Ch. 290                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 290

(Senate Bill 672)

AN ACT concerning

Reorganization of the State Government - Juvenile Services Agency

FOR the purpose of establishing a Juvenile Services Agency as a
unit of the State government; transferring the duties,
responsibilities, authority, functions, and units of the
Juvenile Services Administration to the Juvenile Services
Agency; abolishing the Juvenile Services Administration;
creating the positions of Director and Deputy Director of
the Juvenile Services Agency and providing for their
appointments and duties; providing that the Director shall
be responsible for the operation and administration of the
Juvenile Services Agency; transferring the duties,
responsibilities, authority, and function of the Director of
Juvenile Services Administration to the Director of the
Juvenile Services Agency; authorizing the appointment of
staff and counsel to the Juvenile Services Agency;
correcting or repealing obsolete references; transferring
the duties, responsibilities, authority, and function of the
State Advisory Board of Juvenile Services to the State
Advisory Board for Juvenile Services and altering the
composition of the Board; making certain positions of the
agency exempt from the merit system; providing for certain
employment restrictions for certain employees; requiring
certain employees to disclose certain information to the
Secretary; repealing certain obsolete provisions; allowing
the agency to place children in group homes and institutions
that are operated by any private organization nonprofit or
for-profit entity and providing for reimbursement; making
provisions for certain technical corrections in the
Annotated Code; and generally relating to the creation and
operation of a Juvenile Services Agency.

BY adding

New Article 41C - Juvenile Services
Section 1-101 and 2-101 through 2-105
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume)

BY transferring, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 6-104, 6-105, 6-106, 6-107, 6-108, 6-109,   6-111,

6-112, 6-113, 6-114, 6-115, 6-116, 6-117,     6-119,

6-119.1, 6-120, 6-121, 6-122, 6-123, 6-124,   6-125,

6-126, 6-127, 6-128, 6-129, 6-130, 6-131,     6-201,

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