2008 Regular Session
Social Services -see also- Welfare
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 38
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Benson
- Entitled
- Human Trafficking - Services for Victims
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Permanency Planning and Interstate Placement of Foster Children
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stukes, Ali, Anderson, Cane, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, McDonough, McIntosh, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Tarrant, and Walker
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Issues Related to Students Subject to Multiple Suspensions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Tarrant and Robinson
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The Trinity Family Life Center
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Housing and Community Development)
- Entitled
- Department of Housing and Community Development - Community Development Administration - Rental Assistance Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Child Welfare - Alternative Response
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Family Law - Emergency Placement of Children - Criminal History Records Checks
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates McHale, Hecht, Mathias, Ali, Aumann, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cardin, Carr, G. Clagett, Conway, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Elmore, Gilchrist, Haynes, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Hucker, James, Jones, Kaiser, Krebs, Lee, Love, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stein, Tarrant, F. Turner, Burns, Feldman, Haddaway, Harrison, Kirk, and Krysiak
- Entitled
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim and Wood
- Entitled
- Procurement - Unsolicited Proposals - Extension of Termination Date
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Reznik, Beitzel, Bromwell, Donoghue, Hammen, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Schuler, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision and Delinquency Proceedings - Permanency Plans
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The Minority Leader
- Entitled
- Public Benefits - Requirement of Proof of Lawful Presence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Glenn, Anderson, Conaway, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Kirk, McHale, Robinson, Stukes, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study the Placement of Vulnerable Children
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Ali, Barkley, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Dumais, Feldman, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hecht, Hubbard, Hucker, Kipke, Kullen, Lee, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Simmons
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Child Abuse Medical Providers Initiative
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate King
- Entitled
- Family Investment Program - Eligibility - Drug Testing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 1324
Status as of March 5, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Frick, Gilchrist, Hubbard, Manno, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Family Support Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Beidle, Bronrott, Carr, Elmore, Lee, Mizeur, O'Donnell, Simmons, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Children in Need of Assistance - Custody Determinations - Prohibition Against Consideration of Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher and Dumais
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Monitoring of Abusers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Branch and Conway
- Entitled
- Child Welfare Accountability - Caseload Ratios - Modifications
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Murphy, Glenn, Hucker, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Social Services Administration - Kinship Care Navigator
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
- Entitled
- Department of Human Resources - Reorganization
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Weldon, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Eligibility - Consolidation Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Baltimore City Department of Social Services Legal Services Division - Transfer of Personnel
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Service Commission)
- Entitled
- Electric Universal Service Program - Administration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McComas
- Entitled
- Social Services Administration - Children Subject to a Substantial Risk of Child Abuse or Neglect - Identification and Notice
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Permanency Planning and Interstate Placement of Foster Children
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pugh
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - The Trinity Family Life Center
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 84
Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- State Government - Public Benefits and Services - Illegal Aliens
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Jones, and Lenett
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Pinsky, Garagiola, Forehand, Frosh, King, Lenett, Madaleno, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee
- Entitled
- Transfer of Special Fund Balances
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Children in Need of Assistance - Custody Determinations - Prohibition Against Consideration of Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 582
Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Exum, McFadden, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Education - Multiple Suspensions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Forehand, Jones, Kelley, Kittleman, Kramer, McFadden, Munson, Muse, Pugh, Raskin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Social Services Administration - Children Subject to Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect - Identification and Notice
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Family Support Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Eligibility - Consolidation Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Rosapepe, Conway, and Lenett
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
