Maryland Bulletin State News
By: States: Maryland Source: AARP.org Date Posted:
March 2008
Batter up – As part of the festivities celebrating AARP’s 50th anniversary, members can buy discount tickets to three Baltimore Orioles baseball games. The games are scheduled at Camden Yards on April 7 against the Seattle Mariners, May 14 against the Boston Red Sox and July 20 against the Detroit Tigers. In addition, AARP Maryland is seeking volunteers to help spread the word at all three games about Divided We Fail, AARP’s national effort to make the issues of affordable health care and lifelong financial security top domestic priorities. Call 1-866-542-8163 toll free to volunteer. To learn how AARP will celebrate its 50th anniversary nationwide in coming months, visit http://www.aarp.org/aarp/50thAnniversary/. To buy discount tickets to the Orioles games, visit www.orioles.com or call toll free 1-888-848-2473 and use promotion code AARPMD.
January/February 2008
Smoke signals – Maryland will become the latest state to ban cigarette smoking from indoor public places when a new law takes effect Feb. 1 The Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act, supported by AARP Maryland, prohibits smoking in most indoor areas open to the public, including office buildings and restaurants, as well as government-owned or -operated buses, trains and taxicabs. The ban also applies to private homes that provide day care. Up to 25 percent of hotel and motel rooms are exempt. very state has some indoor smoking restrictions, with stringent regulations becoming increasingly popular. A recent study found New York’s indoor smoking ban resulted in an 8 percent drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks and saved $56 million in health care costs in 2004.
December 2007
Everybody freeze – Beginning Jan. 1, Marylanders will be able to place a security freeze on their credit reports, thereby preventing identity thieves from opening accounts in their name.A new state law, supported by AARP Maryland, allows consumers to prohibit credit-reporting agencies from releasing their personal financial information without their consent. At least three-fourths of all states now have such laws on the books. The Maryland law allows the credit agencies to charge fees of up to $5 each to place or lift a freeze. For more information, visit www.aarp.org/md.
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