Ch. 404                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 404

(House Bill 418)

AN ACT concerning

Residential Facilities for Children -
Health Care Services

FOR the purpose of requiring certain residential facilities for
children to contract for health care services for residents;
defining a term; requiring a child who is placed in a
residential facility for children to have a physical
examination within a certain time period; providing a
penalty; and generally relating to required health care
services for children in certain residential facilities.

BY adding to

Article - Family Law

Section 5-533

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

5-533.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION, "RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR
CHILDREN" MEANS A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FACILITY THAT PROVIDES
SHELTER FOR MINORS FOR MORE THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN AN
OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.

(2) "RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR CHILDREN" INCLUDES:

(I)  A CHILD CARE INSTITUTION , OR CHILD CARE
HOME, OR FOSTER CARE HOME LICENSED UNDER TITLE 5 OF THE FAMILY
LAW ARTICLE;

(II)  A GROUP HOME, RUNAWAY HOME, RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT PROGRAM, OR INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM; OR

(III)  A STATE FACILITY . ;

(IV) A CERTIFIED DRUG ABUSE FACILITY; OR
(V) A CERTIFIED ALCOHOL ABUSE FACILITY.

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