Social Services - Generally
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Child Welfare System - Reporting [HB-986]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and the Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/15/2020
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Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program [HB-938]
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 to serve as navigators under the Critical Medical Needs Program; requiring the United Way of Central Maryland to develop a certain screening intake process; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness - Reports on Housing Status [HB-1031]
Requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of Human Services to make certain reports to the Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness on or before November 15, 2020, and November 15, 2021.
Sponsored by: Jnt.
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Eligibility [SB-787]
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. Katherine Klausmeier
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Vulnerable Adults Registry - Investigations and Records of Abuse and Neglect and Workgroup Study [SB-833]
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: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/04 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness - Reports on Housing Status [SB-973]
Requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Human Services to make certain reports to the Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness on or before November 15, 2020, and November 15, 2021.
Sponsored by: Jnt.
Referred Appropriations on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Human Services - Family Connects Home Visiting Pilot Program [HB-878]
Establishing the Family Connects Home Visiting Pilot Program in Prince George's County to provide, improve, and study the effects of home visiting services for eligible households; defining "eligible household" as one located in Prince George's County that has a newborn who was delivered at a certain hospital; requiring the Prince George's County Department of Family Services, along with the Prince George's Child Resource Center, to begin the selection of eligible households to participate in the Program on or before September 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Child Welfare System - Reporting [SB-662]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and the Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Mobile Laundry for the Homeless Pilot Program - Established [HB-746]
Establishing the Mobile Laundry for the Homeless Pilot Program in the Division of Neighborhood Revitalization to provide funds to nonprofit organizations to establish or expand mobile laundry services for the homeless; requiring the Division to award funds through certain grants to establish certain mobile laundry services; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program and make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Food Supplement Employment and Training Program - Benefits and Funding [HB-698]
Requiring a certain food supplement program to include the Food Supplement Employment and Training Program; requiring the food supplement program to provide Food Supplement Employment and Training Program benefits to eligible individuals for whom federal funding is not available; requiring the Governor to include $1,000,000 in the annual budget for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter for the Food Supplement Employment and Training Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Funding [SB-452]
Requiring the Governor to provide sufficient funds in the budget to ensure that the value of temporary cash assistance, combined with federal food stamps, is equal to at least 61% of the State minimum living level beginning in fiscal year 2021 and for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, 61.25% of the State minimum living level.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [SB-367]
Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education to expand the use of the trauma-informed approach used in schools and intensively train schools on becoming trauma-informed schools; requiring the Department to develop and distribute certain guidelines and to develop a website on the trauma informed approach; requiring, on or before July 1, 2020, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [HB-277]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop and distribute guidelines on a trauma-informed approach to assist schools with understanding and responding to an individual with symptoms of chronic interpersonal trauma or traumatic stress; and requiring the State Department of Education to distribute the trauma-informed approach guidelines to each local school system and publish the guidelines on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 148 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Food Supplement Program - Renaming [SB-49]
Renaming the food supplement program in the Department of Human Services to be the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; providing that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the successor of the food supplement program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 508 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Assistance Fraud Prevention Act [SB-1092]
Requiring, with specified exceptions, each newly issued or reissued electronic benefits transfer card to contain a photograph of the recipient; requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Resources to establish specified procedures; prohibiting an establishment that accepts electronic benefits transfer cards from requiring a cardholder to show the photograph on the card unless other customers are required to show photographic identification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Assistance - Family Investment Program - Child Support Pass Through [HB-1469]
Requiring that the first $100 for one child and $200 for two or more children collected in child support in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program; and prohibiting the consideration of that child support in computing the amount of assistance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 737 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Advisory Council on Couples Qualifying for Family Investment Administration Benefits [HB-1188]
Establishing the Advisory Council on Couples Qualifying for Family Investment Administration Benefits; requiring the Advisory Council to identify and analyze specified issues affecting couples qualifying for Family Investment Administration benefits and recommend policy changes to help couples navigate the social service systems; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to submit a report to the General Assembly, no later than January 31, 2018, advising whether the Department will adopt or decline the Council's recommendations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Schools and Shelters - Homeless Girls and Women - Feminine Hygiene Products [HB-1067]
Requiring the Department of Human Resources to make available to specified entities specified supplies of feminine hygiene products for female residents in shelters and specified homeless female students; requiring, alternatively, if a specified contingency is met, the Department of Housing and Community Development to make available to specified entities supplies of feminine hygiene products for female residents in shelters and homeless female students; requiring specified products to be made available in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 641 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Assistance - Family Investment Program - Child Support Pass Through [SB-1009]
Requiring that the first $100 for one child and $200 for two or more children collected in child support in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program; and prohibiting the consideration of that child support in computing the amount of assistance.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 738 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Transitional Supports for Ex-Offenders - Repeal of Restrictions (Maryland Equal Access to Food Act of 2017) [SB-853]
Repealing specified provisions of law subjecting specified individuals convicted of specified felonies involving a controlled dangerous substance who apply for temporary cash assistance or food stamps to specified testing and treatment requirements and sanctions; altering the criminal violations that make specified recipients ineligible for temporary cash assistance or food stamps for 1 year after conviction and subject to specified testing and treatment requirements and sanctions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 792 on 05/27/2017