WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

care and adoption program hearings (Titles IV-A, IV-B AND IV-E of the Social
Security Act) within the Department of Human Resources; and

(d) Disability Determination hearings within the State Department
of Education.

(2) The State Superintendent of Schools and the Secretaries of Licensing
and Regulation, Health and Mental Hygiene and Human Resources shall request
the necessary approvals and waivers from the federal government, and shall
advocate for an expeditious and affirmative federal response. The Superintendent
and Secretaries shall keep the Chief Administrative Law Judge informed of the
status of their requests and the Chief Law Judge shall provide assistance as
necessary to ensure a prompt and favorable federal response.

(3) The Superintendent and the Secretaries shall notify the Governor and
the Chief Administrative Law Judge immediately upon receipt of any federal
response.

(4) All other contested case hearings of the Departments of Licensing and
Regulation, Health and Mental Hygiene and Human Resources and the State
Department of Education shall be heard pursuant to Chapter 788 of the Acts of
1989.

B. Department of Economic and Employment Development.

(1) Contested case hearings regarding Unemployment Insurance are
temporarily exempted through June 30, 1991, from the provisions of Chapter 788
of the Acts of 1989.

(2) The Secretary of Economic and Employment Development and the
Chief Administrative Law Judge shall study the advisability of the temporary
exemption for Unemployment Insurance hearings and shall submit a joint report
and recommendation pertaining to their study to the Governor on or before
January 1, 1991.

(3) All other contested hearings of the Department of Economic and
Employment Development shall be heard pursuant to Chapter 788 of the Acts of
1989.

C. Public Information Act Hearings. All Public Information Act hearings
pursuant to § 10-622 of the State Government Article of all agencies, except those
expressly exempt by Chapter 788 of the Acts of 1989, shall be heard by an
administrative law judge unless the hearing is conducted by the agency head, a
board or a commission:

D. Agencies Covered by the Act. Except as set forth in paragraphs A and B
above, the contested case hearings of the following agencies shall be conducted by
administrative law judges unless the hearing is conducted by the agency head, a
board or a commission:

(1) Board of Public Works;

(2) Department of Agriculture;

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