HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(5)  TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO OPERATE
COMMUNITY SERVICES TO SUSTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN IN INSTITUTIONS;

(6)  TO REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATION TO DESIGNATE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO FOSTER AND STRENGTHEN A PERMANENT
COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONAL
CARE;

(7)  TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WHO NEED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES TO LIVE IN
SURROUNDINGS AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE AND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
FACILITIES FOR THIS PURPOSE;

(8)  TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SOCIAL AND PROTECTIVE
SERVICES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WHO
ARE UNABLE TO MANAGE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS WITH ORDINARY PRUDENCE;

(9)  TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND TO HELP
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN PLANNING FOR AND ASSISTING THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WHO ARE UNABLE TO
MANAGE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS;

(10)  TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT,
MAINTENANCE, AND COORDINATION OF ALL PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY;

(11)  TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
RELATED TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; AND

(12)  TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THESE
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE.

7-103.

(A)  THIS TITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT
WITH THE POLICY STATED IN THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)  THIS TITLE DOES NOT PREVENT INDIVIDUALS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY FROM BEING ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES
PROVIDED BY ANY AGENCY.

SUBTITLE 2. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATION.

7-201.

THERE IS A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATION IN THE
DEPARTMENT.

7-202.

(A) THE HEAD OF THE ADMINISTRATION IS THE DIRECTOR, WHO
SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY.