Citizens Review Board for Children, local citizens review panels, the State
Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the State Child Fatality Review Team
to coordinate certain activities; authorizing local governments to establish local
citizens review panels; establishing the membership of the local panels;
specifying the duties of the local panels; establishing the State Council on Child
Abuse and Neglect; providing that the State Council is part of the Office for
Children, Youth, and Families for budgetary and administrative purposes;
establishing the membership of the Council; specifying the terms of certain
members of the Council; requiring the Governor to select the chairperson of the
Council; requiring the Council to meet at a certain frequency; prohibiting the
members from receiving compensation; authorizing reimbursement for certain
expenses; authorizing the Council to employ a staff; establishing committees;
establishing the duties of the Council; authorizing the Council to request that
certain actions be taken by local citizens review panels; prohibiting certain
persons from disclosing certain information; authorizing the Special Secretary
for Children, Youth, and Families to impose certain civil penalties; requiring
State and local government units to provide certain information to the Council;
requiring certain annual reports; requiring a health care provider to disclose a
medical record without the authorization of the person in interest to a child
fatality review team; requiring the office of the Chief Medical Examiner to notify
the chairperson of a local child fatality review team under certain
circumstances; establishing the State Child Fatality Review Team; providing
that the State Team is part of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for
budgetary and administrative purposes; establishing the membership of the
State Team; providing for staffing; requiring the Governor State Team to select
the chairperson of the State Team; prohibiting the members from receiving
compensation; authorizing reimbursement for certain expenses; requiring the
State Team to meet at a certain frequency; establishing the purpose and duties
of the State Team; establishing local child fatality review teams; establishing
the membership of the local teams; presiding for staffing; requiring each local
team to elect a chairperson; establishing the purpose and duties of the local
teams; requiring the local teams to take certain actions in response to a report of
an unexpected child death; requiring certain persons to provide a local team
with certain information and records; making certain information confidential;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to child safety and welfare.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 88A — Department of Human Resources
Section 6

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law

Section 5-535, 5-538(a), 5-539, and 5-546
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)