Ch. 340                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 340
(House Bill 416)

AN ACT concerning

Child Care Homes and Private Group Homes—Notice of Issuance of License

or Certificate of Approval
Children's Group Homes - Use of Subcabinet Resources Directory for

Notification and Identification

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Juvenile Serviced, the Social
Services Administration, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
within a certain period of time after issuing a license for a child care home, a
certificate of approval for a private group home, or a license for a private group
home, to give to certain persons and to post on the unit's website notice of the
issuance of the license or certificate; providing for the application of this Act;
and generally relating to notice of the issuance of licenses or certificated of
approval for child care homes and private group homes.

FOR the purpose of requiring the Office for Children. Youth, and Families, in
coordination with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the
Department of Human Resources, and the Department of Juvenile Services, to
conduct an analysis and make recommendations on how the Subcabinet
Resources Directory may be used for certain notifications and identifications
regarding children's group homes; requiring the Office to make a certain report
on or before a certain date; and generally relating to the use of the Subcabinet
Resources Directory for notification and identification of children's group homes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 83C—Juvenile Services
Section 2-123

Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Family Law
Section 5-508

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Health—General
Section 7-612 and 10-521
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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