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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor % H.B. 937
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Family Law
5-561.
(c) The following individuals shall obtain a criminal history records check
under this Part VI of this subtitle:
(1) an individual who is seeking to adopt a child through a local
department of social services or licensed child placement agency;
(2) an adult relative with whom a child, committed to a local department
of social services, is placed by the local department of social services; [and]
(3) any adult known by a local department of social services to be
residing in a:
(i) family day care home required to be registered under Title 5 of
this article;
(ii) home of an adult relative of a child with whom the child,
committed to a local department of social services, is placed by the local department of
social services;
(iii) foster care home or child care home required to be approved
under Title 5 of this article; or
(iv) home of an individual seeking to adopt a child through a local
department of social services or a licensed child placement agency; AND
(4) IF REQUESTED BY A LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES:
(I) A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD WHO IS COMMITTED TO
THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT AND IS OR HAS BEEN PLACED IN AN OUT-OF-HOME
PLACEMENT WITHIN THE PAST YEAR; AND
(II) ANY ADULT KNOWN BY THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT TO BE
RESIDING IN THE HOME OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
(g) A person who is required to have a criminal history records check under
this Part VI of this subtitle shall pay for:
(1) the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for a national criminal history records check;
(2) reasonable administrative costs to the Department, not to exceed
10% of the processing fee; and
(3) the fee authorized under Article 27, § 746(b)(8) of the Code for access
to Maryland criminal history records.
(h) (1) An employer or other party may pay for the costs borne by the
employee or other individual under subsection (g) of this section.
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