Ch. 351

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

that make federal funds available for a program satisfying the provisions of this Act, the
Secretary of Human Resources shall pursue waivers of provisions of the Social Security
Act necessary to carry out this Act. If the required waivers have not been approved by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
on or before December 31, 1996, the Secretary of Human Resources shall identify those
provisions of this Act that require such waivers may not be implemented for which
waivers were not approved and those provisions shall be null and void and of no force and
effect as of January 1, 1997.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That any savings the Family
Investment Program, as of July 1 of each year, anticipates achieving' during the current
fiscal year through caseload reductions or other reductions in the total amount of cash
benefits actually paid to families compared to the total amount of cash assistance benefits
to families budgeted shall be available for reallocation within the budget of the
Department to support activities through local departments of social services as follows:

(1)     10% of the savings to the demonstration projects created in § 53 of
Article 88A of the Code as enacted by this Act; and

(2)     45% of the savings that were generated for the 2-year period following the
effective date of this Act shall be allocated in accordance with the savings achieved by each
local department of social services; and

(2) the balance

(3)     45% of the savings to child care, work activities, welfare avoidance, drug
treatment for targeted recipients, emergency funds for applicants and recipients,
administration to the extent that additional administrative costs are required to
effectively implement this program, or any other direct service to applicants or recipients
that the Secretary deems appropriate to further the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Secretary of
Human Resources, the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, and the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall jointly develop a pilot project to administer
"second chance homes" to provide supervised living arrangements and health care to
needy teen parents and their children. The second chance home pilot project shall involve
no more than 20 teen parents and their children. The pilot project shall begin on or before
December 31, 1996, and shall operate for no more than 3 years. The Secretary of Human
Resources, the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, and the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene shall report to the General Assembly on the success of the
first year of operation of the pilot project before the start of the 1998 Session of the
General Assembly.

SECTION 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is not intended
to require any additional commitment of funds or resources from county or municipal
governments to implement or administer the Family Investment Program or its
component parts. The programs established by this Act are State programs, and are
intended to be supported through State and federal funding.

SECTION 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Income
Maintenance Administration be renamed the Family Investment Administration and that

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