Ch. 559                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1201

ADOPT REGULATIONS WHICH_ ASSESS PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO
FILE AS REQUIRED WHICH PENALTIES SHALL NOT BE PART OF
THE HOSPITAL'S OR RELATED INSTITUTION'S COSTS IN THE
REGULATION OF ITS RATES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 559
(House Bill 615)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 of Article 52A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Juvenile
Services," subtitle "Training Schools and Other Facilities," to require that prior
to the building of any child facility, the State Department of Juvenile Services
shall consult with the local governing body within whose jurisdiction such
proposed facility is to be built; and removing an obsolete reference therefrom.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 11 of Article 52A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Juvenile Services," subtitle
"Training Schools and Other Facilities," be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

11. Establishment and operation of children's facilities; enumeration;
CONSULTATION.

[As of July 1, 1967, the] THE State Department of Juvenile Services, within
the annual budgetary appropriations therefor, may establish, maintain, and operate
facilities as may be needed properly to diagnose, care for, train, educate, and
rehabilitate children in need of these services, including, but not limited to, the
Maryland Training School for Boys, Boys' Village of Maryland, Montrose School
for Girls, Maryland Children's Center, Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center,
the Victor Cullen School, and the several forestry camps. IF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES DETERMINES THAT A
FACILITY OR FACILITIES SHOULD BE BUILT OR RENOVATED THEN
PRIOR TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF ANY BOND ISSUE BY THE
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR CONSTRUCTION OR
RENOVATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE
GOVERNING BODIES OF BOTH THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY
IN WHICH THE PROPOSED FACILITY OR FACILITIES IS TO BE BUILT
AND/OR RENOVATED AND THE COUNTIES OR BALTIMORE CITY TO
BE SERVED CONCERNING THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR
CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.