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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Food Supplement Benefits - Students - Eligibility (SNAP for Students) [SB-921]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to certain students enrolled in an institution of higher education who meet a certain eligible income threshold; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2022
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Child Abuse and Neglect – Investigations – Timeliness [HB-1248]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the State Department of Human Services to implement policies requiring a local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency that fails to conduct a child abuse or neglect investigation or complete a certain report within certain statutory time frames to report the delay and the reason for the delay in a certain manner; requiring the Department to assess certain studies and methodologies, develop a certain assessment, and complete the assessment by December 1, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 200 on 04/21/2022
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Human Services - Commission on Fatherhood (Fatherhood Protection Act) [HB-1213]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Commission on Fatherhood in the Department of Human Services to study and review the status of fatherhood in the State and to inform the Executive and Legislative Branches of State government on current issues that impact fathers; and prohibiting the Commission from adopting regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 3/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Driver's Licenses - Suspension For Child Support Arrearages - Exception [HB-1293]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[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 family income is not greater than 300% of the federal poverty level.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Family Law - Child Care - Volunteer Clearance [HB-1269]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring employers of certain volunteers that work with children to submit a certain criminal history records check and a certain child abuse and neglect clearance; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to maintain certain records; establishing a database of certain information about certain volunteers who work with children that is maintained by the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Food Supplement Benefits - Students - Eligibility (SNAP for Students) [HB-1027]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Student Loans ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to certain students enrolled in an institution of higher education who meet a certain eligible income threshold; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2022
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Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services - Required Performance Data and Scorecard [HB-1018]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Governor, in fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 for the Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to take certain actions related to the inclusion of performance data and information in reports and the creation of a scorecard of quantifiable safety indicators; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 350 on 05/16/2022
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Department of Human Services - Family Investment Program - Contract and Program Review [HB-1041]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring certain contractors with the Family Investment Program to provide services in a manner that complies with federal law; requiring the Department of Human Services annually to review contracts with certain nongovernmental entities in place as of October 1, 2024; requiring the Department to hire a consultant to conduct a certain review of the Family Investment Program; and authorizing the Department to reallocate funds from a certain program to support any necessary contract costs to complete the review.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 506 on 05/29/2022
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Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process [HB-1001]
[Energy ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs, in coordination with the United Way of Central Maryland and the Fuel Fund of Maryland, to establish the Power to the People Pilot Program; providing that certain funding for the Program be used to hire certain part-time personnel instead of full-time personnel; requiring the Office to develop a certain redetermination process to assist eligible energy customers who are at least 65 years old in enrolling in energy assistance programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 665 on 05/29/2022
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Human Services – Silver Energy Savers Program and Energy Assistance Fund [HB-998]
[Energy ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to establish a Silver Energy Savers Program to provide bill assistance to eligible energy customers who are at least 60 years old; requiring the Office to enter into a contract with 2-1-1 Maryland to provide assistance with the Program; requiring 2-1-1 Maryland to designate four centers in certain regions of the State to administer the Program; establishing the Office of Home Energy Programs Energy Assistance Fund to administer the Silver Energy Savers Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Referred Finance on 03/21/2022
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Environment and Energy - Investment in Overburdened Communities [HB-1033]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before December 1, 2022, to develop certain policies and recommendations to require at least 40% of overall spending on certain programs, projects, or investments to benefit certain overburdened communities, starting with fiscal year 2024; defining an "overburdened community" as any census tract where the median house hold income is not more than 75% of the statewide median household income and certain environmental indicators are above the 75th percentile; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/18/2022
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Human Services - Two Generation Family Economic Security Commission - Membership [HB-1026]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Economic Development ]
Adding a new member to the Two Generation Family Economic Security Commission who lived in and experienced poverty in Maryland and who was, within the past 3 years before appointment to the Commission, a recipient of public assistance based on the individual's poverty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 199 on 04/21/2022
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Family Investment Program – Eligibility, Work Experience, Community Service, and Reports – Alterations [HB-1043]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a limit on the hours the Department of Human Services may require an individual in the Family Investment Program to participate in work activities; establishing that an individual may participate in certain work experience or community service work activities and that the purpose of the work experience is to improve the employability of individuals who cannot find unsubsidized full-time employment; requiring the Department to include in its annual report information on work experience and community service activity placements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 509 on 05/29/2022
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Department of Human Services - Family Investment Program - Contract and Program Review [SB-829]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring certain contractors with the Family Investment Program to provide services in a manner that complies with federal law; requiring the Department of Human Services annually to review contracts with certain nongovernmental entities in place as of October 1, 2024; requiring the Department to hire a consultant to conduct a certain review of the Family Investment Program; and authorizing the Department to reallocate funds from a certain program to support any necessary contract costs to complete the review.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 507 on 05/29/2022
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Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response [SB-768]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering procedures that a law enforcement officer is required to follow when the law enforcement officer has reason to believe that a child who has been detained is a victim of sex trafficking or a victim of human trafficking; providing that in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is a minor or a delinquency proceeding against a child it is an affirmative defense of duress to certain offenses if the defendant or child committed the offense as a direct result of sex trafficking or being a victim of human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2022
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Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process [SB-719]
[Energy ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Providing that certain funding for the Power to the People Pilot Program be used to hire certain part-time personnel; requiring the Office of Home Energy Programs to develop a certain redetermination process to assist eligible energy customers who are at least 65 years old in enrolling in energy assistance programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 666 on 05/29/2022
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Public Safety and Behavioral Health Improvement Act [SB-781]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to take certain actions related to the inclusion of performance data and information in reports and the creation of a scorecard of quantifiable safety indicators; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 for the Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence; establishing a behavioral health screening grant program within the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/11/2022
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Family Investment Program – Eligibility, Work Experience, Community Service, and Reports – Alterations [SB-828]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a limit on the hours the Department of Human Services may require an individual in the Family Investment Program to participate in work activities; establishing the manner in which an individual in the Program may participate in certain work experience or community service work activities; and requiring the Department to include in its annual report to the General Assembly due October 1 each year certain information on work experience and community service work activity placements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 510 on 05/29/2022
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Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigations - Timeliness [SB-820]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the State Department of Human Services to implement policies requiring a local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency that fails to conduct a child abuse or neglect investigation or complete a certain report within certain statutory time frames to report the delay and the reason for the delay in a certain manner; and requiring the Department to assess certain studies and methodologies, develop a certain assessment, and complete the assessment by certain dates.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Driver's Licenses - Suspension for Child Support Arrearages - Exception [SB-884]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[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 family income is not greater than 300% of the federal poverty level unless the obligor has been judicially determined to be voluntarily impoverished.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2022