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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 477

(ii) Outpatient services.

(iii) Partial care services, including day care
services and night care services.

(iv) 24-hour emergency services.

(v) Aftercare services.

(vi) Consultation services.

(vii) Education services.

(viii) Other preventive or rehabilitation
services or treatment.

(IX) COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.

(2) Research and training that are designed to
improve or extend these services are proper items of expense.

PART IV. COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

10-920.

IN PART III (IV) OF THIS SUBTITLE "PRIVATE THERAPEUTIC
GROUP HOME" MEANS A SMALL PRIVATE GROUP HOME AS DEFINED IN §
10-514(E) OF THIS TITLE THAT ADMITS CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO A RANGE OF
DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, TO BE
IDENTIFIED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF § 10-924 OF THIS ARTICLE,
FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH TREATMENTS.

10-921.

THE DIRECTOR SHALL:

(1)  SUPERVISE THE CARE AND RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF
AND THE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS THAT HAVE MENTAL
ORDERS DISORDERS; AND

(2)  PROVIDE OR ENCOURAGE, BY CONSULTATION,
COOPERATION, AND OR CONTRACT, ALL PROGRAMS NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ARE EVALUATED APPROPRIATELY AND PROVIDED
COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTIAL CARE.

10-922.

THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT:

(1) ENSURE THAT A PRIVATE THERAPEUTIC GROUP HOME
PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART
IV OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND