PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 407

(v) A foster home that is the domicile of the foster parent.
10-923.

(a)     Application for placement of a child or adolescent in a private therapeutic
group home may be made under this section by:

(1)     An individual who is 16 years old or older;

(2)     A parent or guardian on behalf of the child or adolescent;

(3)     With the consent of the parent or guardian of the child or adolescent, a
psychiatrist or psychologist who treats the child or adolescent;

(4)     On behalf of a child or adolescent, a local department of social services
when the local department has custody or guardianship of the child or adolescent under
§ 3-820 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article;

(5)     The Department of Education or the local education agency with the
consent of a parent or guardian;

(6)     On behalf of a child or adolescent, the Department of Juvenile
[Services] JUSTICE when the Department has custody or guardianship of the child or
adolescent under § 3-820 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article; or

(7)     The circuit court of a county, Baltimore City sitting as the juvenile court,
and in Montgomery County, the District Court sitting as juvenile court.

16-206.

(b)     The Department of Juvenile [Services] JUSTICE shall pay for juvenile
screening and treatment services that any person other than the Department provides
under Article 83C § 2-118. However, the Department later shall bill and collect this cost
of care as provided in this subtitle.

18-4A-03.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the following individuals, not in order
of priority, may consent to the immunization of a minor if a parent is not reasonably
available and the authority to consent is not denied under subsection (b) or (c) of this
section:

(1)     A grandparent;

(2)     An adult brother or sister;

(3)     An adult aunt or uncle;

(4)     A stepparent;

(5)     Any other adult who has care and control of the minor;

(6)     A court that has jurisdiction of a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship of which the minor is the subject;

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