. R. 803 (8-12-22)

13B.08.20.02—.13 • 50:4 Md. R. 158 (2-24-23)

 

14 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 

14.04.09.01—.04 • 49:9 Md. R. 536 (4-22-22)

14.22.02.02 • 50:8 Md. R. 352 (4-21-23)

14.35.10.01—.16 • 50:8 Md. R. 353 (4-21-23)

14.40.04.01—.03 • 50:2 Md. R. 70 (1-27-23)

14.40.05.03,.04 • 50:2 Md. R. 71 (1-27-23)

 

20 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

 

20.50.01.03 • 50:10 Md. R. 410 (5-19-23)

20.50.02.02 • 50:10 Md. R. 410 (5-19-23)

20.50.03.04 • 50:10 Md. R. 410 (5-19-23)

20.50.11.01 • 50:10 Md. R. 410 (5-19-23)

20.50.12.01,.02,.04,.05,.08—18 • 50:10 Md. R. 410 (5-19-23)

20.51.01.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 232 (3-24-23)

20.51.02.03,.10 • 50:6 Md. R. 232 (3-24-23)

20.53.01.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 234 (3-24-23)

20.53.03.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 234 (3-24-23)

20.53.04.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 234 (3-24-23)

20.53.07.02,.05,.07,.08,.10,.12—.14 • 50:6 Md. R. 234 (3-24-23)

20.54.01.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 237 (3-24-23)

20.54.02.03,.10 • 50:6 Md. R. 237 (3-24-23)

20.59.01.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 238 (3-24-23)

20.59.03.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 238 (3-24-23)

20.59.04.02 • 50:6 Md. R. 238 (3-24-23)

20.59.07.02,.05,.07,.08,.10,.12—.14 • 50:6 Md. R. 238 (3-24-23)

20.61.01.03 • 50:6 Md. R. 241 (3-24-23)

20.61.02.01,.03 • 50:6 Md. R. 241 (3-24-23)

20.61.05.01 • 50:6 Md. R. 241 (3-24-23)

20.61.06.01—.03,.06,.12,.18 • 50:6 Md. R. 241 (3-24-23)

20.85.03.09 • 50:10 Md. R. 417 (5-19-23)

 

26 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

 

     Subtitles 01—07 (Part 1)

 

26.04.01.01,.01-1,.20,.37 • 50:3 Md. R. 106 (2-10-23) (ibr)

26.04.12.01—.07 • 50:2 Md. R. 73 (1-27-23)

 

     Subtitles 08—12 (Part 2)

 

26.11.19.20 • 49:27 Md. R. 1119 (12-30-22)

26.11.34.02 • 50:10 Md. R. 417 (5-19-23)

26.11.42.01—.11 • 49:27 Md. R. 1119 (12-30-22) (ibr)

26.12.01.01 • 50:9 Md. R. 384 (5-5-23) (ibr)

 

30 MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS (MIEMSS)

 

30.08.08.01—.22 • 50:5 Md. R. 184 (3-10-23)

 

31 MARYLAND INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION

 

31.03.02.03 • 50:8 Md. R. 355 (4-21-23)

31.10.06.06 • 50:9 Md. R. 385 (5-5-23)

 

33 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

 

33.01.05.06 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.01.07.01—.06 • 49:9 Md. R. 537 (4-22-22)

33.03.02.01,.03,.04 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.10.01.18 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.12.02.05 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.16.02.01,.03—.06 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.16.04.02 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.16.05.04 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.17.02.02,.04 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.21.01.02 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.21.03.02,.03 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

33.21.04.06 • 50:7 Md. R. 317 (4-7-23)

 

The Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2023.05

Maryland Council on Innovation and Impact

 

WHEREAS, The State of Maryland is firmly committed to identifying trusted partners to drive innovation, strengthen our communities, and ensure that all Marylanders have the opportunity to thrive.

 

WHEREAS, Social sector organizations, including foundations, businesses, and philanthropies, have made extraordinary contributions to the welfare of Maryland, building communities, and improving civil society.

 

WHEREAS, Promising social sector organizations operating in parts of our state, country, and world have the potential to do more good in Maryland with more funding, engagement, and partnership.

 

WHEREAS, Many social sector organizations embrace the power of working with government to better the lives of Marylanders and achieve greater impact.

 

WHEREAS, The State’s collaboration with these partners will allow Maryland to better assess and address needs, scale successful models of innovation, create and improve service delivery efficiencies, and more clearly understand how critical social change is unfolding.

 

 WHEREAS, Progress in Maryland has always relied on, and will continue to rely on, the spirit of service, generosity, and volunteerism of all Marylanders.

 

WHEREAS, Maryland will take unprecedented and historic measures to deepen the partnership between State government and the foundations, businesses and philanthropies in the social sector to make Maryland healthier, stronger, and more equitable.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WES MOORE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF MARYLAND, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE ORDER, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY:

A. Establishment. There is hereby established a Maryland Council on Innovation and Impact (“Council”), housed in the Executive Office of the Governor.

B. Function. The principal function of the Council, to the extent permitted by law, is:

(1) To ensure that the resources and expertise of innovative social sector organizations can be leveraged, deployed, and aligned with the efforts of the State to meet challenges;

(2) To infuse all of the State’s innovation and impact work with the best available evidence, and to ensure the State measures results and contributes to the existing evidence base where possible.

(3) To identify and explore ways in which partnerships can be developed and strengthened, ensuring the flow of innovation, talent, and resources across social and government sectors;

(4) To identify and encourage policies that increase and sustain charitable giving, volunteerism, and State service; and

(5) To bring ideas and policy options to the Governor for developing, leveraging, and maintaining partnerships across social and government sectors to deliver community services and accelerate the pace of positive change at the community level in Maryland.

C. Membership.

(1) There shall be a Senior Advisor on Innovation and Impact who shall be appointed by the Governor and shall chair the Council.

(2) The Governor may appoint additional individuals as honorary co-chairs of the Council.

(3) The Council shall consist of the heads of the following principal departments, or their designee, and the heads of any such other principal departments as the Governor may designate:

(a) The Department of Health;

(b) The Department of Human Services;

(c) The Department of Juvenile Services;

(d) The Department of Housing and Community Development;

(e) The Department of Service and Civic Innovation.

(4) The head of each principal department in the Executive Branch shall designate a liaison to support the work of the Council.

(5) Other State agencies, units, and offices may be asked to participate at the invitation of the Chair.

(6) The Council shall also consist of no more than twenty-five (25) members, appointed by the Governor, representing Maryland’s broad and diverse range of innovative and impactful organizations from all sectors.

(7) Members appointed by the Governor shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor for up to two consecutive two year terms.

(8) Council members shall serve without compensation.

(9) Staff members from the Office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor will also be regular participants.

D. Duties.

(1) The Council shall continuously identify and explore the ways in which the relationship between social sector organizations, companies, and State government can be strengthened and improved;

(2) The Council shall foster and maintain relationships with social sector organizations;

(3) The Council shall develop recommendations for leveraging powerful cross-sector partnerships, including policy, regulatory, or legislative recommendations to facilitate such partnerships;

(4) The Council shall update the Governor within six months of this Executive Order, and biannually thereafter, on the Council’s efforts, goals, and impact on the state and residents.

E. Procedures.

(1) The Council Chair shall:

(a) Oversee the implementation of this Executive Order and the work of the Council;

(b) Determine the Council’s agenda; and

(c) Identify additional support as needed.

(2) The Council Chair may adopt other procedures as necessary to ensure the orderly transaction of business.

(3) The Council may seek advice and recommendations from an Advisory Board. The Council Chair will select members of the Advisory Board that have a deep understanding of issues facing the citizens and State of Maryland and experience in local, national, or international organizations. Advisory Board members shall provide such advice and recommendations voluntarily, free of any compensation.

(4) The Council shall meet on a quarterly basis, or more frequently if the members deem appropriate.

(5) A majority of the Council members present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.

(6) The Executive Office of the Governor shall provide administrative support for the Council, consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(7) The Council shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the public outlining the achievements of each partnership.

F. This Executive Order shall be implemented in a manner that is consistent with all applicable statutes and regulations. Nothing in this Executive Order shall operate to contravene any State or federal law or to affect the State's receipt of federal funding.

G. If any provision of this Executive Order or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions or applications of the Executive Order shall remain in effect to the extent possible without the invalid provision or application. To achieve this purpose, the provisions of this Executive Order are severable.

 

GIVEN Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the State of Maryland, in the City of Annapolis, this 5th Day of May 2023.

WES MOORE
Governor

 

ATTEST:

SUSAN C. LEE
Secretary of State

 

[23-10-01]

 

The General Assembly

For additional up-to-date information concerning bills introduced in the General Assembly, log on to http://mlis.state.md.us and click on Bill Information and Status.  You may then enter a specific bill number for information about that bill.  You may also click on Senate Synopsis or House Synopsis for the most recent synopsis list for each house, or click on Synopsis Index for a listing of all bill synopses since the beginning of the legislative session.

 

SYNOPSIS NO. 3

 

Chapters

CH0099  SB0551 (Enrolled)  The Pres (Admin), et al.  Department of Service and Civic Innovation and Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Established (Serving Every Region Through Vocational Exploration Act of 2023).

CH0100  HB0982 (Enrolled)  The Spkr.  State Employees – Programs and Scholarships for Human Services Careers and Probation Agents and State Contributions to Supplemental Retirement Plans.

CH0101  HB0200 (Enrolled)  The Spkr (Admin).  Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2024).

CH0102  HB0201 (Enrolled)  The Spkr (Admin).  Creation of a State Debt – Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2023, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

CH0103  HB0202 (Enrolled)  The Spkr (Admin).  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2023.

CH0104  HB0386  Del Jacobs, et al.  Natural Resources - Blue and Flathead Catfish Finfish Trotline License - Establishment.

CH0105  SB0080  Sen Bailey.  Natural Resources – Blue and Flathead Catfish Finfish Trotline License – Establishment.

CH0106  SB0974  Sen Bailey, et al.  State-Owned Nursing Homes - Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines - Contractor Reporting Requirements.

CH0107  HB0636  Del Guzzone.  Public Information Act - Inspection of E-Mail Addresses and Telephone Numbers.

CH0108  HB0716 (Amended)  Del Guzzone, et al.  Managed Care Organizations - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Information in Written Statement.

CH0109  SB0474 (Amended)  Sen Klausmeier.  Managed Care Organizations - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Information in Written Statement.

CH0110  SB0707  Chr JPR (Dept).  Public Safety - Deputy State Fire Marshal - Probationary Status and Promotion.

CH0111  SB0720 (Amended)  Chr B&T (Dept).  Horse Racing - Extension of Maryland Horse Racing Act and Establishment of Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority.

CH0112  HB0524 (Enrolled)  Chr APP (Dept).  Maryland Stadium Authority - Camden Yards Sports Facilities Funds and Bus Rapid Transit Fund.

CH0113  SB0959 (Enrolled)  Sen Benson, et al.  Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform.

CH0114  HB0984 (Enrolled)  Del J. Lewis, et al.  Public Employee Relations Act.

CH0115  HB0397  Del Watson.  State Investment Portfolio - Investment Thresholds - Alterations.

CH0116  SB0153  Sen Augustine (Chr JtCMPF).  State Investment Portfolio - Investment Thresholds - Alterations.

CH0117  HB0395 (Amended)  Del White, et al.  State Government - State Facilities Changes and Closures - Procedures.

CH0118  SB0223 (Amended)  Sen Augustine, et al.  State Government – State Facilities Changes and Closures – Procedures.

CH0119  HB0770 (Enrolled)  Del Atterbeary (Accntblty & Implmntn Brd).  Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Various Policies and Prekindergarten Enrollment and Funding - Alterations.

CH0120  SB0239  Sen Feldman.  State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Domestic Partnerships.

CH0121  HB0123 (Enrolled)  Del Fraser-Hidalgo.  Vehicle Laws – HOV Lanes – Plug–In Electric Drive Vehicles.

CH0122  HB0848 (Amended)  Del Rose.  Drinking Water - Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment.

CH0123  SB0407 (Amended)  Sens Ready and Hester.  Drinking Water - Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment.

CH0124  HB0561  Carroll County Delegation.  Town of Mount Airy (Carroll County and Frederick County) - Urban Renewal Authority.

CH0125  SB0313  Carroll County Senators.  Town of Mount Airy (Carroll County and Frederick County) - Urban Renewal Authority.

CH0126  SB0695 (Amended)  Sen Jennings, et al.  State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit.

CH0127  SB0395 (Amended)  Sen Bailey.  State Employee and Retiree Health Benefits - Creditable Service.

CH0128  HB0581 (Amended)  Del T. Morgan, et al.  State Employee and Retiree Health Benefits - Creditable Service.

CH0129  SB0639 (Amended)  Sen Bailey.  Historic St. Mary's City Commission Reform Act of 2023.

CH0130  SB0457 (Enrolled)  Sen Bailey.  St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond.

CH0131  HB0677 (Amended)  Del Clippinger, et al.  Pride of Baltimore II - Appropriations - Extension.

CH0132  SB0440  Sen Hayes.  Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Districts - Legislative Districting Plan References.

CH0133  HB0655  Del Clippinger.  Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages Districts – Legislative Districting Plan References.

CH0134  SB0445  Sen Hayes.  Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations.

CH0135  HB0625  Del Amprey.  Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations.

CH0136  SB0331 (Enrolled)  Sen Hayes.  Baltimore City – West North Avenue Development Authority – Membership and Procurement.

CH0137  HB0809 (Enrolled)  Del Harris, et al.  State Procurement – Minority Business Enterprise Program – Extension and Reports.

CH0138  SB0334 (Enrolled)  Sen Hayes.  State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports.

CH0139  SB0332 (Amended)  Sen Hayes.  Maryland African American Museum Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership.

CH0140  HB0690 (Amended)  Del Edelson, et al.  Maryland African American Museum Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership.

CH0141  HB1298 (Enrolled)  Del Chang.  Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations.

CH0142  SB0722  Chr B&T (Dept).  State Department of Assessments and Taxation – Mandatory Retirement Age – Repeal.

CH0143  SB0719 (Enrolled)  Chr, Educ, Energy, and Env Committee.  Public Safety - State Fuel Security Program.

CH0144  HB1300  Chr JUD (Dept).  Family Law - Child Care - Criminal Background Investigations.

CH0145  HB0245 (Amended)  Del Woods, et al.  Minority Business Enterprise Program - Reporting.

CH0146  HB0151 (Amended)  Del Wells.  Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases.

CH0147  HB0498 (Amended)  Del Korman.  Board of Public Works Public Comment Act.

CH0148  SB0328 (Enrolled)  Sen Hettleman.  Board of Public Works Public Comment Act.

CH0149  HB0058 (Amended)  Del Korman, et al.  Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023).

CH0150  SB0035 (Amended)  Sen Kagan.  Open Meetings Act - State Ethics Commission (Maryland State Agency Transparency Act of 2023).

CH0151  HB0535 (Enrolled)  Del Feldmark, et al.  Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date.

CH0152  SB0379 (Enrolled)  Sen Kagan, et al.  Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date.

CH0153  SB0863 (Amended)  Sens Kagan and Simonaire.  State Administrator of Elections - Removal From Office.

CH0154  SB0112 (Amended)  Sen Kagan.  State Finance and Procurement - Grants - Prompt Payment Requirement.

CH0155  HB0328 (Amended)  Del Kaiser, et al.  State Finance and Procurement - Grants - Prompt Payment Requirement.

CH0156  HB1051 (Amended)  Del Kaiser, et al.  Public Information Act - Decisions of the State Public Information Act Compliance Board - Appeals.

CH0157  HB1200 (Enrolled)  Del D. Jones, et al.  Elections - Election Judges - Minimum Compensation.

CH0158  HB0276  Del D. Jones, et al.  Education - Libraries - Funding.

CH0159  SB0205 (Amended)  Sen King, et al.  Education - Libraries - Funding.

CH0160  HB0735 (Amended)  Chr APP (Dept).  University System of Maryland - Facilities - Bonding Authority and Sale.

