Ch. 102                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

5-408.

(a)     A subsidy may not be denied to an eligible child on, the ground that the
eligible child had a condition that was not known or discovered at the time of the
adoption.                                        

(b)     An individual who has been approved by a child placement agency as an
appropriate adoptive parent and who seeks to adopt an eligible child is eligible to receive
a subsidy on behalf of the eligible child regardless of the individual's income or other
eligibility factors.

(c)     The subsidy may not be discontinued solely because the adoptive parent
moves from this State with the eligible child.                                         

(D) A SUBSIDY MAY CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED FOR AN ELIGIBLE CHILD TO
AN ADULT WHO IS QUALIFIED TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY AND WHO ASSUMES
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD UPON THE DEATH OR
INCAPACITATION OF THE CHILD'S ADOPTIVE PARENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 102
(Senate Bill 161)

AN ACT concerning                                       

Maryland Racing Commission - Adjudicatory Hearings

FOR the purpose of providing for a de novo hearing before a quorum of the Maryland

Racing Commission when a hearing committee is unable to reach a unanimous

decision; repealing provisions of law prohibiting the delegation of certain authority

by the Commission; and generally relating to hearings before the Maryland Racing

Commission.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 11-310
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume)                             

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