# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 2. Department of Human Services

### Subtitle 2

#### Section 2-204

(a) With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint three deputy secretaries.

(b) The deputy secretaries:

  (1) serve at the pleasure of the Secretary; and

  (2) are entitled to the compensation provided in the State budget.

(c) The deputy secretaries have the duties delegated by the Secretary.

(d) The Secretary shall designate a deputy secretary to be the acting secretary when the Secretary is absent from the State or otherwise unavailable.

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