(III) MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIES;

(2) REQUIRE EACH LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO
SUBMIT ANNUAL PLANS THAT CONTAIN MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES, INCLUDING
OBJECTIVES FOR PARTICIPATION IN WORK ACTIVITIES, TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE
FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM; AND

(3) MONITOR THE SUCCESS OF THE LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL
SERVICES IN ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PLANS.

(a) (1) The State Department shall be the central coordinating and directing
agency of all social service and public assistance activities in this State, including the
Family Investment Program, public assistance to adults, child welfare services, food
stamps, and any other social service and public assistance activities financed in whole
or in part by the State Department. For the purposes of these powers, child welfare
services being provided to persons under the age of 18 may continue after their
eighteenth birthday but not beyond their twenty-first birthday.

(2) All of the activities of the local departments in the counties and in
Baltimore City, which the State Department finances, in whole or in part, shall be
subject to the supervision, direction and control of the State Department.

(3) (1) AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 2 YEARS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT
SHALL CONDUCT OR CONTRACT FOR A FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE AUDIT OF EACH
LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND SHALL PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT
OF THE AUDIT FINDINGS.

(II) THE AUDIT SHALL COMPLY WITH THE AUDITING STANDARDS
ISSUED BY THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS.

Article - Family Law

10-119.1.

(a) (1) Notwithstanding § 13-405 of the State Personnel and Pensions
Article, there is a Child Support Enforcement Privatization Pilot Program within the
Department,

(2) The Pilot Program shall operate in Baltimore City and Queen Anne's

County.

(b) The purpose of the Pilot Program is to authorize the Secretary of the
Department to enter into contracts with private companies to privatize all aspects of
child support enforcement functions of the Department, including:

(1) locating absent parents;

(2) establishing paternities;

(3) establishing support orders;

(4) collecting and disbursing support payments;