Social Services - Generally
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Human Services - Office of Home Energy Programs - Power to the People Pilot Program Personnel and Uniform Redetermination Process [SB-719]
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 Benson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 666 on 05/29/2022
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Family Investment Program – Eligibility, Work Experience, Community Service, and Reports – Alterations [SB-828]
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 Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 510 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Children – Residential Treatment Centers – Education Funding [SB-656]
Authorizing certain core service agencies, local behavioral health authorities, and local addictions authorities to approve certain funding for certain youths' educational costs incurred during admission to residential treatment centers under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Human Services – Universal Basic Income for Transition–Age Youth – Establishment [HB-774]
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 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Dementia Care Coordinator and Dementia Care Navigation Programs [HB-731]
Establishing the position of Dementia Care Coordinator in the Department of Aging to oversee dementia care navigation programs; requiring each area agency to employ a dementia care navigator; authorizing dementia care navigators to provide support services for caregivers, increase community awareness, offer technical assistance, and establish relationships with health care providers; requiring the Governor to include $1,600,000 in the annual budget bill to employ the Dementia Care Coordinator and dementia care navigators; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/17 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Children – Residential Treatment Centers – Education Funding [HB-766]
Authorizing certain core service agencies, local behavioral health authorities, and local addictions authorities to approve certain funding for certain youths' educational costs incurred during admission to residential treatment centers for certain medical or psychiatric purposes; and providing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that general funds be provided in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter to the Maryland Department of Health to carry out certain provisions of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 500 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Enoch Pratt Free Library - Collective Bargaining [HB-770]
Requiring, for the purpose of collective bargaining, that employees of the Enoch Pratt Free Library be considered persons holding a position in the service of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and specifying that the employees are not special appointees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Missing Children in Out-of-Home Placements - Reporting [HB-764]
Requiring the Department of Human Services and local departments of social services, immediately after a discovery that a child in an out-of-home placement is missing, to report to local law enforcement agencies any information the Department or a local department of social services has or reasonably could obtain that would assist in locating the missing child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland [HB-589]
Establishing a Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland; providing that the purpose of the Workgroup is to identify the appropriate State agency to operate a vulnerable adult registry, identify how a $1,400,000 grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was allocated and used, if awarded, and study and make recommendations regarding any changes or improvements to State law; and requiring a report of the Workgroup's recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by June 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Referred Rules on 04/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Community Action Agencies - Provision of Feminine Hygiene Products [HB-588]
Requiring certain community action agencies, in collaboration with appropriate local health departments, to make available to any women enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program feminine hygiene products in an amount sufficient to meet the needs of the woman obtaining the feminine hygiene products, subject to the availability of certain funding; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill funding in an amount estimated to be sufficient for providing feminine hygiene products as required by the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Pendergrass
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 725 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Dementia Care Coordinator and Dementia Care Navigators [SB-505]
Establishing the position of Dementia Care Coordinator in the Department of Aging to manage the work of dementia care navigators; requiring each area agency to employ a dementia care navigator; authorizing dementia care navigators to provide support services for caregivers, increase community awareness, offer technical assistance, and establish relationships with health care providers; requiring the Governors to include $1,600,000 in the annual budget bill to employ the Dementia Care Coordinator and dementia care navigators; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement [HB-456]
Increasing the amount of the supplemental benefit that the State must provide under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by increasing the minimum total monthly benefit from $30 to $40.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 324 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Human Services - CASH Campaign - Annual Appropriation [HB-447]
Increasing, from $200,000 to $500,000 beginning in fiscal year 2024, the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required to provide in the annual budget bill for the CASH Campaign of Maryland.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 260 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland [SB-357]
Establishing a Workgroup to Study Best Practices for a Vulnerable Adult Registry in Maryland; providing that the purpose of the Workgroup is to identify the appropriate State agency to operate a vulnerable adult registry, identify how a $1,400,000 grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was allocated and used, if awarded, and study and make recommendations regarding any changes or improvements to State law; and requiring a report of the Workgroup's recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by June 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 190 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Electric Universal Service Program - Eligibility [SB-283]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to authorize benefits under the electric universal service program for an electric customer who does not meet the eligibility requirements for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and has an annual income at or below 175% of the federal poverty level if the customer is under the age of 67 years, or at or below 200% of the federal poverty level if the customer is at least 67 years old.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Referred Economic Matters on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Fiduciary Institutions - Investigation of Financial Abuse and Financial Exploitation - Records Disclosure [SB-175]
Requiring a fiduciary institution to disclose certain financial records from a specified period of time that are requested in writing by an adult protective services program that is investigating suspected financial abuse or financial exploitation; authorizing an adult protective services agency or a law enforcement agency to share certain information with a fiduciary institution that made a report of suspected financial abuse or financial exploitation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 227 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program [SB-129]
Establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program administered by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation for certain covered individuals detained in the United States in certain covered judicial or administrative immigration proceedings where an individual is subject to removal from the United States; and establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Special Fund to provide funding to implement access to legal representation in immigration proceedings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program [HB-114]
Establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program administered by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation for certain covered individuals detained in the United States in certain covered judicial or administrative immigration proceedings where an individual is subject to removal from the United States; and establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Special Fund to provide funding to implement access to legal representation in immigration proceedings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Electric Universal Service Program - Eligibility [HB-138]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to authorize benefits under the electric universal service program for an electric customer who does not meet the eligibility requirements for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program - Power to the People Pilot Program [SB-846]
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, 2022, 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
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 454 on 05/30/2021