CH0161  HB0543  Del Tomlinson, et al.  State Procurement - Small Procurement - Definition.

CH0162  HB0509 (Amended)  Del Tomlinson, et al.  State Board of Elections - Municipal Elections - Publication of Results on Website.

CH0163  SB0287 (Amended)  Sens Gallion and Carozza.  State Board of Elections - Municipal Elections - Publication of Results on Website.

CH0164  HB0240  Dels Otto and Anderton.  Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Special Death Benefits - Applicability.

CH0165  SB0244 (Amended)  Sen Carozza, et al.  Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability.

CH0166  HB0192 (Amended)  Del Palakovich Carr, et al.  Currency - Campaign Finance Prohibitions - Disclosures by Financial Institutions.

CH0167  SB0269 (Amended)  Sen Rosapepe, et al.  Currency - Campaign Finance Prohibitions - Disclosures by Financial Institutions.

CH0168  SB0104 (Amended)  Sen Augustine, et al.  Labor and Employment - Apprenticeship 2030 Commission and Representation on the Apprenticeship and Training Council.

CH0169  SB0782 (Amended)  Sen Hester.  State Procurement - Purchasing - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Aggregate.

CH0170  HB0586 (Amended)  Del Stein, et al.  State Procurement - Purchasing - Compost, Mulch, and Soil Amendments and Aggregate.

CH0171  SB0002 (Enrolled)  Sen Hester.  Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023).

CH0172  HB0502 (Enrolled)  Dels R. Lewis and Watson.  Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023).

CH0173  SB0783 (Enrolled)  Sen Hester.  Preservation and Reuse of Historic Complexes Study and Alterations to the Income Tax Credit for Catalytic Revitalization Projects.

CH0174  HB0150 (Amended)  Del Stewart, et al.  Housing and Community Development - Adaptive Reuse.

CH0175  SB0166 (Amended)  Sens Waldstreicher and Hettleman.  Housing and Community Development - Adaptive Reuse.

CH0176  SB0746 (Amended)  Sen Folden.  Mobile and Manufactured Homes - Relocation Plans and Sales of Communities (Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2023).

CH0177  HB0023 (Amended)  Del Stewart.  Mobile and Manufactured Homes - Relocation Plans and Sales of Communities (Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2023).

CH0178  SB0880 (Enrolled)  Sens Sydnor and Carter.  Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force.

CH0179  HB0843 (Enrolled)  Del Smith, et al.  Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force.

CH0180  HB0092  Del Holmes.  Ground Leases - Collection of Rent, Interest, Fees, and Other Expenses - Registration Requirements.

CH0181  SB0193  Sens Sydnor and Hayes.  Ground Leases - Collection of Rent, Interest, Fees, and Other Expenses - Registration Requirements.

CH0182  SB0196  Sens Sydnor and Hayes.  Residential Ground Leases - Redemption and Extinguishment - Requirements.

CH0183  HB0093  Del Holmes.  Residential Ground Leases - Redemption and Extinguishment - Requirements.

CH0184  HB0118 (Amended)  Del Holmes.  Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements.

CH0185  SB0194 (Enrolled)  Sens Sydnor and Hayes.  Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements.

CH0186  HB0098 (Enrolled)  Del Arentz.  Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations.

CH0187  HB0149  Del Hornberger.  Maryland Electricians Act - Revisions.

CH0188  HB0791  Del Hornberger, et al.  Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Emergency Medical Technicians.

CH0189  SB0368 (Amended)  Sen Jackson, et al.  Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Emergency Medical Technicians.

CH0190  SB0641 (Amended)  Sen Jackson.  Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System – City of Bowie Police Department – Transfers and Purchases of Service.

CH0191  SB0274 (Enrolled)  Sen Jackson (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting.

CH0192  HB0541 (Enrolled)  Del Forbes (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting.

CH0193  HB0803 (Enrolled)  Del Forbes (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative Fees.

CH0194  SB0834 (Enrolled)  Sen Jackson (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative Fees.

CH0195  SB0466 (Amended)  Sen Jackson (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses.

CH0196  HB0804 (Amended)  Del Forbes (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses.

CH0197  HB0527  Del Forbes (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Transfer of Membership – Modifications.

CH0198  SB0369  Sen Jackson (Chr Jt Com on Pnsns).  Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Transfer of Membership - Modifications.

CH0199  HB0601  Del Forbes.  State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System, and Judges’ Retirement System – Surviving Spouse Benefit – Same–Sex Spouses.

CH0200  SB0454  Sen Elfreth, et al.  State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, and Judges' Retirement System - Surviving Spouse Benefit - Same-Sex Spouses.

CH0201  SB0424 (Amended)  Sens Elfreth and Feldman.  Eligible Projects - Procurement of Construction Materials (Buy Clean Maryland Act).

CH0202  HB0261 (Enrolled)  Del Kerr, et al.  Eligible Projects - Procurement of Construction Materials (Buy Clean Maryland Act).

CH0203  SB0425 (Amended)  Sen Elfreth, et al.  Maryland Historic Trust - Historic Preservation Loan Fund - Qualified Cooperating Nonprofit Organizations - Transfers.

CH0204  HB0674 (Amended)  Del Watson.  Maryland Historic Trust - Historic Preservation Loan Fund - Qualified Cooperating Nonprofit Organizations - Transfers.

CH0205  SB0514 (Amended)  Sen Lam, et al.  Local Procurements - Minority Business Enterprise Utilization Programs - Certification.

CH0206  SB0773 (Enrolled)  Sen Lam.  State Procurement - Liquidated Damages - Policies and Requirements.

CH0207  HB0323 (Amended)  Del Charkoudian.  Social Services Programs - Eligibility and Enrollment.

CH0208  HB0444 (Amended)  Prince George's County Delegation.  Prince George's County - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Low-Income Housing PG 403-23.

CH0209  HB0825 (Enrolled)  Prince George's County Delegation.  Town of Forest Heights (Prince George's County) - Urban Renewal Authority for Blight Clearance PG 410-23.

CH0210  SB0506  Sen Muse.  Town of Forest Heights (Prince George's County) - Urban Renewal Authority for Blight Clearance.

CH0211  HB0608 (Amended)  Del Lehman, et al.  Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs.

CH0212  SB0535 (Enrolled)  Sen James, et al.  Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs.

CH0213  HB0816 (Enrolled)  Del Phillips, et al.  Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises and Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Participation Goal Scorecard.

CH0214  SB0510 (Amended)  Sen Ellis.  Procurement – Minority Business Enterprises and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprises – Participation Goal Scorecard.

CH0215  HB1111  Dels Phillips and Ebersole.  Baltimore County - Insurance - Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements.

CH0216  HB0844  Dels Pasteur and Holmes.  Housing and Community Development - Common Ownership Community Website.

CH0217  HB0382 (Amended)  Del Kipke, et al.  Maryland Department of Health and Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Managed Care Organizations and Prescription Drug Claims - Study.

CH0218  HB0693 (Enrolled)  Del Kipke, et al.  State Board of Pharmacy - Board Membership, Delegated Pharmacy Acts, and Sunset Extension.

CH0219  HB1146 (Amended)  Del Kipke, et al.  Maryland Department of Health and Maryland Health Care Commission - Dental Services - Survey and Regional Needs Assessment.

CH0220  HB0529 (Enrolled)  Dels Rosenberg and Attar.  Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals - Local Impact Grants and Pimlico Community Development Authority Membership - Baltimore City.

CH0221  HB0410 (Enrolled)  Del Rosenberg, et al.  Elections - Polling Place Plan, Prohibited Acts, and 2024 Primary Election Date.

CH0222  HB0611 (Enrolled)  Del Kelly, et al.  State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership.

CH0223  SB0960 (Amended)  Sen Kelly.  State Board of Nursing – Sunset Extension, Licensure Exceptions, and Board Operations and Membership.

CH0224  HB1272  Dels Bagnall and Rosenberg.  Maryland Insurance Commissioner Enforcement - Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims - Sunset Extension.

CH0225  SB0732 (Enrolled)  Chr FIN (Dept).  Department of Disabilities - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Maryland Commission on Disabilities - Alterations.

CH0226  SB0708 (Amended)  Chr JPR (Dept).  Public Health - Youth Camps, Development Organizations, and Programs - Criminal History Records Checks.

CH0227  HB1274 (Amended)  Chr APP (Dept).  Employees' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment Earnings Limitation - COVID-19 Exemption.

CH0228  SB0871 (Enrolled)  Sen M. Washington.  Social Workers - Sunset Extension, Notification of Complete Application, and Workgroup on Social Worker Requirements for Licensure.

CH0229  HB0249 (Amended)  Dels Addison and Young.  Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption.

CH0230  SB0041 (Enrolled)  Sen McCray.  Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption.

CH0231  HB0184 (Amended)  Del Solomon.  State Personnel - Education and Transportation - Grievance Procedures.

CH0232  SB0079 (Amended)  Sen Kramer.  State Personnel – Education and Transportation – Grievance Procedures.

CH0233  HB0424 (Enrolled)  Del Simpson, et al.  State Retirement and Pension System - Nonvested Accounts - Regular Interest.

CH0234  SB0481 (Amended)  Sens Lewis Young and Benson.  State Retirement and Pension System – Nonvested Accounts – Regular Interest.

CH0235  SB0574  Sens Lewis Young and Salling.  State Employee Rights and Protections - Personnel Actions and Harassment - Complaints.

CH0236  HB0309  Del Simpson, et al.  State Employee Rights and Protections - Personnel Actions and Harassment - Complaints.

CH0237  HB0884  Baltimore City Delegation.  Baltimore City - Insurance - Certificates of Guarantee for County Bond Requirements.

CH0238  HB0377  Montgomery County Delegation.  Montgomery County - Village of Friendship Heights Special Taxing District - Procurement MC 15-23.

CH0239  HB0778 (Amended)  Mont Co Deleg and PG Co Deleg.  Montgomery County - Bicounty Agencies - Commissioner Discipline, Disclosures, Training, and Ethics MC/PG 105-23.

CH0240  HB0783 (Amended)  Mont Co Deleg and PG Co Deleg.  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission – Minority Business Enterprise Utilization Program – Revisions and Extension MC/PG 101–23.

CH0241  HB0872 (Amended)  Mont Co Deleg and PG Co Deleg.  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Service Near Regional Transit Districts and Neighborhood Centers in Prince George's County - Contracts MC/PG 111-23.

CH0242  HB0526 (Amended)  St. Mary's County Delegation.  St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration.

CH0243  SB0325  Washington County Senators.  Washington County - Sheriff's Salary - Alteration.

CH0244  SB0798  Sen Ferguson, et al.  Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom.

CH0245  HB0705  Del A. Jones, et al.  Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom.

CH0246  SB0859 (Amended)  Sen Smith.  Reproductive Health Protection Act.

CH0247  HB0808 (Amended)  Del Williams, et al.  Reproductive Health Protection Act.

CH0248  SB0786 (Amended)  Sen Hettleman.  Health - Reproductive Health Services - Protected Information and Insurance Requirements.

CH0249  HB0812 (Amended)  Del Rosenberg, et al.  Health - Reproductive Health Services - Protected Information and Insurance Requirements.

CH0250  SB0341 (Enrolled)  Sen Feldman, et al.  Public Senior Higher Education Institutions – Reproductive Health Services Plans – Requirements.

CH0251  HB0477 (Amended)  Dels Kelly and Smith.  Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Reproductive Health Services Plans - Requirements.

CH0252  SB0460 (Amended)  Sen M. Washington, et al.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Gender–Affirming Treatment (Trans Health Equity Act).

CH0253  HB0283 (Enrolled)  Del Kaiser, et al.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Gender-Affirming Treatment (Trans Health Equity Act).

CH0254  HB0556 (Enrolled)  Dels Wilson and Atterbeary.  Cannabis Reform.

CH0255  SB0516 (Enrolled)  Sens Feldman and Hayes.  Cannabis Reform.

CH0256  SB0601 (Amended)  Sen Feldman, et al.  Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Extension.

CH0257  HB0814 (Enrolled)  Del Kerr, et al.  Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Extension.

CH0258  HB0988 (Amended)  Del Qi, et al.  Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications.

CH0259  SB0828 (Enrolled)  Sen Hayes.  Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications.

CH0260  SB0003 (Amended)  Sen Augustine, et al.  9–8–8 Trust Fund – Funding.

CH0261  HB0271  Dels Kelly and Bagnall.  9–8–8 Trust Fund – Funding.

CH0262  SB0008 (Amended)  Sen Augustine.  Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System.

CH0263  HB0121 (Enrolled)  Del Charkoudian, et al.  Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Resident Grievance System.

CH0264  SB0014  Sen Augustine.  Health Occupations – Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors – Licensure.

CH0265  HB0291  Dels Guzzone and Cullison.  Health Occupations - Clinical and Graduate Alcohol and Drug Counselors - Licensure.

CH0266  SB0591  Sen Smith.  Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions - Application of Prohibition.

CH0267  SB0928  Sen Griffith.  Insurance – Credit for Reinsurance Model Law – Reciprocal Jurisdictions.

CH0268  HB0977 (Amended)  Del Pena-Melnyk, et al.  Maryland Department of Health - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

CH0269  SB0346 (Enrolled)  Sen King, et al.  Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act.

CH0270  HB0260 (Amended)  Del Bagnall, et al.  Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act.

CH0271  HB0043  Del Atterbeary.  Property Tax - Tax Sales - Payment of Balance After Foreclosure.

CH0272  HB0057  Del Atterbeary.  Property Tax – Tax Sales – Requirement to Sell.

CH0273  HB0083 (Amended)  Del Atterbeary.  Property Tax - Tax Sales - Redemption.

CH0274  HB0021 (Amended)  Del Atterbeary.  Property Tax - Tax Sales - Notices and Payoff Amount for Redemption.

CH0275  SB0362 (Amended)  Sen Guzzone, et al.  Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics - Planning Grant Funds and Demonstration Application.

CH0276  SB0558 (Amended)  Sen Guzzone.  Recovery Residence Grant Program – Establishment.

CH0277  SB0561  Sen Guzzone.  Goodwill Industries of Chesapeake Excel Center in Baltimore City - Alterations.

CH0278  SB0527  Sens Waldstreicher and Smith.  Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Entities - Peer Support Programs.

CH0279  SB0940 (Amended)  Sen Muse, et al.  State Board of Pharmacy - Accessible Prescription Labels, Bag Tags, and Medical Guides for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print Disabled Individuals - Regulations.

CH0280  HB0456 (Amended)  Del Guyton, et al.  State Board of Pharmacy - Accessible Prescription Labels, Bag Tags, and Medical Guides for Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print Disabled Individuals - Regulations.

CH0281  HB0870  Del Guyton.  Division of Rehabilitation Services and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Memorandum of Understanding.

CH0282  SB0026 (Amended)  Sens Augustine and Hester.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance.

CH0283  HB0111 (Enrolled)  Del Charkoudian, et al.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance.

CH0284  SB0101  Sen Augustine.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Collaborative Care Model Services – Implementation and Reimbursement Expansion.

CH0285  HB0048  Del Bagnall.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Collaborative Care Model Services – Implementation and Reimbursement Expansion.

CH0286  SB0283 (Enrolled)  Sen Augustine.  Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established.

CH0287  HB0418 (Amended)  Del Bagnall, et al.  Mental Health - Workforce Development - Fund Established.

CH0288  SB0509 (Amended)  Sen Augustine, et al.  Health Care Facilities - Nursing Homes - Acquisitions and Licensure.

CH0289  HB0702 (Amended)  Del Kerr, et al.  Health Care Facilities - Nursing Homes - Acquisitions and Licensure.

CH0290  SB0582 (Amended)  Sen Augustine.  Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland).

CH0291  HB1148 (Amended)  Del Moon, et al.  Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland).

CH0292  SB0198 (Amended)  Sen Augustine.  Elevator Safety – Privately Owned Single–Family Residential Elevators – Inspection and Registration Requirements.

CH0293  HB0505 (Amended)  Del Rogers, et al.  Elevator Safety - Privately Owned Single-Family Residential Elevators - Inspection and Registration Requirements.

