# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 9. Juvenile Services

### Subtitle 2. Department of Juvenile Services

#### Section 9-224

(a) On or before October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter, the Department shall report to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, in accordance with Sec. 2-1257 of the State Government Article, on:

  (1) efforts by the Department to promote predelinquent programs, including youth service bureaus;

  (2) efforts by the Department to collaborate with and provide technical assistance to local governments regarding the establishment, use, and funding of youth service bureaus;

  (3) an assessment of the programs and activities conducted by youth service bureaus; and

  (4) any other efforts to prevent youth offenses.

(b) On or before October 1, 2027, and each October 1 thereafter, the Department, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy and the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall report to the Commission on Juvenile Justice and Emerging and Best Practices and, in accordance with Sec. 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on:

  (1) the average length of stay of youth awaiting committed placement in a juvenile detention facility;

  (2)

    (i) the total number of cases in which the juvenile court is petitioned to waive its jurisdiction under Sec. 3-8A-06 of the Courts Article;

    (ii) the total number of cases in which the juvenile court waives its jurisdiction under Sec. 3-8A-06 of the Courts Article; and

    (iii) the total number of cases in which the juvenile court declines to waive its jurisdiction under Sec. 3-8A-06 of the Courts Article;

  (3)

    (i) the total number of cases in which a court is petitioned to transfer the case to juvenile court under Sec. 4-202 of the Criminal Procedure Article;

    (ii) the total number of cases in which a court transfers the case to juvenile court under Sec. 4-202 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and

    (iii) the total number of cases in which a court declines to transfer the case to juvenile court under Sec. 4-202 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and

  (4) the average length of time a youth spends in detention, community detention, or shelter care awaiting a decision under Sec. 3-8A-06 of the Courts Article.

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