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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="9-221" title_number="9" title_name="Juvenile Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Department of Juvenile Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To carry out the objectives of this title, the following State units shall cooperate fully with the Department:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State Department of Education;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Department of General Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Maryland Department of Health;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Department of Human Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Maryland Department of Labor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>each other agency needed to accomplish these objectives.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall cooperate with the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit of the Office of the Attorney General established under Title 6, Subtitle 4 of the State Government Article by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>providing the Unit with access to all facilities, reports, and records relating to a child on request;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>allowing the juvenile justice monitors to conduct interviews with staff, children, and any other individuals on request; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>submitting corrective action plans and incident reports to the Unit in response to findings and recommendations made by the juvenile justice monitors regarding a facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Department shall respond to requests for information from a juvenile justice monitor concerning a facility within 30 days after the date of the request.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the Department does not respond to a request for information, the monitor may conduct a reasonable investigation relating to the original request for information.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall cooperate with the State Department of Education to establish educational programs as required under Title 22, Subtitle 3 of the Education Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
