monitor certain federal legislative and regulatory actions and to make certain
certifications under certain circumstances; providing for the termination of this
Act under certain circumstances; providing for the termination of this Act; and
generally relating to the Family Investment Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 88A - Department of Human Resources
Section 49(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article 88A—Department of Human Resources
Section 49(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 88A- Department of Human Resources

49.

[(d) (1) For applicants to the Family Investment Program, the amount of
assistance shall be computed by counting no more than 4 weeks of earned income in
any month and disregarding 20% of that earned income.

(2) For eligible Family Investment Program recipients who obtain
unsubsidized employment, the amount of assistance shall be computed by counting no
more than 4 weeks of earned income in any month and disregarding 26% 35% of that
earned income.]

(D) THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE SHALL BE COMPUTED BY COUNTING NO
MORE THAN 4 WEEKS OF EARNED INCOME IN ANY MONTH AND DISREGARDING THE
FIRST $170 OF THE TOTAL OF THAT EARNED INCOME PLUS 60% OF THE REMAINDER
OF THAT EARNED INCOME.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That no general funds may be
used to fund an increase in the earned income disregard from 26% to 35%, as required
by this Act.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the increase in the
earned income disregard provided by this Act may not increase State General Fund
expenditures or expenditures from the reserve for future welfare costs in the Dedicated
Purpose Fund.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to federal law
and regulation, the Department of Human Resources shall ensure that, if a Family