Human Services, Department Of
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Human Services – Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards – Theft and Restoration of Benefits [HB-697]
[Human Services ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Poverty ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a local department of social services to maintain a secure Electronic Benefits Transfer card system, monitor Electronic Benefits Transfer card activity in a certain manner, provide certain notification to certain households, include a certain microchip in Electronic Benefits Transfer cards, and implement certain settings on Electronic Benefits Transfer cards; requiring local departments of social services to restore certain benefits lost due to theft; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
Spread the world
Gettr Maryland 2023 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Transfer of Child Support Unit and Personnel to the Child Support Administration [HB-526]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Transferring all the functions, powers, and duties of the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for St. Mary's County and certain personnel to the Child Support Administration of the Department of Human Services.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 242 on 04/24/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft and Restoration of Benefits [SB-401]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring a local department of social services to maintain a secure Electronic Benefits Transfer card system, monitor Electronic Benefits Transfer card activity in a certain manner, provide certain notification to certain households, include a certain microchip in Electronic Benefits Transfer cards, and implement certain settings on Electronic Benefits Transfer cards; requiring local departments of social services to restore certain benefits lost due to theft; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023) [HB-502]
[Human Services ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to restore to a beneficiary any benefits lost due to theft; authorizing certain households to request a hearing within 90 days after a certain determination; requiring the State to give preference to certain vendors in the procurement process for electronic benefits distribution or administration; authorizing the Department to restore certain benefits; requiring the Department to take certain actions to reduce the vulnerability of Electronic Benefits Transfer cards to theft; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 172 on 04/24/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act [HB-416]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist inmates in accessing federal Pell grants for higher education; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to set goals for the number of inmates in education programs and establish tracking systems relating to the number of inmates and their progress in education programs; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission and the Department of Human Services to assist the Maryland Department of Labor in establishing certain tracking systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Food Supplement Benefits - Students - Eligibility (SNAP for Students) [HB-452]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Student Loans ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students enrolled in an institution of higher education who are residents of the State, enrolled for at least 15 credit hours per year, and who meet a certain eligible income threshold; and requiring, for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to reimburse the Department for expenditures made under the provisions of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Social Services Programs - Eligibility and Enrollment [HB-323]
[Energy ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to enroll households, based on certain eligibility, in any fuel and utility assistance program; and altering the eligibility requirements for the electric universal service program to provide assistance to customers with annual incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 207 on 04/24/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2023 [HB-202]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; repealing a certain required appropriation to the Revenue Stabilization Account; altering the areas in which certain faculty must specialize to be assigned to provide clinical care at the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center; reducing the budgeted Medicaid Deficit Assessment for fiscal year 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 103 on 04/24/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Driver's Licenses - Suspension for Child Support Arrearages - Exception [SB-164]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing a certain exception to the authority of the Child Support 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 if the obligor's income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines; authorizing the Child Support Administration to consider certain information in determining the income of an obligor under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 04/10/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Mandated Reports - Revisions [HB-124]
[Budget and Spending ]
Modifying certain reporting requirements for practicability and efficiency; and repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, duplicative, or inefficient.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 47 on 04/11/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Mandated Reports - Revisions [SB-131]
[Budget and Spending ]
Modifying certain reporting requirements for practicability and efficiency; and repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, duplicative, or inefficient.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 48 on 04/11/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs - Waiver - Diapers and Menstrual Hygiene Products [HB-87]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to apply for a waiver to allow benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children to be used to purchase diapers or menstrual hygiene products, if the U.S. Department of Agriculture makes the waiver available.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance [HB-111]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Energy ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an Express Lane Eligibility Program by January 1, 2025, to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; and requiring the Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to submit a final report to certain committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2024, of its findings and recommendations, including recommended legislative and regulatory changes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 283 on 05/03/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance [SB-26]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Energy ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an Express Lane Eligibility Program by January 1, 2025, to enroll individuals, based on certain eligibility, in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program; and requiring the Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to submit a final report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2024, of its findings and recommendations, including recommended legislative and regulatory changes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 282 on 05/03/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Services - Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth - Establishment [HB-108]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth Program in the Department of Human Services to provide for the economic security of individuals aging out of the out-of-home placement program; providing that payments made under the Program may not be considered income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility for certain benefits; and requiring the Department to report annually on the Program to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/13/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Theft of Benefits (Prevent Electronic Benefits Theft Act of 2023) [SB-2]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to theft; authorizing certain households to request a certain hearing within 90 days after a certain determination; requiring the State to give preference to certain vendors in the procurement process for electronic benefits distribution or administration; authorizing the Department to restore benefits to any household that lost benefits due to theft occurring during a certain time period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 171 on 04/24/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs – Waiver – Diapers and Menstrual Hygiene Products [SB-52]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to apply for a waiver to allow benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to be used to purchase diapers or menstrual hygiene products, if the U.S. Department of Agriculture makes the waiver available; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to apply for a waiver to allow benefits under the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children to be used to purchase certain products, if the U.S. Department of Agriculture makes the waiver available.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing Canceled on 03/17/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Counties and State Legislative Districts - Food Environment Reports [HB-8]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the departments of Housing and Community Development, Planning, Human Services, and Agriculture jointly to produce a report to the General Assembly for each county and State legislative district on the food environment in the county and district on or before July 1, 2024, and every 2 years thereafter; requiring the reports to include metrics that determine food insecurity zones; authorizing the departments to collaborate with certain universities, nonprofit organizations, and local planning and zoning departments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
Spread the world
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Child Support Enforcement - License Applications - Taxpayer Identification Number [HB-1413]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the duties of certain licensing authorities in certain provisions of law relating to the suspension or denial of certain occupational licenses for child support arrearages to provide for the disclosure of the taxpayer identification number of an applicant for a certain occupational license instead of the Social Security number under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2022
Spread the world
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Hospitals - Financial Assistance - Medical Bill Reimbursement [SB-944]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs paid by hospital patients who were eligible for free care, including a requirement that the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Office of the Comptroller, and the Department of Human Services develop a process for identifying and informing patients who qualify for reimbursement and that hospitals reimburse patients who paid bills and were not disqualified from free care; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/13/2022