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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="5-601" title_number="5" title_name="Public Assistance" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “resident” means an individual who resides in this State on the date the individual applies for public assistance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to § 5–314 of this title and as authorized under 21 U.S.C. § 862a(d)(1), the State removes itself from the application of § 115 of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to allow the Department to provide temporary cash assistance and food stamps to a resident who has been convicted of a felony involving the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if a resident receiving temporary cash assistance or food stamps is found to be in violation of § 5–612 or § 5–613 of the Criminal Law Article, the resident is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>ineligible for temporary cash assistance or food stamps for 1 year after the date of the conviction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to testing for substance abuse, as provided by the Department, and to treatment as required under § 5–314 of this title, for 2 years beginning on the later of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the date the individual is released from incarceration;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the date the individual completes any term of probation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the date the individual completes any term of parole or mandatory supervision.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A recipient who fails to comply with the testing required under this subsection or the treatment required under § 5–314 of this title or who tests positive for the abuse of controlled dangerous substances is subject to the sanctions provided under § 5–314 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Secretary shall adopt regulations to establish the testing methods and procedures, consistent with § 5–314 of this title, to be required by the Department under this subsection, including the intervals of testing and methods required.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
