2004 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill 1083: Department of Juvenile Services - Reorganization and Regionalization

For the purpose of declaring a certain intent of the General Assembly; requiring that the Department of Juvenile Services designate a certain number of regions in the State and appoint regional directors; requiring a region to include certain facilities and step-down aftercare services; providing for the appointment, salary, duties, and tenure of regional directors; requiring certain policies, plans for facilities, and mentoring and other programs for certain children; requiring that certain programs be implemented by a certain date requiring the Department to take certain actions; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to report periodically about the children, programs, and effectiveness of certain facilities in the Department; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to adopt certain regulations about develop certain policies concerning training, standards, and uniformity; authorizing the juvenile court to require certain child support payments; requiring certain money generated by State Use Industries to be dedicated to certain facilities; terminating the authority of the Department to make certain contracts with or place certain children in facilities of private service providers; requiring each region to have certain facilities that may be used only for certain purposes; specifying that the facilities may be used only for certain children; prohibiting by a certain date certain placements of children; requiring the Secretary to develop a certain multiyear plan; requiring the Department, through the Facilities Master Plan, to develop a certain timetable to establish and operate certain facilities; requiring certain new facilities of the Department to be established on certain existing properties; requiring by a certain date that the facilities of the Department contain fewer than a certain number of children; requiring certain facilities to have education centers; requiring by a certain date that certain children be placed only in certain facilities.