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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 282
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(i) collection and reporting of information regarding children with
intensive needs and children in need of residential placement, including:
1. specific data to be collected; and
2. requirements for reporting to the Subcabinet;
(ii) coordinated case management subject to available funding,
provided through:
1. existing agency case management services; or
2. where no current case management services are available
for a child, the local management board or other entity designated by the jurisdiction;
(iii) the provision of community-based, interagency services to
children with intensive needs, to the extent that:
1. the services are consistent with federal and State laws;
2. the services supplement existing agency resources; and
3. funding is available to provide the supplemental services;
and
(iv) review of recommendations to place children in residential
placements, in accordance with Article 49D, § 19(b) of the Code;
(4) identification of local public agencies and community representatives
to participate in the development of the local plan required in subsection (e) of this
section;
(5) a process for the resolution of disputes among local agencies
represented on the local coordinating council regarding the funding or provision of
services to a child;
(6) consideration of financing strategies to fund the implementation of
local plans, including:
(i) a special case rate reimbursement system for children with
intensive needs in at least one .jurisdiction;
(ii) the identification of specific strategies to maximize federal
funding of community-based services and the effective use of State flexible funds;
(iii) requirements for accessing private resources of families to
contribute to the cost of services to children with intensive needs, to the extent that:
1. the use of private resources is permitted by federal law;
and
2. the contribution is consistent with the family's ability to
share in the cost of services without undue financial hardship to the family; and
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