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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
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8	5		hb0757
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10	7		HOUSE BILL 757
11	8		J1, M3 5lr2922
12		-	CF SB 849
13		-	By: Delegates Kaiser, Holmes, McComas, Patterson, and Ruth Ruth,
14		-	Pena–Melnyk, Cullison, Bagnall, Bhandari, Chisholm, Guzzone, Hill,
15		-	Hutchinson, S. Johnson, Kerr, Kipke, Lopez, Martinez, M. Morgan, Reilly,
16		-	Rosenberg, Ross, Szeliga, Taveras, White Holland, Woods, and Woorman
	9	+	CF 5lr1019
	10	+	By: Delegates Kaiser, Holmes, McComas, Patterson, and Ruth
17	11		Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025
18	12		Assigned to: Environment and Transportation and Ways and Means
19		-	Reassigned: Environment and Transportation and Health and Government Operations,
20		-	February 5, 2025
21		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
22		-	House action: Adopted
23		-	Read second time: March 14, 2025
24	13
25		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
26	15
27	16		AN ACT concerning 1
28	17
29	18		Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening 2
30	19		Technologies Program – Funding 3
31	20
32	21		FOR the purpose of altering the fee for a license to transfer oil in the State; requiring the 4
33	22		Department of the Environment to transfer a certain amount of the license fee to the 5
34	23		Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies 6
35	24		Program; altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual 7
36	25		budget for the Program; requiring the Secretary of Health to use certain funds 8
37	26		exclusively for the Program; authorizing the Secretary to use up to a certain 9
38		-	percentage of Program funds to support academic medical ~~research~~ centers for 10
39		-	~~certain~~ purposes; and generally relating to the Professional and Volunteer 11
40		-	~~Firefighter~~ Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 12
	27	+	percentage of Program funds to support academic medical centers for certain 10
	28	+	purposes; and generally relating to the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter 11
	29	+	Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 12
41	30
42	31		BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13
43	32		Article – Environment 14
44	33		Section 4–411(a) and (b) 15
45	34		Annotated Code of Maryland 16
46	35		(2013 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
47	36
48		-	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18 2 HOUSE BILL 757
	37	+	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18
	38	+	Article – Environment 19
	39	+	Section 4–411(c) 20
	40	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 21
	41	+	(2013 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 22
	42	+
	43	+	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 23
	44	+	Article – Health – General 24
	45	+	Section 13–4001 25
	46	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 26
	47	+	(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 27
	48	+	2 HOUSE BILL 757
49	49
50	50
51		-	Article – Environment 1
52		-	Section 4–411(c) 2
53		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 3
54		-	(2013 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 4
	51	+	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 1
	52	+	Article – Health – General 2
	53	+	Section 13–4006 3
	54	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 4
	55	+	(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 5
55	56
56		-	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 5
57		-	Article – Health – General 6
58		-	Section 13–4001 7
59		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 8
60		-	(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 9
	57	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 6
	58	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 7
61	59
62		-	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
63		-	Article – Health – General 11
64		-	Section 13–4006 12
65		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
66		-	(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
	60	+	Article – Environment 8
67	61
68		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
69		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
	62	+	4–411. 9
70	63
71		-	~~Article – Environment 17~~
	64	+	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 10
72	65
73		-	4–411. 18
	66	+	(2) “Barrel” means any measure of petroleum products or its by–products 11
	67	+	which consists of 42.0 U.S. gallons of liquid measure. 12
74	68
75		-	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 19
	69	+	(3) “Fund” means the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up and 13
	70	+	Contingency Fund. 14
76	71
77		-	(2) “Barrel” means any measure of petroleum products or its by–products 20
