Section 16-206 - Juvenile services. - Maryland Statutes

§ 16-206. Juvenile services.
 

(a)  Services provided by Department.- For juvenile screening and treatment services that a unit of the Department provides under § 9-227(b)(1)(ii) of the Human Services Article, the Department shall bill and collect the cost of care as provided in this subtitle and as if the recipient of services were not a ward of this State. 

(b)  Services provided by others.- The Department of Juvenile Services shall pay for juvenile screening and treatment services that any person other than the Department provides under § 9-227(b)(1)(ii) of the Human Services Article. However, the Department later shall bill and collect this cost of care as provided in this subtitle. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 52A, § 12; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1987, ch. 290, §§ 1, 9; 1988, ch. 6, § 8; 1989, ch. 539, § 7; 1995, ch. 3, § 1; ch. 8, § 4; 2003, ch. 53, § 6; 2007, ch. 8, § 1.]