<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="4-205" title_number="4" title_name="Social Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Social Services Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration shall be the central coordinating and directing agency of all social service activities in the State, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>child welfare services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other social service activities financed wholly or partly by the Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the purposes of these duties, child welfare services provided to a minor may continue after the minor’s eighteenth birthday but not beyond the minor’s twenty-first birthday.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administration shall supervise, direct, and control the activities of the local departments that it finances wholly or partly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Administration shall supervise all public and private institutions that have care, custody, or control of abused, abandoned, dependent, or neglected children, except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>institutions under the authority of the Department of Juvenile Services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>agencies, persons, or institutions designated by the Department of Juvenile Services under § 9-217 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration may visit any State-aided institution, organization, or agency engaged in social service or welfare activities and inspect thoroughly its management, buildings, and equipment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Visits and inspections under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be made:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>at reasonably convenient hours; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>with reasonable regard to the established discipline, regulations, and customs of the institution, organization, or agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>As desirable or necessary for the purpose of this title, the Administration may designate existing agencies or organizations in the State as the Administration’s agents.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Before the start of each regular session of the General Assembly, the Administration shall submit a report of its activities to the Governor.</text>
  </level>
</section>
