Ch. 217

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 217
(Senate Bill 178)

AN ACT concerning

Residential Child Care Programs - State-Funded Operators - Licensing

Provisions

FOR the purpose of requiring a licensed operator of a residential child care program
who receives State funding to meet certain academic needs of a child in the
operator's care; exempting certain licensed operators from certain requirements;
requiring certain group homes to comply with certain provisions of law;
requiring the department that licenses the group home to notify certain group
homes of certain provisions of law; and generally relating to certain licensing
provisions for State-funded operators of residential child care programs.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 7-309

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 5-526

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

7-309.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION, "RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE PROGRAM" MEANS A
PROGRAM THAT:

(I)      PROVIDES CARE FOR CHILDREN 24 HOURS A DAY WITHIN A
STRUCTURED SET OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE
OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN SERVED; AND

(II)     IS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, OR THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUVENILE JUSTICE.

(2) A "RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE PROGRAM" INCLUDES:

(I) GROUP HOMES;

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