PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 407

(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] JUSTICE 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.

3-818.

(a) After a petition or a citation has been filed, the court may direct the
Department of Juvenile [Services] JUSTICE or another qualified agency to make a study
concerning the child, his family, his environment, and other matters relevant to the
disposition of the case.

3-820.

(c) (1) In making a disposition on a petition, the court may:

(i) Place the child on probation or under supervision in his own home
or in the custody or under the guardianship of a relative or other fit person, upon terms
the court deems appropriate;

(ii) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection,
commit the child to the custody or under the guardianship of the Department of Juvenile
[Services] JUSTICE, a local department of social services, the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, or a public or licensed private agency on terms that the court considers
appropriate to meet the priorities set forth in subsection (b) of this section, including
designation of the type of facility where the child is to be accommodated, until custody or
guardianship is terminated with approval of the court or as required under § 3-825 of this
subtitle; or

(iii) Order the child, parents, guardian, or custodian of the child to
participate in rehabilitative services that are in the best interest of the child and the
family.

(2) A child committed under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may not be
accommodated in a facility that has reached budgeted capacity if a bed is available in
another comparable facility in the State, unless the placement to the facility that has
reached budgeted capacity has been recommended by the Department of Juvenile
[Services] JUSTICE.

3-828.

(a) A police record concerning a child is confidential and shall be maintained
separate from those of adults. Its contents may not be divulged, by subpoena or otherwise,
except by order of the court upon good cause shown. This subsection does not prohibit
access to and confidential use of the record by the Department of Juvenile [Services]
JUSTICE or in the investigation and prosecution of the child by any law enforcement
agency.

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