CH0294  SB0607 (Enrolled)  Sen Ferguson.  Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Revisions.

CH0295  HB0917 (Enrolled)  Del Clippinger, et al.  Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Revisions.

CH0296  HB0863  Del Bartlett.  Public Health - Chief Medical Examiner - Corrections to Autopsy Findings and Conclusions.

CH0297  SB0154 (Amended)  Sens Beidle and Augustine.  Public Health - Mental Health Advance Directives - Awareness and Statewide Database.

CH0298  SB0184 (Enrolled)  Sen Beidle, et al.  Health Insurance - Diagnostic and Supplemental Examinations and Biopsies for Breast Cancer - Cost-Sharing.

CH0299  HB0376 (Enrolled)  Del Sample-Hughes, et al.  Health Insurance - Diagnostic and Supplemental Examinations and Biopsies for Breast Cancer - Cost-Sharing.

CH0300  SB0678 (Amended)  Sen Beidle.  Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Services Rendered by a Pharmacist.

CH0301  HB1151 (Amended)  Del Bhandari, et al.  Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Services Rendered by a Pharmacist.

CH0302  HB0172 (Amended)  Del Kerr, et al.  Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval.

CH0303  SB0232 (Enrolled)  Sen Beidle, et al.  Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval.

CH0304  HB0288 (Amended)  Del Cullison, et al.  Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act).

CH0305  SB0299 (Enrolled)  Sen Kramer, et al.  Grocery Stores and Restaurants - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Joe Sheya Act).

CH0306  HB1074 (Amended)  Del D. Barnes, et al.  Income Tax - Automated External Defibrillator Tax Credit.

CH0307  SB0624 (Amended)  Sen Zucker, et al.  Income Tax - Automated External Defibrillator Tax Credit (Joe Sheya Act).

CH0308  SB0497 (Amended)  Sen Hershey, et al.  State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye.

CH0309  HB0178  Del Reznik, et al.  State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye.

CH0310  HB0333 (Amended)  Del Charkoudian, et al.  Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement Process.

CH0311  SB0404 (Amended)  Sens Hershey and Hayes.  Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement Process.

CH0312  HB0370  Del Rogers, et al.  6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day.

CH0313  HB0662  Del Rogers, et al.  Real Estate Brokers, Salespersons, and Associate Brokers - Continuing Education Courses - Alterations.

CH0314  SB0443  Sen Brooks.  Real Estate Brokers, Salespersons, and Associate Brokers - Continuing Education Courses - Alterations.

CH0315  HB0235 (Amended)  Del Kaiser, et al.  Tax Sales - Owner-Occupied Property - Foreclosure, Notice, and Reimbursement of Expenses.

CH0316  HB0236 (Amended)  Del Kaiser, et al.  Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Outreach.

CH0317  SB0145 (Enrolled)  Sens West and M. Washington.  State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional Licenses to Practice Social Work.

CH0318  SB0399 (Amended)  Sen M. Washington.  Health Occupations - Environmental Health Specialists - Revisions.

CH0319  HB0273 (Amended)  Del Alston, et al.  Health Occupations - Environmental Health Specialists - Revisions.

CH0320  HB0800 (Amended)  Del Phillips, et al.  Execution on a Judgment - Child Support Arrearages - Workers' Compensation.

CH0321  SB0071 (Amended)  Sen Brooks.  Execution on a Judgment - Child Support Arrearages - Workers' Compensation.

CH0322  SB0805 (Enrolled)  Sen Ellis.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Required Coverage for Biomarker Testing.

CH0323  HB1217 (Enrolled)  Del Toles, et al.  Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Biomarker Testing.

CH0324  SB0914 (Amended)  Sens Ellis and Rosapepe.  Hospitals - Testing for Fentanyl (The Josh Siems Act).

CH0325  HB0811 (Amended)  Del Vogel, et al.  Hospitals - Testing for Fentanyl (The Josh Siems Act).

CH0326  HB1159 (Amended)  Del Cullison, et al.  State Board of Dental Examiners - University of Maryland School of Dentistry Faculty - Qualifying for Examination.

CH0327  SB0213 (Amended)  Sen Ellis.  Health Occupations - Clinical Nurse Specialists - Prescribing.

CH0328  HB0278 (Amended)  Del Cullison, et al.  Health Occupations - Clinical Nurse Specialists - Prescribing.

CH0329  HB0242 (Enrolled)  Del Bagnall.  Massage Therapy - Definition, Registration, and Reimbursement.

CH0330  SB0216 (Amended)  Sens Ellis and Augustine.  Massage Therapy - Definition, Registration, and Reimbursement.

CH0331  SB0511 (Amended)  Sens Ellis and Hester.  Health and Human Services Transportation Improvement Act of 2023.

CH0332  HB0596 (Amended)  Del Kerr, et al.  Health and Human Services Transportation Improvement Act of 2023.

CH0333  SB0648 (Enrolled)  Sen Rosapepe.  Electronic Health Networks and Electronic Medical Records - Nursing Homes - Release of Records.

CH0334  SB0172  Sen Rosapepe.  Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work (Job Opportunities for High School Students Act).

CH0335  HB0229  Del Queen.  Employment for Minors - Opportunities for Work.

CH0336  HB0513 (Amended)  Del Queen.  Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage - Enforcement.

CH0337  HB0086 (Amended)  Del Qi.  Disclosure of Tax Information – Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board – Authorization.

CH0338  SB0189 (Amended)  Sen Rosapepe.  Maryland Saves Data Sharing Act.

CH0339  HB0144  Del Qi.  Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration.

CH0340  HB0132  Del Qi.  Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services - Journeyman License - Qualifications.

CH0341  HB0675  Del Hutchinson, et al.  Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland.

CH0342  SB0493 (Amended)  Sen Carozza, et al.  Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland.

CH0343  SB0794 (Amended)  Sens Carozza and Mautz.  Behavioral Health Programs - Residential Programs - Food Service Facility Requirements.

CH0344  HB1153 (Amended)  Del Adams, et al.  Behavioral Health Programs - Residential Programs - Food Service Facility Requirements.

CH0345  SB0135 (Amended)  Sen Carozza.  Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Ocean City Promoter's License.

CH0346  HB0113 (Amended)  Del Hartman.  Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Ocean City Promoter's License.

CH0347  HB0976 (Enrolled)  Del Henson, et al.  Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation.

CH0348  HB0321 (Amended)  Del Rosenberg, et al.  Cigarette Restitution Fund - Payments for Sale and Marketing of Electronic Smoking Devices - Use.

CH0349  SB0649 (Enrolled)  Sen Elfreth, et al.  State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register.

CH0350  HB0817 (Enrolled)  Del Rosenberg, et al.  State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register.

CH0351  SB0472 (Amended)  Sen Elfreth.  City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages - Art Establishment.

CH0352  HB0520 (Amended)  Del D. Jones, et al.  City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages - Art Establishment.

CH0353  SB0965 (Amended)  Sen Benson, et al.  Cancer Screening - Health Insurance and Assessment of Outreach, Education, and Health Disparities.

CH0354  HB0815 (Enrolled)  Del Fennell, et al.  Cancer Screening - Health Insurance and Assessment of Outreach, Education, and Health Disparities.

CH0355  HB0374 (Enrolled)  Del Kipke, et al.  Health Insurance – Pharmacy Benefits Managers – Audits of Pharmacies and Pharmacists.

CH0356  HB0571 (Enrolled)  Del Kipke, et al.  Opioids - Opioid Restitution Advisory Council and Fund and Overdose Response Program.

CH0357  HB0967  Del Bhandari, et al.  General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Dashain Day.

CH0358  SB0258  Sen Lam.  Hospital Credentialing - Reappointment Process for Physician Staff - Modification.

CH0359  HB0633  Del Bhandari.  Hospital Credentialing - Reappointment Process for Physician Staff - Modification.

CH0360  HB0302 (Amended)  Del Shetty, et al.  Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council.

CH0361  SB0188 (Amended)  Sen Lam, et al.  Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council.

CH0362  SB0200 (Enrolled)  Sen Lam (State Brd of Chirpractc Exminrs).  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Disciplinary Actions.

CH0363  HB0234 (Amended)  Del Taveras, et al.  State Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Disciplinary Actions.

CH0364  SB0515 (Amended)  Sen Lam.  Health Insurance – Step Therapy or Fail–First Protocol – Revisions.

CH0365  HB0785 (Amended)  Del S. Johnson, et al.  Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocol and Prior Authorization - Revisions.

CH0366  SB0626  Sens Lam and Salling.  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Members - Appointment.

CH0367  SB0772 (Enrolled)  Sen Lam.  State Board of Nursing - Peer Advisory Committees, Scopes of Practice, and Licensure Requirements.

CH0368  HB0717 (Amended)  Del Bagnall, et al.  State Board of Nursing - Peer Advisory Committees, Scopes of Practice, and Licensure Requirements.

CH0369  SB0581  Sens Klausmeier and Mautz.  Behavioral Health Care Coordination Value-Based Purchasing Pilot Program.

CH0370  SB0136 (Amended)  Sen Klausmeier.  Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods.

CH0371  HB0140 (Enrolled)  Dels Palakovich Carr and Charkoudian.  Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods.

CH0372  SB0434 (Enrolled)  Sen Klausmeier.  Natural Resources - Restorative Aquaculture Pilot Program.

CH0373  HB0420  Del M. Morgan, et al.  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Hospital Rates - All-Payer Model Contract.

CH0374  SB0234 (Amended)  Sen Klausmeier, et al.  Health Services Cost Review Commission - Hospital Rates - All-Payer Model Contract.

CH0375  SB0187 (Amended)  Sen Kagan.  Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers.

CH0376  HB0454 (Amended)  Del Lopez, et al.  Health Occupations - Licenses, Certificates, and Registrations - Lawful Presence and Identification Numbers.

CH0377  HB0290 (Enrolled)  Del Bagnall, et al.  Public Health - Dental Services - Access.

CH0378  SB0255 (Amended)  Sen Hester.  Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth.

CH0379  HB0322 (Enrolled)  Del Bagnall, et al.  Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth.

CH0380  SB0254 (Amended)  Sen Hester.  Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations.

CH0381  HB0072 (Enrolled)  Del Watson.  Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations.

CH0382  SB0534 (Amended)  Sen Gile, et al.  Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2023.

CH0383  SB0584 (Enrolled)  Sens Gile and Elfreth.  Public Health - Parkinson's Disease - Advisory Committee and Website.

CH0384  SB0806 (Amended)  Sens Kelly and Hettleman.  Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and Maryland Department of Health - Health Care and Dental Care Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants - Report.

CH0385  HB0214 (Enrolled)  Del Kelly, et al.  Commission on Public Health - Establishment.

CH0386  SB0455 (Amended)  Sen Hayes, et al.  Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications.

CH0387  HB0669 (Amended)  Del Holmes, et al.  Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications.

CH0388  SB0588 (Amended)  Sen Hayes.  Baltimore City - 40th District - Alcoholic Beverages.

CH0389  HB0886 (Amended)  Del Amprey.  Baltimore City - 40th District - Alcoholic Beverages.

CH0390  HB0885 (Amended)  Del Amprey.  Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Related Event Promoter's Permit.

CH0391  SB0589 (Enrolled)  Sen Hayes.  Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Related Event Promoter’s Permit.

CH0392  HB0615  Del Amprey.  Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals - Extension of Dates.

CH0393  SB0847  Sen Hayes.  Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Violation Procedures and Fines.

CH0394  HB0916  Baltimore City Delegation.  Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Violation Procedures and Fines.

CH0395  SB0654 (Enrolled)  Sen Gallion.  Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class HC (Health Club) License.

CH0396  HB1063 (Amended)  Harford County Delegation.  Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class HC (Health Club) License.

CH0397  SB0738 (Amended)  Sen Gallion.  Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Performing Arts Theater License.

CH0398  HB1059 (Amended)  Harford County Delegation.  Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Performing Arts Theater License.

CH0399  HB1156 (Amended)  Del R. Lewis, et al.  Pharmacists - Therapy Management Contract - Form.

CH0400  SB0139 (Amended)  Sen Jackson, et al.  State Police Retirement System and Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Alterations.

CH0401  SB0263 (Enrolled)  Sen Jackson, et al.  Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment.

CH0402  HB0573 (Amended)  Del Boafo, et al.  Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment.

CH0403  HB0440 (Amended)  Del Charles, et al.  Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act).

CH0404  SB0042 (Amended)  Sen Carter.  Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing (Assurance of Child's Safety Act).

CH0405  HB0258 (Amended)  Del Arentz, et al.  Caroline and Queen Anne's Counties - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement.

CH0406  SB0821  Sen McKay.  Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2023.

CH0407  HB0905  Del Hinebaugh.  Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2023.

CH0408  SB0855 (Amended)  Sen McCray.  Baltimore City - Property Tax - In Rem Foreclosure of Vacant or Nuisance Property.

CH0409  SB0644 (Enrolled)  Sen McCray.  Maternal Mortality Review Program - Local Teams - Access to Records.

CH0410  SB0377 (Enrolled)  Sen Kramer.  Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Offset and Study.

CH0411  SB0839 (Amended)  Sen Kramer.  Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia.

CH0412  HB0902 (Amended)  Dels Pruski and Rogers.  Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia.

CH0413  SB0090 (Enrolled)  Sen Kramer, et al.  Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023).

CH0414  HB0037 (Amended)  Del Stewart.  Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023).

CH0415  SB0429 (Amended)  Sen Corderman.  Business Regulation - Home Improvement Commission - Guaranty Fund and Award Limits.

CH0416  SB0304  Carroll County Senators.  Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements.

CH0417  HB0559  Del Rose.  Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Modification of Seating Requirements.

CH0418  SB0306  Carroll County Senators.  Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Event Entertainment Licenses.

CH0419  HB0560  Carroll County Delegation.  Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Event Entertainment Licenses.

CH0420  HB0989  Frederick County Delegation.  Frederick County – Alcoholic Beverages – Miniature Golf Course License.

CH0421  HB0158  Howard County Delegation.  Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirements Ho. Co. 11-23.

CH0422  HB0218  Howard County Delegation.  Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Petition of Support Requirement Ho. Co. 12-23.

CH0423  HB0438  Prince George's County Delegation.  Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-Stadium (Baseball Stadium) Beer, Wine, and Liquor License PG 306-23.

CH0424  HB1026 (Enrolled)  Prince George's County Delegation.  Prince George's County - Land Use - Development of Neglected Property PG 406-23.

CH0425  HB0263 (Amended)  St. Mary's County Delegation.  St. Mary's County - Gaming - Senior Activity Centers.

CH0426  HB0887  St. Mary's County Delegation.  St. Mary’s County – Metropolitan Commission – New Facilities.

CH0427  HB0247  St. Mary's County Delegation.  St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset Extension.

CH0428  SB0431 (Enrolled)  Washington County Senators.  Alcoholic Beverages - Class 9 Limited Distillery License - Self-Distribution.

CH0429  HB0565 (Amended)  Washington County Delegation.  Alcoholic Beverages - Class 9 Limited Distillery License - Self-Distribution.

 

Emergency Action on Regulations

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Emergency Regulations

Under State Government Article, §10-111(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, an agency may petition the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR), asking that the usual procedures for adopting regulations be set aside because emergency conditions exist. If the Committee approves the request, the regulations are given emergency status. Emergency status means that the regulations become effective immediately, or at a later time specified by the Committee. After the Committee has granted emergency status, the regulations are published in the next available issue of the Maryland Register. The approval of emergency status may be subject to one or more conditions, including a time limit. During the time the emergency status is in effect, the agency may adopt the regulations through the usual promulgation process. If the agency chooses not to adopt the regulations, the emergency status expires when the time limit on the emergency regulations ends. When emergency status expires, the text of the regulations reverts to its original language.

 

Title 10
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Subtitle 27 BOARD OF NURSING

10.27.01 Examination and Licensure

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§8-205(a)(1)—(6) and 8-301, Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Emergency Action

[23-088-E]

The Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review has granted emergency status to amend Regulations .01, .03, and .17 under COMAR 10.27.01 Examination and Licensure.

