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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb1090* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 1090 | |
| 11 | 8 | O1, F2 5lr3000 | |
| 12 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegate Solomon | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Appropriations | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 1, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Food Supplement Benefits – Students – Eligibility 2 | |
| 25 | - | Maryland Higher Education Commission – Maryland College Aid Processing 3 | |
| 26 | - | System – Applications 4 | |
| 27 | 19 | ||
| 28 | - | FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food | |
| 29 | - | supplement benefits to certain students enrolled in an institution of higher education | |
| 30 | - | in the State who meet certain work study requirements; requiring the Maryland | |
| 31 | - | Higher Education Commission to add a certain question to the Maryland College Aid | |
| 32 | - | Processing System application; and generally relating to food supplement benefits | |
| 33 | - | for students | |
| 20 | + | FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food 3 | |
| 21 | + | supplement benefits to certain students enrolled in an institution of higher education 4 | |
| 22 | + | in the State who meet certain work study requirements; requiring the Maryland 5 | |
| 23 | + | Higher Education Commission to add a certain question to the Maryland College Aid 6 | |
| 24 | + | Processing System application; and generally relating to food supplement benefits 7 | |
| 25 | + | for students. 8 | |
| 34 | 26 | ||
| 35 | - | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, | |
| 36 | - | Article – Human Services | |
| 37 | - | Section 5–502 | |
| 38 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 39 | - | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) | |
| 27 | + | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9 | |
| 28 | + | Article – Human Services 10 | |
| 29 | + | Section 5–502 11 | |
| 30 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 | |
| 31 | + | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 | |
| 40 | 32 | ||
| 41 | - | BY adding to | |
| 42 | - | Article – Human Services | |
| 43 | - | Section 5–503.1 | |
| 44 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland | |
| 45 | - | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) | |
| 33 | + | BY adding to 14 | |
| 34 | + | Article – Human Services 15 | |
| 35 | + | Section 5–503.1 16 | |
| 36 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 17 | |
| 37 | + | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 18 | |
| 46 | 38 | ||
| 47 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21 | |
| 48 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22 2 HOUSE BILL 1090 | |
| 39 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 | |
| 40 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | Article – Human Services 21 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | 5–502. 22 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | Except as provided in [§ 5–503] §§ 5–503 AND 5–503.1 of this subtitle, if any 23 | |
| 47 | + | provision of this subtitle conflicts with any federal law, the federal law shall prevail. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 1090 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 51 | 50 | ||
| 52 | - | ||
| 51 | + | 5–503.1. 1 | |
| 53 | 52 | ||
| 54 | - | 5–502. 2 | |
| 53 | + | (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROV IDE FOOD SUPPLEMENT BENEFITS TO A 2 | |
| 54 | + | STUDENT WHO : 3 | |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | - | Except as provided in [§ 5–503] §§ 5–503 AND 5–503.1 of this subtitle, if any 3 | |
| 57 | - | provision of this subtitle conflicts with any federal law, the federal law shall prevail. 4 | |
| 56 | + | (1) IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE; 4 | |
| 58 | 57 | ||
| 59 | - | 5–503.1. 5 | |
| 58 | + | (2) IS ENROLLED IN AN INSTI TUTION OF HIGHER EDU CATION IN THE 5 | |
| 59 | + | STATE; 6 | |
| 60 | 60 | ||
| 61 | - | (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROV IDE FOOD SUPPLEMENT BENEFITS TO A 6 | |
| 62 | - | STUDENT WHO : 7 | |
| 61 | + | (3) IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTI CIPATE IN A STATE– OR FEDERALLY 7 | |
| 62 | + | FINANCED WORK STUDY PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST ONE SEM ESTER DURING AN 8 | |
| 63 | + | ACADEMIC YEAR; AND 9 | |
| 63 | 64 | ||
| 64 | - | (1) IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE; 8 | |
| 65 | + | (4) PARTICIPATES IN A WORK STUDY PROGRAM FOR AN AVERAGE OF 10 | |
| 66 | + | 20 HOURS PER WEEK THROUGHOUT A SEMESTE R. 11 | |
| 65 | 67 | ||
| 66 | - | (2) IS ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 9 | |
| 67 | - | STATE; 10 | |
| 68 | + | (B) A STUDENT ELIGIBLE FOR FOOD SUPPLEMENT BENE FITS UNDER 12 | |
| 69 | + | SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L REMAIN ELIGIBLE FO R BENEFITS FOR AN 13 | |
| 70 | + | ENTIRE ACADEMIC YEAR REGARDLESS OF THE LE NGTH OF ANY BREAK DU RING THE 14 | |
| 71 | + | ACADEMIC YEAR. 15 | |
| 68 | 72 | ||
| 69 | - | (3) IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTI CIPATE IN A STATE– OR FEDERALLY 11 | |
| 70 | - | FINANCED WORK STUDY PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST ONE SEMESTER DURING AN 12 | |
| 71 | - | ACADEMIC YEAR ; AND 13 | |
| 73 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That : 16 | |
| 72 | 74 | ||
| 73 | - | (4) PARTICIPATES IN A WO RK STUDY PROGRAM FOR AN AVERAGE O F 14 | |
| 74 | - | 20 HOURS PER WEEK THROU GHOUT A SEMESTER . 15 | |
| 75 | + | (a) On or before August 1, 2025, the Maryland Higher Education Commission 17 | |
| 76 | + | shall add to the Maryland College Aid Processing System application a question regarding 18 | |
| 77 | + | whether, in the previous 6 months, the applicant has missed a meal because of an inability 19 | |
| 78 | + | to afford the meal. 20 | |
| 75 | 79 | ||
| 76 | - | (B) A STUDENT ELIGIBLE FOR FOOD SUPPLEMENT BENE FITS UNDER 16 | |
| 77 | - | SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L REMAIN ELIGIBLE FO R BENEFITS FOR AN 17 | |
| 78 | - | ENTIRE ACADEMIC YEAR REGARDLESS OF THE LE NGTH OF ANY BREAK DU RING THE 18 | |
| 79 | - | ACADEMIC YEAR. 19 | |
| 80 | + | (b) The Maryland Higher Education Commission may not require a student to 21 | |
| 81 | + | answer the question required under subsection (a) of this section in the affirmative in order 22 | |
| 82 | + | for the student to be eligible for financial aid. 23 | |
| 80 | 83 | ||
| 81 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 20 | |
| 82 | - | ||
| 83 | - | (a) On or before August 1, 2025, the Maryland Higher Education Commission 21 | |
| 84 | - | shall add to the Maryland College Aid Processing System application a question regarding 22 | |
| 85 | - | whether, in the previous 6 months, the applicant has missed a meal because of an inability 23 | |
| 86 | - | to afford the meal. 24 | |
| 87 | - | ||
| 88 | - | (b) The Maryland Higher Education Commission may not require a student to 25 | |
| 89 | - | answer the question required under subsection (a) of this section in the affirmative in order 26 | |
| 90 | - | for the student to be eligible for financial aid. 27 | |
| 91 | - | ||
| 92 | - | SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 28 | |
| 93 | - | July 1, 2025. 29 | |
| 84 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 24 | |
| 85 | + | 1, 2025. 25 | |
| 94 | 86 |