Social Services - Generally
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services – Public Benefits – Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse [HB-1402]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to seek approval for a certain waiver to impose a certain lockout period on certain individuals who fail to report a change in eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Maryland College Aid Processing System - Applications [HB-1090]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to add a certain question to the Maryland College Aid Processing System application asking if the applicant has missed a meal in the previous 6 months because of an inability to afford a meal; and prohibiting the Commission from requiring a student to answer the question.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Child Support [SB-703]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
Phasing in a requirement that all child support received in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program and prohibiting the consideration of child support in computing the amount of assistance received.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Commission for Women - Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control [HB-939]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission for Women to establish the Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control to study access to over-the-counter birth control; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 294 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Commission for Women - Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control [SB-674]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission for Women to establish the Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control to study access to over-the-counter birth control; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 293 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Child Support [HB-881]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
Phasing in a requirement that all child support received in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program and prohibiting the consideration of child support in computing the amount of assistance received.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 373 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Community Action Agencies - Funding [SB-666]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $250,000 in the annual budget bill to the Department of Housing and Community Development in fiscal years 2027 through 2030 as a grant to community action agencies statewide for measures to combat poverty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 288 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-801]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program within the Office of the Comptroller to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each Center to provide one-on-one financial counseling and coaching services free of charge; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 an appropriation to the Comptroller sufficient to cover the costs of the Pilot Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information [HB-542]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a local department of social services to request assistance from federal law enforcement officers in an investigation relating to an alleged vulnerable adult; and altering certain provisions relating to the disclosure of certain information concerning human services to include adult protective services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 500 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program - Administration [HB-538]
[Food ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Services to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program using certain funds and resources; and repealing the requirement that the Secretary of Aging administer the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 370 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program - Administration [SB-445]
[Food ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Services to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program using certain funds and resources; and repealing the requirement that the Secretary of Aging administer the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 371 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) [SB-400]
[Children and Youth ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from picking up children between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; authorizing an individual and the Attorney General to bring a certain civil action against certain transportation companies; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 344 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) [HB-497]
[Children and Youth ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from picking up children between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; authorizing an individual and the Attorney General to bring a certain civil action against certain transportation companies; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 343 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information [SB-347]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a local department of social services to request assistance from federal law enforcement officers in an investigation relating to an alleged vulnerable adult; and altering certain provisions relating to the disclosure of certain information concerning human services to include adult protective services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 499 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Restoration and Receipt of Benefits and Use at Automated Teller Machines [HB-175]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, subject to a certain provision of law, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without further action from the household; requiring, on or before January 1, 2026, each operator of an automated teller machine to ensure that the machine has the functionality to process and dispense cash from an Electronic Benefits Transfer card; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Restoration and Receipt of Benefits and Use at Automated Teller Machines [SB-232]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring, subject to a certain provision of law, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without further action from the household; requiring, on or before January 1, 2026, each operator of an automated teller machine to ensure that the machine has the functionality to process and dispense cash from an Electronic Benefits Transfer card; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Human Services - Local Departments of Social Services - Audits [SB-230]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the frequency, from once every 3 years to an interval of once every 4 years, unless it is determined on a case-by-case basis that an audit occur at an interval of 3 years, with which the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Human Services conducts or contracts for financial and compliance audits of local departments of social services.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 418 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Human Services – Local Departments of Social Services – Audits [HB-251]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the frequency, from once every 3 years to an interval of once every 4 years unless it is determined on a case-by-case basis that an audit occur at an interval of 3 years, with which the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Human Services conducts or contracts for financial and compliance audits of local departments of social services.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 417 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Action Maryland – Securing Older Adult Resources Program – Appropriation [HB-1513]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for each fiscal year an appropriation of $225,000 for Economic Action Maryland to support the Securing Older Adult Resources program; and specifying that the appropriation may be used only to assist low-income individuals with applying for certain tax credits, coordinating access to financial education and coaching, and conducting earned benefit screenings and outreach to low-income individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health and Department of Aging - Earned Income Tax Credit - Distribution of Information and Training [HB-1304]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollees in certain programs, administered by the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring the Department of Aging to provide training to the Maryland Access Point network to increase awareness of the availability of the State's earned income tax credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 376 on 04/25/2024