Emergency status began: May 4, 2023.

Emergency status expires: October 31, 2023.

Economic Impact on Small Businesses

The emergency action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses.

.01 Definitions.

A. (text unchanged)

B. Terms Defined.

(1) (text unchanged)

(2) “Advanced practice registered nurse”, as used in Health Occupations Article, §8-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, means an individual who:

(a) Is licensed by the Board to practice registered nursing or has a multistate licensure privilege to practice registered nursing under the Nurse Licensure Compact; and

(b) Is certified by the Board to practice as a:

(i) Nurse practitioner;

(ii) Nurse anesthetist;

(iii) Nurse midwife; or

(iv) Clinical nurse specialist.

[(2)] (3)[(12)] (13) (text unchanged)

(14) “Former licensee” means an individual who once had an active license with the Board that is no longer active.

[(13)] (15)[(14)] (16) (text unchanged)

(17) “Nursing assistant” means either:

(a) A certified nursing assistant, defined as an individual, regardless of title, who routinely performs nursing tasks delegated by a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse for compensation, and who is not a certified medication technician; or

(b) A geriatric nursing assistant, defined as a certified nursing assistant who has successfully completed the requirements for geriatric nursing assistant mandated under federal law and the regulations of the Board.

[(15)] (18)[(20)] (23) (text unchanged)

C.—D. (text unchanged)

.03 Licensure Exceptions.

A.—B. (text unchanged)

C. Nursing Graduate.

(1) (text unchanged)

(2) Beginning July 1, 2022, [A] a nursing graduate may practice as set forth in [§B(5)—(7)] §C(5)—(7) of this regulation [until the earlier of] if:

(a) [90 days from graduation; or] The nursing graduate has an application for a license pending before the Board; and

(b) [Receipt of the results from the initial NCLEX examination taken.] One of the following circumstances exists:

(i) The nursing graduate has not taken the NCLEX examination;

(ii) The nursing graduate has taken the NCLEX examination, but the results of the NCLEX examination are not yet known; or

(iii) The nursing graduate has taken and passed the NCLEX examination but is waiting for the completion of the criminal history records check.

(3) A nursing graduate shall cease practice as a nursing graduate [immediately]:

(a) No later than 120 days after the date the nursing graduate submitted an application to the Board; or

(b) Immediately if the nursing graduate fails the initial NCLEX examination.

(4)—(7) (text unchanged)

.17 Reinstatement.

A.—B. (text unchanged)

C. Beginning July 1, 2022, the Board shall issue a temporary license to a former licensee who applies for reinstatement under Health Occupations Article, §8-313, Annotated Code of Maryland, meets the renewal requirements of Health Occupations Article, §8-312, Annotated Code of Maryland, and is awaiting the completion of the criminal history records check. The temporary license issued pursuant to this regulation is effective until the earlier of 90 days after the date of issue or the date the Board issues an active license.

LAURA HERRERA SCOTT
Secretary of Health

 

 

Final Action on Regulations

 

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Title 09
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Subtitle 12 DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Notice of Final Action

[22-313-F-I]

On May 9, 2023, the Secretary of Labor adopted amendments to:

(1) Regulations .02, .02-1, and .03 under COMAR 09.12.50 Model Performance Code; and

(2) Regulation .04 under COMAR 09.12.51 Maryland Building Performance Standards.

This action, which was proposed for adoption in 50:2 Md. R. 55—62 (January 27, 2023), has been adopted as proposed.

Effective Date: May 29, 2023.

PORTIA WU
Secretary of Labor

 

Subtitle 12 DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

09.12.57 International Green Construction Code

Authority: Public Safety Article, §12-503(d), Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Final Action

[22-317-F-I]

On May 9, 2023, the Secretary of Labor adopted new Regulations .01 and .02 under a new chapter, COMAR 09.12.57 International Green Construction Code. This action, which was proposed for adoption in 50:2 Md. R. 62—63 (January 27, 2023), has been adopted as proposed.

Effective Date: May 29, 2023.

PORTIA WU
Secretary of Labor

 

Subtitle 12 DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

09.12.58 Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Regulations

Authority: Public Safety Article, §§12-1004 and 12-1007(a), Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Final Action

[22-321-F-I]

On May 9, 2023, the Secretary of Labor adopted amendments to Regulations .03 and .04 under COMAR 09.12.58 Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Regulations. This action, which was proposed for adoption in 50:2 Md. R. 63 (January 27, 2023), has been adopted as proposed.

Effective Date: May 29, 2023.

PORTIA WU
Secretary of Labor

 

Title 33
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Notice of Final Action

[22-332-F]

On May 4, 2023, the State Board of Elections adopted:

(1) New Regulation .03 under COMAR 33.13.02 Campaign Finance Report;

(2) Amendments to Regulations .01 and .04 under COMAR 33.13.10 Prohibitions;

(3) New Regulation .03 under COMAR 33.13.20 Contributions by Employee Membership and Membership Entities;

(4) Amendments to Regulations .01, .03, and .05 and the repeal of Regulations .02, .06, and .07 under COMAR 33.13.22 Legal Expenses;

(5) New Regulations .01—.11 under a new chapter, COMAR 33.13.23 Exploratory Committees; and

(6) Amendments to Regulation .02 under COMAR 33.18.01 Civil Penalties.

This action, which was proposed for adoption in 50:5 Md. R. 190—193 (March 10, 2023), has been adopted as proposed.

Effective Date: May 29, 2023.

LINDA H. LAMONE
State Administrator of Elections

 

 

Proposed Action on Regulations

 

 

 


Title 11
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Subtitle 17 MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION—DRIVER LICENSING AND IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS

11.17.13 Point System: Definition of Moving Violation and Assessment of Points

Authority: Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 16-402, Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Proposed Action

[22-305-P]

The Motor Vehicle Administration proposes to amend Regulation .02 under COMAR 11.17.13 Point System: Definition of Moving Violation and Assessment of Points.

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of this action is to amend regulations to add a moving violation that will result in a one-point assessment on an individual’s driving record upon conviction pursuant to the passage of Ch. 468 (H.B. 53), Acts of 2022.

Estimate of Economic Impact

The proposed action has no economic impact.

Economic Impact on Small Businesses

The proposed action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses.

Impact on Individuals with Disabilities

The proposed action has no impact on individuals with disabilities.

 

Opportunity for Public Comment

Comments may be sent to Tracey C. Sheffield, Regulations Coordinator, Motor Vehicle Administration, 6601 Ritchie Highway N.E., Room 200, Glen Burnie, MD 21062, or call 410-768-7545, or email tsheffield@mdot.state.md.us. Comments will be accepted through June 20, 2023. A public hearing has not been scheduled.

.02 Assessment of Points.

A. (text unchanged)

B. Section — Moving Violation.

(1) — (80) (text unchanged)

(81) 21-1133(a) — Unauthorized vehicle driving in dedicated bus lane

[(81)] (82) [(92)] (93) (text unchanged)

C. (text unchanged)

CHRISTINE NIZER
Administrator
Motor Vehicle Administration

 

Title 12
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

Subtitle 04 POLICE TRAINING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION

12.04.01 General Regulations

Authority: Public Safety Article, §§3-207 and 3-208, Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Proposed Action

[23-072-P]

The Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission proposes to amend Regulations .09 and .14 under COMAR 12.04.01 General Regulations. This action was considered and approved by the Police Training and Standards Commission at a public meeting held on February 28, 2023, notice of which was provided by publication on the Police Training and Standards Commission's website at https://mdle.net/standards.htm, as required under General Provisions Article, §3-302(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of this action is to amend Regulations .09 and .14 under COMAR 12.04.01 General Regulations to improve the process for determining the eligibility of out-of- state police officers to participate in a comparative compliance training program in lieu of a full entrance-level academy when seeking employment with a Maryland law enforcement agency. The amendments to Regulation .09 will increase the number of required training hours from the current 750 hours to 850 hours. The increase in required training hours will more accurately represent the number of hours needed to master current training objectives. The amendments to Regulation .14 will remove the exclusion of firearm training for out-of-state officers seeking to laterally transfer to a Maryland agency. Traditional firearms training focused on firearms handling, proficiency, safety, and maintenance. Firearms training today is now tied to constitutional laws, use of force options, de-escalation, officer safety, and tactical response. The proposed amended changes to these regulations would more accurately reflect current training standards and practices. The current practice of conducting a comparison of the police applicant's academy syllabus with topical areas required by the Police Training and Standards Commission would continue to ensure prospective candidates meet Maryland's high level of training standards.

Estimate of Economic Impact

The proposed action has no economic impact.

Economic Impact on Small Businesses

The proposed action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses.

Impact on Individuals with Disabilities

The proposed action has no impact on individuals with disabilities.

Opportunity for Public Comment

Comments may be sent to Wayne Silver, Executive Director, Police Training and Standards Commission, 6852 4th Street, Sykesville, MD 21784, or call 410-875-3605, or email to wayne.silver@maryland.gov. Comments will be accepted through June 20, 2023. A public hearing has not been scheduled.

.09 Minimum Standards for Entrance-Level Training for Police Officers.

A. General Requirements.

(1) (text unchanged)

(2) A Commission-approved entrance-level training program is a minimum of [750] 850 hours.

(3) The Commission may [not] permit hours used to meet entrance-level firearms training and qualification requirements under COMAR 12.04.02 [or field training requirements under Regulation .17 of this chapter] to be used as part of the [750] 850-hour minimum under §A(2) of this regulation, regardless of whether the activity is conducted contemporaneously with or separate from the entrance-level training program.

(4) The Commission may not permit field training requirements under Regulation .17 of this chapter to be used as part of the 850-hour minimum under §A(2) of this regulation, regardless of whether the activity is conducted contemporaneously with or separate from the entrance-level training program.

B.―F. (text unchanged)

G. Waiver of Commission Entrance-Level Training Requirements.

(1)―(2) (text unchanged)

(3) An applicant for certification by the Commission as a police officer who has completed entrance-level training in another state or for the federal government may be eligible to receive a waiver from a portion of the Commission-required entrance-level training upon:

(a) Meeting the requirements under Regulation [.14E(7)] .14E(8) of this chapter; and

(b) (text unchanged)

H.―I. (text unchanged)

.14 Waiver of a Selection or Training Standard

A.―D. (text unchanged)

E. Waiver of an Entrance-Level Training Standard.

(1)―(4) (text unchanged)

(5) When reviewing the minimum academy hourly requirement, the following information may be considered:

(a) The review will compare the applicant’s approved academy hours with the amount of Maryland academy hours required by regulation at the time of academy attendance.

(b) Topics taught during the applicant’s in-service training may be considered toward the minimum academy hourly requirement. An annual repetitive topical area may only be considered once.

(c) Specialized training received during the applicant’s career that is relevant to the topical areas may be considered toward the minimum academy hourly requirement.

[(5)] (6) (text unchanged)

[(6)] (7) If the Deputy Director grants the waiver, the Deputy Director shall notify the agency head that the individual shall meet the following requirements before certification:

(a) (text unchanged)

(b) The training requirements under [§E(7)] §E(8) of this regulation.

[(7)] (8)―[(8)] (9) (text unchanged)

F. (text unchanged)

WAYNE SILVER
Executive Director
Police Training and Standards Commission

 

Title 20
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Subtitle 50 SERVICE SUPPLIED BY ELECTRIC COMPANIES

Notice of Proposed Action

[23-022-P-I]

The Maryland Public Service Commission proposes to:

(1) Amend Regulation .03 under COMAR 20.50.01 General;

(2) Amend Regulation .02 under COMAR 20.50.02 Engineering;

(3) Amend Regulation .04 under COMAR 20.50.03 Records and Reports;

(4) Amend Regulation .01 under COMAR 20.50.11 Deanna Camille Green Rule — Contact Voltage Survey Requirement and Reporting; and

(5) Amend Regulations .01, .02, .04, .05, and .08—.14 and adopt new Regulations .15—.18 under COMAR 20.50.12 Service Quality and Reliability Standards.

This action was considered by the Maryland Public Service Commission at a scheduled rule-making (RM 79) meeting held on January 19, 2023, notice of which was given under General Provisions Article, §3-302, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of this action is to:

(1) Update various definitions to support modified or new COMAR regulations under COMAR 20.50.01.03;

(2) Update the acceptable standards to the latest versions, in addition to the change to support the implementation of a new contact voltage regulation to use the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Standard 1695 — 2016 under COMAR 20.50.02.02;

(3) Revise the reporting requirements that will provide better information to the Public Service Commission, in addition to other changes to remove outdated requirements under COMAR 20.50.03.04;

(4) Support the implementation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) approved IEEE Standard 1695 — 2016 used by the utility industry under COMAR 20.50.11.01;

(5) Clarify the applicability of COMAR regulations applied to an electric company under Commission jurisdiction and to reflect Choptank Electric Cooperative’s self-regulation under COMAR 20.50.12.01;

(6) Update the system-wide indices to be calculated and reported in annual performance reports using all interruption data, including and excluding planned outages, to determine the impact of planned outages on the system-wide indices under COMAR 20.50.12.02;

(7) Bring the multiple device activation standards in alignment with the changes made for excluding major outage events and planned outages previously made in COMAR 20.50.12.03 which became effective in 2018. In addition, the regulation requires electric utilities to measure compliance during three consecutive 12-month reporting periods, unless the utility has undertaken reasonable remediation measures to improve the performance of the device consistent with the new poorest performing feeder standard under COMAR 20.50.12.04;

(8) Revise the annual reliability reporting requirements to include information regarding IEEE major event days experienced in utility’s service territories. In addition, the regulation requires the reporting of CEMI and MAIFIE, including and excluding major outage events under COMAR 20.50.12.05;

(9) Revise the reporting requirements to include information regarding call center performance and quality of service related to customer communications under COMAR 20.50.12.08;

(10) Revise the vegetation management requirements to include vegetation management shared best practices established by the stakeholders and approved by the Commission. COMAR 20.50.12.09 clarifies the condition under which the electric service customer is not the owner of the property and cannot grant the electric utility permission to performance vegetation management on the property. Regulation .09 includes a new requirement of vegetation management annual cost reporting using the “all-in vegetation management cost” defined in COMAR 20.50.01.03B(2). Regulation .09 also updates the utility filing requirements to require vegetation management transmission outage reports to be filed only if there is a transmission outage due to vegetation;

(11) Update the periodic equipment inspections requirements to remove various equipment types that are no longer necessary. COMAR 20.50.12.10 includes the requirement of providing an overall description of the corrective maintenance priority guidelines and general timeline for the maintenance repairs involved with each of the various types of electric plants. Regulation .10 also requires electric utilities to self-report compliance or non-compliance in their annual reports. In addition, the purpose of Regulation .10 is to include a provision that allows electric utilities to request a stay of enforcement if an electric distribution utility cannot perform regular periodic maintenance work on its electric distribution system in the time periods outlined in its operation and maintenance manual or vegetation management program, for any reason;

(12) Update the downed wire response reporting requirement to be in alignment with COMAR 20.50.12.07. COMAR 20.50.12.11 includes the requirement of an additional reporting that facilitates monitoring manhole event trends due to the potential reliability and public safety consequences of manhole explosions;

(13) Update the requirements of a major outage event response plan that provides a detailed description of and procedures for the utility’s response to a major outage event. COMAR 20.50.12.12 also requires the major outage event response plan to be filed as a publicly available document, and information to be shared with state officials participate in a Maryland Department of Emergency Management activation of the State Emergency Operations Center;

(14) Update the reporting requirements of a major outage event that require electric utilities to provide additional information related to the major outage event experienced. COMAR 20.50.12.13 also revise the time of major outage event report filing due to the volume of additional data requested;

(15) Revise the requirements of customer perception surveys performed by electric utilities that include specific survey process and communication methodology under COMAR 20.50.12.14;

(16) Include the requirements of resilience plans for preparing and responding to low probability-high consequence events. These resilience plans are made available to the Commission for review, upon request, as well as to require that those plans are built collaboratively with State and local jurisdictions to address the resiliency of power supply to critical facilities under COMAR 20.50.12.15;

(17) Include the requirements for electric utilities to respond promptly to a specific information request related to investigations that are not governed by discovery deadlines in proceedings or the COMAR 20.32.01.04H 7 working day response requirements associated with Consumer Affairs Division disputes under COMAR 20.50.12.16;

(18) Include the requirements for electric utilities to make available suitable equipment and personnel to provide pipeline location services upon reasonable request of interested persons, in compliance with Public Utilities Article, Title 12, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland, Comparison to Federal Standards under COMAR 20.50.12.17; and

(19) Establish regulatory standards on electric utilities to provide customers reasonable and reliable estimated time of restoration (ETR) information under COMAR 20.50.12.18.

