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MDSB199PassRequiring a grant from the Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund to provide opportunities to participate in certain water-dependent activities for eligible companions of individuals with disabilities or service-disa...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 654
MDSB252PassIncreasing the number of members on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Legal Services Corporation from 9 to 12.
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660
MDHB330PassIncreasing the number of members on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Legal Services Corporation from 9 to 12.
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661
MDHB680PassRenaming the Children's Cabinet Fund to be the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2028 through 2030, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill to the Fund of an amount at least equal to the appro...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 765
MDSB461PassRequiring the Department of Human Services to study the potential number of households excluded from automatic standard utility allowance eligibility for the Heat and Eat Program within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to enactment o...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685
MDSB668PassRenaming the Children's Cabinet Fund to be the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2028 through 2030, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill at least equal to the appropriation in fiscal year 2...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764
MDHB1490PassProhibiting the Department of Human Services from denying an application or reducing or terminating temporary cash assistance from an individual if the individual has good cause or an adequate reason for noncooperation with child support; defining "g...
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2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 763
MDHB640PassModifying certain reporting requirements, boards, and commissions for practicability and efficiency; repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, or duplicative; repealing as obsolete the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, C...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171
MDSB772PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an employment training and opportunity database for the purpose of assisting individuals in the State in finding employment training and other opportunities that may enable the individuals to b...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166
MDHB1559PassProhibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing t...
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2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160
MDHB648PassReducing the age at which certain eligible energy customers qualify for a certain redetermination process for enrollment in energy assistance programs from 65 to 60.
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95
MDHB804PassEstablishing the Aging Resilience Fund to be used to carry out the mission of the Department of Aging including personnel, partnership development, and any programs, services, or activities within the Department; requiring interest earnings of the Fu...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 15
MDSB860PassEstablishing the Aging Resilience Fund to be used to carry out the mission of the Department of Aging; authorizing the Fund to be used for administrative expenses including personnel, partnership development, and other programs within the Department;...
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2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 16
MDHB1458Intro

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Establishing the State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Refugees and Asylees; providing the purpose of the Program is to expand food access to certain households; requiring the Department of Human Services to administer the Program; esta...
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2026-04-07
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB518Engross

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Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program within the Office of the Comptroller to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each center to provide on...
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2026-03-25
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB989Engross

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Requiring the Department of Aging, in consultation with the Department of Disabilities, the Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Human Services, to conduct a study on the calculation of inco...
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2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB628Engross

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Establishing the Foster Care Transition Grant Program in the Department of Human Services to provide for the economic security of individuals aging out of the out-of-home placement program; providing that, beginning in fiscal year 2028, an individual...
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2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHJ4Intro

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Affirming Maryland's commitment to the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of children in guardianship homes and any child under the care of the Social Services Administration in the Department of Human Services; and imploring the Social Servi...
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2026-03-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1246Intro

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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an employment training and opportunity database for the purpose of assisting individuals in the State in finding employment training and other opportunities that may enable the individuals to b...
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2026-03-03
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB1318Intro

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Requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a certain process to address Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administrative errors.
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2026-02-17
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB1331Intro

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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; establishin...
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2026-02-17
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB97Intro

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Establishing a coordinated, interagency partnership among the Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and the Maryland Department of Health to create a voluntary prerelease benefits and identification ...
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2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB771Intro

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Transferring the administration of the electric universal service program from the Public Service Commission to the Office of Home Energy Programs in the Department of Human Services; and altering the authorized uses of the Strategic Energy Investmen...
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2026-02-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1516Intro

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Transferring the administration of the electric universal service program from the Public Service Commission to the Office of Home Energy Programs in the Department of Human Services; and altering the authorized uses of the Strategic Energy Investmen...
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2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB224Intro

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Establishing a coordinated, interagency partnership among the Department of Human Services, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and the Maryland Department of Health to create a voluntary prerelease benefits and identification ...
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2026-02-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB676Intro

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Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program within the Office of the Comptroller to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each center to provide on...
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2026-02-03
To House Ways and Means Committee
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