Section 8-1001 - Definition [Subject to amendment effective July 1, 2011]. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-1001. Definition [Subject to amendment effective July 1, 2011; amended version follows this section].
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Cooperating department.-  

(1) "Cooperating department" means a unit of the State government responsible for out-of-home placement of children. 

(2) "Cooperating department" includes: 

(i) the Department of Juvenile Services; and 

(ii) the Department of Human Resources. 

(c)  Direct care staff.- "Direct care staff" means staff assigned to perform direct responsibilities related to activities of daily living, self-help, and socialization skills of children in a residential child care program. 

(d)  Out-of-home placement.- "Out-of-home placement" means: 

(1) the removal of a child from the child's family; and 

(2) the placement of the child by a cooperating department or court in a public or private residential child care program or treatment foster care home for more than 30 days. 

(e)  System for outcomes evaluation.- "System for outcomes evaluation" means an objective and standardized method of measuring the effectiveness of the programs described in subsection (d)(2) of this section. 
 

[2007, ch. 133; 2009, ch. 591, § 1; ch. 592, § 1.]