HOUSE BILL 7

CHAPTER NUMBER: 551 File Code: Social Services - Generally

Sponsored By:

Delegates Taylor, Shriver, Hurson, Busch, Dewberry, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Bobo, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Mitchell, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosso, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Weir, Zirkin, and Hubbard

Entitled:

Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Synopsis:

Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a statewide protocol for integrating child welfare and substance abuse treatment services; specifying the elements to be included in the protocol; requiring a court to order substance abuse assessment and testing of an at-risk parent upon a request by a local department of social services; requiring the Governor, under specified circumstances, to include funds in the State budget; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

11/15

Pre-filed

1/12

First Reading Environmental Matters

2/16

Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.

3/22

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters

3/23

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order 3/24 (Delegate Fulton) Adopted

3/24

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/25

Third Reading Passed (138-0)

4/6

House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments

House Requests Senate Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Hubbard, Nathan-Pullliam, Baldwin

4/9

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (138-0)

4/10

Passed Enrolled

5/18

Signed by the Governor Chapter 551

Senate Action

3/27

First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs & Budget and Taxation

4/5

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs

4/3

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/4

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)

4/7

Senate Refuses to Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Senators Hollinger, Pinsky, and Van Hollen

4/10

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (47-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25

Delegate Michael E. Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Nancy M. Hubers, District 6

Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34

Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

APPROPRIATIONS

CHEMICAL TESTS

CHILD ABUSE

COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES

FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc

GOVERNOR

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS

HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

JUVENILE CAUSES

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH

REPORTS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SALARIES -see also- OVERTIME

SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE

SOCIAL WORKERS

STATE EMPLOYEES

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Family Law

( 5-1201 , 5-1202 , 5-1203 , 5-1204 , 5-1205 , 5-1206 , 5-1207 , 5-1208 , 5-1209 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 210613/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 23, 2000   at: 10:32 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 404434/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 5, 2000   at: 11:56 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Conference Committee Documents::

Report Number: 293426/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2000   at: 11:57 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Amendment Number: 333722/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2000   at: 11:51 p.m.     Status:

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 25, 2000: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

April 9, 2000: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

Senate

April 4, 2000: Third Reading Passed (46-0)

April 10, 2000: Third Reading Passed (47-0)