Ch. 337 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 337
(House Bill 564)

AN ACT concerning
Youth Services Bureaus - Substance Abuse Services and Information and Records

FOR the purpose of requiring youth services bureaus to provide certain substance
abuse assessment and referral services by staff who have received certain
substance abuse assessment and referral training; repealing a requirement that
youth services bureaus provide drug and alcohol counseling or treatment services;
requiring youth services bureaus to dispose of all information and records of
individuals receiving services after a certain date; and generally relating to youth
services bureaus and, substance abuse services, and the disposal of information and
records of youth services bureaus.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 83C - Juvenile Services
Section 2-122

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 83C - Juvenile Services

2-122.

(a) In this section, "youth services bureau" means a community-based entity
that is operated:

(1) To provide community-oriented delinquency prevention, youth suicide
prevention, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and youth development;

(2) To ameliorate conditions that breed delinquency, youth suicide, drug
and alcohol abuse, and family disruption; and

(3) To function as an advocate of youth needs.

(b) (1) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations that set eligibility
guidelines for State funding of youth services bureaus under this section.

(2) The rules and regulations shall require that each State-aided youth
services bureau provide;

(I) PROVIDE, free of charge, at convenient hours:

(i) 1. Individual, family, and group counseling;

(ii) 2. Referral and information services;

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