Maryland 2022 2022 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1276 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/20/2022

                     
 
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HOUSE BILL 1276 
L2, O4, S1   	2lr2513 
    	CF SB 870 
By: Delegate Attar 
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2022 
Assigned to: Ways and Means 
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments 
House action: Adopted 
Read second time: March 13, 2022 
 
CHAPTER ______ 
 
AN ACT concerning 1 
 
Baltimore City Youth Data Hub – Establishment 2 
 
FOR the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Youth Data Hub for the purpose of 3 
promoting well–being of youth and improving access to and cost–efficiency of youth 4 
programs; establishing an executive committee and providing for a manager to 5 
operate the Baltimore City Youth Data Hub; providing that certain activities of the 6 
executive committee and manager are not subject to the Open Meetings Act or the 7 
Public Information Act; authorizing certain entities to provide data to the Baltimore 8 
City Youth Data Hub; providing for the authorized uses and ownership of the data 9 
provided to the Baltimore City Youth Data Hub; establishing certain penalties and 10 
immunity under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the Baltimore City 11 
Youth Data Hub. 12 
 
BY adding to 13 
 Article – Local Government 14 
Section 31–101 through 31–110 to be under the new title “Title 31. Baltimore City 15 
Youth Data Hub” 16 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 17 
 (2013 Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18 
 
 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 
 
Article – Local Government 21 
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TITLE 31. BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB. 1 
 
31–101. 2 
 
 (A) IN THIS TITLE THE FOL LOWING WORDS HAVE TH E MEANINGS 3 
INDICATED. 4 
 
 (B) “AGGREGATE” MEANS TO CORRELATE , LINK, OR ASSOCIATE 5 
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIA BLE INFORMATION FROM ONE PROVIDER WITH 6 
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA TION FROM ANY OTHER PROVIDER INSIDE 7 
THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB. 8 
 
 (C) “AUTHORIZED PURPOSE ” MEANS AN EVIDENCE –BASED, TESTABLE 9 
INQUIRY THAT IS INTE NDED TO YIELD RESULT S THAT FURTHER THE P URPOSE OF 10 
THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB. 11 
 
 (D) “BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB” MEANS AN INTEGRATED , 12 
ELECTRONIC DATA MANA GEMENT SYSTEM THAT L INKS DATA ABOUT YOUT H FROM 13 
ANY PROVIDER .  14 
 
 (E) (1) “DATA” MEANS ANY INFORMATIO N ABOUT A YOUTH . 15 
 
 (2) “DATA” INCLUDES NAMES , ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS , 16 
DATES OF BIRTH , INFORMATION ON GENDE R, ETHNICITY, AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE 17 
PROFICIENCY, FAMILY OR PERSONAL I NCOMES, OTHER FAMILY DATA , SOCIAL 18 
SECURITY NUMBERS , STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION NUMBE RS, 19 
ENROLLMENT AND ATTEN DANCE DATES , PERFORMANCE INFORMAT ION IN ANY 20 
JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, SCHOOLS, OR OTHER PROGRAMS , CURRENT AND PAST HEA LTH 21 
INFORMATION , INCLUDING BIRTH WEIG HTS, MATERNAL HEALTH AT B IRTH, AND 22 
EXPOSURE TO LEAD , AND INFORMATION ON T HE RECEIPT INDIVIDUA LLY OR BY 23 
FAMILY OF WELFARE BE NEFITS. 24 
 
 (F) (1) “DATA RECIPIENT” MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL , AGENCY, OR ENTITY 25 
THAT RECEIVES DE –IDENTIFIED DATA FROM THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA 26 
HUB FOR ANALYSIS , RESEARCH, OR EVALUATION PURPOS ES. 27 
 
 (2) “DATA RECIPIENT” INCLUDES THE MANAGER OR A PROVIDER. 28 
 
 (G) “DE–IDENTIFIED D ATA” MEANS ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE 29 
INFORMATION THAT IS PERMANENTLY REMOVED IN A MANNER THAT LEA VES NO 30 
REASONABLE BASIS TO BELIEVE THAT THE REM AINING INFORMATION C AN BE USED 31 
TO SUCCESSFULLY LINK THE DE–IDENTIFIED DATA TO A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUA L. 32 
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 (H) “EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ” MEANS THE BODY THAT PROVIDES VISION , 1 
OVERSIGHT, AND LEADERSHIP FOR T HE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB. 2 
 
 (I) “MANAGER” MEANS THE NONGOVERNM ENTAL CUSTODIAN OF T HE 3 
BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB RESPONSIBLE FOR I TS OPERATION , UPKEEP, 4 
AND SECURITY. 5 
 
 (J) “PERSONALLY IDENTIFIAB LE INFORMATION ” MEANS INCLUDES: 6 
 
 (1) AN INDIVIDUAL’S NAME; 7 
 
 (2) THE NAME OF AN INDIV IDUAL’S PARENT OR OTHER FA MILY 8 
MEMBERS; 9 
 
 (3) THE ADDRESS OF AN IN DIVIDUAL OR AN INDIV IDUAL’S FAMILY 10 
MEMBERS; 11 
 
 (4) A PERSONAL IDENTIFIER, INCLUDING AN INDIVID UAL’S SOCIAL 12 
SECURITY NUMBER , STUDENT IDENTIFICATI ON NUMBER, OR BIOMETRIC RECORD ; 13 
 
 (5) AN INDIRECT IDENTIFI ER, INCLUDING AN INDIVID UAL’S DATE OF 14 
BIRTH, PLACE OF BIRTH , OR MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME ; AND 15 
 
 (6) ANY DATA THAT , EITHER ALONE OR IN COMB INATION, WOULD 16 
TEND TO ASSOCIATE OR LINK A PIECE OF INFO RMATION WITH A PARTI CULAR 17 
INDIVIDUAL IN A MANN ER THAT WOULD ALLOW A REASONABLE PERSON IN THE 18 
COMMUNITY TO IDENTIF Y THE PARTICULAR IND IVIDUAL. 19 
 
 (K) “PROVIDER” MEANS:  20 
 
 (1) THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY OR A UNIT WITHIN THE OFFICE 21 
OF THE MAYOR; 22 
 
 (2) THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY; BALTIMORE’S 23 
PROMISE; AND 24 
 
 (3) THE BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS ; AND  25 
 
 (4) ANY OTHER PUBLIC , QUASI–PUBLIC, OR PRIVATE ENTITY THAT 26 
CONTRIBUTES DATA TO THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB. 27 
 
 (L) “QUERY” MEANS TO SEARCH , FIND, AND ANALYZE DATA IN THE 28 
BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB. 29 
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 (M) (L) “SECURE” MEANS TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE DATA 1 
SECURITY PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN DATA IN STR ICT CONFIDENCE AND P ROTECT 2 
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIA BLE INFORMATION AND 	DE–IDENTIFIED DATA 3 
AGGREGATED THROUGH T HE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB FROM 4 
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS , USE, MODIFICATION , OR DISCLOSURE .  5 
 
 (N) (M) “YOUTH” MEANS ANY PERSON UND ER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS WHO:  6 
 
 (1) RESIDES IN BALTIMORE CITY; 7 
 
 (2) ATTENDS OR GRADUATED FROM AN ELEMENTARY O R SECONDARY 8 
SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE CITY; OR 9 
 
 (3) PARTICIPATES IN OR GRADUATED FROM ANY Y OUTH PROGRAM IN 10 
BALTIMORE CITY. 11 
 
31–102. 12 
 
 (A) THERE IS A BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB IN BALTIMORE CITY. 13 
 
 (B) THE PURPOSE OF THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB IS: 14 
 
 (1) TO PROMOTE THE HEALT H, SAFETY, SECURITY, AND WELL–BEING 15 
OF YOUTH; AND  16 
 
 (2) TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND THE OV ERALL  17 
COST–EFFICIENCY OF PROGRA MS SERVING YOUTH . 18 
 
31–103. 19 
 
 (A) THE EXECUTIVE COMMITT EE CONSISTS OF:  20 
 
 (1) THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY, OR THE MAYOR’S DESIGNEE;  21 
 
 (2) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BALTIMORE CITY 22 
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, OR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S DESIGNEE; AND  23 
 
 (3) REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER PROVIDERS ANY OTHER 24 
INDIVIDUALS JOINTLY SELECTED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. 25 
 
 (B) THE EXECUTIVE COMMITT EE SHALL: 26 
 
 (1) OVERSEE THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB; AND 27 
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 (2) APPOINT AND OVERSEE THE MANAGER OF THE BALTIMORE CITY 1 
YOUTH DATA HUB. 2 
 
 (C) (1) THE EXECUTIVE COMMITT EE SHALL ESTABLISH A N ADVISORY 3 
COMMITTEE OF COMMUNI TY STAKEHOLDERS , INCLUDING REPRESENTA TIVES FROM 4 
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIO NS, FAITH–BASED INSTITUTIONS , COMMUNITY RESIDENT 5 
ASSOCIATIONS, AND MEMBERS FROM THE LARGER COMMUNITY .  6 
 
