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Ch. 298 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(2004 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Education
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.
(b) The Department shall be the lead agency for supervising and monitoring
the Program.
(c) The Program shall include the early intervention services provided or
supervised by the Department and the State Departments of Health and Mental
Hygiene including the Program for Hearing-Impaired Infants established under Title
13, Subtitle 6 of the Health - General Article and Human Resources, and the [Office
for Children, Youth, and Families] GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN.
(d) The Program shall be administered in accord with the applicable
requirements of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other
applicable federal and State laws.
(e) An interagency coordinating council shall be appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall:
(1) Advise and assist the Department in the supervision and monitoring
of the Program; and
(2) Submit an annual report to the Governor and the federal
government.
(f) Local lead agencies shall be established or designated in each county and
Baltimore City to administer the Program in their subdivision, under the direction of
the Department.
(g) (1) In each county, the county executive or county commissioners, as
appropriate, or in Baltimore City, the Mayor shall establish a local interagency
coordinating council to advise and assist the local lead agency in the development and
implementation of policies that constitute the local Program.
(2) (i) In each county, the county executive or county commissioners,
as appropriate, or in Baltimore City, the Mayor may designate the local management
board to serve as the local interagency coordinating council or establish the local
interagency coordinating council as a part of that board.
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