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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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FOR the purpose of altering the eligibility requirements for
child support services provided by the Office of Support
Enforcement; and providing for a delayed effective date for
this Act.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 88A - Social Services Administration
Section 59(c)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1979 Replacement Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 88A - Social Services Administration
59.
(c) (2) In accordance with paragraph (1) of this
subsection; Article 16, § 66C; and Article 89C, §§ 14(b), 18(a),
and 33A, the bureau or a person whom the bureau approves for
child support services shall be represented during any fiscal
year by the State's attorney for the local subdivision in which
the bill or the petition is filed if, before September 1 of the
previous year, the State's attorney elects in writing to assume
the responsibility for representation. The State's attorney
shall enter into an agreement with the county and the Secretary
of Human Resources for representation to be provided and
reimbursement for the representation. The agreement shall
establish reasonable administrative and fiscal requirements and
conditions for providing and continuing representation and for
reimbursement. The bureau shall approve for child support
services all persons entitled to child support who cannot afford
private counsel [and who are at or below 50 percent of the median
family income for the State of Maryland as certified annually by
the United States Department of Health and Human Services],
provided that those persons make application and payment of fees
for services as prescribed by the bureau.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983 1984.
Approved May 31, 1983.
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CHAPTER 643
(House Bill 1148)
AN ACT concerning
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