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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Residential Child Care Programs - Memorandum of Understanding [SB-442]
Requiring a contract awarded or renewed between a specified agency and a provider of a residential child care program to require the provider to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a specified community organization and post the memorandum of understanding in a specified location; specifying the contents of a memorandum of understanding; requiring a memorandum of understanding to be in writing and signed by specified representatives; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/04/2013
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Victims of Crime - Identity Theft Passport - Children [SB-388]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to assist a child who has been identified as a victim of identity fraud to apply for an identity theft passport under specified circumstances; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to assist a child who has been identified as a victim of identity fraud to apply for an identity theft passport under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/28/2013
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Family Law - Child Support - Presumptive Support Obligation [SB-181]
Establishing a presumptive support obligation under specified circumstances; authorizing a party to seek a judicial determination of support or challenge a presumptive support obligation; establishing that a presumptive support obligation remains in effect until otherwise determined or modified by the court; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/05/2013
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Family Investment Program - Earned Income Disregard Pilot Program [HB-884]
Establishing an Earned Income Disregard Pilot Program within the Family Investment Program; requiring the Department of Human Resources to select one rural county and one urban or suburban county for participation in the Pilot Program; requiring a county that participates in the Pilot Program to administer benefits under the Family Investment Program in a specified manner; altering the amount of earned income that is disregarded under the Pilot Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2013
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Human Services - Public Assistance - Mandatory Drug Tests [HB-834]
Requiring individuals applying for or receiving temporary cash assistance benefits under the Family Investment Program to comply with specified eligibility requirements related to drug testing; requiring individuals applying for or receiving temporary cash assistance benefits under the Family Investment Program to pay for the cost of drug testing; providing for reimbursement of the cost of specified drug testing if the test is negative; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 03/20/2013
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Video Lottery Operation Licensees - Information on Payouts [HB-662]
Requiring that regulations adopted by the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission include provisions that require specified gaming payouts to be reported to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency in a report that contains specified information; and requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to forward the report to the Department of Human Resources Child Support Enforcement Administration for the purpose of enforcing specified child support orders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means Withdrawn on 03/06/2013
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Family Investment Program - Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program [HB-333]
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to establish the Couples Advancing Together Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; requiring the Program to be established for 100 couples in at least three counties in the State; requiring the Secretary to cooperate with specified persons on the establishment of the Program; requiring the implementation of specified policies and procedures in local departments of social services; requiring the Secretary to report on the Program annually to committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 367 on 05/02/2013
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Family Law - Substance-Exposed Newborns [HB-245]
Requiring a health care practitioner involved in the delivery or care of a substance-exposed newborn to make a report to a local department of social services except under specified circumstances; establishing that a report made under the Act does not create a specified presumption; requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit a preliminary report to the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2014, and a final report on or before October 1, 2015; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 90 on 04/09/2013
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Pension and Retirement Health Benefits - Child Support Enforcement Administration Employees - Transferees from Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office [HB-1518]
Allowing specified former employees of the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office who were transferred on or before October 1, 2012, to the Employees' Pension System of the State of Maryland and the State Personnel Management System as employees of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to elect to remain in the Employees' Pension System or to elect to terminate membership in the Employees' Pension System and be reinstated as members of the Employees' Retirement System of the City of Baltimore; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/04/2013
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Family Investment Program - Family Literacy Pilot Program [HB-1333]
Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to establish the Family Literacy Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; limiting the Program to 500 recipients in specified locations; requiring the Secretary to cooperate with local directors of social services and to consult with the Maryland State Department of Education and specified adult literacy providers regarding the establishment of the Program; establishing the purpose of the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations Withdrawn on 04/08/2013
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Task Force to Study the Process for Assisting Cancer Patients at Local Departments of Social Services [HB-1137]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Process for Assisting Cancer Patients at Local Departments of Social Services; 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; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/05/2013
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Victims of Crime - Identity Theft Passport - Children [HB-1125]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to assist a child who has been identified as a victim of identity fraud to apply for an identity theft passport under specified circumstances; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to assist a child who has been identified as a victim of identity fraud to apply for an identity theft passport under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/20/2013
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Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2013 [HB-1086]
Requiring specified stores to charge and collect a 5-cent fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing specified stores to retain a specified amount of the fee; requiring the operator of specified stores to remit a specified amount of money to the Comptroller; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified amounts of money to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and eligible counties under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (environmental Matters) on 03/08/2013
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility Determinations [SB-97]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to send a specified notice of a right to appeal if the Department does not render an eligibility determination for a specified applicant within a specified period of time; requiring the Department to render an eligibility determination for a specified applicant at a specified hearing under specified circumstances; requiring the Department to provide a specified applicant with a detailed list of specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 02/01/2012
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Baltimore City - Representation of Child Support Enforcement Administration - [SB-894]
Requiring that, if the Office of the Attorney General appoints specified individuals who were employees of the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City who were providing specified services for the Child Support Enforcement Administration during a specified period, and continue providing specified services on or after a specified date, the employees shall be placed in specified positions in the State Personnel Management System and receive specified rights, service credit, leave, and other rights; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Education - Domicile Requirements for Attendance - Exception [SB-605]
Requiring a county superintendent to allow a child to remain at a specified school under specified circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Juvenile Services each to adopt regulations establishing factors relating to the best interests of specified children; requiring the State Department of Education to adopt specified regulations to implement specified provisions of a specified federal law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Home Visiting Accountability Act of 2012 [SB-566]
Requiring the State to fund only evidence-based and promising home visiting programs for improving parent and child outcomes, as provided in the State budget; requiring specified home visiting programs to submit regular reports; requiring the development of reporting and monitoring procedures for specified home visiting programs by the Governor's Office for Children and the agencies of the Children's Cabinet; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 04/10/2012
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Services - Eligibility [SB-539]
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide an applicant for specified Maryland Medical Assistance Program services with a written notice of eligibility within a specified time period after the Department receives a specified application; providing that an applicant is presumptively eligible for specified Program benefits if the Department does not make an eligibility determination within a specified time period; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading Finance on 02/03/2012
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Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility - Child Support Payments [SB-525]
Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Administration to send a specified certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation concerning specified child support obligors; requiring the Administration to conduct an investigation and notify the obligor of the outcome; requiring the Department to revoke the homestead property tax credit of certain homeowners under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/7 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2012
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Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012 [SB-511]
Requiring specified stores to charge and collect a specified fee for each disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing specified stores to retain a specified amount of a specified fee; requiring the operator of specified stores to remit a specified amount of money to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified amounts of money to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and specified counties under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (education Health And Environmental Affairs) on 02/08/2012