PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 351

any reference in law or elsewhere to the Income Maintenance Administration shall be
deemed to refer to the Family Investment Administration.

SECTION 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the approval
of the Director of the Department of Legislative Reference, the publishers of the
Annotated Code of Maryland shall change any and all references to the "Income
Maintenance Administration" in the Annotated Code of Maryland that are rendered
incorrect by this Act.

SECTION 16 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That because the General
Assembly recognizes that proposed congressional welfare reform legislation may mandate the
development of a registry of new hires in each state and that development of a new hire registry
will permit data matching of employment records to child support enforcement cases and
AFDC and food stamp records to bolster child support collections and reduce AFDC and food
stamp eligibility error rates, the Department of Human Resources shall establish a task force of
agency staff, staff from the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, the State Lottery
Agency, and representatives of the business community to evaluate the burden on employers
resulting from the development of a registry and to increase the voluntary registration of
employers. The General Assembly is concerned with the potential burden imposed on
employers by development of a registry. The task force should consider options for minimizing
the impact of the reporting requirements on private sector employers as well as evaluating the
electronic transfer of information. The Department of Human Resources should report to the
General Assembly by September 15, 1996 on its findings, and continue reporting quarterly to
the Joint Committee on Welfare Reform.

SECTION 17. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of Human
Resources, the Maryland State Department of Education, selected local departments of social
services, and interested nonprofit organizations, shall jointly develop a pilot project to
administer the "Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters" to develop a
home-based early intervention model for parents and their preschool children. The pilot shall
begin on or before January 15, 1997, and shall continue for no more than 3 years. The
Secretary of Human Resources shall report to the Joint Committee on Welfare Reform 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 18. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Department of Labor.
Licensing, and Regulation shall work with the Department of Human Resources in developing
regulations and any contracts to execute the provisions of Section 5 of this Act.

SECTION 19. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor shall allocate
general funds in the 1997 Fiscal Year appropriation for the Family Investment Program so that
funds for enhancements may not exceed cost savings by more than 9%. The Governor may
increase the income disregard provided in Article 88A, § 49(d) of the Code after reporting the
reasons for doing so to the Joint Committee on Welfare Reform. No provision of this section
shall limit the Governor from allocating additional federal funds received for the purposes of
this Act. The Governor shall report quarterly to the Joint Committee on Welfare Reform on the
efforts to meet the requirements of this section.

SECTION 20. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That 3 years after the effective date
of this Act, the Secretary of Human Resources shall seek an outside evaluation, not to exceed

- 2425 -