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LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 525

– 1 – Chapter 525 (House Bill 995)

AN ACT concerning

Early Childhood Development – Child Care Scholarship Program – Alterations and Study

FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of Education to establish a certain process for granting presumptive eligibility for a subsidy under the Child Care Scholarship Program; requiring the Department to award a certain subsidy to an individual who submits certain proof; prohibiting the Department and the Comptroller from seeking reimbursement or repayment of a certain subsidy from certain individuals under certain circumstances subject to a certain exception; prohibiting the Department from requiring an individual to take certain actions to be eligible for a certain subsidy; requiring the Department Comptroller to pay notify the Comptroller within a certain period of time after receiving a certain invoice; requiring the Comptroller to pay a certain child care provider within a certain amount of time; requiring the Department to establish and publish on its website a certain form, process, and instructions on or before a certain date; requiring the Department to consult with certain experts to establish a certain form and begin using a certain form in a certain process on or before a certain date; requiring the Department to study certain issues related to the Program in consultation with certain stakeholders and experts; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the results of a certain study on or before a certain date; and generally relating to the Child Care Scholarship Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article – Education Section 9.5–113

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article – Education

Section 9.5–113

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement)

(As enacted by Section 1 of this Act)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article – Education

9.5–113.