Section 15-118 - [Repealed] Notification of financial information to first-time, full-time students(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.(2)(i) "Debt" means any money, obligation, claim, or sum due or owed by a student to an institution of higher education.(ii) "Debt" includes: 1. Credit extended by or on behalf of the institution that a student is obligated to repay; and2. A nonfederal loan or debt agreement that is issued expressly for postsecondary education expenses and that is guaranteed by:A. An institution of higher education; orB. A private educational lender that is affiliated with an institution of higher education.(iii) "Debt" does not include the fee, if any, charged to a student for the actual costs of providing a transcript.(3) "Student" includes current students and former students of an institution of higher education.(b) An institution of higher education may not:(1) Refuse to provide a transcript to a student because the student owes a debt;(2) Condition the issuance of a transcript on the payment of a debt;(3) Charge a higher fee for obtaining a transcript because a student owes a debt;(4) Provide less favorable treatment of a transcript request because a student owes a debt; or(5) Use transcript issuance as a tool for debt collection.Repealed by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 553, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2016.Repealed by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 552, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2016.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 270, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2014.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2014.