Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB523 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		sb0523
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10	7		SENATE BILL 523
11	8		P3, C2, J2 2lr1658
12	9		CF HB 533
13	10		By: Senator Kagan
14	11		Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2022
15	12		Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17		-	Senate action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: March 20, 2022
19	13
20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
21	15
22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
23	17
24		-	~~Health~~ Occupations and Professions – Licenses, Certificates, and Registration – 2
	18	+	Occupations and Professions – Licenses, Certificates, and Registration – 2
25	19		Immigrants 3
26	20
27		-	FOR the purpose of prohibiting a State occupational or professional licensing health 4
28		-	occupations board from denying an occupational or professional a license, 5
29		-	certification, or registration to an immigrant if the individual meets certain 6
30		-	requirements; requiring each health occupations board to require each applicant for 7
31		-	a license to disclose the Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification 8
32		-	Number of the applicant and record the number on the application; and generally 9
33		-	relating to occupational and professional health occupations licenses, certifications, 10
34		-	or registrations to immigrants. 11
	21	+	FOR the purpose of prohibiting a State occupational or professional licensing board from 4
	22	+	denying an occupational or professional license, certification, or registration to an 5
	23	+	immigrant if the individual meets certain requirements; and generally relating to 6
	24	+	occupational and professional licenses, certifications, or registrations to immigrants. 7
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36		-	BY adding to 12
37		-	Article – State Government 13
38		-	Section 8–506 14
39		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
40		-	(2021 Replacement Volume) 16
	26	+	BY adding to 8
	27	+	Article – State Government 9
	28	+	Section 8–506 10
	29	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 11
	30	+	(2021 Replacement Volume) 12
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42		-	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 17
43		-	Article – Family Law 18
44		-	Section 10–119.3(a) and (c)(1) 19
45		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
46		-	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 21
	32	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
	33	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
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48		-	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 22 2 SENATE BILL 523
	35	+	Article – State Government 15
	36	+
	37	+	8–506. 16
	38	+
	39	+	(A) IN THIS SECTION, “IMMIGRANT” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL : 17
	40	+
	41	+	(1) WHOSE COUNTRY OF ORI GIN IS A COUNTRY OTH ER THAN THE 18
	42	+	UNITED STATES; 19
	43	+
	44	+	(2) WHO IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITES STATES; AND 20
	45	+
	46	+	(3) WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE. 21
	47	+	2 SENATE BILL 523
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51		-	Article – Family Law 1
52		-	Section 10–119.3(b), (c)(2), and (d)(1) 2
53		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 3
54		-	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 4
	50	+	(B) A STATE OCCUPATIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD MAY 1
	51	+	NOT DENY AN OCCUPATIONAL OR P ROFESSIONAL LICENSE , CERTIFICATION , OR 2
	52	+	REGISTRATION TO AN IMMIGRANT IF THE INDIVIDUAL OTHERWISE MEETS ALL 3
	53	+	EDUCATIONAL , TRAINING, OR PROFESSIONAL REQU IREMENTS FOR LICENSU RE, 4
	54	+	CERTIFICATION , OR REGISTRATION . 5
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56		-	BY adding to 5
57		-	Article – Health Occupations 6
58		-	Section 1–227 7
59		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 8
60		-	(2021 Replacement Volume) 9
	56	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6
	57	+	October 1, 2022. 7
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62		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
63		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 11
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65		-	Article – State Government 12
66		-
67		-	8–506. 13
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69		-	Article – Family Law 14
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71		-	10–119.3. 15
72		-
73		-	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 16
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75		-	(2) “License” means any license, certificate, registration, permit, or other 17
76		-	authorization that: 18
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78		-	(i) is issued by a licensing authority; 19
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80		-	(ii) is subject to suspension, revocation, forfeiture, or termination by 20
81		-	a licensing authority; and 21
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83		-	(iii) is necessary for an individual to practice or engage in: 22
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85		-	1. a particular business, occupation, or profession; or 23
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87		-	2. recreational hunting or fishing. 24
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89		-	(3) (i) “Licensing authority” means a department, unit of a department, 25
90		-	commission, board, office, or court of the State. 26
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92		-	(ii) “Licensing authority” includes: 27
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94		-	1. the Maryland Department of Labor; 28
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96		-	2. the Maryland Department of Health; 29
97		-	SENATE BILL 523 3
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100		-	3. the Department of Human Services; 1
101		-
102		-	4. the Department of Transportation; 2
103		-
104		-	5. the Department of the Environment; 3
105		-
106		-	6. the Comptroller of the Treasury; 4
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108		-	7. the Department of Agriculture; 5
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110		-	8. the Maryland Insurance Administration; 6
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112		-	9. the Public Service Commission; 7
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114		-	10. the Secretary of State; 8
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116		-	11. the State Department of Education; 9
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118		-	12. the Department of Natural Resources; 10
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120		-	13. the Office of the Attorney General; 11
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122		-	14. the clerks of the court that are authorized to issue a license 12
123		-	or certificate for professional services or recreational uses; and 13
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125		-	15. the Court of Appeals. 14
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127		-	(b) (1) Except as provided in [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) of this 15
128		-	subsection, a licensing authority shall: 16
129		-
130		-	(i) require each applicant for a license to disclose the Social Security 17
131		-	number of the applicant; and 18
132		-
133		-	(ii) record the applicant’s Social Security number on the application. 19
134		-
135		-	(2) The Department of Natural Resources shall: 20
136		-
137		-	(i) require an applicant for a recreational hunting or fishing license 21
138		-	to disclose only the last four digits of the Social Security number of the applicant instead of 22
139		-	the full Social Security number; and 23
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141		-	(ii) record the applicant’s partial Social Security number on the 24
142		-	application. 25
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144		-	(3) EACH HEALTH OCCUPATIO NS BOARD SHALL : 26
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147		-
148		-	(I) REQUIRE EACH APPLICA NT FOR A LICENSE TO DISCLOSE 1
149		-	THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION 2
150		-	NUMBER OF THE APPLICA NT; AND 3
151		-
152		-	(II) RECORD THE APPLICANT ’S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR 4
153		-	INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON THE APPLICA TION. 5
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155		-	(c) (1) To carry out its responsibility under State and federal law, the 6
156		-	Administration may request from a licensing authority information concerning any obligor 7
157		-	in arrears in paying child support through a support enforcement agency. 8
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159		-	(2) A request for information by the Administration under paragraph (1) of 9
160		-	this subsection: 10
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162		-	(i) shall contain: 11
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164		-	1. the full name of the obligor; and 12
165		-
166		-	2. the Social Security number or, as appropriate, the partial 13
167		-	Social Security number of the obligor OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION 14
168		-	NUMBER; and 15
169		-
170		-	(ii) may be transmitted to a licensing authority using an electronic 16
171		-	format. 17
172		-
173		-	(d) (1) Upon receipt of a request for information under subsection (c) of this 18
174		-	section, a licensing authority shall submit the following information to the Administration 19
175		-	with respect to each obligor who is licensed by, or has applied for a license from, the 20
176		-	licensing authority: 21
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178		-	(i) the full name of the obligor; 22
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180		-	(ii) the address of the obligor, if known; 23
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182		-	(iii) the Social Security number or, as appropriate, the partial Social 24
183		-	Security number of the obligor OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, 25
184		-	if known; and 26
185		-
186		-	(iv) a description of the license held by the obligor. 27
187		-
188		-	Article – Health Occupations 28
189		-
190		-	1–227. 29
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192		-	(A) IN THIS SECTION, “IMMIGRANT” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL : 30
193		-	SENATE BILL 523 5
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195		-
196		-	(1) WHOSE WHOSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS A COUNTRY OTHER THAN 1
197		-	THE UNITED STATES; 2
198		-
199		-	(2) WHO WHO IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES; AND 3
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201		-	(3) WHO WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE. 4
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203		-	(B) A STATE OCCUPATIONAL OR PROF ESSIONAL LICENSING HEALTH 5
204		-	OCCUPATIONS BOARD MAY NOT DENY AN OCCUPATIONAL OR P ROFESSIONAL A 6
205		-	LICENSE, CERTIFICATION , OR REGISTRATION TO A N IMMIGRANT IF THE I NDIVIDUAL 7
206		-	OTHERWISE MEETS ALL EDUCATIONAL , TRAINING, OR PROFESSIONAL 8
207		-	REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE , CERTIFICATION , OR REGISTRATION . 9
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209		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 10
210		-	October 1, 2022. 11
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215		-	Approved:
216		-	________________________________________________________________________________
217		-	Governor.
218		-	________________________________________________________________________________
219		-	President of the Senate.
220		-	________________________________________________________________________________
221		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.