PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 351

(1)     federal law or federal regulations prohibit an income eligibility test for
the protective service; or

(2)     the recipient is eligible for continuing financial aid under:

(i) the federal program of Supplemental Security Income;

(ii) the federal-State program of [aid to families with dependent
children] TEMPORARY CASH ASSISTANCE; or

(iii) the State program of [general public assistance] TRANSITIONAL
EMERGENCY, MEDICAL, AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

Article - State Government

2-10A-04.

(A)    THERE IS A JOINT COMMITTEE ON WELFARE REFORM

(B)     (1) THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF 10 MEMBERS.
(2) OF THE 10 MEMBERS:

(I)      FIVE SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE APPOINTED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE; AND

(II)     FIVE SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

(C)     THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE
PRESIDING OFFICER WHO APPOINTED THEM.

(D)    THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER SHALL JOINTLY APPOINT A SENATOR
AND A DELEGATE EACH TO SERVE AS COCHAIRMAN CO-CHAIRMAN.

(E)     THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF FISCAL SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE STAFF ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMITTEE.

(F)     THE COMMITTEE SHALL PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF AND STUDY, AS
NECESSARY, OF ISSUES RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF AFDC FIP AND RELATED
BENEFITS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING

(1)     THE PROVISION OF FOOD STAMPS AND HOUSING BENEFITS;

(2)     THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL BENEFITS TO THE AFDC FIP-ELIGIBLE
POPULATION;

(3)     CURRENT WELFARE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS; AND

(4)     DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL WELFARE
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

(G)    THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE SECRETARY
OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SHALL:

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