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Environment - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Inspections for Mold Hazards and Mold or Moisture Problems

Sponsor: Anne Healey (District 22)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 1/28 at 1:15 p.m. (Ways and Means) and Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation) (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with certain State agencies, to adopt regulations to require periodic inspections for the presence of mold hazards and mold or moisture problems in each occupied public or nonpublic school facility in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment along with the State Department of Education, to grant a waiver from certain inspection requirements; requiring an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly on the findings of the inspections; etc.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPeters, SarahlobbyistMaryland School Psychologists' AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVGaines, KimRosewood Elementary SchoolPosition only
FAVHealey, Delegate AnneIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSperling, AlexIndividualPosition only
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistMABEOral + Written (PDF)
UNFSweat, TonyaMaryland PTAWritten (PDF)
UNFOrtiz, JeanettelobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAgallaher, patrickPrince George's County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FWASUSSKIND, MCPS BOARD OF EDUCATIONIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOMaiorana, RuthMaryland Association of County Health OfficersWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVPeters, SarahMaryland School Psychologists' AssociationRegistered for: Action Now Initiative, LLC; Alibaba; Ameresco; American Diabetes Association; Apartment & Office Building Association; Barwood Taxi Service
UNFWoolums, JohnMABERegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
UNFOrtiz, JeanetteRegistered for: Johns Hopkins