WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 556

(e) Local lead agencies shall be established or designated in each county and
Baltimore City to administer the interagency system of early intervention services in their
subdivision, under the direction of the Office for Children, Youth, and Families,

(F) (1) IN EACH COUNTY AND, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, AS APPROPRIATE, OR IN BALTIMORE CITY, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER MAYOR SHALL ESTABLISH A LOCAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATING
COUNCIL TO ADVISE AND ASSIST THE LOCAL LEAD AGENCY IN THE DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES THAT CONSTITUTE THE LOCAL EARLY
INTERVENTION SYSTEM.

(2) IN SUBDIVISIONS WHERE A LOCAL PLANNING ENTITY EXISTS AS
PROVIDED FOR IN § 11 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN EACH
COUNTY, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AS APPROPRIATE, OR
IN BALTIMORE CITY, THE MAYOR MAY DESIGNATE THE LOCAL PLANNING ENTITY TO
SERVE AS THE LOCAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL OR ESTABLISH THE
LOCAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL AS A PART OF THAT ENTITY.
WHERE A LOCAL PLANNING ENTITY AND A LOCAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATING
COUNCIL COEXIST, THEY SHALL WORK COOPERATIVELY.

[(f)] (G) The Office for Children, Youth, and Families shall adopt rules and
regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Services to [Handicapped] Children WITH DISABILITIES

13.

(a)     In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Council" means the State Coordinating Council [for Residential Placement
of Handicapped Children].

(c)     "Local coordinating council" means a local coordinating council for
residential placement of [handicapped] children WITH DISABILITIES.

14.

There is a State Coordinating Council [for Residential Placement of Handicapped
Children] within the Office for Children, Youth, and Families in the Executive Branch of
the government.

15.

(a) The members of the Council are:

(1)     The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or the Secretary's
designee;

(2)     The Secretary of Human Resources or the Secretary's designee;

(3)     The State Superintendent of Schools or the Superintendent's designee;

(4)     The Director of the Governor's Office for [Handicapped] Individuals
WITH DISABILITIES, as a nonvoting, ex officio member;

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