State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions
HB0276 repeals a single reporting requirement in the State Government Article. Under prior law, each State department or independent unit was required to submit an annual report to the Department of General Services on its management of forms. The bill deletes that provision entirely, eliminating the obligation for agencies to prepare and file the yearly forms-management report.
The measure is administrative in nature and does not create a new program, benefit, or enforcement mechanism. It simply removes an existing statutory reporting mandate from Section 10-605 of the State Government Article. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025, and after that date State departments and independent units will no longer be required to submit the annual forms report to the Division of the Department of General Services.
The bill amends the Maryland State Government Article by repealing Section 10-605, which had required annual reporting by State departments and independent units on forms management. Its practical effect is to reduce a recurring administrative compliance duty for State agencies and to eliminate a report previously directed to the Department of General Services. No private parties are directly regulated, and no substantive rights or obligations outside State administrative reporting are changed.
The available record suggests little to no controversy around the bill. Because the measure is a narrow administrative repeal with no committee transcript or recorded vote opposition provided, the overall sentiment appears neutral to favorable, consistent with a housekeeping change intended to reduce paperwork and streamline agency reporting obligations.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. If any concern existed, it would likely have centered on whether eliminating the annual forms report could reduce oversight or visibility into agency forms management, but the record does not show any expressed opposition, amendments, or debate on that issue.