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S.B. 795 VETOES
(ii) consistent with the child's best interests:
1. may place the child:
A. subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, in a specific
type of facility; or
B. with a specific individual;
2. may direct provision of services by a local department to:
A. the child; or
B. the child's caregiver;
3. subject to a local department retaining legal guardianship,
may award to a caregiver limited authority to make an emergency or ordinary
decision as to the child's care, education, mental or physical health, or welfare;
4. may allow access to a medical or other record of the child;
5. may allow visitation for the child with a specific
individual;
6. may appoint, or continue the appointment of, a
court-appointed special advocate for any purpose set forth under § 3-830 of the
Courts Article;
7. shall direct the provision of any other service or taking of
any other action as to the child's education, health, and welfare, including:
A. for a child who is at least 16 years old, services needed to
help the child's transition from guardianship to independence; or
B. for a child with a disability, services to obtain ongoing
care, if any, needed after the guardianship case ends; and
8. may co-commit the child to the custody of the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene and order the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to provide a plan for the child of clinically appropriate services in the least
restrictive setting, in accordance with federal and State law;
(iii) if entered under § 5-322 of this subtitle, shall state each party's
response to the petition;
(iv) shall state a specific factual finding on whether reasonable
efforts have been made to finalize the child's permanency plan;
(v) shall state whether the child's parent has waived the right to
notice; and
(vi) shall set a date, no later than 180 days after the date of the
order, for the initial guardianship review hearing under § 5-326 of this subtitle.
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