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

15.

(c) Staff support for the Council shall bo provided by the [Office] SUBCABINET
for Children, Youth, and Families within the Executive Branch of the government.

16.

The Council shall:

(2)     Develop procedures for the operation of local coordinating councils
AND THEIR OVERSIGHT BY THE LOCAL PLANNING ENTITIES;

19.1.

(e) (1) The [Office for Children, Youth, and Families] SUBCABINET shall
adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(2)     The regulations [shall be developed in collaboration with the committee
created under subsection (c) of this section and] shall include:

(i) Schedules for returning children from out of state placements;

(ii) Schedules for preventing out of state placements; and

(iii) Any allowable exceptions.

(f) The [Special Secretary for Children, Youth, and Families, the Secretaries of
Health and Mental Hygiene, Human Resources, Juvenile Services, and Budget and Fiscal
Planning, and the State Superintendent of Schools] SUBCABINET shall implement the
plan developed under this section THROUGH THE LOCAL PLANNING ENTITIES.

22.

(b) The Council shall be independent, and located in the [Office for Children,
Youth, and Families] SUBCABINET for budgetary and administrative purposes only.

23.

(a) The Council consists of the following 20 members appointed by the Governor:

(6) The Special Secretary [of the Office] for Children, Youth, and
Families;

25.

(c) The staff shall be responsible to the Special Secretary [of the Office] for
Children, Youth, and Families solely for routine administrative purposes.

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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 735