Section 9-221 - Interagency cooperation. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-221. Interagency cooperation.
 

(a)  Cooperation of other units.- To carry out the objectives of this title, the following State units shall cooperate fully with the Department: 

(1) the State Department of Education; 

(2) the Department of General Services; 

(3) the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; 

(4) the Department of Human Resources; 

(5) the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; 

(6) the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and 

(7) each other agency needed to accomplish these objectives. 

(b)  Cooperation with Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit.-  

(1) The Department shall cooperate with the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit of the Office of the Attorney General established under Title 6, Subtitle 4 of the State Government Article by: 

(i) providing the Unit with access to all facilities, reports, and records relating to a child on request; 

(ii) allowing the juvenile justice monitors to conduct interviews with staff, children, and any other individuals on request; and 

(iii) submitting corrective action plans and incident reports to the Unit in response to findings and recommendations made by the juvenile justice monitors regarding a facility. 

(2) (i) The Department shall respond to requests for information from a juvenile justice monitor concerning a facility within 30 days after the date of the request. 

(ii) If the Department does not respond to a request for information, the monitor may conduct a reasonable investigation relating to the original request for information. 

(c)  Cooperation with State Department of Education.- The Department shall cooperate with the State Department of Education to establish educational programs as required under Title 22, Subtitle 3 of the Education Article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 83C, §§ 2-113, 2-118(g)-(i); 2007, ch. 3, § 2.]