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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 233
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(7) Disagreements between a parent and a local school system regarding
the availability of a free appropriate public education and the question of financial
responsibility are subject to the provisions of subsections (c) through (h) of this section
and COMAR 13A.05.01.15C.]
8-416.
(a) (1) There is a Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program in the
Department.
(2) The purpose of the Program is to provide a statewide,
community-based interagency system of comprehensive early intervention services to
eligible infants and toddlers, birth through age 2, and their families.
(c) The Program shall include the early intervention services provided or
supervised by the Department and the [State Departments] DEPARTMENT of Health
and Mental Hygiene including the Program for Hearing-Impaired Infants established
under Title 13, Subtitle 6 of the Health - General Article and THE DEPARTMENT OF
Human Resources!], and the Office for Children, Youth, and Families].
8-417.
(b) (1) The Department of Education, as the fiscal agent of the [Subcabinet
Fund for Children, Youth, and Families under Article 49D of the Code] CHILDREN'S
CABINET INTERAGENCY FUND, shall administer and implement a redesigned rate
setting process for nonpublic general education schools, residential child care
programs, and nonresidential child care programs.
(2) The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Juvenile
Services, the Department of Budget and Management, the Office for Children, Youth,
and Families, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN shall participate with the Department of
Education in the development and implementation of rates in programs licensed or
approved by those agencies to the extent required by federal and State law.
(c) (1) A decision as to the amount or implementation of rates established
under this section may be appealed by sending a written request for appeal to the
[Subcabinet] THE CHILDREN'S CABINET.
(2) The request shall set forth the specific objections to the decision as to
the amount or implementation of rates established under this section.
(3) The [Subcabinet or the Subcabinet's] CHILDREN'S CABINET OR
designees shall issue a final, binding opinion upholding, reversing, or modifying the
rates set by the Interagency Rates Committee within 30 days after receipt of the
request for appeal.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws or parts of
laws, public general or public local, inconsistent with this Act, are repealed to the
extent of the inconsistency.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2006.
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