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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G 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 | *hb0538* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 538 | |
| 11 | 8 | O1, O2 5lr2208 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 5lr2210 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegates Shetty, Forbes, Harris, Hinebaugh, Kaufman, Lehman, J. Lewis, | |
| 14 | 11 | Pena–Melnyk, Solomon, Spiegel, Stonko, and Wells | |
| 15 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025 | |
| 16 | 13 | Assigned to: Appropriations | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 18 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: February 11, 2025 | |
| 20 | 14 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Department of Human Services – Federal Commodity Supplemental Food 2 | |
| 26 | 20 | Program – Administration 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 22 | FOR the purpose of requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of 4 | |
| 29 | 23 | Human Services to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the federal 5 | |
| 30 | 24 | Commodity Supplemental Food Program using certain funds and resources; 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | repealing the requirement that the Secretary of Aging administer the Program; and 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | generally relating to the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | ||
| 34 | 28 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | Article – Human Services 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | Section 5–205(a) and 10–204(a) 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 | |
| 39 | 33 | ||
| 40 | 34 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | Article – Human Services 16 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | 5–205. 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | ||
| 47 | 41 | (a) The Administration shall be the central coordinating and directing agency of 18 | |
| 48 | - | all public assistance programs in the State, including: 19 2 HOUSE BILL 538 | |
| 42 | + | all public assistance programs in the State, including: 19 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (1) the Family Investment Program and related cash benefit programs; 20 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (2) public assistance to adults; 21 | |
| 47 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 538 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | (3) emergency assistance; 1 | |
| 51 | 51 | ||
| 52 | - | ( | |
| 52 | + | (4) food stamps; 2 | |
| 53 | 53 | ||
| 54 | - | ( | |
| 54 | + | (5) medical assistance eligibility determinations; 3 | |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | - | ( | |
| 56 | + | (6) the Energy Assistance Program; 4 | |
| 57 | 57 | ||
| 58 | - | ( | |
| 58 | + | (7) the Temporary Disability Assistance Program; [and] 5 | |
| 59 | 59 | ||
| 60 | - | (5) medical assistance eligibility determinations; 5 | |
| 60 | + | (8) THE FEDERAL COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM 6 | |
| 61 | + | WITH FUNDS AND RESOU RCES RECEIVED FROM T HE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 7 | |
| 62 | + | OF AGRICULTURE UNDER 7 C.F.R. 247; AND 8 | |
| 61 | 63 | ||
| 62 | - | (6) the Energy Assistance Program; 6 | |
| 64 | + | [(8)] (9) any other public assistance activities financed wholly or partly 9 | |
| 65 | + | by the Administration. 10 | |
| 63 | 66 | ||
| 64 | - | ||
| 67 | + | 10–204. 11 | |
| 65 | 68 | ||
| 66 | - | (8) THE FEDERAL COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM 8 | |
| 67 | - | WITH FUNDS AND RESOU RCES RECEIVED FROM T HE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 9 | |
| 68 | - | OF AGRICULTURE UNDER 7 C.F.R. 247; AND 10 | |
| 69 | + | (a) The Secretary shall administer[: 12 | |
| 69 | 70 | ||
| 70 | - | [(8)] (9) any other public assistance activities financed wholly or partly 11 | |
| 71 | - | by the Administration. 12 | |
| 71 | + | (1)] the programs and activities that the federal government delegates to 13 | |
| 72 | + | the State under the Older Americans Act of 1965 that are not otherwise committed by law 14 | |
| 73 | + | to another unit of State government[; and 15 | |
| 72 | 74 | ||
| 73 | - | 10–204. 13 | |
| 75 | + | (2) the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program with funds and 16 | |
| 76 | + | resources received from the United States Department of Agriculture under 7 C.F.R. 247]. 17 | |
| 74 | 77 | ||
| 75 | - | (a) The Secretary shall administer[: 14 | |
| 76 | - | ||
| 77 | - | (1)] the programs and activities that the federal government delegates to 15 | |
| 78 | - | the State under the Older Americans Act of 1965 that are not otherwise committed by law 16 | |
| 79 | - | to another unit of State government[; and 17 | |
| 80 | - | ||
| 81 | - | (2) the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program with funds and 18 | |
| 82 | - | resources received from the United States Department of Agriculture under 7 C.F.R. 247]. 19 | |
| 83 | - | ||
| 84 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20 | |
| 85 | - | October 1, 2025. 21 | |
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| 87 | - | ||
| 88 | - | ||
| 89 | - | Approved: | |
| 90 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 91 | - | Governor. | |
| 92 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 93 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 94 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 95 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 78 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18 | |
| 79 | + | October 1, 2025. 19 |