3302                                     JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(1)  The Honorable Harry Hughes, Governor;

(2)  The Honorable James Clark, Jr., President of
the Senate;

(3)  The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin, Speaker of
the House of Delegates;

(4)  James O. Roberson, Secretary, Department of
Economic and Community Development, 2525 Riva Road,
Annapolis, Maryland 21401; and

(5)  Ardith Ardath M. Cade, Assistant Secretary,
Department of Economic and Community Development, 2525 Riva
Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

Signed May 12, 1981.

No. 23

(House Joint Resolution No. 76)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Commission on Emotionally Disabled Children
and Adolescents

FOR the purpose of establishing a Commission on Emotionally
Disabled Children and Adolescents; designating its
membership, responsibilities, and expiration date of
the Commission; and urging the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene to adopt and implement a certain program
of the Commission pertaining to the Maryland Community
Mental Health Services Act.

WHEREAS, There is a significant number of mentally
disabled children and adolescents in Maryland needing
psychiatric and ancillary services; and

WHEREAS, Many of these mentally disabled have long
suffered from lack of appropriate care and treatment; and

WHEREAS, The needs of these children and adolescents
have become so complex, extensive, and chronic that a
comprehensive, coordinated program on a statewide basis is
required to assure a service delivery system more
responsive, available and accessible; and

WHEREAS, A statewide program for the uniform delivery
of these services does not exist; and

WHEREAS, The Maryland State Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene and other State agencies, including the
Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland