Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB772: Maryland Department of Health - Employment Training and Opportunity Database
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an employment training and opportunity database for the purpose of assisting individuals in the State in finding employment training and other opportunities that may enable the individuals to become eligible and maintain eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to assist individuals in enrolling in programs listed in the database; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Maryland Department of Health - Employment Training and Opportunity Database FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an employment training and opportunity database for the purpose of assisting individuals in the State in finding employment training and other opportunities that may enable the individuals to become eligible and maintain eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Maryland Department of Health - Employment Training and Opportunity Database FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an employment training and opportunity database for the purpose of assisting individuals in the State in finding employment training and other opportunities that may enable the individuals to become eligible and maintain eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to assist individuals in enrolling in programs listed in the database; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Secretary of Human Services, and the Department of Service and Civic Innovation to establish a process for receiving recommendations for inclusion in the database and to forward appropriate recommendations to the Maryland Department of Health; and generally relating to an employment training and opportunity database. BY adding to Article - Business Regulation Section 2-111 Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Health - General Section 15-160 Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Human Services Section 5-101(a) and (g) and 5-304(b)(1) and (c)(1) Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Human Services Section 5-304(d) Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 …