Ch. 389                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of
this Act shall take effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 19, 1989.

CHAPTER 389

(House Bill 187)

AN ACT concerning

Before and After School - Child Care Delivery Plan

FOR the purpose of requiring each county to develop a child care
service delivery plan for before and after school children
based on certain assessments and including certain
information and input; requiring each county to appoint a
plan coordinator; requiring county participation in the
planning process; requiring the Governor to designate a
certain employee Office for Children and Youth to assist
counties in developing certain plans under certain
circumstances; requiring each county to submit a certain
child care plan to the Governor and to the General Assembly
by a certain date; requiring the appointment of a plan
coordinator; authorizing the Governor to provide certain
funds to the counties to plan certain child care services;
declaring the intent of the General Assembly regarding
funding of future child care delivery plans; defining
certain terms; and generally relating to before and after
school child care delivery plans.

BY adding to

Article —Family Law 49D - Office for Children and Youth
Section 5-590 through 5-592 to be under the new part "Part

IX. Before and After School Care Delivery Program

Plan" Section 4C
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, A vast number of Maryland children and youth need
nonparental supervised care before and after school; and

WHEREAS, The trend toward public school programs for 4-year
old children is likely to result in younger "latchkey" children;
and

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