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Ch. 671
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(II) 1. Receives the [initial health screen] REQUIRED
SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT, and the [initial health screen] REQUIRED
SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT or the results of any follow-up diagnostic testing or
treatment reveal that the adult or minor parent recipient is a substance abuser; and
[(ii)] 2. Refuses to [participate] ENROLL OR MAINTAIN
ENROLLMENT in available and appropriate substance abuse treatment.
(2) The local department shall continue to make payments to a third
party payee until the [local department] FIP CASE MANAGER receives notice from the
[managed care organization] ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST that the adult or minor
parent recipient is actively enrolled, as defined by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Administration, in the appropriate substance abuse treatment indicated by the
[managed care organization] ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST.
[(i)] (H) The local department may not DENY AN ADULT OR MINOR PARENT
APPLICANT'S TEMPORARY CASH ASSISTANCE BENEFIT OR reduce an adult or minor
parent recipient's temporary cash ASSISTANCE benefit as described under
[subsection (g)] SUBSECTIONS (E) AND (F) of this section, if the adult or minor parent
APPLICANT OR recipient:
(1) Receives the [initial health screen] REQUIRED SCREENING AND
ASSESSMENT, and the [initial health screen] REQUIRED SCREENING AND
ASSESSMENT or the results of any follow-up diagnostic testing or treatment reveal
that the adult or minor parent APPLICANT OR recipient is a substance abuser; and
(2) Agrees to participate in appropriate substance abuse treatment, as
determined by the [managed care organization] ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST, but the
appropriate substance abuse treatment indicated is not available.
[(j)] (I) If temporary cash assistance is DENIED OR reduced under this
section, the adult or minor parent APPLICANT OR recipient shall retain eligibility for
medical assistance and food stamps, as long as the adult or minor parent APPLICANT
OR recipient meets the medical assistance and food stamp program requirements.
55.
(A) IN THIS SECTION, "DEMONSTRATION SITE" MEANS A SITE SELECTED BY
THE SECRETARY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL UNIT OF
THE JURISDICTION DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
(B) THE SECRETARY MAY ESTABLISH A FIP DEMONSTRATION SITE IN AT
LEAST ONE, BUT NOT EXCEEDING SIX, JURISDICTION.
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE SECRETARY
DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL UNIT OF THE JURISDICTION DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES SHALL APPOINT A DIRECTOR OF THE FIP ESTABLISHED IN A
DEMONSTRATION SITE WHO SHALL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL UNIT OF THE JURISDICTION DEPARTMENT.
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