Estimate of Economic Impact

I. Summary of Economic Impact. The proposed action has a one-time cost impact of approximately $5,000—$80,000 on the electric utilities Statewide. The economic impacts on the issuing agency, other state agencies, local governments, trade groups, and the public are minimal and indeterminable. The economic impacts on the small generator facility and utility industries are minimal in comparison to their total expenditures and also indeterminable. Minimal cost is required to include additional personnel in order to implement these reporting requirements. The utility industries have already implemented the IEEE standard.

II. Types of Economic Impact.

Impacted Entity

Revenue

(R+/R-)

Expenditure

(E+/E-)

Magnitude

A. On issuing agency:

 

 

Electric utilities

(E+)

Indeterminable

B. On other State agencies:

NONE

 

C. On local governments:

NONE

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit (+)

Cost (-)

Magnitude

D. On regulated industries or trade groups:

NONE

 

E. On other industries or trade groups:

NONE

 

F. Direct and indirect effects on public:

NONE

 

III. Assumptions. (Identified by Impact Letter and Number from Section II.)

A. The economic impacts on the issuing agency, other state agencies, local governments, trade groups and the public are minimal and indeterminable.

Economic Impact on Small Businesses

The proposed action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses.

Impact on Individuals with Disabilities

The proposed action has no impact on individuals with disabilities.

Opportunity for Public Comment

Comments may be sent to Andrew S. Johnston, Executive Secretary, Maryland Public Service Commission, 6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, or call 410-767-8067, or email to psc.rmcomments@maryland.gov. Comments will be accepted through June 20, 2023. A public hearing has not been scheduled.

 

Editor’s Note on Incorporation by Reference

Pursuant to State Government Article, §7-207, Annotated Code of Maryland, the following have been declared documents generally available to the public and appropriate for incorporation by reference:

(1) National Electrical Safety Code, ANSI C2 — 2017;

(2) National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 — 2020;

(3) American National Standard for Electric Meters — Code for Electricity Metering, ANSI C12.1 — 2014;

(4) American Standard Requirements, Terminology and Test Code for Instrument Transformers, ANSI/IEEE C57.13 — 2016; and

(5) Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Standard 1695 — 2016 — IEEE Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing, and Mitigating Stray and Contact Voltage.

For this reason, they will not be printed in the Maryland Register or the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR). Copies of these documents are filed in special public depositories located throughout the State. A list of these depositories was published in 50:1 Md. R. 7 (January 13, 2023), and is available online at www.dsd.state.md.us. These documents may also be inspected at the office of the Division of State Documents, 16 Francis Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

 

20.50.01 General

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-121, 5-101, 5-303, and 7-213, Annotated Code of Maryland

.03 Definitions.

A. (text unchanged)

B. Terms Defined.

(1) (text unchanged)

(2) “All-in vegetation management cost” means all vegetation management capital and operation and maintenance expenditures, including:

(a) All direct contractual costs and internal staffing associated with yearly scheduled cyclical trimming and all corrective work; and

(b) All indirect costs associated with vegetation management staff, supplies, and equipment.

[(2)] (3)[(9)] (10) (text unchanged)

(11) “Corrective maintenance” means maintenance performed to correct system equipment or component conditions that render them incapable of performing their designed function.

(12) “Critical facilities” means a utility-specific list of electric system customers essential for public health and safety requiring restoration priority as determined in consultation with State and local jurisdictions.

[(10)] (13)[(12)] (15) (text unchanged)

[(13)] (16) “Customers experiencing multiple interruptions (CEMIn)” means the ratio of [the total number of] individual customers experiencing [more than “n”] n or more sustained interruptions [divided by] to the total number of customers served.

[(14)] (17)[(22)] (25) (text unchanged)

(26) “Global ETR” means a single estimated time for restoration for the entire service territory or the area of the service territory affected by the major outage event and should represent the time when at least 90 percent of all affected customers will have been restored.

[(23)] (27)[(26)] (30) (text unchanged)

(31) “Maintenance” means an inspection, diagnostics test, and or physical maintenance performed with the intent of assessing or predicting equipment failure before it occurs or improving equipment condition and thus preventing an equipment component or sub-component performance failure.

[(27)] (32)[(37)] (42) (text unchanged)

(43) “Off right-of-way tree" means a tree or part of a tree where the utility does not typically perform routine tree trimming maintenance and may not have the rights to perform tree trimming to improve electric service reliability.

(44) “On right-of-way tree" means a tree or part of a tree where the utility typically performs routine tree trimming maintenance and may or may not have the rights to perform tree trimming to improve electric service reliability.

[(38)] (45)[(43)] (50) (text unchanged)

(51) “Resilience plan” means a plan or plans to prepare for and recover from pandemics, physical attacks, cyber attacks, electric supply shortages, weather events, significant infrastructure failures, and other credible disturbances with the potential to lead to large and widespread electric outages or loss of critical facilities essential for public health and safety.

[(44)] (52)[(52)] (60) (text unchanged)

(61) “Vulnerable individual” means a customer who is certified to the utility as having a serious illness or the need for life support pursuant to COMAR 20.31.03.01.

(62) “Zonal ETR” means the estimated time for restoration when at least 90 percent of all affected customers in the sub-area will have been restored to service.

 

20.50.02 Engineering

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-121, 5-101, and 5-303, Annotated Code of Maryland

.02 Acceptable Standards.

Unless otherwise specified by the Commission, the utility shall use the applicable provisions in the latest revised version of the incorporated by reference publications listed below as standards of accepted good engineering practice in this subtitle:

A. National Electrical Safety Code, ANSI C2 — [2002] 2017;

B. National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 — [2005] 2020;

C. American National Standard for Electric Meters — Code for Electricity Metering, ANSI C12.1 — [2001] 2014;

D. American Standard Requirements, Terminology and Test Code for Instrument Transformers, ANSI/IEEE C57.13 — [1993] 2016;

E.—I. (text unchanged)

J. NEMA Standards Publication TP 1 — 2002; [and]

K. Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices, IEEE Standard 1366 — 2003, 4.5 Major event day classifications[.]; and

L. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Standard 1695 — 2016 — IEEE Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing, and Mitigating Stray and Contact Voltage.

 

20.50.03 Records and Reports

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-121, 4-202, 5-101, 5-302, and 6-203—6-210; State Government Article, §7-207(a); Annotated Code of Maryland

.04 Information to Be Filed with the Commission.

A.—C. (text unchanged)

D. Map of System. Each utility shall file with the Commission a map showing the utility's operating area. This map shall be revised annually unless the revision is unnecessary, in which event the utility shall notify the Commission that the map on file is current. If practicable, the map should show:

(1)—(3) (text unchanged)

(4) State boundary crossings; and

(5) Territorial boundary[;].

[(6) Names of all communities (Post Offices) served.]

E. Persons to Contact. Each utility shall [file with the Commission] notify Commission staff, within 30 days of a change, of the name, title, address, [and telephone number] telephone number, and email address of the person who should be contacted in connection with:

(1) General electric distribution management duties;

(2) (text unchanged)

(3) [Engineering] Electric distribution operations;

(4) Electric distribution planning;

[(4)] (5) Meter tests and repairs; [and]

[(5)] (6) Emergencies during non-office hours[.];

(7) Cybersecurity; and

(8) Regulatory contact for general inquiries.

F. Fatal Accident Notice. In the event of a fatal accident, prompt notice shall be given to the Commission by telephone or email.

G. (text unchanged)

[H. Annual Capital Expenditures. Each utility shall file with the Commission on at least an annual basis a notification of important capital expenditures planned for the upcoming calendar or fiscal year. This notification may be in the form of an approved annual capital expenditures budget or other similar document, and may include descriptions, estimated construction dates, and estimated costs of planned capital projects.

I. Electric Service Monthly Reports. Each utility shall file with the Commission an "Electric Service" monthly report, on forms provided by the Commission, showing information concerning the utility's operations. These reports shall be due in the Commission's office within 30 days after the end of the month reported.]

[J.] H. (text unchanged)

[K. Location of Records. Each utility shall notify the Commission of the location at which it keeps the various classes of records required by these regulations.]

 

20.50.11 Deanna Camille Green Rule — Contact Voltage Survey Requirement and Reporting

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-121, 5-101, and 5-303, Annotated Code of Maryland

.01 CVRZ, Voltage Survey Plan, and Voltage Survey Requirement.

A.—H. (text unchanged)

I. Contact voltage readings shall be conducted in accordance with acceptable methods described in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Standard 1695 — 2016.

 

20.50.12 Service Quality and Reliability Standards

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§7-213, 13-201, and 13-202, Annotated Code of Maryland

.01 Applicability.

These regulations apply to an electric company under Commission jurisdiction with a total number of 40,000 or more customers served in Maryland.

.02 System-Wide Reliability Standards.

A.—B. (text unchanged)

C. Reliability Standards — System-Wide Indices.

(1) (text unchanged)

(2) For an investor-owned utility, each index shall be calculated and reported in the annual performance report using the following sets of input data:

(a) [All interruption data] All interruption data, including and excluding planned outages;

(b)—(c) (text unchanged)

(3) For cooperatively owned utilities, each index shall be calculated and reported in the annual performance report using the following sets of input data:

(a) [All interruption data] All interruption data, including and excluding planned outages;

(b)—(e) (text unchanged)

D. SAIDI and SAIFI Standards.

(1) The SAIDI in minutes and SAIFI reliability standards for the calendar years noted and thereafter, unless changed by the Commission, are as follows:

(a) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.

[2019] 2023

[2020] 2024

[2021] 2025

[2022] 2026

[2023] 2027

SAIDI

[142.2] 103.0

[118.0] 89.0

[112.0] 87.0

[106.0] 86.0

[103.0] 85.0

SAIFI

[1.08] 0.83

[0.95] 0.87

[0.90] 0.84

[0.86] 0.83

0.83

[(b) Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

SAIDI

148.2

134.0

133.0

132.0

131.0

SAIFI

1.36

1.30

1.29

1.29

1.28]

[(c)] (b) Delmarva Power & Light Company.

[2019] 2023

[2020] 2024

[2021] 2025

[2022] 2026

[2023] 2027

SAIDI

[125.0] 88.0

[88.0] 77.4

[88.0] 77.4

[88.0] 77.4

[88.0] 77.4

SAIFI

[1.22] 1.09

[1.10] 1.03

[1.10] 1.03

[1.09] 1.03

[1.07] 1.03

[(d)] (c) Potomac Edison Company.

[2019] 2023

[2020] 2024

[2021] 2025

[2022] 2026

[2023] 2027

SAIDI

[153.0] 142.0

142.0

142.0

142.0

142.0

SAIFI

[1.08] 1.06

[1.06] 1.05

[1.06] 1.05

[1.06] 1.05

[1.06] 1.05

[(e)] (d) Potomac Electric Power Company.

[2019] 2023

[2020] 2024

[2021] 2025

[2022] 2026

[2023] 2027

SAIDI

[101.0] 86.0

[86.0] 72.0

[86.0] 68.4

[86.0] 66.0

[86.0] 66.0

SAIFI

[0.95] 0.89

[0.90] 0.80

[0.90] 0.74

[0.90] 0.70

[0.89] 0.70

[(f)] (e) Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.

[2019] 2023

[2020] 2024

[2021] 2025

[2022] 2026

[2023] 2027

SAIDI

[135.6] 133.2

[135.0] 132.9

[134.4] 132.7

[133.8] 132.6

[133.2] 132.5

SAIFI

[1.32] 1.28

[1.31] 1.27

[1.30] 1.27

[1.29] 1.26

[1.28] 1.26

(2)—(8) (text unchanged)

E. If a utility fails to satisfy the standard in [§D(4) or (5) of this regulation,] §D(6) or (7) of this regulation, it shall provide a corrective action plan, preferably in its annual performance report but by no later than April 1.

.04 Multiple Device Activation Standard.

A. Each utility shall report in its annual performance report the number of protective devices that activated five or more times during the prior 12-month reporting period specified in Regulation .02B(2) of this chapter causing sustained interruptions in electric service, [including during major outage events] excluding major outage events and planned outages, to more than ten Maryland customers.

B.—C. (text unchanged)

D. For each device referenced in §A of this regulation, the device shall not experience five or more activations, including all customer sustained interruption data, [during either of the two subsequent 12-month reporting periods after allowing one 12-month reporting period for the utility to implement remediation measures] during three consecutive 12- month reporting periods, unless the utility has undertaken reasonable remediation measures to improve the performance of the device.

E. (text unchanged)

.05 Additional Reliability Indices Reporting.

A. [CAIDI, SAIDI, and SAIFI Excluding Major Outage Events.] A utility shall calculate and report in its supplemental annual performance report the following annual reliability information for its Maryland service territory:

[(1) CAIDI, SAIDI, and SAIFI, excluding major outage events;]

[(2)] (1) All IEEE major event days; [and]

[(3) The reliability indices, including and excluding planned outages.]

(2) Dates of all IEEE major event days; and

(3) Number of customers impacted by the IEEE major event day events.

B. A utility shall calculate and report in its supplemental annual performance report an annual (CEMIn) for customers experiencing [three] two or more (CEMI2), [five] four or more (CEMI4), [seven] six or more (CEMI6), and [nine] eight or more (CEMI8) sustained interruptions unless it does not have the means to make the calculation, in which case it shall provide an explanation of the reason, and an estimate of the cost to provide the information in the future. A utility shall calculate and report:

(1) CEMI2, CEMI4, CEMI6, CEMI8, excluding major outage events; and

(2) CEMI2, CEMI4, CEMI6, CEMI8, including major outage events.

C. A utility shall calculate and report in its supplemental annual performance report an annual (MAIFIE) for its Maryland service territory unless it does not have the means to make the calculation, in which case it shall provide MAIFI and an explanation of the Utility’s limitation as well as estimated cost to furnish MAIFIE [reason, and an estimate of the cost to provide the] information going forward. A utility shall calculate and report:

(1) MAIFIE excluding major outage events; and

(2) MAIFIE including major outage events.

.08 Customer Communications Standards.

A.—C. (text unchanged)

D. Other Customer Communications Information.

(1) Each utility shall state in its supplemental annual performance report:

[(1)] (a)[(2)] (b) (text unchanged)

(2) First Call Resolution. Each utility shall measure the percentage of customer issues resolved that are reported to the utility in a single interaction with its customer service representatives.

(3) Average Handling Time. Each utility shall measure an average amount of time needed to resolve a customer’s request. This includes any time spent on holds, delays, or follow-up actions necessary to fulfill the customer’s needs.

(4) Vulnerable Individuals Notified Before Storms. Each utility shall measure the percentage of vulnerable individual customers notified in advance of a storm event.

E.—H. (text unchanged)

.09 Vegetation Management Requirements.

A. (text unchanged)

B. Technical Standards for Vegetation Management.

(1)—(2) (text unchanged)

(3) Each utility using a call center to handle vegetation management calls shall adopt a script or job aid that is specifically catered to vegetation management practices for usage by call center representatives.

(4) Each utility shall perform periodic reviews of its vegetation management complaints with the goal of improving its complaint resolution process, as necessary.

