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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 84
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CHAPTER 84
(Senate Bill 742)
AN ACT concerning
Advisory Council on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
FOR the purpose of establishing an Advisory Council on Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder; providing for the membership, chairman, terms of
office, and staff of the Advisory Council; requiring the Advisory Council to study
and take certain actions regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder;
requiring the Governor and State agencies to implement the recommendations
of the Task Force to Study the Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on
School Children; requiring annual certain reports by the Advisory Council;
providing for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to the Advisory
Council on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
BY adding to
Article 49D - Office for Children, Youth, and Families
Section 39 to be under the new subtitle "Advisory Council on Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, The Task Force to Study the Uses of Methylphenidate and Other
Drugs on School Children, created by the General Assembly in 1997 and staffed with
leading national experts, issued recommendations in March 1999 which have not yet
been acted upon; and
WHEREAS, There are 1.5 million to 2.5 million children in the United States
under the age of 18 years who are currently experiencing attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder; and
WHEREAS, Professionals working with youth and parents need to understand
how to identify and manage attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and
WHEREAS, The appropriate treatment of each case of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder requires a collaboration among teachers, parents, and medical
personnel; and
WHEREAS, Teachers and school personnel require training and assistance in
dealing with children experiencing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and
WHEREAS, There is a need for State guidelines and uniform procedures
regarding the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder;
now, therefore
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