Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB777: Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Altering the program the Maryland Department of Labor is required to establish for the retraining and placement of certain hospital employees; requiring the Department to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce development boards under certain circumstances; altering certain workforce development programs to require inclusion of local workforce boards; requiring the Department to provide funding to local workforce boards; requiring local workforce boards to provide certain grants; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act) FOR the purpose of altering the program the Maryland Department of Labor is required to establish for the retraining and placement of certain hospital employees; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce development boards under certain circumstances…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act) FOR the purpose of altering the program the Maryland Department of Labor is required to establish for the retraining and placement of certain hospital employees; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce development boards under certain circumstances; altering certain workforce development programs to require inclusion of local workforce development boards; requiring, if funding is available, the Department to provide funding to a local workforce development board as part of the State's quick response program for certain reductions in operations; requiring local workforce development boards to provide grants to employers under the Apprenticeship Career Training in Our Neighborhoods Program; and generally relating to workforce development in the State. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Labor and Employment Section 11-201, 11-304, 11-305(a), 11-601(d), and 11-1405(d) Annotated Code of Maryland (2025 Replacement Volume) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Labor and Employment Section 11-303, 11-601(a) through (c) and (e), and 11-1403 Annotated Code of Maryland (2025 Replacement Volume) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - …