Foster Care

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 25

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  HB 90

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  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

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  HB 169

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 362

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Branch, Burns, Dumais, Gaines, Haynes, Hecht, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Education - Children in Informal Kinship Care Relationships

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 248

  Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Branch, Eckardt, Haynes, James, Jones, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Residential Child Care Programs - Behavior Management Intervention

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 265

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 263

  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

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  HB 593

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  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
  

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  HB 678

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Kaiser, Montgomery, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Aunt Hattie's Place

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 758

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn 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
  

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  HB 803

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Aumann, Branch, Bronrott, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Eckardt, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, James, Lafferty, Mizeur, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Robinson, Rudolph, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Weldon, and Wood

  Entitled

  Family Law - Foster Care - Payment Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 948

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway, Bartlett, Cane, Eckardt, Elmore, Mathias, McComas, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, and Stocksdale

  Entitled

  State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Foster Parents - Eligibility to Participate

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 955

  Status as of February 13, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway, Bates, Cane, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Mathias, McComas, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Rudolph, Schuh, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Foster Parents

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1049

  Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)

  Entitled

  Juvenile Services - College Tuition Waiver for Committed Youth

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1239

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale, McDonough, Shewell, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Education - Foster Child Incentive Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1325

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  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

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  HB 1363

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murphy, Glenn, Hucker, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Social Services Administration - Kinship Care Navigator

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1406

  Status as of April 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mizeur, Murphy, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kipke, Kullen, Lafferty, McIntosh, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Stein, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Foster Kids Coverage Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  SB 57

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 16

  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

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  SB 77

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 361

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Colburn, Conway, Della, Exum, Madaleno, McFadden, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Stone

  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 193

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 158

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)

  Entitled

  Family Law - Social Services Administration - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 240

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Currie, Della, and Jones

  Entitled

  Residential Child Care Programs - Behavior Management Intervention

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 334

  Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kramer

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Aunt Hattie's Place

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 453

  Status as of February 1, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Family Law - Foster Care - Payment Rates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 551

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 190

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Children in Need of Assistance - Custody Determinations - Prohibition Against Consideration of Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 666

  Status as of February 20, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Foster Parents

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 667

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Foster Parents - Eligibility to Participate

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 704

  Status as of March 19, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Human Services - Residential Child Care Facilities - Report Cards

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs