Maryland House Bill 955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-19 - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring a specified individual acting in a professional capacity to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to be believe that a verbal threat of a substantial risk of imminent harm to a child has been made; prohibiting a person from preventing or interfering with the making of a report under the Act; providing specified immunity to a person who participates in specified activities relating to a report made under the Act; etc.

Child Protection - Reporting Requirements - Threat of Harm

Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith [D]	Del. Angela Angel [D]	Del. Darryl Barnes [D]	Del. Will Campos [D]
Del. Dereck Davis [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. Diana Fennell [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]
Del. Anne Healey [D]	Del. Sheila Hixson [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]	Sen. Michael Jackson [D]
Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]
Del. Michael Vaughn [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-19	House	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-13	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0955?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0955f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0955.pdf