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SENATE BILL 668
O1, O4 (6lr2794)
ENROLLED BILL
— Budget and Taxation/Appropriations —
Introduced by Senators Harris and King , King, Augustine, Guzzone, Hettleman,
Lewis Young, McCray, and Zucker
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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President.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Children’s Cabinet Fund – Renaming and Funding for Grants to Local 2
Management Boards 3
FOR the purpose of renaming the Children’s Cabinet Fund to be the Children’s Cabinet 4
Interagency Fund; requiring the Governor, in certain fiscal years, to include an 5
appropriation in the annual budget bill to the Children’s Cabinet Interagency Fund 6
to be used for grants to local management boards; and generally relating to the 7
renaming of the Children’s Cabinet Fund and funding for grants to local 8
management boards. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Education 11
Section 8–417(b)(1) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
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(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 1
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 2
Article – Health – General 3
Section 15–139(c)(1) 4
Annotated Code of Maryland 5
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 6
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
Article – Human Services 8
Section 8 –501 through 8 –503 to be under the amended subtitle “Subtitle 5. 9
Children’s Cabinet Interagency Fund” 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13
Article – Human Services 14
Section 8–504 through 8–506 and 8–508 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 17
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENER AL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
Article – Education 20
8–417. 21
(b) (1) The Department, in collaboration with the fiscal agent of the Children’s 22
Cabinet INTERAGENCY Fund under Title 8, Subtitle 5 of the Human Services Article, shall 23
administer and implement a redesigned rate setting process for nonpublic general 24
education schools, residential child care programs, and nonresidential child care programs. 25
Article – Health – General 26
15–139. 27
(c) (1) For each fiscal year, the Governor may provide funds in the budget for 28
the Children’s Cabinet INTERAGENCY Fund established under Title 8, Subtitle 5 of the 29
Human Services Article, to be used by the Children’s Cabinet to create an interagency pool 30
of funds to provide services to children with disabilities. 31
Article – Human Services 32
Subtitle 5. Children’s Cabinet INTERAGENCY Fund. 33
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8–501. 1
In this subtitle, “Fund” means the Children’s Cabinet INTERAGENCY Fund. 2
8–502. 3
There is a Children’s Cabinet INTERAGENCY Fund. 4
8–503. 5
(a) The Fund: 6
(1) consists of money appropriated, transferred, credited, or paid into the 7
Fund from any source; and 8
(2) includes money for out –of–home care and services to prevent 9
out–of–home placements. 10
(b) At the end of each fiscal year any unspent money in the Fund shall revert to 11
the General Fund. 12
(C) (1) THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL 13
THE FOLLOWING APPROP RIATIONS FOR THE FUND TO BE USED FOR G RANTS TO 14
ELIGIBLE LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARDS: 15
(I) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028, $3,000,000 $1,000,000 ABOVE THE 16
APPROPRIATION TO THE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2027; 17
(II) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2029, $2,000,000 $500,000 ABOVE THE 18
APPROPRIATION TO THE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2028; 19
(III) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2030, $2,000,000 $500,000 ABOVE THE 20
APPROPRIATION TO THE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2029; AND 21
(IV) FOR FISCAL YEARS 2028 THROUGH 2030, AN 22
APPROPRIATION AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE APPROPRIATION TO THE FUND IN FISCAL 23
YEAR 2027; AND 24
(II) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2031, $2,000,000 $500,000 ABOVE THE 25
APPROPRIATION TO THE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 2030. 26
(2) MONEY EXPENDED FROM T HE FUND FOR GRANTS TO EL IGIBLE 27
LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOA RDS UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION I S 28
SUPPLEMENTAL TO AND NOT INTENDED TO TAKE THE PLACE OF FUNDING THAT 29
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OTHERWISE WOULD BE EXPENDED FOR GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE LOCAL MANAGEMENT 1
BOARDS. 2
8–504. 3
Expenditures from the Fund shall be made: 4
(1) in accordance with the State Finance and Procurement Article; and 5
(2) to reflect the priorities, policies, and procedures th at the Children’s 6
Cabinet adopts. 7
8–505. 8
(a) A local management board shall apply for money from the Fund in accordance 9
with procedures established by the Children’s Cabinet. 10
(b) In connection with an application for money under subsection (a) of this 11
section, a local management board shall develop and submit a community partnership 12
agreement that: 13
(1) reflects coordination with: 14
(i) the State’s 3–year plan for children, youth, and families; and 15
(ii) any local government plan for services for children, youth, and 16
families, including the local substance abuse plan developed in accordance with Title 8, 17
Subtitle 10 of the Health – General Article; and 18
(2) addresses the priorities and strategies of the county for meeting the 19
identified needs of children and families as articulated in the local management board’s 20
5–year strategic plan regarding: 21
(i) youth development; 22
(ii) prevention services; 23
(iii) crisis and early intervention; 24
(iv) services for children at risk of out –of–home placement or 25
returning from out–of–home placement; and 26
(v) out–of–home placement and treatment. 27
(c) The Children’s Cabinet may disburse money to a local management board 28
subject to the terms, conditions, performance measures, or outcome evaluation s that the 29
Children’s Cabinet considers necessary. 30
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(d) The local management board shall use the money to implement: 1
(1) a local interagency services delivery system for children, youth, and 2
families in accordance with the community partnership agreement; and 3
(2) any terms, conditions, and performance measures that the Children’s 4
Cabinet requires. 5
8–506. 6
(a) The State shall fund only evidence –based and promising home visiting 7
programs for improving parent and child outcomes, as provided in the State budget. 8
(b) Not less than 75% of the State funding for home visiting programs shall be 9
made available to evidence–based home visiting programs. 10
8–508. 11
The Governor’s Office for Children is the fiscal agent for the Fund. 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 13
1, 2026. 14
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.