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Ch. 551 2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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SECTION 5. 4. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2000.
Approved May 18, 2000.
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CHAPTER 551
(House Bill 7)
AN ACT concerning
Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment
Services
FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, after consultation with certain persons, to develop
a statewide protocol for integrating child welfare and substance abuse
treatment services; specifying the elements to be included in the protocol;
requiring a court to order substance abuse assessment and testing under certain
circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue certain reports; expressing the intent of
the General Assembly about spending levels; requiring the Governor, under
certain circumstances, to include certain amounts in the annual State budget in
certain fiscal years for certain purposes and requiring a certain maintenance of
effort; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to explore the
use of excess hospital beds and to locate new substance abuse treatment
programs; requiring the Secretary of Human Resources and the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene to consider recommendations developed by a certain
task force in developing the statewide protocol and to enter into a memorandum
of understanding for a certain purpose; requiring the Department of Human
Resources and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt certain
regulations; defining certain terms; providing for the application of this Act; and
generally relating to the establishment of integrated child welfare and
substance abuse treatment services.
BY adding to
Article - Family Law
Section 5-1201 through 5-1209, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle
12. Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, Substance abuse is a key factor fueling intensification of child
abuse and neglect in the 1990s; and
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