[(3)] (5) Each utility shall develop its own vegetation management program, which shall be consistent with this regulation. In developing the program, a utility shall conduct its vegetation management and determine the extent and priority of vegetation management to be performed at a particular site based on these factors:

(a)—(j) (text unchanged)

(k) Customer or owner of the property acceptance of the proposed vegetation management where the utility does not have legal rights to perform vegetation management; and

(l) (text unchanged)

[(4)] (6) (text unchanged)

C. Training, Record Keeping, and Reporting.

(1)—(2) (text unchanged)

(3) Each utility shall include a summary of the information required under §C(2) of this regulation about its vegetation management during the preceding calendar year, and shall describe vegetation management planned for the current calendar year, as part of the annual performance report required to be filed with the Commission under Regulation .11 of this chapter. The annual performance report also shall include:

(a) Expenditures for vegetation management measured using all-in vegetation management costs in the preceding calendar year;

(b)—(f) (text unchanged)

(4) (text unchanged)

D. Public Notice of Planned Vegetation Management.

(1) Each utility shall make a reasonable attempt to notify an owner or occupant of all properties upon which cyclical, planned vegetation management is to be performed. This requirement will be satisfied if the utility provides notice to affected property owners or occupants at least 7 days, but not more than 120 days, prior to performing cyclical, planned vegetation management activity. Notice shall be provided by direct mailing, door hanger, postcard, personal contact, or a different method if approved by the Commission, but may not be made solely by bill insert. All direct mailings, door hangers, postcards, or any other method approved by the Commission shall include the contact information of a dedicated group for customers to call for further information. Nothing in this regulation prohibits a utility from using more than one of these methods.

(2) (text unchanged)

(3) Each utility shall include on its website general information about upcoming vegetation management planned work and shall include a link or reference to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ website for additional information about tree experts and related information.

(4) For all tree removals that have been readily identified on residential properties, each utility shall proactively contact the customer or owner of the property to discuss the removal of the tree prior to performing the work.

(5) Each utility shall provide the option for customers or the owner of the property to have direct communication with a utility vegetation management representative within 7 business days.

E.—G. (text unchanged)

H. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Jurisdictional Transmission Plant. Each utility shall file with the Commission’s Engineering Division a copy of all [vegetation management related] Vegetation Management Transmission Outage Report filings associated with a transmission line outage in Maryland [to] that are filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or an entity approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. If the information is confidential or critical energy infrastructure information, the utility shall advise the Commission’s Engineering Division in writing and make the information available for review at a mutually agreeable time and location.

.10 Periodic Equipment Inspections.

A.—C. (text unchanged)

D. The operation and maintenance programs required by §B of this regulation shall:

(1) (text unchanged)

(2) Identify the electric plant inspections to be performed [including, but not limited to:]; and

[(a) Poles;

(b) Overhead and underground conductors and cables;

(c) Transformers;

(d) Switching and protective devices;

(e) Substations;

(f) Regulators; and

(g) Capacitors; and]

(3) (text unchanged)

E. Except as provided under §D of this regulation and Regulation .09 of this chapter, the operation and maintenance programs required by §B of this regulation need not include detailed procedures and shall include a description of the corrective maintenance priorities and general timelines for the overall repair of the electric plant.

F. Each utility shall maintain sufficient records to give evidence of compliance with its operation and maintenance programs and shall [demonstrate] self-report compliance and non-compliance with its maintenance program each year in its annual performance report.

G. If a utility fails to comply with its operation and maintenance programs and has not received a stay of enforcement pursuant to §H of this regulation, the utility shall provide a corrective action plan, preferably in its annual performance report but by no later than April 1.

[H. The following electric distribution plant shall be inspected consistent with the following minimum frequency intervals measured from the effective date of these regulations:

(1) Poles 10 years;

(2) Overhead primary distribution lines from the substation to the first protective device 2 years;

(3) Above-ground pad-mounted transformers 5 years;

(4) Below-ground transformers 5 years; and

(5) Substations 2 months.

I. A utility may request an interval greater than the intervals listed in §H of this regulation. The request shall include an explanation of any change in the utility's cost to perform the inspection and the expected reliability impact resulting from the change.]

H. If a utility cannot perform regular periodic electric plant maintenance work on its electric distribution system according to timeline requirements documented in its operation and maintenance program manual or its vegetation management program pursuant to Regulation .09 of this chapter, the electric company may request a stay of enforcement on a form specified by the Commission. The stay of enforcement request shall demonstrate that the electric company has a good cause for delay, can maintain safety and reliability for the duration of the stay of enforcement, and provides an abatement plan to return to normal timeline requirements. Approval of both the stay of enforcement request and the return to normal shall be delegated to the Commission’s Engineering Division.

.11 Annual Performance Reports.

A. (text unchanged)

B. On or before April 1 of each year, each utility shall file a supplemental annual performance report which shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1)—(6) (text unchanged)

(7) For the immediately preceding calendar year, and considering normal conditions only:

(a) The number of downed electric utility wires to which the utility responded in:

(i) [4] 3 hours or less;

(ii) More than [4] 3 hours but less than 8 hours; and

(iii) (text unchanged)

(b) The total number of downed electric utility wires reported to the utility; [and]

(8) Any corrective action plans required under Public Utilities Article, §7-213(e)(1)(iii), Annotated Code of Maryland, or this chapter[.]; and

(9) The number of manhole and conduit events during the preceding year that result in a lid displacement, the date of the event, the location and feeder designation, whether the event involved a feeder, primary or secondary services, and the number of customer outages recorded.

C.—D. (text unchanged)

.12 Major Outage Event Response Plan.

A. Within 60 days of the effective date of this regulation, each utility shall file a major outage event response plan providing a description of and procedures for its response to major outage events, and performance measures associated with the assessment of the implementation of the major outage event response plan, including, but not limited, to the following topics and issues:

(1)—(2) (text unchanged)

(3) [Internal and external staffing levels] Emergency organization structure;

(4)—(15) (text unchanged)

B. Each utility shall file with the Commission any material change to its major outage event response plan at least 60 days prior to implementation, unless it will delay implementation of the change in a manner inconsistent with restoring service in the shortest time practicable, in which case the change shall be filed by no later than 30 days after implementing the change.

C. Each utility shall comply with its major outage event response plan when preparing for and responding to major outage events.

D. The major outage event response plan shall be filed as a publicly available document. To the extent that some information may be considered confidential, a redacted version shall also be filed.

E. Major outage event response plan information may be shared without restriction with state officials that participate in a Maryland Department of Emergency Management activation of the State Emergency Operations Center.

.13 Major Outage Event Reporting.

A. Written Reports. Each utility shall file a written report with the Commission within [3 weeks] 35 calendar days of the end of a major outage event.

B. Contents. The written report shall contain:

(1)—(9) (text unchanged)

(10) Information about outside assistance received, including the:

(a)—(e) (text unchanged)

(f) Number of personnel on secondary overhead line crews; [and]

(g) Number of personnel on tree trimming crews; and

(h) Number of other personnel.

(11) Information about electric utility crews working on restoration, including the following:

(a)—(d) (text unchanged)

(e) Number of personnel on damage assessment crews; [and]

(f) Number of personnel on tree trimming crews; and

(g) Number of other personnel.

(12) (text unchanged)

(13) With regard to system damage, the number of each of the following occurring during restoration:

(a) Poles replaced as a percentage of total utility owned or partially owned poles;

(b)—(c) (text unchanged)

(d) Downed wires; [and]

(e) Substations with damaged equipment and substations outages due to loss of one or multiple supplies;

(f) State highways blocked due to electric utility wires that are referred to the utility for remediation; and

(g) Traffic signals reported out of service by government agencies that are referred to the utility for remediation;

(14)—(18) (text unchanged)

(19) A description of any areas where the utility did not comply with its major outage event response plan; [and]

(20) The number of customer service interruptions under §B(4) of this regulation and the number of customer service interruption hours under §B(5) of this regulation categorized by outage caused by each one of the following:

(a) All outage causes typically provided in annual performance reports pursuant to Regulation .11 of this chapter;

[(a)] (b) [Fallen tree or tree limb] A description of the outage causes due to physical security or cybersecurity attacks;

[(b)] (c) [Fallen or broken pole] A description of any outage causes due to transmission or energy supply disruptions;

[(c)] (d) [Lightning damage] A description of any other outage causes due to natural weather phenomena not typically encountered;

[(d)] (e) (text unchanged)

[(e)] (f) Each other direct cause of interruption of service to 5 percent or more of total customers interrupted, listing and providing a descriptive name for each cause[.];

(21) For each interruption to normal expected information technology systems used to manage a major outage event, details on deficiencies experienced in these systems including dates, time, and duration of any interruptions to normal expected functionality for the following:

(a) Real time operating systems used to monitor and control the event including, but not limited to, distribution automation systems, energy management systems, and outage management systems;

(b) Advanced meter infrastructure systems;

(c) Web-based outage reporting systems;

(d) Web-based outage information systems such as outage maps;

(e) Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems;

(f) Phone systems;

(g) Mobile data systems used to receive information from field crews;

(h) The data interface that provides outage information to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management outage map application; and

(i) Any utility business systems directly impacted by the major outage event;

(22) The percentage of total Maryland customers who had service restored in 50 hours pursuant to Regulation .06B of this chapter;

(23) If the company could not safely work due to high wind conditions for the major outage event, an explanation of the company policy and how this impacted restoration;

(24) The percentage of calls that are answered within 30 seconds, the abandoned call percentage rate, and the average speed of answer pursuant to Regulation .08D of this chapter, except measured only for the duration of the major outage event;

(25) The average amount of time customers were put on hold for every hour during the major outage event after the customer selected the option to talk to a call center representative in the electric company’s Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system:

(a) Before talking to a call center representative; and

(b) Before dropping off the call after waiting unsuccessfully to reach a call center representative.

(26) For the duration of the major outage event, the number of customers experiencing multiple sustained interruptions, categorized by the number of multiple sustained interruptions, such as the number of customers experiencing “n” sustained interruptions, where n= 1, 2, 3, etc.;

(27) The downed wire response performance to a government emergency responder guarded downed electric utility wire within 3 hours after notification by a fire department, police department, or 911 emergency dispatcher pursuant to Regulation .07A of this chapter, except measured only for this major outage event;

(28) The number of peak sustained interruptions restored by county and municipal jurisdiction for the duration of the major outage event;

(29) The number of customers sustained interruptions caused by off-right-of-way trees;

(30) All press releases, if any, issued and details on the date, time, location, and company participants in all press conferences held, if any;

(31) The date and time centralized and regional emergency operations centers, district headquarters, and mutual assistance staging areas activated for the major outage event were operational completed;

(32) Electric system infrastructure that was damage assessed and how this damage assessment information was used to establish a Global ETR;

(33) The number of Maryland critical facilities who experienced a sustained interruption recorded at a maximum of 6-hour intervals throughout the major outage event; and

(34) The percentage critical facility sustained interruptions restored within 24 hours and 48 hours of the start of the major outage event.

C. (text unchanged)

.14 Customer Perception Surveys.

A. Each utility shall perform a customer perception survey no less than every 4 years. [The Commission will establish a process for determining how and by whom the surveys will be conducted.]

B. The objective of the survey is to measure customer perceptions regarding the utility's overall performance, reliability performance, vegetation management activities, effectiveness of customer communications, and service quality performance.

C. [The first survey shall be performed by the end of calendar year 2013 and shall be included with each utility’s submittal under Regulation .02D(7)(b) of this chapter.] By April 1, 2026, and every 4 years thereafter, unless otherwise directed by the Commission, each utility shall file customer perception survey results that shall be included with each utility’s submittal under Regulation .02D(7)(b) of this chapter.

D. Each utility shall use a survey process as determined by the Commission, in which the survey question themes and associated rating scales shall be consistent among all utilities.

E. Each utility shall determine a communication methodology to reach customers in regard to collecting survey data and survey sample size to reflect a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent at a minimum 90 percent confidence level for both the residential and commercial customer segments.

.15 Resilience Plans.

A. This regulation applies after January 1, 2024.

B. An electric utility shall have resilience plans to prepare for and recover from various utility-defined credible event threat scenarios such as pandemics, physical attacks, cyber attacks, electric supply shortages, weather events, significant infrastructure failures, and other credible disturbances with the potential to lead to large and widespread electric outages or loss of critical facilities essential for public health and safety.

C. In consultation with State and local jurisdictions, a utility’s resilience plans shall identify critical facilities.

D. An electric utility’s resilience plans shall be made confidentially available for Commission inspection, upon request.

.16 Specific Information Request.

A. After a complaint, report, or inspection, the Commission’s Engineering Division may send an electric company a specific information request.

B. An electric company shall respond within 10 working days after receipt of a specific information request relating to a possible reportable incident under COMAR 20.50.03.04F.

C. Except as provided under §B of this regulation, an electric company shall respond within 30 days after receipt of a specific information request.

D. The Commission’s Engineering Division may waive the requirements of §B or C of this regulation upon written request from an electric company operator demonstrating sufficient cause.

.17 Electric Underground Location Services.

A. A utility shall make available suitable equipment and personnel to provide electric underground location services upon reasonable request of interested persons, in compliance with Public Utilities Article, Title 12, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland.

.18 Estimated Times of Restoration and Associated Messaging.

A. In the absence of conditions that allow or dictate a more circumscribed ETR, a utility shall issue a Global ETR within 24 hours of the end of the cause of the major outage event. Should completion of the damage assessment required as the result of the major outage event require more time, this period shall be extended by the electric company.

B. The Global ETR should be reviewed at least once every 24 hours and modified when information is received that would significantly change the Global ETR or allow a more precise ETR for a specific, smaller area.

C. An assessment message statement that indicates the electric company is assessing the system, including a safety message, should be posted within 4 hours, if not immediately, upon the end of the cause of the major outage event.

D. A restoration message statement that indicates when a majority of the electric company’s customers within the entire service territory will be restored shall be delivered to customers within 24 hours following completion of the initial damage assessment.

E. When a Zonal ETR can be established, the electric company shall issue a restoration message statement that indicates when at least 90 percent of the electric company’s customers, who were affected by the original major outage event within a zone, will be restored.

F. Global and Zonal ETRs will be reviewed by the utility, at least once every 24 hours during a major outage event and updated when better information becomes available.

G. An ETR, whether Global or Zonal, shall be considered accurate if at least 90 percent of the customers affected by the original storm event are restored by the last applicable Global or Zonal ETR provided to the customer.

H. Following a major outage event, utilities shall perform a self-assessment of the quality of Global and Zonal ETRs provided to customers as part of lessons learned activities in its Major Outage Event Report pursuant to COMAR 20.50.12.13. Elements to be considered include the accuracy of the original ETR in terms of hours, the number of adjustments to the original ETR, the reasons for updating the ETR, significant external influences that may have contributed to the changes, and the accuracy of the final ETR in terms of hours.

I. All utilities shall engage in consumer education programs to help customers better understand all aspects of emergency preparedness and outage restoration related to a major outage event.

ANDREW S. JOHNSTON
Executive Secretary

 

Subtitle 85 CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS

20.85.03 Residential Electric Underground Facilities

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-121 and 5-101, and Title 12,
Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Proposed Action

[23-023-P]

The Maryland Public Service Commission proposes to repeal Regulation .09 under COMAR 20.85.03 Residential Electric Underground Facilities. This action was considered by the Maryland Public Service Commission at a scheduled rule-making (RM 79) meeting held on January 20, 2023, notice of which was given under General Provisions Article, §3-302, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of this action is to repeal the existing underground reporting requirement. The regulation was first adopted in 1968 requiring new residential buildings and mobile homes that furnish permanent electric service to be made underground per COMAR 20.85.03.01. The underground reporting requirement was new at the time, and it was intended to track the progress of undergrounding for residential customers in Maryland. However, over 50 years later, the undergrounding of electric lines for new residential communities is a mature industry practice. The need for tracking the progress of undergrounding and reporting on the number of undergrounding connections deem to be outdated and should no longer be required.

Estimate of Economic Impact

The proposed action has no economic impact.

Economic Impact on Small Businesses

The proposed action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses.

Impact on Individuals with Disabilities

The proposed action has no impact on individuals with disabilities.

