CHAPTER NUMBER: 593 
File Code: Social Services - Generally
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 653  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Madden, Astle, Della, Roesser, Dorman, Currie,
 Bromwell, Derr, Hafer,
 Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Young
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Welfare Innovation Act of 1997
 
Requiring individuals receiving benefits under the Family Investment
Program to comply with additional eligibility requirements related to
obtaining a specified health screen and complying with specified
substance abuse treatment protocols; requiring an applicant or
recipient under the Program to sign and return a specified medical
consent form; providing for specified forms of assistance to legal
immigrants who meet eligibility requirements; providing for the use of
specified funds by various organizations; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/30
 - First Reading Finance
 -      Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/6
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/7
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Madden) Adopted
 - 3/10
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Special Order 3/12 (Senator Madden) Adopted
 - 3/12
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Committee Amendment (Finance) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator W. Baker) Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/14
 - Third Reading Passed (42-2)
 - 4/5
 - Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
 -      Senate Requests House Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Senators Madden, Trotter, Astle
 - 4/6
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (45-0)
 - 4/5
 - Passed Enrolled
 - 5/22
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 593
 
House Action
- 3/14
 - First Reading Appropriations
 - 3/17
 - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/2
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
 - 3/29
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/31
 - Special Order p.m.  session (Delegate C. Mitchell) Adopted
 -      Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate Hurson) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Hurson) Rejected (47-74)
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Fulton) Rejected
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Grosfeld)
 -      Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Grosfeld) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Guns) Adopted (63-58)
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Withdrawn
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Valderrama) Rejected (50-67)
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate Muse) Rejected (29-80)
 -      Third Reading Passed with Amendments (133-4)
 - 4/1
 - House Refuses to Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Delegates Rosenberg, Cadden, Baldwin
 - 4/5
 - Motion vote previous question (Delegate Morhaim) Adopted
 -      Conference Committee Report Adopted (87-45)
 -      Third Reading Passed (123-10)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
 - Senator John C. Astle, District 30
 - Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
 - Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
 - Senator John W. Derr, District 3
 - Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
 - Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
 - Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
 - Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
 - Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24
 - Senator Larry Young, District 44
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - ALIENS
 - APPROPRIATIONS
 - BUDGETS
 - BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
 - CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES -see also- DRUGS
 - COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
 - DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
 - DRUGS -see also-CONTROLLED DANG.SUBST.;DRUNK & DRUGGED DRIVG
 - EXAMINATIONS
 - FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 - FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
 - FOOD STAMPS
 - HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - HIGHER EDUCATION -see also- STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
 - HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
 - HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
 - LABOR,LICENSING, AND REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 - LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT. ORGS
 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 - MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
 - NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
 - RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.
 - REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
 - SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE
 - STUDENTS
 - SUNSET
 - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS -see also- ALIMONY
 - TORTS
 - VOLUNTEERS
 - WELFARE -see also- SOCIAL SERVICES
 - WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE; OVERTIME
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 5-399.6 
)
 - Article - 88A Department of Human Resources
 - (
 44A ,
 47 ,
 47 ,
 48 ,
 49 ,
 50 ,
 50A ,
 53 ,
 88 
)
 -   Health - General
 - (
 15-103 ,
 15-103 ,
 15-103 
)
 -   State Government
 - (
 12-101 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF) 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 482798/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 12, 1997     at: 11:02
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 617642/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 12, 1997     at: 11:01
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 817445/2 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 12, 1997     at: 10:59
 Status: Adopted         
 - House 
 - Number: 234136/2 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 2, 1997      at: 11:19
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 372194/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 18:05
 Status: Rejected        
 - Number: 392594/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 17:58
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 412997/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 17:26
 Status: Rejected        
 - Number: 722498/2 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 17:13
 Status: Rejected        
 - Number: 772091/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 18:02
 Status: Withdrawn       
 - Number: 882191/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 17:31
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 942791/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 4, 1997      at: 18:22
 Status: Rejected        
 
Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 272393/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997      at: 18:48
 Status: Adopted         
 - Amendment Number: 012698/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997      at: 18:48
 Status: Adopted