PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 8

(b)     (1) By January 1, 1993, the Special Secretary for Children, Youth, and
Families, the Secretaries of Health and Mental Hygiene, Human Resources, Juvenile
[Services] JUSTICE, and Budget and Fiscal Planning, and the State Superintendent of
Schools shall develop a joint plan for the provision of family preservation services.

(2)     Representatives of the Child Advocacy Community and other
appropriate organizations shall be consulted in the development of the plan.

(3)     The plan shall include:

(i) A schedule for phasing in family preservation services with a goal
that, as resources are made available, all families determined to be suitable for these
services after July 1, 1995 shall receive them;

(ii) Descriptions of the types of children and families who shall receive
family preservation services;

(iii) Descriptions of the types of family preservation services available;

(iv) Descriptions of the situations in which the family preservation
services available would not be appropriate; and

(v) Procedures for providing family preservation services on an
interagency basis, when appropriate.

(c)     The Special Secretary for Children, Youth, and Families, the Secretaries of
Health and Mental Hygiene, Human Resources, Juvenile [Services] JUSTICE, and
Budget and Fiscal Planning, and the State Superintendent of Schools may jointly develop
and adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of the joint plan developed
under subsection (b) of this section.

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

(e)     (1) The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of
Human Resources, the Department of Juvenile [Services] JUSTICE, and the Department
of Education may use funds that have been appropriated for out-of-home placement care
and services to provide family preservation services in accordance with the joint plan and
any regulations developed and adopted under this section.

(2) The joint plan developed under subsection (b) of this section shall
identify other resources and strategies for the provision and support of a broad range of
family preservation services.

(f)      Subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, by July 1, 1994, and by
July 1 of each year thereafter, the Special Secretary for Children, Youth, and Families,
the Secretaries of Health and Mental Hygiene, Human Resources, Juvenile [Services]
JUSTICE, and Budget and Fiscal Planning, and the State Superintendent of Schools shall
submit a joint report to the General Assembly on the costs and outcomes of State-funded
family preservation services for the previous fiscal year.

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