FOSTER CARE

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 27

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  HB 183

  Status as of March 3, 2003: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference -- Foster Care Court Improvement Project)

  Entitled

  Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2003

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 245

  Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Bobo, Boschert, Cane, Howard, Kirk, Madaleno, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Residential Child Care Programs - State-Funded Operators - Licensing Provisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 405

  Status as of May 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 428

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, Hurson, Rudolph, Oaks, Murray, Costa, Benson, Mandel, McDonough, Goldwater, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Elliott, Hubbard, Rosenberg, Pendergrass, Weldon, Bromwell, Haynes, Smigiel, Donoghue, V. Turner, and Boutin

  Entitled

  Medicaid Reimbursement - Community-Based Services for Children with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 480

  Status as of March 20, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Task Force on Child Welfare System Accountability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 522

  Status as of March 23, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Morhaim, Benson, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Goldwater, Hammen, Haynes, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Redmer, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Children with Disabilities - Voluntary Placements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 523

  Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 306

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Carter, Nathan-Pulliam, and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes - Juvenile Counselors - Monitoring

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 525

  Status as of March 20, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, Morhaim, and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Private Residential Child Care Programs - Community Advisory Boards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 528

  Status as of March 21, 2003: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Burns, Jones, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Uniform System of Outcomes Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 529

  Status as of April 5, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Department of Education - Residential Child Care Programs - Rate Setting Incentives

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 531

  Status as of April 5, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Burns, Jones, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Howard

  Entitled

  Education - Task Force to Study the Impact of Community-Based Homes

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 535

  Status as of March 10, 2003: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Juvenile Justice - Placement of Children in Group Homes - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 799

  Status as of April 8, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 49

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)

  Entitled

  Child in Need of Assistance Proceedings - Permanency Plan Review Hearings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 817

  Status as of April 22, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 177

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Zirkin, Amedori, Gutierrez, Kelly, Morhaim, Quinter, and Shank

  Entitled

  The Task Force to Study Alternative Living Arrangements for Children in Out-of-Home Placement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 918

  Status as of March 18, 2003: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sossi and Walkup

  Entitled

  Juvenile Records - Confidentiality - Exception for Records of Sexual Offenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 935

  Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 203

  Sponsored By

  The Minority Leader (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2003

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1011

  Status as of March 19, 2003: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Department of Juvenile Justice - Children in Out-of-County Living Arrangements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1013

  Status as of March 20, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Amedori, and O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Residential Child Care Programs - Direct Care Staff - Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  SB 31

  Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 206

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Lawlah, Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Informal Kinship Care - Consent to Health Care on Behalf of a Child

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 32

  Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 207

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Hollinger, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hooper, Jacobs, Jones, Lawlah, Mooney, Stoltzfus, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Education - Children in Informal Kinship Care Relationships

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 178

  Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 217

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Residential Child Care Programs - State-Funded Operators - Licensing Provisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 266

  Status as of March 4, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference -- Foster Care Court Improvement Project)

  Entitled

  Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2003

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 413

  Status as of March 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Della, Exum, Gladden, Hollinger, Hooper, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pinsky, and Stone

  Entitled

  Division of Licensing and Monitoring of Residential Child Care Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 458

  Status as of May 13, 2003: Became Law - Chapter 250

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jacobs

  Entitled

  Children with Disabilities - Voluntary Placements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 488

  Status as of March 20, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Juvenile Records - Confidentiality - Exception for Records of Sexual Offenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 554

  Status as of May 22, 2003: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum and Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Medicaid Reimbursement - Community-Based Services for Children with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 605

  Status as of April 7, 2003: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Residential Child Care Programs - Certification of Program Administrator

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 657

  Status as of February 12, 2003: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2003

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation