Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB833 Compare Versions

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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		sb0833
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10	7		SENATE BILL 833
11	8		D4, O4 5lr3162
12		-	CF ~~HB 1057~~
	9	+	CF 5lr3165
13	10		By: Senator Charles
14	11		Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025
15	12		Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17		-	Senate action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: February 21, 2025
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20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
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24		-	Family Law – ~~Department of Human Services~~ – ~~Study on~~ Private ~~Treatment~~ 2
25		-	~~Foster Care Homes – Child Care Stipends for Private~~ Providers 3
	18	+	Family Law – Treatment Foster Care Homes – Child Care Stipends for Private 2
	19	+	Providers 3
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27	21		FOR the purpose of requiring, beginning in a certain fiscal year, the Secretary of Human 4
28	22		Services to review and reallocate a portion of the Department of Human Services’ 5
29	23		annual budget to be used to provide child care stipends to certain private treatment 6
30	24		foster care homes to cover child care expenses; requiring, beginning in a certain fiscal 7
31	25		year, the Secretary to include in the Department’s annual budget proposal certain 8
32	26		funding for child care stipends for private treatment foster care homes; requiring the 9
33	27		Secretary to adopt certain procedures to award child care stipends to private 10
34		-	treatment foster care homes; the Department of Human Services to conduct a study 11
35		-	to determine the types of State support that would be appropriate and beneficial to 12
36		-	assist private providers of treatment foster care homes in the provision of services; 13
37		-	and generally relating to treatment foster care homes. 14
	28	+	treatment foster care homes; and generally relating to treatment foster care homes. 11
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39		-	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 15
40		-	Article – Family Law 16
41		-	Section 5–525.2(a)(1) and (3) 17
42		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
43		-	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
	30	+	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
	31	+	Article – Family Law 13
	32	+	Section 5–525.2(a)(1) and (3) 14
	33	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
	34	+	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
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45		-	BY adding to 20
46		-	Article – Family Law 21
47		-	Section 5–525.3 22
48		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 23 2 SENATE BILL 833
	36	+	BY adding to 17
	37	+	Article – Family Law 18
	38	+	Section 5–525.3 19
	39	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
	40	+	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 21
	41	+
	42	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22
	43	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23
	44	+
	45	+	Article – Family Law 24
	46	+
	47	+	5–525.2. 25
	48	+	2 SENATE BILL 833
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51		-	(~~2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement)~~ 1
	51	+	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 1
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53		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 2
54		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 3
	53	+	(3) “Treatment foster care home” means an out–of–home placement facility 2
	54	+	that is part of a program designed and implemented by a child placement agency to provide 3
	55	+	intensive casework and treatment in a family setting to children with special physical, 4
	56	+	emotional, or behavioral needs. 5
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56		-	~~Article – Family Law 4~~
	58	+	5–525.3. 6
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58		-	5–525.2. 5
	60	+	(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 7
	61	+	INDICATED. 8
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60		-	(a) ~~(1) In this section~~ the ~~following words have the meanings indicated~~. 6
	63	+	(2) “SECRETARY” MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN SERVICES. 9
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62		-	(3) “Treatment foster care home” means an out–of–home placement facility 7
63		-	that is part of a program designed and implemented by a child placement agency to provide 8
64		-	intensive casework and treatment in a family setting to children with special physical, 9
65		-	emotional, or behavioral needs. 10
	65	+	(3) “TREATMENT FOSTER CARE HOME” HAS THE MEANING STATED I N 10
	66	+	§ 5–525.2 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 11
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67		-	5–525.3. 11
	68	+	(B) (1) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 12
	69	+	THEREAFTER , AND SUBJECT TO SUBSE CTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY 13
	70	+	SHALL, BEFORE SUBMITTING A BUDGET PROPOSAL UNDE R PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS 14
	71	+	SUBSECTION, REVIEW AND REALLOCAT E A PORTION OF THE DEPARTMENT ’S 15
	72	+	ANNUAL BUDGET TO BE USED FOR PROVIDING CHILD CARE STIPENDS TO PRIVATE 16
	73	+	TREATMENT FOSTER CAR E HOMES TO COVER CHILD CARE EXPENSES IN A SIMILAR 17
	74	+	MANNER AS PUBLIC TRE ATMENT FOSTER CARE H OMES. 18
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69		-	(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 12
70		-	INDICATED. 13
	76	+	(2) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , 19
	77	+	THE SECRETARY SHALL INCLUDE IN THE DEPARTMENT ’S ANNUAL BUDGET 20
	78	+	PROPOSAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT A REQUEST FOR 21
	79	+	AN AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING 22
	80	+	THE SECRETARY REALLOCATE D FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR PRIVATE 23
	81	+	TREATMENT FOSTER CAR E HOMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 24
	82	+	SUBSECTION. 25
