Maryland House Bill 570: Foster Care – Adjacent County Applicants and Reporting Requirements

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Authorizing an individual to apply to be approved as a foster parent by the local department of social services for the county where the individual resides or a county adjacent to the county where the individual resides; prohibiting a local department from denying an application to be a foster parent due to the applicant's county of residence if the individual resides in the same county as, or an adjacent county to, the county where the local department is located; etc.

Latest action

Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2026-02-02)

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