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Ch. 671 2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(8) The Secretary shall adopt regulations specifying the selection criteria
for third party payees under this subsection.
[(i)] (H) Except as limited by federal requirements, temporary cash assistance
shall be determined with due regard to the available resources and necessary
expenditures of the family and the conditions existing in each case and shall be
sufficient, when added to all other income and support available to the child, to
provide the child with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health.
50A.
(a) (1) At initial application, or first redetermination after July 1, 1997, for
temporary cash assistance, or when considered appropriate by the FIP staff of the
local department, [a] AN ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST ON-SITE IN THE local department
shall assess the need of any adult or minor parent APPLICANT OR recipient for
substance abuse treatment.
(2) To assist in determining whether an adult or minor parent
APPLICANT OR recipient has a need for substance abuse treatment, the ADDICTIONS
SPECIALIST ON-SITE IN THE local department shall [use an enhanced assessment of]
SCREEN the adult or minor parent APPLICANT OR recipient [that would] TO expose
any potential barriers that the adult or minor parent APPLICANT OR recipient may
have in obtaining employment such as having a substance abuse problem.
(3) The ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST ON-SITE IN THE local department shall
inform each adult or minor parent APPLICANT OR recipient of the requirements of FIP
regarding substance abuse treatments including an adult or minor parent recipient's
obligation to participate in an initial health screen with the adult or minor parent
recipient's managed care organization within the time specified by regulation
following the adult or minor parent recipient's enrollment in the managed care
organization or lose FIP benefits].
(4) [After the adult or minor parent recipient is certified eligible for
temporary cash assistance under this subtitle and for medical assistance under Title
15, Subtitle 1 of the Health - General Article, the adult or minor parent recipient
shall be screened for substance abuse as part of the initial health screen required to
be performed by a managed care organization in accordance with regulations adopted
by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under Title 15, Subtitle 1 of the
Health - General Article.] IF THE ADULT OR MINOR PARENT APPLICANT OR
RECIPIENT DOES NOT COMPLETE THE SCREENING REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (2)
OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST SHALL NOTIFY THE FIP CASE
MANAGER
[(5) The managed care organization shall notify the local department if
the adult or minor parent recipient has not completed the initial health screen
required by the adult or minor parent recipient's managed care organization.]
(b) (1) If the [initial health screen or any follow-up diagnostic testing or
treatment performed by a managed care organization or direct provider of services]
SCREENING PERFORMED BY THE ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST reveals that an adult or
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