Executive Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 19, 2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 726 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 726 on page 2, by 
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replacing lines 1 through 13 with the following:


 
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"Midwest/Low Cost Index.
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    By March 1, 2010 and March 1 of each year thereafter, the 
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Department of Children and Family Services shall report to the 
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Governor and General Assembly the estimated cost and additional 
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funding required to establish the rate for each child up to 
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100% of the Foster Care Minimum Adequate Rates for Children 
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(MARC) for expenditures allowable under the federal Title IV-E 
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Foster Care Maintenance Program of the Social Security Act 
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related to the actual costs  of providing food, clothing, 
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shelter, daily supervision, school supplies, personal 
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incidentals, insurance, and travel for visitation with a 
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child's biological family, jointly recommended by the National 
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Foster Parent Association, the University of Maryland School of 
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Social Work, and the organization Children's Rights in a 
 


 






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technical report entitled "Hitting the M.A.R.C.: Establishing 
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Foster Care Minimum Adequate Rates for Children", dated October 
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2007.".