Social Services - Generally
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Sunset Extension [HB-106]
Extending to December 31, 2016 the termination date of the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program; and altering to fiscal years through 2017 the period of time during which the subsidy required under the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program may not exceed $14,000,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 84 on 04/08/2014
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Human Services - Interagency Council on Homelessness [HB-1036]
Repealing the Governor's Advisory Board on Homelessness and establishing an Interagency Council on Homelessness; establishing the membership, staffing, chair, quorum, and meeting times of the Council; prohibiting a member of the Council from receiving specified compensation but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; establishing specified duties of the Council; requiring the Department of Human Resources to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Rereferred To Finance on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Process for Assisting Cancer Patients at Local Departments of Social Services [SB-898]
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. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Voluntary Placement for Former Children in Need of Assistance [SB-86]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include jurisdiction over a specified former child in need of assistance (CINA); requiring the juvenile court to take specified actions in making a disposition on a voluntary placement petition for a former CINA; requiring the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Resources to establish a program of out-of-home placement for specified former CINAs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 22 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Department of Budget and Management - Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot Program [SB-752]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to develop and implement the Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot Program; requiring the Program to be established in multiple regions of the State; requiring the Secretary to coordinate with specified agencies on the establishment of the internships; specifying components of the Program; establishing eligibility standards for the Program; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Human Resources, to issue a report to committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 316 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Earned Income Disregard Pilot Program [SB-686]
Establishing an Earned Income Disregard Pilot Program within the Family Investment Program; requiring the Department of Human Resources to select a specified type of county to participate in the Pilot Program; requiring the Department of Human Resources and specified directors of local departments of social services to select and inform participants; specifying eligibility requirements; authorizing the Department to select a rural county to participate in the Pilot Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Garagiola
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 526 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - State Government Hiring Plans - Application [HB-632]
Providing that the requirements for developing and implementing a State plan for hiring current and former recipients under the Family Investment Program, foster youth, and obligors do not apply to the Department of Transportation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Kelly
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational, and Social Services - Term Limits [HB-1449]
Establishing the terms of specified members of the Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational, and Social Services that are appointed by the Governor; limiting the number of consecutive terms specified members may serve, subject to a specified exception; authorizing the Governor to remove specified members under specified circumstances; and requiring specified terms to expire during specified years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kirill Reznik
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Department of Budget and Management - Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot Program [HB-1119]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to develop and implement the Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot Program; requiring the Program to be established in multiple regions of the State; requiring the Secretary to coordinate with specified agencies on the establishment of the internships; specifying components of the Program; establishing eligibility standards for the Program; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Human Resources, to issue a report to committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 317 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program [SB-1024]
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 on or before July 1, 2021, to expand access to the Critical Medical Needs Program; requiring the Pilot Program to provide training for certain individuals in the Critical Medical Needs Program; requiring the United Way of Central Maryland to develop a certain screening intake process; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Services – Food Supplement Program – Eligibility
(Protect Against Hunger Act) [HB-1532]
Establishing that the criteria for determining eligibility for the food supplement program in the Department of Human Services are the criteria in effect on a certain date, notwithstanding certain changes in federal law; and requiring the State to provide certain food supplement program benefits for which federal funding is not available.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Vulnerable Adults Registry - Investigations and Records of Abuse and Neglect and Workgroup Study [HB-1527]
Authorizing the Social Services Administration to establish and maintain a centralized confidential database for abused and neglected vulnerable adults; authorizing the Department of Human Services or a local department of social services to identify in the database an individual as responsible for abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult in certain circumstances; establishing a Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Critical Medical Needs Program Expansion Pilot Program - Social Services [HB-1517]
Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program Expansion Pilot Program in the Department of Human Services to provide assistance to certain critical medically vulnerable individuals and their households with the application process for certain social services in Baltimore County and the City of Baltimore through certain navigators; requiring the Department to implement and administer the Pilot Program in partnership with certain agencies and organizations; terminating the Act after October 31, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Services - Two Generation Family Economic Security Commission [HB-1363]
Establishing the Two Generation Family Economic Security Commission in the Department of Human Services; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to study, evaluate, and coordinate services and programs to address multigenerational poverty; authorizing the Commission to implement certain programs and to partner with local jurisdictions, local action agencies, departments of social services, and/or local workforce develop areas to implement certain programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 460 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Eligibility [HB-1313]
Prohibiting reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance for certain individuals under certain circumstances; prohibiting reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance for certain individuals because of good cause as determined by the Secretary of Human Services; requiring local departments of social services to provide a conciliatory period of 30 days to certain individuals who are not in compliance with the Family Investment Program; requiring 25% of funding be withheld upon certain acts of noncompliance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 457 on 05/08/2020