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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="8-506" title_number="8" title_name="Organization of Executive Branch" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Special Education Ombudsman">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Department” means a principal department established under § 8–201 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Independent unit” means a unit in the Executive Branch of State government that is not a department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before October 1, 2024, each department and independent unit shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>create a catalog of each type of permit, license, or certificate that it issues; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submit the catalog required under item (1) of this subsection to the Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A catalog created under subsection (b) of this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a description of each permit, license, or certificate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the term for which each issued permit, license, or certificate is valid;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the statutory and regulatory authority that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>authorizes or requires the department or independent unit to issue the permit, license, or certificate; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>establishes a timeline within which a department or independent unit must process and issue the permit, license, or certificate, if any;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the method and process used by the department or independent unit to accept applications for each permit, license, or certificate, including a list of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>prior significant updates to the method and process; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the current information technology system used, and any remaining associated tasks still performed manually with the system;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>an estimate of the length of time to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>determine if an application is complete; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make a final determination to issue, waive, or deny the permit, license, or certificate;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the application fee charged for each permit, license, or certificate and how the revenue collected from application fees is allocated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>any statutory or regulatory authority that may impact an applicant’s ability to receive a permit, license, or certificate based on the criminal history of the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>an analysis and any recommendations by the department or independent unit on the appropriate length of time to promptly process completed applications for each permit, license, or certificate and factors impeding the timely processing of each permit, license, or certificate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>statutory or regulatory changes and resources that could expedite the processing timeline.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before December 1, 2024, each department and independent unit shall post on its website an interim description, to the extent practicable, of the application process for each permit, license, or certificate it issues, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>any updates to the application process in the preceding 12–month period; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the time to process each application type.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On or before October 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, each department and independent unit shall post on its website a completed update of the information required under subsection (d) of this section applicable to the immediately preceding 12–month period.</text>
  </level>
</section>
