| MD | SB864 | Pass | Altering the definition of a "foster care recipient" to mean an individual who resided in an out-of-home placement on or after the individual's 8th birthday rather than 13th birthday for purposes of determining eligibility for a certain tuition exemp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 785 |
| MD | HB1305 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to include certain additional information in an annual report submitted to the General Assembly regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; and requiring the State Department of E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 723 |
| MD | HB281 | Pass | Altering provisions relating to criminal background investigations for certain individuals who care for or supervise children; requiring certain facilities to apply to the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository for a national and Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 |
| MD | HB980 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 |
| MD | HB1181 | Pass | Altering provisions relating to children who are placed in an out-of-home placement by a local department of social services under a voluntary placement agreement; requiring, by October 1, 2029, the Department of Human Services and the Maryland Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 |
| MD | HB1559 | Pass | Prohibiting 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160 |
| MD | HB915 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Workgroup on Aging Out of Foster Care to identify the types of resources available for youth who have aged out of foster care to help them achieve self-sufficiency, determine the effectiveness of currently available resources and ide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB982 | Engross
50% | Altering the definition of a "foster care recipient" to mean an individual who resided in an out-of-home placement on or after the individual's 8th birthday rather than 13th birthday for purposes of determining eligibility for a certain tuition exemp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB996 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB628 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB324 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; and requiring a court to terminate a child support order that w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HJ4 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB818 | Intro
25% | Requiring public institutions of higher education to provide free of charge room, board, and required books, course materials, supplies, and equipment to certain foster care recipients and homeless youth who qualify for a certain tuition exemption an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1521 | Intro
25% | Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain contributions to organizations that support at-risk youth, volunteering at certain schools and recreation centers, and employing certain at-risk youth; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB604 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a child placement agency from denying a prospective parent's application to adopt a child based on certain characteristics with certain exceptions; prohibiting the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human Services and cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB570 | Intro
25% | Authorizing an individual to apply to be approved as a foster parent by the local department of social services for the county where the individual resides or a county adjacent to the county where the individual resides; prohibiting a local departmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB319 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; and requiring a court to terminate a child support order that w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB48 | Intro
25% | Repealing a provision that authorizes a local department of social services to ask the juvenile court to find that reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent or guardian are not required if the local department concludes that a par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
