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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Human Resources - Homeless Shelters - Best Practices and Models [HB-852]
Requiring the Interagency Council on Homelessness to determine specified best practices and models for providing emergency shelter and shelter diversion; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/12/2015
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General Assembly - Mandated Reports by State Agencies [HB-67]
Repealing provisions of law that require State agencies to submit reports to the General Assembly that are deemed obsolete, duplicative, impractical, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessary; combining specified reporting requirements with other more extensive annual reports required to be submitted by State agencies; requiring the Department of Legislative Services, in consultation with agencies of the State government, to periodically review and make recommendations regarding specified reports that may no longer be warranted; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 58 on 04/14/2015
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Human Services - No Wrong Door Pilot Program [HB-66]
Establishing the No Wrong Door Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; specifying the purpose of the program is to ensure that low-income residents of the State have access to the services needed to sustain themselves and their families; requiring the Department to consult with stakeholders to develop criteria for the evaluation of grant applications, and track and assess Program outcomes; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget for specified fiscal years an appropriation of at least $500,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2015
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Department of Human Resources - State Child Welfare System - Report [HB-643]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources, on or before December 1 of each year, to report to the General Assembly specified information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the Department to maintain the confidentiality of specified information and disaggregate the information by county, age, gender, race, and ethnicity; requiring the Department to publish specified reports on the Department's Web site within 30 days of submission of the report to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Family Law - Protecting the Resources of Children in State Custody [HB-575]
Authorizing the Department of Human Resources to serve in a fiduciary capacity for children in its custody; requiring the Department, in any action, service, or decision on behalf of a child in its custody, to protect and serve the best interest of the child; prohibiting the Department from imposing a debt obligation on a child in its custody or taking any other action that requires the child to pay for the child's own care or custody; requiring the Department to take specified actions when serving as a representative payee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/18/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program - Eligibility and Extension [HB-460]
Requiring the establishment of the Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program in one county and, on or after July 1, 2015, the program shall assist 50 couples; altering the provision of law relating to the number of couples to be assisted by the Program; repealing the eligibility requirement that an individual be an adult under the age of 36 years and substituting the requirement that a couple be raising together a child under the age of 14 years; and altering the termination date of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 422 on 05/12/2015
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Family Law - Information and Services for Foster Children and Former Foster Children [HB-439]
Requiring the juvenile court to determine whether a local department made a reasonable effort, for a child at least 18 years of age, to enroll the child in health insurance that will continue after the child is emancipated, screen and assist the child with eligibility for public assistance, and ensure the child has stable housing for at least 12 months and sufficient income after emancipation; requiring a local department to advise a child before emancipation of the right to reenter care and procedures for reentering care; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Centralized Confidential Database [HB-386]
Repealing provisions of law authorizing the Social Services Administration and each local department of social services to maintain a central registry of child abuse and neglect cases and substituting provisions authorizing a centralized confidential database; requiring each local department to enter and have access to specified information in the database; specifying conditions under which an individual may be identified as responsible for child abuse or neglect in the centralized confidential database; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 245 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Unreimbursed Expenses of Foster Parents - Child Placement Agency [HB-199]
Altering the definition of a "foster parent" to include individuals approved by specified child placement agencies and specified treatment foster parents for purposes of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for unreimbursed expenses; requiring the Department of Human Resources to determine the expenses required for the subtraction modification; requiring the Department to submit a list of the approved necessary expenses to the Comptroller; applying the Act to taxable years after December 31, 2014; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Commission on the Long-Term Care Medical Assistance Program Eligibility Determination Process [HB-1196]
Establishing the Commission on the Long-Term Care Medical Assistance Program Eligibility Determination Process; providing for the composition, chair, duties, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide specified data to the Commission on the request of the Commission; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2015
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Voter Registration Act of 2015 [HB-1049]
Requiring specified voter registration agencies to implement a fully automated voter registration system on or before July 1, 2016; requiring specified voter registration agencies to submit specified reports to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before specified dates that include specified information about the work of the voter registration agencies to register voters; requiring public institutions of higher education to implement a fully automated voter registration system on or before July 1, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2015
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2-1-1 Maryland - Procurement of Services to Operate a Public Information Telephone Line or Hotline [HB-1030]
Requiring specified units of the State that provide health and human services to procure the services of 2-1-1 Maryland to operate public information telephone lines or hotlines in accordance with specified provisions of law unless the unit makes specified determinations and provides specified documentation to 2-1-1 Maryland; authorizing the Board of Public Works to adopt specified regulations; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/31/2015
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Family Law - Protecting the Resources of Children in State Custody [SB-914]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to serve in a fiduciary capacity for children in its custody; requiring the Department, in any action, service, or decision on behalf of a child in its custody, to protect and serve the best interest of the child; prohibiting the Department from imposing a debt obligation on a child in its custody or taking any other action that requires the child to pay for the child's own care or custody; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2014
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Child Support - Income Tax Refund Intercept - Priority of Requests and Information to Obligee [SB-812]
Altering the order of priority by which child support income tax refund interception requests are honored; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to provide a specified information sheet to an obligee who receives a specified refund; and requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit a report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014, on why specified options for improving child support collection have not been implemented and on the cost of implementing those options.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2014
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Human Services - Interagency Council on Homelessness [SB-796]
Repealing the Governor's Advisory Board on Homelessness and establishing an Interagency Council on Homelessness; establishing the membership, staffing, chair, quorum, and meeting times of the Council; prohibiting a member of the Council from receiving specified compensation but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; establishing specified duties of the Council; requiring the Department of Human Resources to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 341 on 05/05/2014
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Talbot County - Child Support Enforcement - Transfer of Personnel [SB-763]
Transferring specified employees of Talbot County who served as employees of the child support division of the Talbot County State's Attorney's Office as of September 30, 2013, to the Department of Human Resources on a specified date; requiring that specified position identification numbers be created in a specified manner; requiring that each transferred employee be given specified credit for specified purposes and retain specified annual and sick leave credit and service credit in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/15/2014
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Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Provision of Information to Health Care Practitioners [SB-685]
Requiring the State Department of Human Resources or a local department of social services to provide to a health care practitioner specified information if requested by the health care practitioner or a specified agency, institution, or program under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to work with relevant stakeholders and report the outcome of the work to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014; etc;
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 190 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Department of Human Resources - Contracts for Legal Services [SB-681]
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to enter into a contract with a nonprofit legal service delivery organization based in the State meeting specified criteria to represent children and indigent adults in specified cases; authorizing the organization to subcontract not more than 50% of the cases the organization receives under the contract under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2014
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Child Abuse - Failure to Report - Penalties and Task Force [SB-210]
Making it a misdemeanor, subject to specified penalties, for a specified person to knowingly and willfully fail to report child abuse under specified circumstances; establishing the Task Force to Study Training for Mandatory Reporters on the Risk Factors, Prevention, Identification, and Reporting of Child Abuse; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Eligibility - Drug Testing [SB-21]
Adding specified eligibility requirements for individuals applying for or receiving temporary cash assistance benefits under the Family Investment Program (FIP) related to substance abuse screening and testing; establishing that an applicant or a recipient is disqualified from the FIP under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing 1/23 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/23/2014