 (2) THE PURPOSE OF THE AD VISORY COMMITTEE IS TO INCREASE 7 
AWARENESS OF AND PRO VIDE FEEDBACK ON THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA 8 
HUB. 9 
 
31–104. 10 
 
 (A) (1) THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB AND ANY 11 
DE–IDENTIFIED AGGREGATE D DATA ARE NOT PUBLI C OR GOVERNMENT RECO RDS 12 
AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. 13 
 
 (2) THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY, THE 14 
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, 15 
OR THEIR DESIGNEES I N THE EXECUTIVE COMM ITTEE DOES NOT SUBJE CT THE 16 
BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT OR THE 17 
OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 18 
 
 (B) (1) THE MANAGER SHALL OPE RATE THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH 19 
DATA HUB.  20 
 
 (2) THE MANAGER SHALL BE A CITY–WIDE ENTITY THAT AIM S TO 21 
IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCU S ON YOUTH FROM 22 
HISTORICALLY MARGINA LIZED COMMUNITIES . 23 
 
 (3) THE MANAGER SHALL AGG REGATE PROMPTLY AND PROPERLY 24 
PERSONALLY IDEN TIFIABLE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM PROVID ERS. 25 
 
 (4) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE 26 
MANAGER MAY CONTRACT WITH A TECHNOLOGY VE	NDOR OR OTHER 27 
PROFESSIONAL . 28 
 
 (II) IF THE MANAGER CONTRA CTS WITH A TECHNOLOG Y 29 
VENDOR OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL TO CODE , CREATE, OR ASSIST WITH THE 30 
OPERATION OF THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB, THE TECHNOLOGY 31 
VENDOR OR PROFESSION AL IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE 32 
RELATED TO THE MANAG ER.  33 
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 (5) (I) THE MANAGER IS NOT SU	BJECT TO THE PUBLIC 1 
INFORMATION ACT OR THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 2 
 
 (II) THE RECORDS FOR WHICH THE MANAGER IS A CUS TODIAN 3 
ARE NOT SUBJECT TO T HE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. 4 
 
31–105. 5 
 
 (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, ANY STATE OR 6 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL E NTITY OR PRIVATE OR QUASI–GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY 7 
MAY PROVIDE PERSONAL LY IDENTIFIABLE INFO RMATION AND DATA FOR THE 8 
BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB. 9 
 
 (B) A ON REQUEST OF THE MAN AGER, A PROVIDER MAY SUBMIT AND 10 
UPDATE PERSONALLY ID ENTIFIABLE INFORMATI ON AND OTHER DATA RELATED TO 11 
THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB’S PURPOSE ON A ROLLING OR REAL –TIME 12 
BASIS. 13 
 
 (C) (B) EACH PROVIDER AND ITS CLIENTS, STUDENTS, OR PARTICIPANTS , 14 
AS APPROPRIATE , SHALL RETAIN OWNERSH IP OF:  15 
 
 (1) THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE PROVIDER ; AND  16 
 
 (2) THE DE–IDENTIFIED DATA AND ANY NE W DATA ELEMENT , 17 
INCLUDING DERIVATIVE FILES GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE DATA P ROVIDED 18 
BY THE PROVIDER TO T HE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB.  19 
 
31–106. 20 
 
 (A) THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB AND MANAGER MAY U SE ONLY 21 
AGGREGATED , DE–IDENTIFIED DATA FOR CONDUC TING ANY ANALYSIS , RESEARCH, 22 
AND REPORTING TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE , THE PUBLIC, OR OTHERWISE . 23 
 
 (B) DIRECT ACCESS TO PERS ONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN THE 24 
BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB SHALL BE RESTRICT ED TO THE MANAGER AN D 25 
THE MANAGER’S AUTHORIZED STAFF O R CONTRACTORS ONLY F OR AUTHORIZED 26 
PURPOSES AND LAWFUL QUALITY CONTROL . 27 
 
 (C) ON THE RECEIPT OF DAT A, THE MANAGER OR ITS D ESIGNATED 28 
TECHNOLOGY VENDOR SH ALL WORK WITH PROVID ERS TO PROMPTLY EXTR ACT AND 29 
UPLOAD THE DATA INTO THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB’S DATA 30 
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FO R AGGREGATION AND DE –IDENTIFICATION . 31 
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 (D) IMMEDIATELY AFTER AGG REGATING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE 1 
INFORMATION IN THE D ATA MANAGEMENT SYSTE M, THE MANAGER SHALL DE STROY 2 
ANY COPIES OF THE PE RSONALLY IDENTIFI ABLE INFORMATION EXI STING OUTSIDE 3 
THE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A MANNER S UCH THAT, AFTER AGGREGATION , 4 
THE MANAGER DOES NOT POSSESS OR RETAIN AN Y PERSONALLY IDENTIF IABLE 5 
INFORMATION OUTSIDE THE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 6 
 