Opportunity for Public Comment

Comments may be sent to Andrew S. Johnston, Executive Secretary, Maryland Public Service Commission, 6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, or call 410-767-8067, or email to psc.rmcomments@maryland.gov. Comments will be accepted through June 19, 2023. A public hearing has not been scheduled.

ANDREW S. JOHNSTON
Executive Secretary

Title 26
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Subtitle 11 AIR QUALITY

26.11.34 Low Emissions Vehicle Program

Authority: Environment Article, §§1-404, 2-102, 2-103, 2-301, 2-1102, and
2-1103, Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Proposed Action

[23-049-P-I]

The Secretary of the Environment proposes to amend Regulation .02 under COMAR 26.11.34 Low Emissions Vehicle Program.

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of this action is to amend the Maryland Clean Cars Program, COMAR 26.11.34.02 Incorporation by Reference, to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) Program. This action is necessary to remain consistent with California’s newly adopted light-duty vehicle program as required by both Maryland and federal law.

The amendments pertaining to the Low Emissions Vehicle Program will be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval as part of Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP).

 

Background

Vehicles sold in the United States must be certified under one of two certification programs: the federal program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the California program (the Clean Car Program). Section 177 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 provides states with the ability to adopt the California program in lieu of the federal program as long as the adopted state program is identical to the California program and the state allows 2 model years lead time from adoption to implementation.

The Maryland Clean Cars Act of 2007 required the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to adopt regulations implementing the California Clean Car Program (also referred to as the California Low Emissions Vehicle, or CALEV, Program, and more recently as the Advanced Clean Cars, or ACC, Program) in Maryland. Maryland’s implementing regulations adopted, through incorporation by reference, the applicable California regulations. The CALEV program is a dynamic, changing program in which many of the relevant California regulations are continuously updated to maintain currency with vehicular technology advancement and environmental science. To retain California’s standards, Maryland must remain consistent with their regulations, hence when California updates its regulations, Maryland must reflect these changes by amending our regulations.

The proposed changes have been approved by the California Air Resources Board on August 25, 2022, and were effective November 30, 2022. The proposed regulatory changes approved by the California Air Resources Board require Maryland to update the Incorporation by Reference regulation. These updates will not have any impact on the administrative costs of implementing the CALEV program in Maryland, but they do have impacts on both the benefits associated with the program and the cost of compliance for regulated parties, as described below.

The federal EPA’s national emission standards for light-duty vehicles apply to the same types of vehicles under 40 CFR Parts 85, 86, and 600. The California standards are aligned with, but more stringent than, the federal program.

 

Sources Affected and Location

These amendments apply to automobile manufacturers that produce new motor vehicles for sale in Maryland. All vehicle types that have a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 14,000 pounds are affected.

 

Requirements

The proposed amendments update Maryland’s program requirements to be consistent with California’s program requirements. This action is necessary since some of the California regulations that are incorporated into the Maryland regulation have been updated since the last Maryland program revisions.

The Maryland program update will adopt the ACC II program approved by the California Air Resources Board on August 25, 2022, and effective November 30, 2022. The ACC II program is a major update to the California program. The ACC I program (currently in effect in Maryland and California) included requirements for vehicles through model year 2025. The ACC II program adopts new requirements for model year 2026 and later vehicles. Maryland’s implementation of the ACC II program will begin with the 2027 model year. Although there are a substantial number of conforming revisions, the major revisions associated with the ACC II program consist of a requirement that vehicle manufacturers continue to offer more zero emission vehicles for sale, culminating in a 100 percent sales requirement by model year 2035, and a requirement that internal combustion engine vehicles meet increasingly stringent pollutant standards during the period in which they continue to be sold.

Zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) essentially consist of pure electric vehicles with a minimum range of 150 miles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with a minimum all electric range of 50 miles. (The indicated vehicle ranges are “real world” estimates, equivalent to those that would appear on a vehicle fuel economy label. The minimum ranges required during vehicle certification are 200 and 70 miles for pure electric and PHEVs, respectively.) PHEVs are allowed to satisfy 20 percent of overall ZEV sales requirements. Additional flexibility options are available in model years 2027 through 2030. Vehicle manufacturers are also allowed to carry forward and use compliance credits generated prior to model year 2027. To ensure that vehicles sold under the program are reliable and perform as well or better than their internal combustion engine counterparts, stringent requirements related to vehicle (and battery) durability, vehicle charging capability, on board diagnostics, warranty, and reporting are established to ensure that ZEVs perform as designed throughout their full useful life.

 

Documents to Be Incorporated by Reference

Six new reference documents will be added to COMAR 26.11.34.02 and 46 existing references in that same regulation will be amended to reflect new effective dates to maintain consistency with the latest California requirements.

 

Projected Emissions Reductions

The updated CALEV program will result in significant additional emission reductions in Maryland as compared to the program currently in effect. Between 2027 and 2040, the updated program will deliver additional vehicular reductions of 5,978 tons of NOx and 585 tons of PM 2.5, as well as additional vehicular and power plant CO2 emission reductions of 76.7 million metric tonnes. (The indicated vehicular and power plant emission reductions are the net reductions that result from a decline in vehicular emissions and an increase in power plant emissions due to electric vehicle charging requirements. Total vehicular plus power plant emissions are lower under the updated program by 82.6 million metric tonnes (as compared to total vehicular plus power plant emissions under the current program).)

By 2040, these reductions provide net health benefits equal to about 603.5 million dollars per year due to decreases in respiratory and cardiovascular illness and associated lost work days.

Estimate of Economic Impact

I. Summary of Economic Impact. The updated CALEV program will not have any impact on program administrative costs, including all associated Motor Vehicle Administration activities related to vehicle registration, data management, and dealer oversight. The program will, however, impose additional burdens on various regulated parties due to the increased cost of vehicle technology that will be required to meet program requirements. Between model year 2026 and 2031, the average cost of compliance for vehicle manufacturers is estimated to increase from $1,250 per vehicle to $2,400 per vehicle, after which per-vehicle costs are estimated to decline by $100 to $150 per year as electric vehicle technology matures. Vehicle manufacturers are expected to pass these costs on to consumers, so the latter, including governmental fleet purchasers, will be subject to increased vehicle purchase costs. These increased costs do not take into account the availability of either federal or state incentives, so actual consumer purchase cost burdens are likely to be substantially lower. Moreover, because consumers also accrue costs savings in terms of lower fuel and maintenance costs, the total cost of ownership for CALEV vehicles is less than the vehicles they replace. During the first model year of the program, consumers can expect payback of their increased initial investment in about 5.5 years. By model year 2035, the payback period decreases to 1.3 years. Neither payback period considers the effects of purchase incentives, so actual cash flow may turn positive far earlier. On a Statewide basis, the total cost of ownership is expected to turn negative by 2032 and increase each year thereafter, resulting in annual savings of over 1.5 billion dollars by 2040. The majority of this savings will accrue from reduced gasoline costs and this will have a negative effect on State gasoline tax revenue, with the revenue reduction estimated to increase from about 28 million dollars in 2026 to 483 million dollars by 2040.

II. Types of Economic Impact.

Impacted Entity

Revenue

(R+/R-)

Expenditure

(E+/E-)

Magnitude

A. On issuing agency:

NONE

 

B. On other State agencies:

NONE

 

C. On local governments:

NONE

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit (+)

Cost (-)

Magnitude

D. On regulated industries or trade groups:

 

 

Regulated industries

(-)

Indeterminable

E. On other industries or trade groups:

 

 

Other industries

(-)

Indeterminable

F. Direct and indirect effects on public:

(+)

Indeterminable

III. Assumptions. (Identified by Impact Letter and Number from Section II.)

D. Between model year 2026 and 2031, the average cost of compliance for vehicle manufacturers is estimated to increase from $1,250 per vehicle to $2,400 per vehicle, after which per-vehicle costs are estimated to decline by $100 to $150 per year as electric vehicle technology matures. Vehicle manufacturers are already developing and building these vehicles to meet current and future ZEV requirements in the other states complying with Section 177 of the Clean Air Act.

E. An increasing number of electric vehicles (EVs) will have a negative economic impact on the gasoline distribution industry due to decreased demand for gasoline. Increased EVs will have a positive economic impact on industries related to the generation and distribution of electricity to power these vehicles, including regulated utilities and EV charging providers. Other industries will also face indeterminable economic benefits or costs as EVs require less routine maintenance than conventional vehicles.

F. EVs are expected to initially cost more to purchase but have lower operating expenses. Even without purchase incentives, EVs are expected to have a total cost of ownership less than that of conventional gasoline vehicles, therefore providing an economic benefit to the public. These regulations will have a positive effect on public health thanks to reduced vehicle emissions that contribute to asthma and other respiratory issues.

Economic Impact on Small Businesses

The proposed action has a meaningful economic impact on small businesses. An analysis of this economic impact follows:

Some small businesses are also vehicle consumers and they will face the same impacts as non-business consumers. Vehicle purchase costs will increase but will be offset by operating cost savings. As is the case with non-business consumers, business consumers will recoup initial increased costs in about 5.5 years during the first year of the updated program and in about 1 year by model year 2035.

Impact on Individuals with Disabilities

The proposed action has no impact on individuals with disabilities.

Opportunity for Public Comment

Comments may be sent to Marcia Ways, Mobile Sources Control Program Manager, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230, or call 410-537-3270, or email to marcia.ways@maryland.gov. Comments will be accepted through June 21, 2023. A public hearing will be held on The Maryland Department of the Environment will hold a virtual public hearing on the proposed action on June 21, 2023, at 10 a.m.

Please join at https://meet.goto.com/623632637

or join by phone at

United States (Toll Free): 1-877-309-2073

Access Code: 623-632-637

Interested persons are invited to attend and express their views. Comments must be received by 5 p.m. on June 21, 2023, or submitted at the hearing. For more information or to submit comments, contact Ms. Marcia Ways, Mobile Sources Control Program Manager, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, MD 21230-1720; telephone 410-537- 3270; email marcia.ways@maryland.gov; fax 410-537- 4435.

Copies of the proposed action and supporting documents are available for review at the Maryland Department of the Environment’s website at http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/regulations/air/Pages/reqcomments.aspx.

Persons needing special accommodations at the public hearing should contact the Department's Fair Practices Office at 410-537-3964. TTY users may contact the Department through the Maryland Relay Service at 1-800-735-2258.

 

Editor’s Note on Incorporation by Reference

     Pursuant to State Government Article, §7-207, Annotated Code of Maryland, the following have been declared documents generally available to the public and appropriate for incorporation by reference. For this reason, they will not be printed in the Maryland Register or the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR). Copies of these documents are filed in special public depositories located throughout the State. A list of these depositories was published in 50:1 Md. R. 7 (January 13, 2023), and is available online at www.dsd.state.md.us. These documents may also be inspected at the office of the Division of State Documents, 16 Francis Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

1. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 1, §1900 Definitions, as effective November 30, 2022

2. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1961.2 Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures-2015 through 2025 Model Year Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Trucks, and 2015 through 2028 Model Year Medium-Duty Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

3. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1961.3 Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures – 2017 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

4. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1961.4 Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures – 2026 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

5. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.2 Zero- Emission Vehicle Standards for 2018 through 2025 Model Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

6. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.3 Electric Vehicle Charging Requirements, as effective November 30, 2022

7. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.4 Zero-Emission Vehicle Requirements for 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars and Light- Duty Trucks, as effective November 30, 2022

8. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.5 Data Standardization Requirements for 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Light-Duty Zero Emission Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

9. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.6 Battery Labeling Requirements, as effective November 30, 2022

10. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.7 In-Use Compliance, Corrective Action and Recall Protocols for 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Zero Emission and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Trucks, as effective November 30, 2022

11. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.8 Warranty Requirements for Zero Emission and Batteries in Plug-in Hybrid Electric 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Trucks, as effective November 30, 2022

12. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1965 Emission Control, Smog Index, and Environmental Performance Labels — 1979 and Subsequent Model-Year Motor Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

13. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1968.2 Malfunction and Diagnostic System Requirements — 2004 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars, Light Duty Trucks, and Medium Duty Vehicles and Engines, as effective November 30, 2022

14. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1969 Motor Vehicle Service Information — 1994 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Engines and Vehicles, and 2007 and Subsequent Model Heavy-Duty Engines, as effective November 30, 2022

15. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1976 Standards and Test Procedures for Motor Vehicle Fuel Evaporative Emissions, as effective November 30, 2022

16. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1978 Standards and Test Procedures for Vehicle Refueling Emissions, as effective November 30, 2022

17. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2035 Purpose, Applicability, and Definitions, as effective April 1, 2022

18. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2037 Defects Warranty Requirements for 1990 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks,

Medium-Duty Vehicles, and Motor Vehicle Engines Used in Such Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

19. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2038 Performance

Warranty Requirements for 1990 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles, and Motor Vehicle Engines Used in Such Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022

20. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2040 Vehicle Owner Obligations, as effective October 1, 2019

21. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2111 Applicability, as effective April 1, 2022

22. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2112 Definitions, undated, as effective November 30, 2022

23. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2113 Initiation and Approval of Voluntary and Influenced Emission-Related Recalls, as effective April 1, 2022

24. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2114 Voluntary and Influenced Recall Plans, as effective April 1, 2022

25. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2115 Eligibility for Repair, as effective April 1, 2022

26. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2116 Repair Label, as effective April 1, 2022

27. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2117 Proof of Correction Certificate, as effective April 1, 2022

28. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2118 Notification, as effective April 1, 2022

29. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2119 Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, as effective April 1, 2022

30. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2121 Penalties, as effective April 1, 2022

31. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2123 Initiation and Notification of Ordered Emissions-Related Recalls, as effective April 1, 2022

32. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2125 Ordered Recall Plan, as effective April 1, 2022

33. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2126 Approval and Implementation of Recall Plan, as effective April 1, 2022

34. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2127 Notification of Owners, as effective April 1, 2022

35. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2128 Repair Label, as effective April 1, 2022

36. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2129 Proof of Correction Certificate, as effective April 1, 2022

37. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2130 Capture Rates and Alternative Measures, as effective April 1, 2022

38. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2131 Preliminary Tests, as effective April 1, 2022

39. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2133 Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, as effective April 1, 2022

40. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.3, §2137 Vehicle and Engine Selection, as effective April 1, 2022

41. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.3, §2139 Testing, as effective November 30, 2022

42. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.3, §2140 Notification and Use of Test Results, as effective November 30, 2022

43. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2141 General Provisions, as effective April 1, 2022

44. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2142 Alternative Procedures, as effective April 1, 2022

45. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2143 Failure Levels Triggering Recall, as effective April 1, 2022

46. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2144 Emission Warranty Information Report, as effective April 1, 2022

47. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2145 Field Information Report, as effective April 1, 2022

48. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2146 Emissions Information Report, as effective April 1, 2022

49. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2147 Demonstration of Compliance with Emission Standards, as effective November 30, 2022

50. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2148 Evaluation of Need for Recall, as effective April 1, 2022

51. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2149 Notification and Subsequent Action, as effective April 1, 2022

52. Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 4.4, §2235 Requirements, as effective October 1, 2019

.02 Incorporation by Reference.

A. (text unchanged)

B. Documents Incorporated.

(1) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 1, §1900 Definitions, as [effective July 25, 2016] effective November 30, 2022.

(2) — (5) (text unchanged)

(6) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1961.2 Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures-2015 [and Subsequent] through 2025 Model Year Passenger Cars[,] and Light-Duty Trucks, and 2015 through 2028 Model Year Medium-Duty Vehicles, as [effective December 12, 2018] effective November 30, 2022.

(7) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1961.3 Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures – 2017 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles, as [effective December 12, 2018] effective November 30, 2022.

(8) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1961.4 Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures – 2026 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022.

[(8)] (9) [(9)] (10) (text unchanged)

[(10)] (11) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.2 Zero-Emission Vehicle Standards for 2018 [and Subsequent] through 2025 Model Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles, as [effective January 1, 2016] effective November 30, 2022.

[(11)] (12) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.3 Electric Vehicle Charging Requirements, as [effective August 7, 2012] effective November 30, 2022.

