HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2) REQUIRE A PRIVATE THERAPEUTIC GROUP HOME:

(I)  TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR EACH CHILD AND
ADOLESCENT IN THE HOME;

(II) TO PROVIDE EACH CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WITH

ACCESS TO A PUBLIC OR APPROPRIATE NONPUBLIC EDUCATIONAL,

VOCATIONAL, OR OTHER APPROPRIATE PROGRAM, CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OR
THE HOME; AND

(II) TO COORDINATE THE TREATMENT IN THE HOME
WITH THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE HOME; AND

(III)  TO PROVIDE 24-HOUR SUPERVISION FOR EACH
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT FOR THE TIME THAT THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE HOME.

10-923.

(A) APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT IN A
PRIVATE' THERAPEUTIC GROUP HOME MAY BE MADE UNDER THIS SECTION BY
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:

(1)  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS 16 YEARS OLD OR OLDER;

(2) ON BEHALF OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, A PARENT OR
GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OF THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT;

(2) A PARENT OR GUARDIAN ON BEHALF OF THE CHILD OR
ADOLESCENT;

(3)  WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE
PERSON OF THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, A PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST
WHO TREATS THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT;

(4)  ON BEHALF OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, A LOCAL
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES WHEN THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT HAS
CUSTODY OR GUARDIANSHIP OF THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT UNDER SECTION
3-820 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE;

(5)  THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR THE LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCY WITH THE CONSENT OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN;

(6)  ON BEHALF OF A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT, THE JUVENILE
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CUSTODY OR
GUARDIANSHIP OF A THE CHILD OR ADOLESCENT UNDER SECTION 3-820
OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE; OR

(7)  THE CIRCUIT COURT OF A COUNTY, BALTIMORE CITY
SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT, AND IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE
DISTRICT COURT SITTING AS JUVENILE COURT.