Lead hazard reduction grant and loan programs, established; lead
paint abatement program, abolished; radon gas and asbestos
abatement pilot program, funding provision and termination date
repealed ..............................................................................................

Local health services, State funding for, requirements added ...........

Mandates on local government units imposed by State regulation,
evaluation of fiscal impact, requirements added .............................

Medical laboratory licensing standards, including proficiency testing
requirements, qualifications for laboratory personnel, and types of
waived or excepted tests, provisions generally amended; study of
arrangements between providers and medical laboratories
exchanging service for referrals, required ........................................

Optometrists, diagnostically and therapeutically certified,
certification requirements, quality standards, and scope of practice,
provisions added; continuing education requirements for licensed
optometrists, provisions altered........................................................

Pier and bulkhead construction, procedure to avoid duplication of
regulatory jurisdiction by State and local jurisdictions, provisions
added..................................................................................................

Police and juvenile court records of a child, disclosure to the
Superintendent of Schools, confidentiality, and prohibition on their
use as the basis for the removal of the child from school, provisions
added ..................................................................................................

Representation of clients by a member of the General Assembly for
compensation before a State agency in any matter involving
procurement or the adoption of regulations, prohibited.................

Residential real property condition disclosure and disclaimer
statements from vendor to purchaser, standardized form, effect on
right to rescind contract of sale, time requirements, and disclaimer
as to warranty, provisions altered .....................................................

Self-employment assistance program, established to pay an allowance
in lieu of unemployment benefits to an individual to assist in
establishing a business and becoming self-employed ......................

Special housing facility projects, Maryland Housing Fund authorized
to provide credit enhancement for, provisions added .....................

Uniform forms for treatment plans for mental health and alcohol and
drug abuse for utilization review purposes, and for laboratory
referrals, provider vouchers, and consultation referrals,
requirements added...........................................................................

Welfare reform pilot program and child support enforcement
privatization pilot program, established in certain local
jurisdictions; suspension of driver's license for failure to pay child
support and statewide welfare reforms, provisions added ..............

Work-related accident leave for State employees, maximum length of
leave reduced and eligibility provisions clarified; notification of
employee of right to file workers' compensation claim,
requirements added ...........................................................................

Workforce Training Finance Fund, established to provide job training
loan assistance ....................................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

335 504	2277 2923
388	2486
465	2661
521	2958
525	2986
111 112	1486 1489
591	3365
384	2476
332	2269
518	2953
577	3291
491	2783
540	3139
610	3485