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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Interagency Committee on Aging Services – Repeal [SB-223]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Interagency Committee on Aging Services; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/23/2024
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Interagency Committee on Aging Services – Repeal [HB-255]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Interagency Committee on Aging Services, and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Services - Public Assistance to Entrepreneurship (PA2E) Program - Establishment [SB-265]
[Human Services ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Public Assistance to Entrepreneurship (PA2E) Program in the Department of Human Services to train participants on how to establish and run a small business; requiring the Department to establish eligibility criteria and a process for enrolling eligible individuals; and authorizing the Department to provide up to $10,000 in business start-up funding to each participant who successfully completes the PA2E Program and develops a viable business plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women - Commission and Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-37]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Commission on Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women overseen by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to create a comprehensive plan for services for formerly incarcerated women; requiring the Commission to study the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated women, identify existing services and service gaps, and report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2025; and establishing the Pilot Program for Formerly Incarcerated Women.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Services - Public Assistance to Entrepreneurship (PA2E) Program - Establishment [HB-106]
[Human Services ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Public Assistance to Entrepreneurship (PA2E) Program in the Department of Human Services to train participants on how to establish and run a small business; requiring the Department to establish eligibility criteria and a process to enroll eligible individuals; and authorizing the Department to provide up to $10,000 in business start-up funding to each participant who successfully completes the PA2E Program and develops a viable business plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services [SB-171]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, at the initiation of a lease and each term thereafter, providing the total utility costs billed to the landlord in the immediately preceding year for utility services, disaggregated by utility type; and applying certain requirements relating to payment of utility services to landlords of buildings that contain five or fewer residential dwelling units.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 226 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Prohibited Disclosures and Predetermination Review Process [SB-54]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government from denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting a department from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application and establishing a predetermination review process; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of no more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 01/17/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process [HB-175]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of not more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Fletcher Harrison
Referred Finance Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services [HB-139]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more residential units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, before the initiation of a lease and each term thereafter, notifying the tenant of the total utility costs billed to the landlord in the immediately preceding year, disaggregated by utility type; and applying certain requirements relating to payment of utility services to landlords of buildings that contain five or fewer residential dwelling units.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 225 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses, Learner's Instructional Permits, and Identification Cards [HB-161]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Exempting certain applicants for identification cards who present certain documentation from the issuance fee for the identification card; extending the term of certain learner's instructional permits from 180 days to 1 year after the date of issuance; and establishing that certain driver's licenses issued to certain holders by the Motor Vehicle Administration remain in full force and effect during an absence from the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 404 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [SB-174]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Third Reading Passed (104-30) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure [SB-89]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Dulany James
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Services - Benefits Cliff Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1286]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Benefits Cliff Pilot Program in the Department of Human Services to mitigate the cliff effect and increase workforce participation participants; requiring the Department to convene a certain stakeholder support group; and requiring the Department to submit a final report by December 1, 2026, to certain committees of the General Assembly to include data on the number of participants who entered the workforce, yearly income, hourly wage and increases, expenses incurred by the State, and reasons for exiting the workforce.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aletheia McCaskill
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland, Maryland Think, and Maryland OneStop - Study [HB-1124]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with 2-1-1 Maryland, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Information Technology, to study and make recommendations regarding redundancies and gaps between the services provided by 2-1-1 Maryland, Maryland Think, and Maryland OneStop; and requiring the Department to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Employees – Programs and Scholarships for Human Services Careers and Probation Agents and State Contributions to Supplemental Retirement Plans [HB-982]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Pilot Program for Human Services Careers; altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and the Maryland Police Officers Scholarship Program to include probation agents who work for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; establishing the Pilot Program for Human Services Careers Scholarship; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make awards from the Human Services Careers Scholarship Pilot Program in fiscal year 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 100 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect – Reports and Records – Disclosure (Anderson’s Law) [HB-1019]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect be disclosed on request after the local State's Attorney's office has been provided 30 business days to redact certain information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Office of African American Affairs - Establishment [HB-805]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Office of African American Affairs in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the salaries of two positions in the Office; and requiring the Office to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the activities of the office on or before January 1, 2025 and each January 1 thereafter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Small Food Banks Grant Program - Establishment [SB-562]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Poverty ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Small Food Banks Grant Program in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Department to give priority to nonprofit entities in the State that conduct assessments, with ongoing data collection to track success, and can demonstrate strong community involvement and partnerships, consistent stakeholder engagement, sustainability with diverse funding streams, innovation, and a focus on underserved communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill up to $3,000,000 for the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Child Support - Reporting of Employment Information - Independent Contractors [SB-706]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the definition of "earnings" in certain provisions of law relating to child support enforcement to include certain payments received by independent contractors; and establishing certain procedures for the reporting of certain employment information concerning certain independent contractors to the Child Support Administration for certain purposes related to child support enforcement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Services - Benefits Cliff Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-787]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Benefits Cliff Pilot Program in the Department of Human Services to mitigate the cliff effect and increase workforce participation by Pilot Program participants; and requiring the Department to convene a certain stakeholder support group.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023