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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0522* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 522 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E3 5lr1329 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Taveras, Lehman, Martinez, Pena –Melnyk, Phillips, Ruff, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Woods |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Department of Juvenile Services – Rehabilitation Services – Funding 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing the Department of Juvenile Services to provide funding for 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | certain rehabilitation services to certain rehabilitation institutions; and generally 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | relating to the Department of Juvenile Services. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Human Services 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 9–216 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Human Services 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9–216. 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) The Department is the central administrative department for: 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) juvenile intake, detention authorization, community detention, 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | investigation, probation, protective supervision, predelinquent diversion services, and 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | aftercare services; and 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) the State juvenile diagnostic, training, detention, and rehabilitation 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | institutions. 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) The Department shall: 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 522 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) develop programs for predelinquent children whose behavior tends to 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | lead to contact with law enforcement agencies; 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) promote predelinquent programs, including greater utilization of youth 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | services bureaus under § 9–234 of this subtitle, that provide services to divert children from 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the juvenile justice system; 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) collaborate with local governments to encourage the use of 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | predelinquent programs provided by youth services bureaus under § 9–234 of this subtitle 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | in response to identified community needs; and 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (4) provide technical assistance to local governments and youth services 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | bureaus under § 9–234 of this subtitle to identify alternative funding sources for 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | predelinquent programs. 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (C) THE DEPARTMENT MAY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR UP TO 1 YEAR OF 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | REHABILITAT ION SERVICES TO REHABILITATI ON INSTITUTIONS UNDER 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | October 1, 2025. 16 |
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