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Sponsor seeks smaller fiscal footprint for proposed disability service-animal program after $75,000 fiscal note
Summary
Senator presenting Senate Bill 157 said sponsors are seeking amendments to reduce program costs and departmental responsibilities after an initial fiscal note estimated higher startup costs; committee members said they would move the bill once the fiscal note is reduced.
Annapolis — Senate Bill 157, which would establish a Maryland disability service-animal program modeled on an existing veterans program, drew questioning after the committee reviewed a fiscal note the House chair described as too large for the committee's current posture.
Senator Simon Ayre presented the bill as a cross-file of House Bill 384 and said sponsors were preparing amendments…
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