78		-	which consists of 42.0 U.S. gallons of liquid measure. 21
	72	+	(4) “Transfer” means the offloading or onloading of oil in the State from or 15
	73	+	to any commercial vessel, barge, tank truck, tank car, pipeline, or any other means used 16
	74	+	for transporting oil. 17
79	75
80		-	(3) ~~“Fund” means~~ the ~~Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up and 22~~
81		-	~~Contingency Fund~~. 23
	76	+	(b) A person other than a vessel or barge may not transfer oil in the State without 18
	77	+	a license. 19
82	78
83		-	(4) “Transfer” means the offloading or onloading of oil in the State from or 24
84		-	to any commercial vessel, barge, tank truck, tank car, pipeline, or any other means used 25
85		-	for transporting oil. 26
	79	+	(c) (1) A license required under this section shall be secured from the 20
	80	+	Department of the Environment subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this section. 21
86	81
87		-	(b) ~~A person other than a vessel or barge may not transfer oil in~~ the ~~State without 27~~
88		-	~~a license~~. 28
	82	+	(2) The fee on any barrel shall be imposed only once, at the point of first 22
	83	+	transfer in the State. 23
89	84
90		-	(c) (1) A license required under this section shall be secured from the 29
91		-	Department of the Environment subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this section. 30
	85	+	(3) The license fee shall be: 24
92	86
93		-	(2) The ~~fee on any barrel shall be imposed only once~~, ~~at the point of first 31~~
94		-	~~transfer in the State.~~ 32
	87	+	(i) Credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up 25
	88	+	and Contingency Fund and based on: 26
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96		-	~~(3) The license~~ fee ~~shall be:~~ 33
97		-	~~HOUSE BILL 757 3~~
	90	+	1. Before July 1, 2024, a 7.75 cents per barrel fee for oil 27
	91	+	transferred in the State; [and] 28
98	92
	93	+	2. On or after July 1, 2024, AND BEFORE JULY 1, 2025, a 5 29
	94	+	cents per barrel fee for oil transferred in the State; and 30
99	95
100		-	(i) Credited to the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up 1
101		-	and Contingency Fund and based on: 2
102		-
103		-	1. Before July 1, 2024, a 7.75 cents per barrel fee for oil 3
104		-	transferred in the State; [and] 4
105		-
106		-	2. On or after July 1, 2024, AND BEFORE JULY 1, 2025, a 5 5
107		-	cents per barrel fee for oil transferred in the State; and 6
108		-
109		-	3. ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2025, A 9 CENTS PER BARREL 7
110		-	FEE FOR OIL TRANSFER RED IN THE STATE; AND 8
111		-
112		-	(ii) Until July 1, 2024, based on an additional 0.25 cent per barrel 9
113		-	fee for oil transferred in the State and credited to the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental 10
114		-	Cleanup Fund as described in Subtitle 7 of this title. 11
115		-
116		-	(4) (I) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, THE DEPARTMENT 12
117		-	SHALL TRANSFER 4 CENTS OF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM THE PER BAR REL FEE 13
118		-	IN PARAGRAPH (3)(I)3 OF THIS SUBSECTION T O THE PROFESSIONAL AND 14
119		-	VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER INNOVATIVE CANCER SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES 15
120		-	PROGRAM ESTABLISHED U NDER § 13–4002 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 16
121		-
122		-	(II) FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND 17
123		-	VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER INNOVATIVE CANCER SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES 18
124		-	PROGRAM UNDER SUBPARA GRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SH ALL BE DISTRIBUTED 19
125		-	IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 13–4006 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 20
126		-
127		-	[(4)] (5) (i) The license fee shall be paid quarterly to the Department 21
128		-	and on receipt by the Comptroller, credited to the proper fund. 22
129		-
130		-	(ii) The licensee shall certify to the Department, on forms as may be 23
131		-	prescribed by the Department, the number of barrels of oil transferred by the licensee 24
132		-	during the fee quarter no later than the last day of the month following the fee quarter. 25
133		-
134		-	(iii) These records shall be kept confidential by the Department. 26
135		-
136		-	[(5)] (6) (I) [When] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) 27
137		-	OF THIS PARAGRAPH , the balance in the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up 28
138		-	and Contingency Fund from the monthly license fees paid under paragraph (3)(i) of this 29
139		-	subsection into the Fund equals or exceeds a maximum limit of $5,000,000, collection of 30
140		-	subsequent monthly license fees under paragraph (3)(i) of this subsection shall be abated 31
141		-	until: 32
142		-
143		-	[(i)] 1. The balance in the Fund from the license fees becomes less 33
