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SENATE BILL 506
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HB 1317/24 – W&M CF HB 689
By: Senator Henson
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Use of Reimbursement Funds by 2
Schools 3
FOR the purpose of requiring elementary schools, secondary schools, and county school 4
systems to use certain funds received for services provided under the Maryland 5
Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children’s Health Insurance Program 6
to provide certain positions, internships, and stipends; and generally relating to the 7
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children’s Health 8
Insurance Program reimbursement funds to schools. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – Education 11
Section 5–244 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Education 17
5–244. 18
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19
INDICATED. 20
(2) “PROVIDER” MEANS A SCHOOL AUDIO LOGIST, SCHOOL 21
PSYCHOLOGIST , SCHOOL SPEECH PATHOLOGIST , AND ANY OTHER HEALTH CARE 22
PRACTITIONER WHO PRO VIDES SERVICES TO A STUDENT IN A SCHOOL SETTING. 23
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(3) “REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS ” MEANS FUNDS RECEIVED BY AN 1
ELEMENTARY OR SECOND ARY SCHOOL , OR A COUNTY SCHOOL S YSTEM, FOR 2
SERVICES PROVIDED IN A SCHOOL SETTING TO AN INDIVIDUAL ENROLLED IN THE 3
MARYLAND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR THE MARYLAND CHILDREN’S 4
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 5
(B) AN ELEMENTARY OR SECO NDARY SCHOOL OR A CO UNTY SCHOOL 6
SYSTEM SHALL USE REI MBURSEMENT FUNDS TO PROVIDE: 7
(1) ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR PROVIDERS ; 8
(2) PAID INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS SEEKING TO BECOME 9
PROVIDERS; 10
(3) STIPENDS FOR PROVIDER S THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS 11
PROBLEMS IN PROVIDER RECRUITMENT AND RETE NTION; AND 12
(4) STIPENDS FOR PROVIDER S WORKING IN LOW–PERFORMING 13
SCHOOLS THAT ARE DES IGNED TO ADDRESS PRO BLEMS IN PROVIDER RE CRUITMENT 14
AND RETENTION . 15
(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS TO CAR RY OUT THIS 16
SECTION. 17
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2025. 19