PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 476

10-901.

(b) The Secretary shall:

(1)     Through the regional mental health director, provide a county with
consultative staff services to help ascertain local needs and plan and establish local
mental health programs;

(2)     Review and evaluate local programs and personnel practices;

(3)     Make recommendations to the governing body [and], health officer of a
county, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES on the local program and personnel practices;

(4)     Review and either approve or disapprove the plans and budgets that a
county governing body submits for State funding under Part I of this subtitle; and

(5)     Exercise any other power or duty required to carry out Part I of this
subtitle.

10-904.

(a)     [The] EXCEPT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE health officer for a county
is responsible for:

(1)     The mental health services program in the county; and

(2)     Supervising generally the mental health services and facilities that the
county health department provides or supports.

(b)     The health officer for a county shall:

(1)     With the advice of the regional mental health director, revise annually
the county plan for providing or contracting for services, including aftercare, and facilities
and for any other matters necessary or desirable to carry out Part I of this subtitle;

(2)     Prepare annually a budget for carrying out the plan;

(3)     Assure that the staff and professional services meet the standards that
the Secretary adopts;

(4)     Submit to the mental health advisory committee and the governing body
for the county an annual report on the county program, including an account of
expenditures and an estimate of anticipated needs for the next year;

(5)     Facilitate the work of the county or intercounty mental health advisory
committee; and

(6)     Perform any other duty necessary to carry out Part I of this subtitle.

(C) IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALL SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES AND
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES OF A HEALTH OFFICER IN THIS TITLE SHALL BE CARRIED
OUT BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES.

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