Social Services - Generally
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Task Force to Improve Baltimore City Homeless Transitions From Low-Barrier Shelters to Permanent Housing [HB-1797]
Establishing the Task Force to Improve Baltimore City Homeless Transitions from Low-Barrier Shelters to Permanent Housing; providing for the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study certain matters related to low-barrier shelters and make certain recommendations on volunteering; requiring the Task Force, by December 31, 2018, to report its findings and recommendations to the Mayor of Baltimore City, the Baltimore City Council, the Governor, and the General Assembly; terminating the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/05/2018
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Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Funding [HB-1729]
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 certain percentages of the State minimum living level for certain fiscal years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Human Services - Temporary Disability Assistance Program [HB-1615]
Establishing the Temporary Disability Assistance Program in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Family Investment Administration to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the Program; requiring the Program to be administered by the local departments of social services in a certain manner; specifying the requirements for entitlement to assistance under the Program; requiring the monthly allowable assistance under the Program to equal at least $215 in fiscal year 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 408 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [HB-1601]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, to develop guidelines and offer training to assist schools with a trauma- informed approach for 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 to publish the guidelines on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/04/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees - Placement Information (Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act) [HB-1589]
Requiring the Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees to request annually a report from the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services containing certain information on unaccompanied alien children placed in the State; requiring the Office, subject to a certain restriction, to provide a de-identified, aggregate version of the information to certain county entities within a certain time period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Human Services - Children Receiving Child Welfare Services - Centralized Comprehensive Health Care Monitoring Program [HB-1582]
Establishing a State Medical Director for Children Receiving Child Welfare Services in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Director and all personnel under the direct supervision of the Director to have access to all confidential information and records available to, or in the possession of, local departments, subject to a certain condition; requiring the State Medical Director to establish a Centralized Comprehensive Health Care Monitoring Program for children in out-of-home placements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 407 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Human Services - Family Navigation Services - Provision and Funding [HB-1577]
Requiring the Governor's Office for Children to fund family navigation services to support parents and other caregivers of children or youth with behavioral health needs or developmental disabilities and to address certain other priorities concerning children and youth; specifying that the services be provided by certain family navigators as determined by local management boards; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of not less than $1,665,915 for the services in the annual budget each fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Electric Universal Service Program - Funds - Arrearage Prevention [HB-1528]
Authorizing the Department of Human Services to use certain unexpended funds to establish a certain arrearage prevention program; providing the purpose and intent of the program is a one-time grant of money to establish ongoing arrearage prevention activities in the State; providing for the Department to select certain program recipients for certain purposes; requiring the Department, for fiscal year 2019, to dedicate $750,000 of unexpended funds in the Electric Universal Service Program to the arrearage prevention program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 696 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Social Services – Safe Harbor Child Trafficking Victim Service Pilot Program [HB-1494]
Establishing the Safe Harbor Child Trafficking Victim Service Pilot Program; providing for the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the local departments of social services in Baltimore and Washington counties to implement the pilot program; requiring certain local departments of social services to refer certain children to the Regional Child Trafficking Advocate within a 24 hours of identification; requiring the Secretary of State, after consultation with certain entities, to appoint certain Advocates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Food Stamp Program - Summer Supplement for Children - Pilot Program [HB-1432]
Requiring the State to provide, in Garrett County, Kent County, and Talbot County, a summer supplement of $30 per child, per month for June, July, and August, to a household that receives a federally funded benefit under the food stamp program; requiring the Department of Human Services to measure certain effects and annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly; requiring the Governor to appropriate $350,000 for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 for the summer supplement, measuring, and reporting; terminating the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred Carr
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Food Stamp Program - Time Limit Waiver - Prohibition [HB-1273]
Prohibiting the State from applying for or implementing a federal waiver of the time limit on the receipt of benefits under the food stamp program by an able-bodied adult without dependents who does not meet certain work requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 02/26/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Reports [SB-970]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report certain information regarding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2019, and each year thereafter; and requiring the Department, in producing the report, to consult with the Maryland Alliance for the Poor, local health departments, MedChi, the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers, and other stakeholders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 477 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Family Investment Program – Work Activity Requirement – Authorized Activities and Report [SB-969]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to allow an applicant for or recipient of assistance under the Family Investment Program to meet a work activity requirement by participating in a minimum of 20 hours per week of vocational educational training that leads to an associate degree, a diploma, or a certificate or an average of at least 20 hours per weeks of education directly related to employment; requiring the Department to report certain information to the General Assembly by October 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Food Supplement Program - Restaurant Meals Program [SB-752]
Renaming the food stamp program to be the food supplement program; establishing a Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) within the food supplement program in the Department of Human Services to expand food access to certain individuals; providing that a certain household is eligible to participate in the RMP if the household is eligible for certain State and federal benefits and lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes certain persons; requiring a restaurant to meet certain requirements to participate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Food Stamp Program - Minimum Benefit for Disabled Individuals - State Supplement [SB-550]
Requiring the State to provide a certain supplement to a household that includes a disabled individual who receives a federally funded benefit of less than $30 per month under the food stamp program; and defining "disabled individual" as an individual who receives State or federal benefits for which eligibility is based on certain criteria.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Funding [SB-456]
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 certain percentages of the State minimum living level for certain fiscal years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program [SB-425]
Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program in the Office of Home Energy Programs of the Family Investment Administration within the Department of Human Services in recognition of the challenges with energy bills faced by individuals with critical medical needs and limited financial resources; requiring the Office to work with electric and gas companies to implement, for critically medically vulnerable individuals, a hold or extension of service for those losing service and restoration where service has been terminated; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 283 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach [SB-223]
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, in consultation with other relevant departments, to develop certain guidelines; requiring, on or before July 1, 2019, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Human Services - Food Supplements (Summer SNAP for Children Act) [SB-218]
Renaming the food stamp program to be the food supplement program; requiring the State to provide matching funds to counties for a supplement for each child in a household that receives federally funded benefits under the food supplement program; providing that the combined State and county supplement shall equal $30 per month in June, July, and August and $10 in December; requiring a county to submit a certain application by December 1 to receive certain funding; specifying the required State and local shares of funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 636 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Therapy Horses [SB-105]
Altering the definition of "nonprofit training entity" for the purposes of the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program to include an entity that uses trained therapy horses for interaction with veterans; altering the definition of "eligible veteran" to include veterans who receive treatment or care from a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or U.S. Department of Defense medical facility in the State; altering the duties of a nonprofit training entity selected under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 465 on 05/13/2019