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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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H.B. 979
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to Study the Mentoring and Monitoring of Children in the Custody of or Under the
Supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice would be duplicated by the
requirement in House Bill 979 for another report on this issue from the Department
of Juvenile Services.
As a legislator and now as Governor, I have consistently supported efforts to ensure
that our juvenile services provide the best opportunities for prevention and
intervention as well as treatment for youths faced with challenges to growing into
productive citizens. Ultimately, I believe this legislation would not advance these
efforts and would create duplicative bureaucracies that would hamper the efficient
operation of the Department of Juvenile Services and the juvenile justice system.
For the above stated reasons, I have vetoed House Bill 979.
Very truly yours,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor
House Bill No. 979
AN ACT concerning
Juvenile Serviced—Detention and Committed Facilities—Maintenance and
Operation
Department of Juvenile Services Reform Act of 2005
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to appear in court
to explain why a certain child, detained in a certain facility for a certain period
of time after a court has made a disposition on a petition about the child,
remains in the facility; requiring the Department to appear in court in
subsequent hearings, after certain periods of time, to explain the reasons for the
child's continued detention; establishing the Joint Oversight Committee on the
Department of Juvenile Services; establishing the composition of the
Committee; providing for the appointment of co-chairs and for staff assistance
for the Committee; establishing certain powers and duties of the Committee;
requiring the Committee to submit a certain annual report to the General
Assembly on or before certain dates; requiring the Department to provide to the
Governor and certain members of the General Assembly by a certain date a
report on certain specific action taken by the Department in response to certain
recommendations of the Office of the Independent Juvenile Justice Monitor;
requiring the Department to provide to the Governor and certain members of
the General Assembly by a certain date an inventory of all facilities used by the
Department to place certain children under the Department's jurisdiction in
out-of-home placement; requiring the inventory to contain certain information
concerning each facility; requiring the Department, by a certain date, to report
to the Governor and certain members of the General Assembly on the feasibility
of establishing a volunteer mentoring program for certain children; providing for
the termination of certain provisions of this Act; , by a certain date, maintain
and operate certain detention and committed facilities to meet certain
requirements; requiring certain facilities to be maintained and operated so that
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