MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1861

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 20 be and it is hereby added
to Article 52A — Juvenile Services, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
to read as follows:

Article 52A — Juvenile Services

20.

(A)    IN THIS SECTION "YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU" MEANS
PROGRAMS:

(1) BASED IN COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING

JUVENILE CRIME FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING COMMUNITY

ORIENTED DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND
AN AMELIORATION OF CONDITIONS WHICH BREED DELINQUENCY AND
FAMILY DISRUPTION;

(2) PROVIDING SERVICES ON A COST FREE[[ ,

NON-COERCIVE]] BASIS;

(3) WHICH FUNCTION AS ADVOCATES OF YOUTH

NEEDS;

(4) [[MANDATED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
JUVENILE SERVICES TO]] WHICH PROVIDE COUNSELING
(INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP), REFERRAL AND INFORMATION
SERVICES, CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND INFORMAL COUNSELING;
AND

(5) WHICH PROVIDE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PARTICULAR COMMUNITY NEEDS, TUTORING, ALTERNATIVE LEISURE
ACTIVITIES, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, COMMUNITY EDUCATION,
AND OTHER SPECIALIZED SERVICES AT CONVENIENT HOURS.

[[(A) THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES
SHALL PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR YOUTH
SERVICE BUREAU PROGRAMS.]]

(B)    THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES
SHALL:

(1) PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY RULES AND GUIDELINES
FOR YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU PROGRAMS;

[[(1)]] (2) [[ANNUALLY]] MONITOR THE
OPERATIONS OF EACH YOUTH [[SERVICE]] SERVICES BUREAU
PROGRAM AND ANNUALLY EVALUATE ITS EFFECTIVENESS;

[[(2)]] (3) [[ELIMINATE]] CEASE FUNDING

OF ANY YOUTH [[SERVICE PROGRAM WHICH IS INEFFECTIVE;

AND]] SERVICES BUREAU PROGRAM WHICH IS INEFFECTIVE OF

WHICH FOR TWO YEARS HAS FAILED TO MEET THE GUIDELINES FOR
OPERATION; AND