§ 8-101. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHuman ServicesEffective: March 7, 2020
Effective: March 7, 2020
MD Code, Human Services, § 8-101
§ 8-101. Definitions
(b) “Agencies of the Children's Cabinet” includes:
(c)(1) “Child in need of out-of-state placement” means a child who is recommended by a public agency for out-of-home placement outside of the State.
(d) “Child with intensive needs” means a child who has behavioral, educational, developmental, or mental health needs that cannot be met through available public agency resources because:
(e) “Core service agency” has the meaning stated in § 7.5-101 of the Health--General Article.
(g) “Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of the Division of Children and Youth of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.
(h) “Division” means the Division of Children and Youth of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.
(i) “Evidence-based” means meeting the criteria for an evidence-based early childhood home visiting service delivery model as defined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
(j) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.
(l)(1) “Home visiting program” means a program or initiative that:
(n) “Local behavioral health authority” has the meaning stated in § 7.5-101 of the Health--General Article.
(o) “Local management board” means an entity established or designated by a county under Subtitle 3 of this title to ensure the implementation of a local, interagency service delivery system for children, youth, and families.
(q) “Promising” means a home visiting program or practice that:
(r) “Public agency” means a State or local government unit or a quasi-governmental entity.
(s)(1) “Residential child care program” means an entity that provides 24-hour per day care for children within a structured set of services and activities that are designed to achieve specific objectives relative to the needs of the children served and that include the provision of food, clothing, shelter, education, social services, health, mental health, recreation, or any combination of these services and activities.
Credits
Added by Acts 2007, c. 3, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. Amended by Acts 2007, c. 133, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2009, c. 591, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2009, c. 592, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2011, c. 604, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2012, c. 79, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 80, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2014, c. 621, § 1, eff. June 1, 2014; Acts 2015, c. 469, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6; Acts 2020, c. 11, § 1, eff. March 7, 2020.
MD Code, Human Services, § 8-101, MD HUMAN SERV § 8-101
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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