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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Schools and Shelters - Homeless Girls and Women - Feminine Hygiene Products [SB-625]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to make available to specified service providers, local administering agencies for specified service providers and county boards of education specified supplies of feminine hygiene products for female residents in shelters and specified homeless female students; requiring specified feminine hygiene products to be made available free; requiring each county board of education to make available, in a specified manner, feminine hygiene products to homeless female students; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 642 on 05/25/2017
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Department of Human Resources - Public Assistance Eligibility - Financial Records [SB-671]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources, on a showing by an applicant for long-term Medicaid benefits that the applicant has been unable to obtain from a specified fiduciary institution financial records related to financial and real property assets necessary to establish the applicant's eligibility or ineligibility for public assistance, to request and obtain the records; requiring the Department to adopt regulations stating the requirements an applicant must satisfy for the Department to request financial records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 202 on 04/18/2017
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Horse Racing - Prizes - Intercepts for Restitution and Child Support Payments [SB-655]
Authorizing the Central Collection Unit and Child Support Enforcement Administration to certify to the State Racing Commission or a licensee of the Commission that a specified obligor is in arrears on specified payments; requiring the licensee to withhold and transfer specified prize amounts to specified collection agencies of the State; requiring the licensee to provide the obligor with a specified notice; authorizing the obligor to appeal the transfer; providing that the Act does not apply to prizes won on or before June 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Transitional Supports for Ex-Offenders - Repeal of Restrictions (Maryland Equal Access to Food Act of 2017) [HB-860]
Repealing specified provisions of law subjecting individuals convicted of specified felonies involving a controlled dangerous substance who apply for temporary cash assistance or food stamps to specified testing and treatment requirements and sanctions; altering the criminal violations that make specified recipients ineligible for temporary cash assistance or food stamps for 1 year after conviction and subject to specified testing and treatment requirements and sanctions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 793 on 05/27/2017
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Public Utilities - Telephone Lifeline Service - Revisions [SB-649]
Providing that a specified local telephone company provide "lifeline" to qualifying low-income consumers under specified circumstances; repealing a requirement that a telephone company charge an eligible subscriber a percentage of a specified tariff under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Human Resources to provide specified information to local telephone companies to the extent allowed by State law in addition to federal law and until specified eligibility is determined; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 533 on 05/04/2017
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Department of Human Resources - Public Assistance Eligibility - Financial Records [HB-752]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources, on a showing by an applicant for long-term care Medicaid benefits that the applicant has been unable to obtain from a specified fiduciary institution financial records related to financial and real property assets necessary to establish the applicant's eligibility or ineligibility for Medicaid benefits, to request the records; requiring the Department to adopt regulations stating the requirements an applicant must satisfy for the Department to request financial records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 203 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Procurement - Lease of Property for Local Departments of Social Services - Requests for Proposals [HB-701]
Altering the information that must be included in the statement of factors required to be included in a request for proposals for a lease of real property to be used by a local department of social services to include the geographic boundaries of the area where the facility will be located.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program [SB-531]
Establishing the Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program to assist families and individuals who are experiencing, or who are in imminent danger of, a housing crisis in obtaining and maintaining permanent housing; requiring the Governor, subject to the limitations of the State budget, to include an appropriation for the Program of $516,828 in the annual budget each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 638 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Statewide Reporting - 2-1-1 Maryland [HB-697]
Expanding the duties of 2-1-1 Maryland to include serving as a statewide hotline for the reporting of child abuse and neglect; requiring that 2-1-1 Maryland accept reports of child abuse and neglect 7 days a week, 24 hours a day; requiring the Health and Human Services Board in consultation with the State Department of Human Resources to develop policies for the proper training of 2-1-1 Maryland service provider staff in responding to reports of child abuse and neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Pay Rates [HB-614]
Requiring that when an appointing authority of a unit in the State Personnel Management System appoints an employee to a position in the skilled service or the professional service, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall require that the pay rate of each incumbent employee in the unit who is in the same classification as, and has a pay rate lower than, the newly appointed employee be adjusted to equal the pay rate of the newly appointed employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/27/2017
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State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Pay Rates [SB-483]
Requiring that when an appointing authority of a unit in the State Personnel Management System appoints an employee to a position in the skilled service or the professional service, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall require that the pay rate of each incumbent employee in the unit who is in the same classification as, and has a pay rate lower than, the newly appointed employee be adjusted to equal the pay rate of the newly appointed employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017
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Family Law - Protecting the Resources of Children in State Custody [SB-442]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to take specified actions when serving as a representative payee or fiduciary for specified federal benefits for a child in the Department's custody; requiring the Department to provide specified notice to the child, through the child's attorney, of specified actions taken with respect to specified benefits for the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017
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Charles County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel [HB-457]
Transferring the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Charles County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; requiring that the employees be transferred in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring that specified transferred employees be given credit with the State for years of county employment for the purposes of determining specified retirement eligibility and also be subject to specified benefit selections in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 134 on 04/11/2017
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Family Law - Protecting the Resources of Children in State Custody [HB-416]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to take specified actions in the best interests of the child when serving as a representative payee or fiduciary for specified federal benefits for a child in the Department's custody; requiring the Department to provide immediate notification to the child, through the child's attorney, of specified actions taken with respect to specified benefits for the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/17/2017
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Charles County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel [SB-347]
Transferring the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Charles County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; requiring that the employees be transferred in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring that specified transferred employees be given credit with the State for years of county employment for the purposes of determining specified retirement eligibility and also be subject to specified benefit selections in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 135 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Guardianship and Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Jurisdiction and Authority of Juvenile Court [HB-279]
Authorizing the juvenile court to direct the provision of specified services to a specified child during a specified disposition hearing; requiring the juvenile court to direct the provision of specified services to a specified child during a permanency planning hearing or guardianship hearing; providing that, if the juvenile court enters an order directing the provision of specified services to a specified child, the juvenile court retains jurisdiction for a specified period of time and for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2018
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Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program [HB-269]
Establishing the Housing Navigator and Aftercare Program to assist families and individuals who are experiencing, or who are in imminent danger of, a housing crisis in obtaining and maintaining permanent housing; requiring the Governor, subject to limitations of the State budget, to include an appropriation for the Program of $516,828 in the annual budget each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 637 on 05/25/2017
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Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2017 [HB-152]
Authorizing or altering the distribution of specified revenue; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Budget and Management to review specified interagency agreements; requiring the Department of Commerce to report specified information relating to the compliance of specified companies with a specified letter of intent; requiring a specified financial forecast to maximize the use of specified funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 23 on 04/06/2017
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Homelessness and Supportive Services - Transfer to Department of Housing and Community Development [HB-134]
Transferring specified responsibilities relating to the Interagency Council on Homelessness and the Homeless Women - Crisis Shelter Home Program from the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Housing and Community Development; providing for the transfer of the functions, powers, and duties of the Bureau of Homeless Services; requiring the Council to appoint a specified transition team; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 105 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Human Resources and Child Support Enforcement Administration - Renaming [HB-103]
Renaming the Department of Human Resources to be the Department of Human Services; renaming the Secretary of Human Resources to be the Secretary of Human Services; providing that the Department of Human Services is the successor of the Department of Human Resources; renaming the Child Support Enforcement Administration to be the Child Support Administration; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 205 on 04/18/2017