 (E) THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB MAY NOT USE ITS D ATA 7 
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FO R QUERIES TO PRODUCE ANY PERSONALLY IDENT IFIABLE 8 
INFORMATION OR REPOR TS THAT CONTAIN ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIA BLE 9 
INFORMATION . 10 
 
31–107. 11 
 
 (A) (1) THE MANAGER SHALL PRO	MPTLY REVIEW ANY QUE	RY 12 
REQUESTED BY A PROVIDER. 13 
 
 (2) THE MANAGER MAY RUN Q UERIES FOR INDIVIDUA LS OR ENTITIES 14 
THAT ARE NOT PROVIDE RS. 15 
 
 (B) BEFORE APPROVING A QU ERY, THE MANAGER , WITH ASSISTANCE FROM 16 
TECHNICAL EXPERTS ID ENTIFIED BY THE EXEC UTIVE COMMITTEE , SHALL CONDUCT 17 
AN IN–DEPTH REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED QUERY F OR CONSISTENCY WITH 18 
AUTHORIZED PURPOSES , ALIGNMENT WITH EVIDE NCE–BASED STANDARDS FOR 19 
EQUITABLE, ETHICAL, AND METHODOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE INQUIRIE S, AND 20 
ASSESSMENT OF THE BE NEFITS FOR AND IMPAC T ON THE GREATER BALTIMORE 21 
CITY COMMUNITY . 22 
 
 (C) BEFORE PROVIDING ANY DATA IN RESPONSE TO A QUERY, THE 23 
MANAGER SHALL OBTAIN WRITTEN APPROVAL FRO M ANY PROVIDER OF DA TA TO 24 
CONFIRM THAT THERE I S NO REASONABLE BASI S TO BELIEVE THAT DE –IDENTIFIED 25 
DATA PROVIDED IN RES PONSE TO A QUERY COU LD BE USED BY A D ATA RECIPIENT 26 
TO SUCCESSFULLY LINK DE–IDENTIFIED DATA TO A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUA L, 27 
BASED ON THE SIZE OR UNIQUENESS OF THE PO PULATION UNDER CONSI DERATION 28 
IN THE QUERY, OR OTHERWISE . 29 
 
 (D) THE MANAGER SHALL ENS URE THAT THE DATA MA NAGEMENT SYSTEM 30 
AND PROVIDED DATA ARE SECURE USIN G SECURITY STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS 31 
THAT ADDRESS , AT A MINIMUM, DATA SECURITY AND AC CESS, SECURITY INCIDENT 32 
AND DISASTER RECOVER Y PROCEDURES , AND RECORDING AND MO NITORING OF 33 
SYSTEM ACTIVITY . 34 
 
 (E) THE MANAGER SHALL MAI NTAIN APPROPRIATE A DMINISTRATIVE , 35 
PHYSICAL, AND TECHNICAL SAFEGU	ARDS THAT PROTECT PR	IVACY, 36  8 	HOUSE BILL 1276  
 
 
CONFIDENTIALITY , INTEGRITY, AND AVAILABILITY OF ANY DATA IN COMPLIAN CE 1 
WITH THE FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT AND OTHER 2 
RELEVANT PRIVACY LAW S AND POLICIES, INCLUDING:  3 
 
 (1) THE REQUIRED USE OF DE–IDENTIFIED DATA IN D ATA RESEARCH 4 
AND REPORTING ;  5 
 
 (2) THE REQUIRED DISPOSI TION OF DATA THAT IS NO LONGER 6 
NEEDED;  7 
 
 (3) PROVIDING DATA SECUR ITY, INCLUDING THE CAPACI TY FOR 8 
AUDIT TRAILS;  9 
 
 (4) PROVIDING FOR THE PE RFORMANCE OF REGULAR AUDI TS FOR 10 
COMPLIANCE WITH DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY STANDARDS; AND  11 
 
 (5) IMPLEMENTING GUIDELI NES AND POLICIES THA T PREVENT THE 12 
REPORTING OF OTHER P OTENTIALLY PERSONALL Y IDENTIFIABLE INFOR MATION. 13 
 