(13) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.4 Zero-Emission Vehicle Requirements for 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Trucks, as effective November 30, 2022.

(14) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.5 Data Standardization Requirements for 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Light-Duty Zero Emission Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, as effective November 30, 2022.

(15) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.6 Battery Labeling Requirements, as effective November 30, 2022.

(16) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.7 In-Use Compliance, Corrective Action and Recall Protocols for 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Zero‑Emission and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Trucks, as effective November 30, 2022.

(17) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1962.8 Warranty Requirements for Zero Emission and Batteries in Plug-in Hybrid Electric 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars and Light-Duty Trucks, as effective November 30, 2022.

[(12)] (18) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1965 Emission Control, Smog Index, and Environmental Performance Labels — 1979 and Subsequent Model-Year Motor Vehicles, as [effective October 8, 2015] effective November 30, 2022.

[(13)] (19) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1968.2 Malfunction and Diagnostic System Requirements — 2004 and Subsequent Model[-] Year Passenger Cars, Light[-] Duty Trucks, and Medium[-] Duty Vehicles and Engines, as [effective July 25, 2016] effective November 30, 2022.

[(14)] (20) (text unchanged)

[(15)] (21) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1969 Motor Vehicle Service Information — 1994 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Engines and Vehicles, and 2007 and Subsequent Model Heavy-Duty [Vehicles] Engines, as [effective July 15, 2007] effective November 30, 2022.

[(16)] (22) (text unchanged)

[(17)] (23) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1976 Standards and Test Procedures for Motor Vehicle Fuel Evaporative Emissions, as [effective October 8, 2015] effective November 30, 2022.

[(18)] (24) (text unchanged)

[(19)] (25) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2, §1978 Standards and Test Procedures for Vehicle Refueling Emissions, as [effective October 8, 2015] effective November 30, 2022.

[(20)] (26) [(21)] (27) (text unchanged)

[(22)] (28) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2035 Purpose, Applicability, and Definitions, as effective [November 9, 2007] April 1, 2022.

[(23)] (29) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2037 Defects Warranty Requirements for 1990 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, Medium-Duty Vehicles, and Motor Vehicle Engines Used in Such Vehicles, as [effective December 5, 2014] effective November 30, 2022.

[(24)] (30) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2038 Performance Warranty Requirements for 1990 and Subsequent Model Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles, and Motor Vehicle[s] Engines Used in Such Vehicles, as [effective August 7, 2012] effective November 30, 2022.

[(25)] (31) (text unchanged)

[(26)] (32) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 6, §2040 Vehicle Owner Obligations, as effective [December 26, 1990] October 1, 2019.

[(27)] (33) [(33)] (39) (text unchanged)

[(34)] (40) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2111 Applicability, as effective [December 8, 2010] April 1, 2022.

[(35)] (41) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2112 Definitions, undated, as [effective December 5, 2014] effective November 30, 2022.

[(36)] (42) (text unchanged)

[(37)] (43) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2113 Initiation and Approval of Voluntary and Influenced Emission-Related Recalls, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(38)] (44) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2114 Voluntary and Influenced Recall Plans, as effective [November 27, 1999] April 1, 2022.

[(39)] (45) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2115 Eligibility for Repair, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(40)] (46) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2116 Repair Label, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(41)] (47) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2117 Proof of Correction Certificate, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(42)] (48) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2118 Notification, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(43)] (49) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2119 Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, as effective [November 27, 1999] April 1, 2022.

[(44)] (50) (text unchanged)

[(45)] (51) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.1, §2121 Penalties, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(46)] (52) (text unchanged)

[(47)] (53) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2123 Initiation and Notification of Ordered Emissions-Related Recalls, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(48)] (54) (text unchanged)

[(49)] (55) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2125 Ordered Recall Plan, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(50)] (56) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2126 Approval and Implementation of Recall Plan, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(51)] (57) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2127 Notification of Owners, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(52)] (58) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2128 Repair Label, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(53)] (59) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2129 Proof of Correction Certificate, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(54)] (60) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2130 Capture Rates and Alternative Measures, as effective [November 27, 1999] April 1, 2022.

[(55)] (61) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2131 Preliminary Tests, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(56)] (62) (text unchanged)

[(57)] (63) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.2, §2133 Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, as effective [January 26, 1995] April 1, 2022.

[(58)] (64) [(60)] (66) (text unchanged)

[(61)] (67) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.3, §2137 Vehicle and Engine Selection, as effective [December 28, 2000] April 1, 2022.

[(62)] (68) (text unchanged)

[(63)] (69) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.3, §2139 Testing, as [effective December 5, 2014] effective November 30, 2022.

[(64)] (70) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.3, §2140 Notification and Use of Test Results, as [effective December 5, 2014] effective November 30, 2022.

[(65)] (71) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2141 General Provisions, as effective [December 8, 2010] April 1, 2022.

[(66)] (72) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2142 Alternative Procedures, as effective [February 23, 1990] April 1, 2022.

[(67)] (73) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2143 Failure Levels Triggering Recall, as effective [November 27, 1999] April 1, 2022.

[(68)] (74) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2144 Emission Warranty Information Report, as effective [November 27, 1999] April 1, 2022.

[(69)] (75) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2145 Field Information Report, as effective [August 7, 2012] April 1, 2022.

[(70)] (76) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2146 Emissions Information Report, as effective [November 27, 1999] April 1, 2022.

[(71)] (77) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2147 Demonstration of Compliance with Emission Standards, as [effective December 5, 2014] effective November 30, 2022.

[(72)] (78) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2148 Evaluation of Need for Recall, as effective [November 27, 1999] April 1, 2022.

[(73)] (79) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 2.4, §2149 Notification and Subsequent Action, as effective [February 23, 1990] April 1, 2022.

[(74)] (80) [(78)] (84) (text unchanged)

[(79)] (85) Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 4.4, §2235 Requirements, as effective [August 8, 2012] October 1, 2019.

SERENA MCILWAIN
Secretary

 

 

Special Documents

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

WATER AND SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION

Water Quality Certification 22-WQC-0023

 

Maryland Department of Transportation

State Highway Administration

Attn: Mr. Jeffrey Folden

707 North Calvert Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

 

Add’l. Info: Pursuant to COMAR 26.08.02.10F(3)(c), The Maryland Department of the Environment is providing notice of its issuance of Water Quality Certification 22-WQC-0023.

 

Location: The project is located on I-495 from the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia, including improvements to the American Legion Bridge over the Potomac River, to east of MD 187, on I-270 from I-495 to north of I-370, and on the I-270 eastern spur from east of MD 187 to I-270 in Montgomery County.

 

The purpose of the I-495 & I-270 Managed Lanes Project is to develop a travel demand management solution(s) that addresses congestion, improves trip reliability on I-495 and I-270 within the project limits and enhances existing and planned multimodal mobility. The needs for the project are to accommodate existing traffic and long-term traffic growth; enhance trip reliability; provide additional roadway travel choices; accommodate movement of goods and services; and accommodate homeland security. The project consists of adding two new High-Occupancy Vehicle Toll (HOT) managed lanes (MLs) in each direction from the George Washington Memorial Parkway to west of MD 187; converting the one existing High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane in each direction of I-270 to a HOT ML and adding one new HOT ML in each direction on I-270 from I-495 to north of I-370 and on the I-270 east and west spurs; removing the existing collector-distributor (C-D) lanes along I-270 from Montrose Road to I-370; installing flexible delineators within the buffer to separate the MLs from the General Purpose Lanes; replacing the American Legion Bridge (ALB) with a new, wider bridge to accommodate the two HOT lanes in each direction and a shared use path to provide bicycle and pedestrian connection between Maryland and Virginia; constructing on-site and off-site stormwater management improvements and construction access; relocating utilities; constructing two permittee-responsible stream and wetland mitigation sites; constructing mitigation/restoration sites to meet National Park Service and Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission mitigation requirements; and using temporary erosion and sediment controls.

 

The WQC and its attachments may be viewed at the following link: https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Water/WetlandsandWaterways/Pages/WQC.aspx

 

Appeal of Final Decision: This Water Quality Certification is a final agency decision. Any person aggrieved by the Department’s decision to issue this WQC may appeal such decision in accordance with COMAR 26.08.02.10F(4). A request for appeal shall be filed with the Department within 30 days of publication of the final decision and specify in writing the reason why the final decision should be reconsidered. A request for appeal shall be submitted to: Secretary of the Environment, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230. Any request for an appeal does not stay the effectiveness of this WQC.

 

Contact: Danielle Spendiff at MDE.SHAprojects@maryland.gov or 410-537-4023

[23-10-02]

 

 

 

MARYLAND HEALTH CARE COMMISSION

AVERAGE ANNUAL BED OCCUPANCY RATE AND AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER OF LICENSED NURSING HOME BEDS BY JURISDICTION AND REGION: MARYLAND, FISCAL YEARS 2019 — 2021

 

Average Annual Occupancy (%) *

Average Annual Number of Beds **

Region/Jurisdiction

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY

2021

Western Maryland

 

85.7

77.3

70.5

4,204

4,220

4,260

 

Allegany County

82.4

77.6

68.0

908

908

908

 

Carroll County

86.0

74.6

73.7

921

921

921

 

Frederick County

86.8

76.0

68.8

1,078

1,078

1082

 

Garrett County

85.5

81.0

69.2

316

317

317

 

Washington County

87.5

80.0

71.8

981

996

1032

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montgomery County

 

84.7

 

77.8

74.5

 

4538

4,567

4,577


 

Southern Maryland

 

89.4

 

81.9

78.8

 

4,306

4,334

4,343

 

Calvert County

80.3

76.9

76.4

292

292

292

 

Charles County

94.1

83.6

79.8

498

507

507

 

Prince George’s County

 

88.8

 

81.1

79.9

 

2,953

 

2,969

2973

 

St Mary’s County

93.4

87.2

73.5

563

565

571

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central Maryland

 

86.7

79.3

74.1

12,164

12,155

12,119

 

Anne Arundel County

85.7

77.7

75.7

1,764

1,763

1763

 

Baltimore City

88.4

 

83.6

78.1

 

3,721

3717

3717

 

Baltimore County

85.8

77.6

72.5

5,292

5253

5218

 

Harford County

83.8

73.3

62.3

783

817

817

 

Howard County

90.4

81.0

74.2

604

604

604

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Shore

 

80.1

 

71.2

67.1

 

2,640

2,598

2,633

 

Caroline County

81.7

77.4

74.8

193

193

193

 

Cecil County

92.4

86.6

84.8

466

442

442

 

Dorchester County

 78.1

73.9

66.0

233

233

258

 

Kent County

76.1

72.7

73.5

228

228

228

 

Queen Anne’s County

76.0

67.0

46.9

120

120

120

 

Somerset County

88.9

64.3

71.7

211

211

211

 

Talbot County

71.0

56.7

49.3

269

253

269

 

Wicomico County

76.6

68.6

63.2

613

613

613

 

Worcester County

75.6

65.1

61.2

307

305

299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MD Total

86.0

78.4

73.7

 

27,852

27,873

27,932

 

* Licensed Beds Occupancy Rate is based on a ratio of total patient days to total available licensed nursing home days, which excludes temporarily delicensed beds.

 

** Average Annual Number of Beds is calculated by dividing the total available days by 365 days in FY 2019 and FY 2021 and 366 days in FY 2020.

 

Source: Maryland Health Care Commission, 2019-2021 Long Term Care Survey; 2019-2021 Nursing Home Inventory Records; FY 2019-2021 Maryland Medical Assistance Program, unaudited 2021 cost reports.

[23-10-03]

 

REQUIRED MARYLAND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PARTICIPATION RATES FOR NURSING HOMES BY REGION AND JURISDICTION: FISCAL YEAR 2021

Region/Jurisdiction 

 

Required Medicaid Participation Rate*

Western Maryland

 

48.4

 

Allegany County

56.0

 

Carroll County

46.0

 

Frederick County

42.8

 

Garrett County

63.8

 

Washington County

45.3

 

 

Montgomery County

42.5

 

 

Southern Maryland

 

42.5

 

Calvert County

37.8

 

Charles County

55.2

 

Prince George’s County

40.1

 

St Mary’s County

46.3


 

Central Maryland

 

49.6

 

 

Anne Arundel County

40.4

 

Baltimore City

57.2

 

 

Baltimore County

46.6

 

Harford County

49.3

 

Howard County

53.6

 

 

Eastern Shore

 

50.9

 

 

Caroline County

51.9

 

Cecil County

42.7

 

Dorchester County

59.2

 

Kent County

46.4

 

Queen Anne’s County

55.7

 

Somerset County

61.6

 

Talbot County

41.4

 

Wicomico County

55.8

 

Worcester County

49.3

 

 

MD Total

47.2

 

* Participation Rates are based on weighted mean Medicaid participation (calculated as total county Medicaid days divided by total county patient days) minus 14.8%.

 

Source: Maryland Health Care Commission, 2021 Long Term Care Survey, 2021 Nursing Home Bed Inventory Records; Maryland Medical Assistance Program, unaudited 2021 cost reports.

[23-10-04]

General Notices

 

Notice of ADA Compliance

   The State of Maryland is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are able to fully participate in public meetings.  Anyone planning to attend a meeting announced below who wishes to receive auxiliary aids, services, or accommodations is invited to contact the agency representative at least 48 hours in advance, at the telephone number listed in the notice or through Maryland Relay.

 

STATE COLLECTION AGENCY LICENSING BOARD (SCALB)

Subject: Public Meeting

Date and Time: June 13, 2023, 2 — 3 p.m.; thereafter the public meetings will take place the second Tuesday of every month, accessed via the Google Meet information given below.

Place: Via Google Meet

Add’l. Info: Google Meet joining info:

     Video call link:

     https://meet.google.com/ahz-mgnk-jsu

     Or dial: (US) +1 530-738-1353

     PIN: 815 799 863 #

     More phone numbers:

     https://tel.meet/ahz-mgnk-jsu?pin=1097700804795

     If necessary, the Board will convene in a closed session to seek the advice of counsel or review confidential materials, pursuant to General Provisions Article, §3-305, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Contact: Ayanna Daugherty 410-230-6019

[23-10-05]

 

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/RADIO CONTROL BOARD QUARTERLY MEETING

Subject: Public Meeting

Date and Time: June 21, 2023, 1 — 3 p.m.

Place: 100 Community Pl., 1st Fl. Conf. Rm. B, Crownsville, MD

Contact: Cindy Cole 410-697-9639

[23-10-06]

 

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/RADIO CONTROL BOARD SYSTEM MANAGERS COMMITTEE

Subject: Public Meeting

Date and Time: June 15, 2023, 10 a.m. — 12 p.m.

Place: 100 Community Pl., 1st Fl. Conf. Rm. B, Crownsville, MD

Contact: Cindy Cole 410) 697-9639

[23-10-07]

 

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/RADIO CONTROL BOARD SYSTEM USERS COMMITTEE

Subject: Public Meeting

Date and Time: June 15, 2023, 12 — 1 p.m.

Place: 100 Community Pl., 1st Fl. Conf. Rm. B, Crownsville, MD

Contact: Cindy Cole 410-697-9639

[23-10-08]

 

FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION

Subject: Public Meeting

Date and Time: June 20, 2023, 11 a.m.

Place: Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Mezzanine Board Rm., 4001 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City, MD

Add’l. Info: Portions of the meeting may be held in closed session.

Contact: Heidi Ritchie 3017663888

[23-10-09]

 

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION

Subject: Public Meeting

Date and Time: June 8, 2023, 9:30 — 11:30 a.m.

Place: 10 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD

Add’l. Info: Portions of this meeting may be held in closed session.

Contact: Amy S. Lackington 410-864-5300

[23-10-10]

 

GOVERNOR’S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Subject: Public Meeting

Date and Time: May 31, 2023, 12 — 2 p.m.

Place: Virtual Meeting

Add’l. Info: This is a meeting of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee. The livestream is available at https://www.youtube.com/@marylandctecommittee.

Contact: Darla Henson 410-767-2408

[23-10-11]