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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 255
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(2) Children's councils;
(3) Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy;
(4) State Coordinating Council for Residential Placement of
Handicapped Children; [and]
(5) OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT JUVENILE JUSTICE MONITOR; AND
[(5)] (6) Other multiple agency initiatives for children, youth, and
families that are not reserved by law to another agency.
OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT JUVENILE JUSTICE MONITOR
40.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(B) "DISCIPLINARY ACTION" MEANS ANY PUNITIVE ACTION OR ALTERATION
IN THE STATUS OR PLACEMENT OF AGAINST A CHILD THAT RESULTS IN MORE
SECURITY, ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS, OR LESS PERSONAL FREEDOM.
(C) "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE.
(D) "FACILITY' MEANS:
(1) A RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FACILITY OPERATED BY THE
DEPARTMENT; AND
(2) A RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FACILITY OWNED BY THE DEPARTMENT
BUT PRIVATELY OPERATED.
(E) (1) "GRIEVANCE" MEANS A COMPLAINT MADE BY A CHILD OR ON
BEHALF OF A CHILD BY A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD DUE TO
A CIRCUMSTANCE OR ACTION CONSIDERED TO BE UNJUST.
(2) " GRIEVANCE" DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE,
DISCIPLINARY APPEAL, OR COMPLAINT.
(F) "INDEPENDENT JUVENILE JUSTICE MONITOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL
EMPLOYED BY THE OFFICE FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
DEPARTMENT ARE BEING MET IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, THAT THEIR
RIGHTS ARE BEING UPHELD, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING ABUSED.
(G) "OFFICE" MEANS THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT JUVENILE JUSTICE
MONITOR
(H) "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE.
(I) "SUBCABINET" MEANS THE SUBCABINET FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND
FAMILIES.
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