652                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 122

Article - Health - General
6-122.

(a)  In this section, "youth services bureau" means a
community based entity that is operated:

(1)  To provide community oriented delinquency
prevention, YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION, and youth development;

(2)  To ameliorate conditions that breed delinquency,
YOUTH SUICIDE, and family disruption; and

(3)  To function as an advocate of youth needs.

(b)  (1) The Administration shall adopt rules and
regulations that set eligibility guidelines for State funding of
youth services bureaus under this section.

(2) The rules and regulations shall require that each
State aided youth services bureau provide, free of charge, at
convenient hours:

(i) Individual, family, and group counseling;

(ii) Referral and information services;

(iii) Crisis intervention, INCLUDING
INTERVENTION RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION;

(iv) Informal counseling; and

(v) In accordance with particular community
needs:

1.  Tutoring;

2.  Alternative leisure activities;

3.  Employment assistance;

4.  Community education, INCLUDING
TRAINING AND INFORMATION RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION;
and

5.  Other specialized services.

(c)  The Administration shall:

(1) As to each youth services bureau receiving State
funding:

(i) Monitor its operations;

(ii) Evaluate annually its effectiveness; and