New laws take effect Friday in Maryland

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WORKERS, SHOPPERS, AND SCOOTERS. >> [LAUGHTER] I MEAN, 2020 WAS, UH, I MEAN, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT 2020 EXCEPT THAT WE ARE GLAD IT IS OVER. >> BECAUSE 2020 HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A TRAINWRECK. KATE: EAGER TO TURN THE PAGE ON 2020, EXCITED TO STEP INTO 2021. >> I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY WE’RE HAPPY 2020 IS ENDING, I HOPE THE NEW YEAR BRINGS ALOT MORE POSITIVITY. KATE: AND AS MARYLAND RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR A SERIES OF NEW , STATE AND LOCAL LAWS WILL BE TAKING EFFECT. MARYLAND’S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES ON JANUARY 1 FROM $11 AN HOUR TO $11.70 PER HOUR. FOR BUSINESSES WITH 15 OR MORE EMPLOYEES OUR STATE, ONE OF , SEVERAL HIKING THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREMENTALLY ON THE ROAD TO $15 AN HOUR. NEW STATE LAWS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE KICK-IN ON NEW YEARS DAY PROVIDERS, BANNED FROM , CHARGING COPAYS OR DEDUCTIBLES FOR PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS. ANOTHER MEASURE IS DESIGNED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PREGNANT TO GET IVF TREATMENTS COVERED BY INSURANCE. SCOOTERS GET A NEW STATUTE I 2021. ELECTRIC LOW-SPEED SCOOTERS MUST HAVE TACTILE DISPLAYS TO CONVEY KEY CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRE AND IN BALTIMORE CITY, A PLASTIC BAG BAN BEGINS ON JANUARY 13. IF YOU WANT PAPER, YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY. BUSINESSES, REQUIRED TO CHARGE FIVE CENTS FOR EACH ALTERNATIVE BAG. >> MY PARENTS LIVE IN CONNECTICUT AND THEY HAVE THAT THERE AND THEY’VE SEEN IT REALLY BENEFIT. >> I FEEL LIKE PAPER IS A LOT BETTER WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND ALL THE STUFF THAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NO KATE: THERE ARE TWO STATE LAWS CONCERNING POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS THAT TAKE EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT, INCLUDING ONE THAT SAYS A CANDIDATE WHO WAS DEFEATED IN AN ELECTION CANNOT RUN AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE THE NEXT

New legal guidelines take impact in Maryland in 2021

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Marylanders keen to show the web page on 2020, excited to step into 2021, ought to pay attention to new legal guidelines.New legal guidelines will hit the books that can have an effect on Maryland staff, consumers and electrical scooters.Maryland’s minimal wage will increase Friday from $11 to $11.70 an hour for companies with 15 or extra workers. It will increase to $11.60 for these working for employers with 14 or fewer workers.The minimal wage is ready to extend by 75 cents a yr till it reaches $15 by the yr 2025.New state legal guidelines associated to well being care kick in Friday. Suppliers can be banned from charging copays or deductibles for prostate most cancers screenings, and one other measure is designed to make it simpler for folks having bother getting pregnant to get IVF therapies lined by insurance coverage.Scooters get a brand new statute in 2021: electrical low-speed scooters will need to have tactile shows to convey key contact info to the visually impaired.And in Baltimore Metropolis, a plastic bag ban begins on Jan. 13. Consumers who need a paper bag should pay a payment. Companies can be required to cost 5 cents for every different bag.Two state legal guidelines regarding political campaigns take impact Friday, together with one that claims a candidate who misplaced can’t run as a write-in candidate the subsequent yr.

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Marylanders keen to show the web page on 2020, excited to step into 2021, ought to pay attention to new legal guidelines.

New legal guidelines will hit the books that can have an effect on Maryland staff, consumers and electrical scooters.

Maryland’s minimum wage increases Friday from $11 to $11.70 an hour for companies with 15 or extra workers. It will increase to $11.60 for these working for employers with 14 or fewer workers.

The minimal wage is ready to extend by 75 cents a yr till it reaches $15 by the yr 2025.

New state legal guidelines associated to well being care kick in Friday. Suppliers can be banned from charging copays or deductibles for prostate most cancers screenings, and one other measure is designed to make it simpler for folks having bother getting pregnant to get IVF therapies lined by insurance coverage.

Scooters get a brand new statute in 2021: electrical low-speed scooters will need to have tactile shows to convey key contact info to the visually impaired.

And in Baltimore Metropolis, a plastic bag ban begins on Jan. 13. Consumers who need a paper bag should pay a payment. Companies can be required to cost 5 cents for every different bag.

Two state legal guidelines regarding political campaigns take impact Friday, together with one that claims a candidate who misplaced can’t run as a write-in candidate the subsequent yr.