Total Special Fund Appropriation..........................................

Provided that it is the intent of the General
Assembly that the department spend
federal Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) funds in accordance with
the budget detail presented to the General
Assembly. If federal legislation
reauthorizing the TANF program or
extending it with changes, is signed into
law, the department shall provide the
budget committees with a report on the
provisions of the federal law, their
implications in Maryland, and the
opportunities and challenges presented by
the federal law. The report shall be due to
the committees within 30 days of final
passage of the federal law reauthorizing
TANF or extending it with changes.
Further provided that should the
department wish for any reason to make a
regulatory, policy, procedural, or
budgetary change that transfers among
programs, increases, or decreases TANF
funds of $1,000,000 or more, it shall notify
the budget committees of its intent, and
the committees shall have 30 days to
review and consider the proposed change
before it becomes effective.

No State funds may be expended for any
purpose related to the Maryland
Children's Electronic Social Services
Information Exchange (MD CHESSIE),
except State funds transferred from the
Major Information Technology Project
Development Fund may be spent for
purposes related to MD CHESSIE.

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Ch. 429

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SUMMARY

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