Ch. 637

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iii) Education services;

(iv) Social work services; and

(v) Drug and alcohol abuse assessment or treatment services.

(4)     In addition to any other provision, the regulations shall require:

(i) The local department of social services or the Department of
Juvenile Services to develop a plan within 45 days of placement of a child in a shelter care
facility to assess the child's treatment needs; and

(ii) The plan to be submitted to all parties to the petition and their
counsel.

(i)- The intake officer or the official who authorized detention or shelter care
shall immediately give written notice of the authorization for detention or shelter care to
the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, and to the court. The notice shall be
accompanied by a statement of the reasons for taking the child into custody and placing
him in detention or shelter care. This notice may be combined with the notice required
under subsection (d) of this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-815.

(d) (4) [Shelter] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (5) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, SHELTER care may not be ordered for a period of more than 30 days unless
an adjudicatory or waiver hearing is held.

(5)     FOR A CHILD IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, SHELTER CARE MAY BE
EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS IF THE
COURT FINDS AFTER A HEARING HELD AS PART OF THE ADJUDICATION THAT
CONTINUED SHELTER CARE IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE
CHILD.

(6) FOR A CHILD IN NEED OF SUPERVISION OR A DELINQUENT CHILD,
SHELTER CARE MAY BE EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN 30
DAYS IF THE COURT FINDS AFTER A HEARING HELD AS PART OF THE ADJUDICATION
THAT CONTINUED SHELTER CARE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES STATED
IN SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION.

(6) (7) (i) An adjudicatory or waiver hearing shall be held no later than
30 days after the date a petition for detention is granted.

(ii) If a child is detained after an adjudicatory hearing, a disposition
hearing shall be held no later than 14 days after the adjudicatory hearing.

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