 (F) THE MANAGER SHALL ENS URE THAT A QUER Y OF THE DATA 14 
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM :  15 
 
 (1) RESULTS IN DISCLOSUR E OF ONLY AGGREGATED DE–IDENTIFIED 16 
DATA OR AGGREGATED D E–IDENTIFIED DATA REPO RTS TO A DATA RECIPI ENT; AND 17 
 
 (2) DOES NOT REVEAL PERS ONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO 18 
A DATA RECIPIENT . 19 
 
 (G) ON REQUEST, THE MANAGER MAY PROV IDE TECHNICAL ASSIST ANCE TO 20 
DATA RECIPIENTS REGA RDING DATA RECEIVED FROM THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH 21 
DATA HUB. 22 
 
 (H) (1) THE MANAGER AND ANY D ATA RECIPIENTS MAY N OT: 23 
 
 (I) ATTEMPT TO RE –IDENTIFY DE–IDENTIFIED DATA ; OR  24 
 
 (II) DISCLOSE, RELEASE, OR REPORT DATA IN AN Y FORM THAT 25 
MAY RESULT IN THE RE –IDENTIFICATION OF DE –IDENTIFIED DATA .  26 
 
 (2) THIS SUBSECTION MAY N OT BE CONSTRUED TO I NTERFERE WITH 27 
A DATA RECIPIENT ’S CONTINUED USE OF O R RELIANCE ON PERSON ALLY 28 
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA 29 
HUB. 30 
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31–108. 1 
 
 EACH YEAR, THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB SHALL PUBLISH A 2 
REPORT THAT IS AVAIL ABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC ON : 3 
 
 (1) THE IMPLEMENTATION O F THE DATA MANAGEMEN T SYSTEM, 4 
INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF TH E SOURCES AND TYPES OF DATA RECEIVED BY 5 
THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB FROM EACH PROVIDE R DURING THE 6 
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDIN G 12 MONTHS; 7 
 
 (2) A DESCRIPTION OF EAC H APPROVED DISCLOSUR E OF DATA BY 8 
THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB; 9 
 
 (3) A LIST OF PUBLICATIO NS AND OTHER REPORTS BASED ON THE 10 
BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB DATA;  11 
 
 (4) RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR E NHANCEMENT 12 
AND ALIGNMENT OF DAT A COLLECTION AND MAI NTENANCE BY PROVIDER S; AND 13 
 
 (5) ANY OTHER INFORMATIO N CONSIDERED APPROPRIA TE BY THE 14 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . 15 
 
31–109. 16 
 
 (A) A PERSON, WHETHER ACTING ON BE HALF OF THE MANAGER OR A 17 
PROVIDER, WHO OBTAINS , DISCLOSES, OR USES, OR ATTEMPTS TO OBTAI N, 18 
DISCLOSE, OR USE IDENTIFIABLE DATA FOR A PURPOSE O THER THAN AGGREGATI ON 19 
IN THE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB IS GUILTY OF A MI SDEMEANOR AND ON 20 
CONVICTION IS SUBJEC T TO IMPRISONMENT NO T EXCEEDING 1 YEAR OR A FINE NOT 21 
EXCEEDING $1,000 OR BOTH. 22 
 
 (B) A PERSON, WHETHER ACTING ON BE HALF OF THE MANAGER OR A 23 
PROVIDER, IS CIVILLY L IABLE TO AN INDIVIDU AL FOR ACTUAL DAMAGE S, 24 
INCLUDING ATTORNEY ’S FEES AND LITIGATIO N COSTS, THAT THE COURT 25 
CONSIDERS APPROPRIAT E IF THE COURT FINDS BY CLEAR AND CONVINC ING 26 
EVIDENCE THAT THE PE RSON COMMITTED A VIO LATION OF ANY PROVIS ION OF THIS 27 
TITLE THAT CA USED ANY DAMAGE TO T HE INDIVIDUAL. 28 
 
31–110. 29 
 
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, AND EXCEPT AS 30 
PROVIDED IN § 31–109 OF THIS TITLE, A PROVIDER MAY NOT B E CIVILLY OR 31 
CRIMINALLY LIABLE FO R PROVIDING IDENTIFI ABLE DATA TO THE MAN AGER FOR 32 
THE SOLE PURPO SE OF INCLUSION IN T HE BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH DATA HUB.  33  10 	HOUSE BILL 1276  
 
 
 
 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 1 
1, 2022. 2 
 
 
 
 
 
Approved: 
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 Governor. 
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  Speaker of the House of Delegates. 
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         President of the Senate.