Ch. 290

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(d) (1) The funding of an eligible youth services bureau
shall be a shared responsibility of this State and of local
governments. This State's share shall be 75 percent of the
funding of an eligible, youth services bureau, as provided in the
State budget.

(2)  Each eligible youth services bureau shall submit
to the [Administration] AGENCY a proposed annual budget for
review and approval, at the times that the [Administration]
AGENCY specifies.

(3)  The proposed budget of the [Administration]
AGENCY shall list the eligible youth services bureaus and
estimate the amount of State funds to be allocated to each.

(4)  At the option of the local governing body that
provides the matching funds for an eligible youth services
bureau, the State funds for the support of the eligible youth
services bureau shall be paid directly to its private sponsor or
to the local governing body. Before the State funds are paid,
the fiscal officer of the local government shall certify, in
writing, the source of the 25 percent local funds.

[6-123.] 2-123.

(a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person
shall be licensed by the [Administration] AGENCY as a child care
home before the person may exercise care, custody, or control
over a child who is alleged or adjudicated as delinquent. or in
need of supervision.

(b)  This section does not apply:

(1) To a parent of the child;

(2) To an individual related to the child by blood or
marriage within 4 degrees of consanguinity under the civil law
rule;

(3) To a guardian of the child;

(4) To a person who exercises temporary custody or
control over the child at the request of a parent or guardian of
the child and who is not required otherwise to be licensed;

(5)  To an individual with whom the child is placed in
foster care by:

(i) A licensed placement agency;

(ii) A local department of social services;

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