144		-	than or equal to $4,000,000; or 34
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147		-
148		-	[(ii)] 2. There is evidence that the balance in the Fund could be 1
149		-	significantly reduced by the recent occurrence of a major discharge or series of discharges. 2
150		-
151		-	(II) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, THE FEE ABATEMENT 3
152		-	AUTHORIZED UNDER SUB PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH MA Y NOT EXCEED 5 4
153		-	CENTS PER BARREL FOR OIL TRANSFERRED IN THE STATE. 5
154		-
155		-	[(6)] (7) (i) If a licensee fails to remit the fee and accompanying 6
156		-	certification required by this section, the amount of the license fee due shall be determined 7
157		-	by the Department from information as may be available. 8
158		-
159		-	(ii) Notice of this determination shall be given to the licensee liable 9
160		-	for payment of the license fee. 10
161		-
162		-	(iii) The determination shall finally and irrevocably fix the fee unless 11
163		-	the licensee against whom it is assessed, within 30 days after receiving notice of the 12
164		-	determination, shall apply to the Department for a hearing or unless the Department, on 13
165		-	its own, shall redetermine the fee. 14
166		-
167		-	[(7)] (8) The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations, 15
168		-	establish audit procedures for the audit of licensees, and prescribe and publish forms as 16
169		-	may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. 17
170		-
171		-	Article – Health – General 18
172		-
173		-	13–4001. 19
174		-
175		-	In this subtitle, “Program” means the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter 20
176		-	Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 21
177		-
178		-	13–4006. 22
179		-
180		-	(a) (1) For fiscal years 2021 through 2024, the Governor shall include at least 23
181		-	$100,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 24
182		-
183		-	(2) For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor may 25
184		-	include at least [$500,000] $3,000,000 $1,000,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 26
185		-
186		-	(b) Appropriations and expenditures made for the purpose of implementing the 27
187		-	Program, including the use of any funds received by a person under any component of the 28
188		-	Program, are subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Audits as provided in § 2–1220 of 29
189		-	the State Government Article. 30
190		-
191		-	(C) THE SECRETARY SHALL USE T HE FEES TRANSFERRED TO THE 31
192		-	PROGRAM UNDER § 4–411(C)(4) OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE EXCLUSIVELY F OR 32
193		-	THE PROGRAM. 33 HOUSE BILL 757 5
	96	+	3. ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2025, A 9 CENTS PER BARREL 31
	97	+	FEE FOR OIL TRANSFER RED IN THE STATE; AND 32 HOUSE BILL 757 3
194	98
195	99
196	100
197		-	(D) THE SECRETARY MAY USE UP TO 20% OF PROGRAM FUNDS TO SUPP ORT 1
198		-	ACADEMIC MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTERS, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF 2
199		-	MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH COMPUTING, IN THE COLLECTION , ANALYSIS, 3
200		-	AND PROCESSING OF PROGRAM OUTCOME DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSESSING, 4
201		-	MAXIMIZING, AND IMPROVING THE EFFECT IVENESS AND CLINICAL UTILITY OF THE 5
202		-	CANCER SCREENING FUN DED BY THE PROGRAM. 6
	101	+	(ii) Until July 1, 2024, based on an additional 0.25 cent per barrel 1
	102	+	fee for oil transferred in the State and credited to the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental 2
	103	+	Cleanup Fund as described in Subtitle 7 of this title. 3
203	104
204		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7
205		-	1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the end of June 30, 2030, 8
206		-	this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 9
207		-	of no further force and effect. 10
	105	+	(4) (I) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, THE DEPARTMENT 4
	106	+	SHALL TRANSFER 4 CENTS OF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FRO M THE PER BARREL FEE 5
	107	+	IN PARAGRAPH (3)(I)3 OF THIS SUBSECTION T O THE PROFESSIONAL AND 6
	108	+	VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER INNOVATIVE CANCER SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES 7
	109	+	PROGRAM ESTABLISHED U NDER § 13–4002 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 8
	110	+
	111	+	(II) FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND 9
	112	+	VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER INNOVATIVE CANCER SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES 10
	113	+	PROGRAM UNDER SUBPARA GRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SH ALL BE DISTRIBUTED 11
	114	+	IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 13–4006 OF THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE. 12
	115	+
	116	+	[(4)] (5) (i) The license fee shall be paid quarterly to the Department 13
	117	+	and on receipt by the Comptroller, credited to the proper fund. 14
	118	+
	119	+	(ii) The licensee shall certify to the Department, on forms as may be 15
	120	+	prescribed by the Department, the number of barrels of oil transferred by the licensee 16
	121	+	during the fee quarter no later than the last day of the month following the fee quarter. 17
	122	+
	123	+	(iii) These records shall be kept confidential by the Department. 18
	124	+
	125	+	[(5)] (6) (I) [When] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) 19
	126	+	OF THIS PARAG RAPH, the balance in the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean–Up 20
	127	+	and Contingency Fund from the monthly license fees paid under paragraph (3)(i) of this 21
	128	+	subsection into the Fund equals or exceeds a maximum limit of $5,000,000, collection of 22
	129	+	subsequent monthly license fees under paragraph (3)(i) of this subsection shall be abated 23
	130	+	until: 24
	131	+
	132	+	[(i)] 1. The balance in the Fund from the license fees becomes less 25
	133	+	than or equal to $4,000,000; or 26
	134	+
	135	+	[(ii)] 2. There is evidence that the balance in the Fund could be 27
	136	+	significantly reduced by the recent occurrence of a major discharge or series of discharges. 28
	137	+
	138	+	(II) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026, THE FEE ABATEMENT 29
	139	+	AUTHORIZED UNDER SUB PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH MA Y NOT EXCEED 5 30
	140	+	CENTS PER BARREL FOR OIL TRANSFER RED IN THE STATE. 31
	141	+
	142	+	[(6)] (7) (i) If a licensee fails to remit the fee and accompanying 32
	143	+	certification required by this section, the amount of the license fee due shall be determined 33
	144	+	by the Department from information as may be available. 34 4 HOUSE BILL 757
208	145
209	146
210	147
	148	+	(ii) Notice of this determination shall be given to the licensee liable 1
	149	+	for payment of the license fee. 2
211	150
212		-	Approved:
213		-	________________________________________________________________________________
214		-	Governor.
215		-	________________________________________________________________________________
216		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
217		-	________________________________________________________________________________
218		-	President of the Senate.
	151	+	(iii) The determination shall finally and irrevocably fix the fee unless 3
	152	+	the licensee against whom it is assessed, within 30 days after receiving notice of the 4
	153	+	determination, shall apply to the Department for a hearing or unless the Department, on 5
	154	+	its own, shall redetermine the fee. 6
	155	+
	156	+	[(7)] (8) The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations, 7
	157	+	establish audit procedures for the audit of licensees, and prescribe and publish forms as 8
	158	+	may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. 9
	159	+
	160	+	Article – Health – General 10
	161	+
	162	+	13–4001. 11
	163	+
	164	+	In this subtitle, “Program” means the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter 12
	165	+	Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 13
	166	+
	167	+	13–4006. 14
	168	+
	169	+	(a) (1) For fiscal years 2021 through 2024, the Governor shall include at least 15
	170	+	$100,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 16
	171	+
	172	+	(2) For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor may 17
	173	+	include at least [$500,000] $3,000,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 18
	174	+
	175	+	(b) Appropriations and expenditures made for the purpose of implementing the 19
	176	+	Program, including the use of any funds received by a person under any component of the 20
	177	+	Program, are subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Audits as provided in § 2–1220 of 21
	178	+	the State Government Article. 22
	179	+
	180	+	(C) THE SECRETARY SHALL USE T HE FEES TRANSFERRED TO THE 23
	181	+	PROGRAM UNDER § 4–411(C)(4) OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE EXCLUSIVELY F OR 24
	182	+	THE PROGRAM. 25
	183	+
	184	+	(D) THE SECRETARY MAY USE UP TO 20% OF PROGRAM FUNDS TO SUPP ORT 26
	185	+	ACADEMIC MEDICAL CEN TERS IN THE COLLECTI ON, ANALYSIS, AND PROCESSING OF 27
	186	+	PROGRAM OUTCOME DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSESSING, MAXIMIZING, AND 28
	187	+	IMPROVING THE EFFECT IVENESS AND CLINICAL UTILITY OF THE CANCE R 29
	188	+	SCREENING FUNDED BY THE PROGRAM. 30
	189	+
	190	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 31
	191	+	1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the end of June 30, 2030, 32 HOUSE BILL 757 5
	192	+
	193	+
	194	+	this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 1
	195	+	of no further force and effect. 2
	196	+