Ch. 351                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

WHEREAS, Legislative oversight is necessary to monitor the success of this
endeavor; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Article 88A - Social Services Administration of the Annotated Code
of Maryland be renamed to be Article 88A - Department of Human Resources.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article 88A - Department of Human Resources

1A.                                                                                             

(a) The [Income Maintenance] FAMILY INVESTMENT Administration is
established within the Department of Human Resources. [The income maintenance
functions provided in the laws of this State for the Social Services Administration are
transferred to the Income Maintenance Administration. The term "income maintenance
functions" includes all] ALL OF the powers, duties, and responsibilities provided for the
Social Services Administration in the following programs ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE
FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION: [aid to families with dependent children and
other] THE FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND related cash benefit programs:
[general public assistance; general public assistance to employables;] public assistance to
adults; emergency assistance; food stamps; and medical assistance eligibility
determinations. References to the "Social Services Administration", "State
Department", or "State Administration" in the laws of this State that concern [income
maintenance functions] THESE PROGRAMS are deemed to mean the [income
Maintenance] FAMILY INVESTMENT Administration.

(b) The Secretary of Human Resources shall appoint [a State] AN EXECUTIVE
Director of [Income Maintenance] FAMILY INVESTMENT with the approval of the
Governor. The EXECUTIVE Director shall be the head of the [Income Maintenance]
FAMILY INVESTMENT Administration and shall hold office at the pleasure of the
Secretary of Human Resources. All powers, duties, and responsibilities that pertain to
[income maintenance programs and income maintenance personnel! PROGRAMS
TRANSFERRED TO THE FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE
PERSONNEL WHO ADMINISTER THEM WHICH ARE provided in the laws of this State for
the State Director of Social Services are transferred to the [State] EXECUTIVE Director
of [Income Maintenance] FAMILY INVESTMENT.

(c) The exercise of all authority, duties, and functions vested in the [Income
Maintenance] FAMILY INVESTMENT Administration or the [State] EXECUTIVE
Director of [Income Maintenance] FAMILY INVESTMENT under this article or any other
law of this State shall be subject to the authority of the Secretary of Human Resources as
set forth in Article 41 of this Code or elsewhere in the laws of this State.

(a) (1) The State [Administration] DEPARTMENT shall be the central
coordinating and directing agency of all social service and public assistance activities in
this State, including raid to families with dependent children,] THE FAMILY

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