Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1049

CHAPTER 480
(Senate Bill 652)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 5 (a),
5 (c), 7, 12, 14, and 18 of Article 52A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume) (1970 Supplement), title
"Juvenile Services," subtitles "In General," "Training Schools and
Other Facilities for Delinquent Children," "Employees," and
"House of the Good Shepherd," to repeal Section 17A of the same
Article and title, subtitle "Employees," and to delete from said
Article the words "for Delinquent Children" of the subtitle, "Train-
ing Schools and Other Facilities for Delinquent Children"; to
clarify the role and responsibilities of the Department; to provide
that any child adjudicated to be delinquent, in need of supervision,
or mentally handicapped may be committed to the custody of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; to clarify the respon-
sibilities of agencies or institutions which have been given custody
of children by a juvenile court judge; to permit the Department
of Juvenile Services to purchase services from out-of-State agencies
or organizations; to clarify the role of the Department of Juvenile
Services in promoting and taking other personnel actions with
regard to its employees who perform court services; to correct and
bring up to date certain erroneous or outmoded language of Article
52A; and relating generally thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 5 (a), 5 (c), 7, 12, 14, and 18 of Article 52A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume) (1970
Supplement), title "Juvenile Services," subtitles "In General," "Train-
ing Schools and Other Facilities for Delinquent Children," "Em-
ployees," and "House of the Good Shepherd," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, that Section 17A of the
same Article and title, subtitle "Employees," be and it is hereby re-
pealed and that the words "for Delinquent Children" be and they are
hereby deleted from the subtitle of said Article entitled "Training
Schools and Other Facilities for Delinquent Children," all to read as
follows:

5.

(a) The State Department of Juvenile Services is the central [, co-
ordinating] administrative agency for juvenile intake, detention
authorization, investigation, probation, protective supervision and
after-care services and for State juvenile, diagnostic, training, deten-
tion, and rehabilitation institutions as hereinafter more specifically
provided. The State Department of Juvenile Services shall also develop
programs for the predelinquent child whose behavior tends to lead
to contact with law enforcement agencies. It shall carry out the
policies of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene with respect
to these matters, and the Director shall report regularly to the Secre-
tary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(c) Any juvenile court judge may commit: (1) any delinquent
child that has been so adjudicated by said judge to [any one of the
several diagnostic, educational or rehabilitative institutions admin-
istered by the State Department of Juvenile Services], the custody
of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, or to any [other]