# Family Law (GFL)

## Title 5. Children

### Subtitle 12. Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services

#### Section 5-1204

Subject to the availability of funds, the Governor shall include in the State budget for fiscal year 2002 and all succeeding fiscal years sufficient funds to ensure that:

(1) each at-risk parent receives substance abuse treatment when the at-risk parent indicates a desire to enter substance abuse treatment or as soon thereafter as possible; and

(2) each child of an at-risk parent receives necessary treatment to remediate the harm caused by the parent's substance abuse.

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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)