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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-1302" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Child Welfare Accountability">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Budget and Management shall develop and implement an outcome-based system of accountability for measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of child welfare services for children and families in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The outcome measurement system shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>address areas of safety, permanence, and well-being for all children in the State child welfare system;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>measure performance at the State and local levels;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>expand on federal outcome measures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>use the indicators in §§ 5-1303 through 5-1306 of this subtitle to measure outcomes; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>be used in whole or in part in the Department’s annual managing for results submission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations that establish guidelines for the collection of information at the State and local levels under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
