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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 467
(iii) availability and accessibility; and
(iv) cost-effectiveness and cost-avoidance measures;
(7) identify the impact and consequences of gaps in juvenile services;
(8) report findings and recommend delinquency prevention and
diversion services improvements;
(9) develop criteria for requests for proposals to establish juvenile
delinquency prevention and diversion programs; and
(10) develop criteria for the award of grants to establish juvenile
delinquency prevention and diversion programs.
(f) On or before July 1, 2007, the Task Force shall report its findings and
recommendations to the Governor, the Governor's Office for Children, and the
Advisory Council for Children and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State
Government Article, the General Assembly and the Joint Committee on Children.
Youth, and Families.
(g) The Children's Cabinet shall consider the findings and recommendations of
the Task Force in the development of the plans and programs of the Children's Cabinet.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2006. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and 3 months and, at the
end of September 30, 2007, with no further action required by the General Assembly,
this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.
Approved May 16, 2006.
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CHAPTER 467
(House Bill 700)
AN ACT concerning
Family Law - Court-Appointed Lawyer for Child —Immunity from Civil
Liability
FOR the purpose of authorizing the court to appoint a lawyer to represent a minor
child in an action in which the court has reason to be concerned about the
welfare of the child; authorizing the court to specify the role and duties of a
child's lawyer in accordance with certain standards; authorizing the court to
impose against either or both parents fees for services rendered at the request of
the child's lawyer; establishing that a child's lawyer is immune from civil
liability for certain acts or omissions, except under certain circumstances;
establishing that a child's lawyer is immune from civil liability to any party
other than a represented child; making this Act an emergency measure in
certain actions as a child advocate attorney or a best interest attorney: requiring
a lawyer appointed under this Act to exercise ordinary care and diligence in the
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