PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 491

(8) ESTABLISHING CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE OR PUBLIC
ENTITIES TO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES.

(E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW AND FOR THE PURPOSE
OF CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE SECRETARY SHALL HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO SEVER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH A STATE'S ATTORNEY
AND HIRE PRIVATE COUNSEL TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE CHILD
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.

(F) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL EMPLOYEES
HIRED IN THE DEMONSTRATION SITE AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1995 SHALL BE IN THE
UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

(2) IF A POSITION IN THE DEMONSTRATION SITE IS HELD BY A CLASSIFIED
SERVICE EMPLOYEE ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, THE POSITION REMAINS A CLASSIFIED
SERVICE POSITION UNTIL THE POSITION BECOMES VACANT, AT WHICH TIME THE
POSITION SHALL BECOME AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION

(G) (1) THE SECRETARY SHALL ESTABLISH A PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE
PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PAY INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE DEMONSTRATION SITE.

(H) THE POWERS OF THE SECRETARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED LIBERALLY.

SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any provisions of
Section 1 of this Act which require the approval of federal waivers by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Department of Agriculture are
contingent on such approval and will not take effect before the beginning of the period
covered by such waivers. If any required federal waivers are not approved on or before
December 31, 1995, the provisions of Section 1 of this Act which require such waivers
shall be null and void without the necessity of further action by the General Assembly.

SECTION 3. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Human Resources and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall jointly
prepare applications for federal waivers required to implement this Act as well as to
implement a statewide managed care program for Medical Assistance recipients of this
State. Those applications shall provide, to the extent permissible under federal law and
regulation, for savings realized from managed care to be used to support any additional
costs required to carry out welfare reform created by this Act. the The the Department of
Human Resources shall issue a report to the Legislative Policy Committee of the
Maryland General Assembly and the Department of Fiscal Services on the final status of
all federal waiver requests and other aspects of welfare reform prior to the
implementation of the Welfare Reform Pilot Program established under Section 1 of this
Act. The Department of Human Resources may not implement the Pilot Program until at
least 30 days after the Legislative Policy Committee fees and the Department of Fiscal
Services have received the report.

SECTION 4. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Human Resources shall work with the Department of Economic and Employment
Development to make businesses aware of the grant diversion program established under

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