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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0689* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 689 |
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| 8 | 8 | | J1, F1 5lr3429 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF SB 506 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Atterbeary |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Ways and Means |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Use of Reimbursement Funds by 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Schools 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring elementary schools, secondary schools, and county school 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | systems to use certain funds received for services provided under the Maryland 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children’s Health Insurance Program 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to provide certain positions, internships, and stipends; and generally relating to the 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children’s Health 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Insurance Program reimbursement funds to schools. 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY adding to 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – Education 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 5–244 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article – Education 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 5–244. 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | INDICATED. 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) “PROVIDER” MEANS A SCHOOL AUDIO LOGIST, SCHOOL 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | PSYCHOLOGIST , SCHOOL SPEECH PATHOL OGIST, AND ANY OTHER HEALTH CARE 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | PRACTITIONER WHO PROVIDES SERVICES TO A STUDEN T IN A SCHOOL SETTIN G. 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 689 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (3) “REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS ” MEANS FUNDS RECEIVED BY AN 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ELEMENTARY OR SECOND ARY SCHOOL , OR A COUNTY SCHOOL S YSTEM, FOR 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SERVICES PROVIDED IN A SCHOOL SETTING TO AN INDIVIDUAL ENROLL ED IN THE 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | MARYLAND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR THE MARYLAND CHILDREN’S 4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) AN ELEMENTARY OR SECO NDARY SCHOOL OR A CO UNTY SCHOOL 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | SYSTEM SHALL USE REI MBURSEMENT FUNDS TO PROVIDE: 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR PROVIDERS ; 8 |
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| 60 | 60 | | |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) PAID INTERNS HIPS FOR STUDENTS SE EKING TO BECOME 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | PROVIDERS; 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) STIPENDS FOR PROVIDER S THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | PROBLEMS IN PROVIDER RECRUITMENT AND RETE NTION; AND 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (4) STIPENDS FOR PROVIDER S WORKING IN LOW –PERFORMING 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | SCHOOLS THAT ARE DES IGNED TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS IN PROVIDER RECRUITMENT 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | AND RETENTION . 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION. 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | October 1, 2025. 19 |
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