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Ch. 398 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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departments, and child advocates, develop a statewide protocol for integrating child
welfare and substance abuse treatment services that includes at a minimum the
following:
(1) requiring cross-training for all child welfare and substance abuse
treatment personnel;
(2) developing an approved curriculum for the cross-training and
criteria for qualified trainers using best practices from other states;
(3) a plan for providing financial incentives for both child welfare
personnel and addictions personnel who achieve specified levels of expertise;
(4) placing qualified addictions specialists, INCLUDING AN ADDICTION
SPECIALIST UNDER § 50A OF ARTICLE 88A OF THE CODE, in all child welfare offices,
based on a caseload formula developed by the Department;
(5) in all cases accepted for child abuse and neglect investigation or
out-of-home placement, assuring that parents are screened for substance abuse and,
where there is any reasonable suspicion of substance abuse, assuring that qualified
addiction specialists have the:
(I) INFORMATION NEEDED REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE FAMILY AND ANY EVIDENCE THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE EXISTS; AND
(II) opportunity to consult with the parents and children;
(6) specifying the circumstances under which a local department shall
include in its petition for a child in need of assistance under Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the
Courts Article a request that the court order comprehensive drug and alcohol
assessment and testing;
(7) establishing a procedure for notifying the local department of the
results of substance abuse assessment and testing;
(8) establishing a procedure for notifying an at-risk parent of the
availability of substance abuse treatment; and
(9) developing procedures for routine consultation and reevaluation of
progress in substance abuse treatment at every step as a child welfare case proceeds.
(b) No later than December 1, 2000, the Secretary of Human Resources and
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall submit a report to the Governor
and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the Senate Budget and
Taxation Committee, the Senate Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee,
the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Environmental Matters
Committee that:
(1) sets forth the statewide protocol developed under this section; and
(2) identifies the amount and sources of funds that are being used to
implement the statewide protocol developed under this section and the other
requirements of this subtitle.
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