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 1 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 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
Investment Program recipient's eligibility for cash assistance is extended as a result
of this Act, the extended period of cash assistance is not subject to federal and State
time limits on the receipt of cash assistance.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of Human
Resources shall monitor federal legislative and regulatory action under the federal
Social Security Act and, if on or after July 1, 1999, amendments to the federal Social
Security Act or regulations adopted under the federal Social Security Act subject the
extended period of cash assistance resulting from this Act to federal time limits, the
Secretary of Human Resources shall certify this fact to the Joint Committee on
Welfare Reform of the General Assembly. On the date of certification, this Act shall be
null and void and of no force and effect. The Secretary of Human Resources shall send
a copy of the certification to the Department of Legislative Services.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if the Secretary of
Human Resources determines that federal funding under the Temporary Assistance
to Needy Families Block Grant has declined to the extent that an increase in State
funds is necessary to fund this Act, the Secretary of Human Resources shall certify