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72		-	(2) “SECRETARY” MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN SERVICES. 14
	84	+	(C) WHEN REVIEWING WHETHER ANY FUNDS SH OULD BE REALLOCATED 26
	85	+	UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION , THE SECRETARY SHALL DETER MINE 27
	86	+	THE REALLOCATION BASED ON THE FUNDING NEEDS FOR EACH LOCAL 28
	87	+	DEPARTMENT THAT WORK S WITH PRIVATE TREAT MENT FOSTER CARE HOMES AND 29
	88	+	THE FAMILIES OF THE CHILDREN BEIN G PLACED IN A HOME. 30
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74		-	(3) “TREATMENT FOSTER CARE HOME” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN 15
75		-	§ 5–525.2 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 16
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77		-	(B) (1) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2026 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 17
78		-	THEREAFTER , AND SUBJECT TO SUBSE CTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY 18
79		-	SHALL, BEFORE SUBMITTING A BUDGET PROPOSAL UNDE R PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS 19
80		-	SUBSECTION, REVIEW AND REALLOCAT E A PORTION OF THE DEPARTMENT ’S 20
81		-	ANNUAL BUDGET TO BE USED FOR PROVIDING CHI LD CARE STIPENDS TO PRIVATE 21
82		-	TREATMENT FOSTER CAR E HOMES TO COVER CHI LD CARE EXPENSES IN A SIMILAR 22
83		-	MANNER AS PUBLIC TRE ATMENT FOSTER CARE H OMES. 23
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85		-	(2) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , 24
86		-	THE SECRETARY SHALL INCLU DE IN THE DEPARTMENT ’S ANNUAL BUDGET 25
87		-	PROPOSAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT A REQUEST FOR 26
88		-	AN AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT IS AT LEAST EQU AL TO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING 27
89		-	THE SECRETARY REALLOCATED FOR THE CURRENT FISC AL YEAR FOR PRIVATE 28
90		-	TREATMENT FOSTER CAR E HOMES IN ACCORDANCE WI TH PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 29
91		-	SUBSECTION. 30
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93		-	(C) WHEN REVIEWING WHETHE R ANY FUNDS SHOULD B E REALLOCATED 31
94		-	UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION , THE SECRETARY SHALL DETER MINE 32
95		-	THE REALLOCATION BAS ED ON THE FUNDING NE EDS FOR EACH LOCAL 33 SENATE BILL 833 3
	90	+	(D) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE 31
	91	+	SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT PROCEDURES TO CARRY OUT THIS SECTION , INCLUDING 32
	92	+	APPLICATION PROCEDUR ES AND CRITERIA FOR AWARDING CHILD CARE STIPENDS 33
	93	+	TO PRIVATE TREATMENT FOSTER CARE HOMES UNDER THIS SECTION . 34
	94	+	SENATE BILL 833 3
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98		-	DEPARTMENT THAT WORK S WITH PRIVATE TREAT MENT FOSTER CARE HOM ES AND 1
99		-	THE FAMILIES OF THE CHILDREN BEING PLACE D IN A HOME. 2
	97	+	(2) THE APPLICATI ON PROCEDURES DEVELO PED UNDER 1
	98	+	PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL REQUIRE THAT A PRIVATE TREATMENT 2
	99	+	FOSTER CARE HOME : 3
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101		-	(D) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE 3
102		-	SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT PROCEDURES TO CARRY OUT THIS SECTION , INCLUDING 4
103		-	APPLICATION PROCEDUR ES AND CRITERIA FOR AWARDING CHILD CARE STIPENDS 5
104		-	TO PRIVATE TREATMENT FOSTER CARE HOMES UN DER THIS SECTION . 6
	101	+	(I) MEET OR EXCEED THE S AME STANDARDS AS A P UBLIC 4
	102	+	TREATMENT FOSTER CAR E HOME WITH RESPECT TO EQUI TY STANDARDS AND 5
	103	+	CULTURAL COMPETENC Y REQUIREMENTS ; AND 6
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106		-	(2) ~~THE APPLICATION PROCE~~ ~~DURES DEVELOPED UNDE~~ R 7
107		-	~~PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL REQUIRE THAT A PRIVATE TREATMENT~~ 8
108		-	~~FOSTER CARE HOME:~~ 9
	105	+	(II) DOES NOT DISCRIMINAT E BASED ON RACE , COLOR, 7
	106	+	RELIGION, SEX, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN , MARITAL STATUS , SEXUAL ORIENTATION , 8
	107	+	GENDER IDENTITY , OR DISABILITY WHEN P ROVIDING SERVICES OR PLACEMENTS . 9
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110		-	(I) MEET OR EXCEED THE S AME STANDARDS AS A P UBLIC 10
111		-	TREATMENT FOSTER CAR E HOME WITH RESPECT TO EQUITY STANDARDS AND 11
112		-	CULTURAL COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS ; AND 12
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114		-	(II) DOES NOT DISCRIMINAT E BASED ON RACE , COLOR, 13
115		-	RELIGION, SEX, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGI N, MARITAL STATUS , SEXUAL ORIENTATION , 14
116		-	GENDER IDENTITY , OR DISABILITY WHEN P ROVIDING SERVICES OR PLACEMENTS . 15
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118		-	(a) The Department of Human Services shall conduct a study to determine the 16
119		-	types of State support, in the form of funding or otherwise, that would be appropriate and 17
120		-	beneficial to assist private providers of treatment foster care homes, as defined in § 5–525.2 18
121		-	of the Family Law Article, in the provision of services. 19
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123		-	(b) On or before December 1, 2025, the Department of Human Services shall 20
124		-	report its findings and recommendations, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State 21
125		-	Government Article, to the General Assembly. 22
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127		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 23
128		-	June 1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and, at the end of May 31, 2026, 24
129		-	this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 25
130		-	of no further force and effect. 26
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134		-	Approved:
135		-	________________________________________________________________________________
136		-	Governor.
137		-	________________________________________________________________________________
138		-	President of the Senate.
139		-	________________________________________________________________________________
140		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
	109	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 10
	110	+	1, 2025. 11