PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 491

in AFDC child support collections retained by the State. The Department of Human
Resources shall include in its annual budget submission information on the amount of
federal dollars realized as a result of the Fund.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1995.

Approved May 25, 1995.

CHAPTER 491
(Senate Bill 754)

AN ACT concerning

Welfare Reform Pilot Program and Child Support Reform

FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to establish and
implement a Welfare Reform Pilot Program; requiring the Secretary to select
certain areas to implement the Program; providing for the application of the
Program; providing for certain exemptions; requiring the Department of Human
Resources and a certain recipient to sign a certain agreement; requiring a certain
assessment of certain applicants; establishing certain conditions for eligibility for
certain benefits under the Program; providing for the continuation of medical
assistance coverage for a certain period of time under certain circumstances;
specifying that certain income shall be considered to be earned income for certain
purposes; requiring the Secretary to create and establish a grant diversion program;
limiting Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) to a certain maximum
period under certain circumstances; providing for certain good cause exemptions;
requiring the Secretary to establish certain sanctions benefit reductions and
exemptions; providing for the retention of certain benefits if certain sanctions
benefit reductions are imposed; providing for a certain transitional assistance
program; eliminating the incremental increase in benefits under the AFDC Program for
which a recipient would otherwise be eligible as a result of the birth of a child under
certain circumstances; limiting assistance to certain pregnant recipients; providing for
certain family planning counseling and services referrals for certain recipients;
requiring the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene to encourage certain medical providers to provide certain family
planning counseling and services referrals at certain locations; altering the
requirements of certain rules; establishing that children living in certain families
shall be eligible to receive assistance under the AFDC Program under certain
circumstances; specifying the method for determining the amount of AFDC
assistance for certain children; increasing the maximum value of an automobile
without it counting as an asset for purposes of AFDC and food stamp eligibility;
permitting recipients and their children to save money while in training through
part-time work without it resulting in a disqualification for benefits; conditioning
the eligibility of certain minor recipients of AFDC; providing for certain
exemptions; requiring participation in certain family health and parenting skills

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