ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 438

the Senate Finance Committee and the House Economic Matters Committee on or
before July 1, 2005 on the status of enforcement of the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 438

(Senate Bill 99)

AN ACT concerning                                                                                             

Children's Group Home Residential Child Care Programs - Certification of

Program Administrator

FOR the purpose of establishing the State Board for Certification of Children's Group
Home Residential Child Care Program Administrators; specifying the
membership, powers, and duties of the Board; establishing the terms of and
requirements for certain members of the Board; authorizing the Board to
employ certain staff in accordance with the budget of the Board; establishing a
State Board for Certification of Children's Croup Home Residential Child Care
Program Administrators Fund; establishing certain immunity from liability for
certain persons under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be
certified before the individual may administer a children's group home
residential child care program licensed by certain State departments;
establishing certain procedures in the event that a program administrator
leaves or is removed; specifying the qualifications for certain certificates;
specifying application procedures for certain applications; authorizing the
issuance and renewal of certain certificates; authorizing certain individuals
with certificates to administer certain programs; providing for the expiration
and renewal of certain certificates; establishing certain grounds for discipline;
requiring the Board to provide certain hearing procedures before certain
individuals may be disciplined under this Act; prohibiting certain acts; making
certain exceptions; establishing certain penalties; establishing a certain date by
which all licensed children's group home residential child care programs shall
have certified program administrators; providing that the State Board for
Certification of Children's Group Home Residential Child Care Program
Administrators is subject to the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation
Act; defining certain terms; stating the intent of the General Assembly that
certain funds be included in the State budget for certain purposes and that when
certain special funds become available, the special funds be used to reimburse
the General Fund; specifying the terms of the initial members of the Board; and
generally relating to the certification of individuals to administer children's
group home residential child care programs.

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