Child support; health care coverage.
Summary
Child support; health care coverage. Provides that in any case in which a court enters an order directing the payment of spousal support in cases in which there are minor children that the parties have a mutual duty to support or any payment of child support or when the Department of Social Services issues an order directing the payment of child support, and when it appears that the gross income of a custodial parent of a dependent child is no more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, the court or the Department of Social Services shall notify the parties of the availability of medical assistance through the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security plan or other government sponsored coverage through the Department of Medical Assistance Services.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2021
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2021
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
12
Committee
15
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2002S1
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21200036D-S1
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2002H1
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103825D-H1
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (3-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2021
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Committee
Referred from Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102612D
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
Co
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
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