ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 308

(2)     study and make recommendations regarding the feasibility of
providing intensive individualized monitoring and support services to children in the
custody of or under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice;

(3)     make recommendations regarding ways to help a child become
productively involved in school or the workplace;

(4)     make recommendations on ways to use monitoring and mentoring
programs to help decrease the likelihood that a child who has had contact with the
Department of Juvenile Justice will be involved in delinquent behavior in the future;
and

(5)     study and make recommendations on the feasibility of using
monitoring and mentoring programs to provide a child in the custody of or under the
supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice with services, including informal
counseling, tutoring, assisting the child with life training skills, working with the
child's family or guardian, and interacting with the child's school or employer.

(g) The Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations to the
Governor and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the General
Assembly on or before October 1, 2004.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003. It shall remain effective for a period of 3 years and 3 months 1 year
and 1 month and, at the end of December 31, 2006 October 31, 2004, with no further
action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall be abrogated and of no further
force and effect.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 308
(House Bill 550)

AN ACT concerning

Family Law - Reporting of Out-of-State Child Abuse and Neglect and

Neglect

FOR the purpose of requiring the reporting of certain out-of-state child abuse and
neglect and neglect under certain circumstances; specifying the procedures for
the reporting of certain out-of-state child abuse and neglect and neglect;
establishing that a certain person is not required to report certain out of state
child abuse under certain circumstances; requiring a local department of social
services to forward a report of certain out-of-state child abuse or neglect or
neglect to a certain out-of-state agency under certain circumstances; specifying
the applicability of certain provisions of law; establishing that certain reporting
requirements apply only to certain persons in this State; providing certain
immunity for certain persons under certain circumstances; establishing that
certain investigation procedures apply only to certain in-state child abuse or

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