# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 3. Local Departments of Social Services

### Subtitle 2. General Provisions

#### Section 3-201

(a)

  (1) This subsection does not apply in Montgomery County.

  (2) The Department shall create or continue a local department in each county.

  (3) A local department shall be referred to as the department of social services preceded by the name of the county.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a local department shall have a local board and a local director appointed in accordance with this title.

(c) In Baltimore City, the local department shall have a commission of social services.

#### Section 3-202

(a) Administrative costs that a local department incurs in carrying out this subtitle and Subtitle 3 of this title shall be paid with State or federal funds as the Department prescribes.

(b) This section does not prohibit a county from appropriating additional funds for administrative costs of a local department.

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