Maryland House Bill 167 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on January 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-23 - Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring a local department of social services that files a petition alleging that a safe haven newborn is a child in need of assistance to publish in a newspaper or other publication or website a notice containing certain information regarding the newborn to include a notice to the mother regarding her voluntary relinquishment; requiring the juvenile court to exclude the general public from a hearing which involves discussion of any information pertaining to the confidential identity of a mother of a safe haven newborn; etc.

Juvenile Causes - Safe Haven Newborns

House Judiciary Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-23	House	Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-01-23	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0167?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0167f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0007/hb0167.pdf