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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 14.31.01.03" title_num="14" subtitle_num="31" chapter_num="01" heading="Membership and Organization of the SCC and the LCT.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>SCC Membership and Organization.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The members of the SCC are the following State officials, or their designees:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Secretary of the Department of Human Services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The Executive Director of the Governor’s Office for Children; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The State Superintendent of Schools.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Secretary of Budget and Management, or a designee, shall serve as a non-voting, ex officio member of the SCC.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Secretary of the Department of Disabilities, or a designee, shall serve as a non-voting, ex officio member of the SCC.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The Children’s Cabinet shall designate up to 3 individuals to serve on the SCC on a rotating basis to represent:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Family members or family advocates; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Youth or youth advocates.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Governor’s Office for Children shall provide staff support for the SCC.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The SCC shall be chaired by a voting member as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The chairman shall serve a term of 12 months; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The chairmanship shall rotate among all voting members.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The SCC shall establish and develop procedures to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Review notifications for state funding for the out-of-State placement of individual children with intensive needs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Make recommendations regarding the review of such notifications to the SCC; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Perform other functions as identified by the Children’s Cabinet or the SCC.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>LCT Membership and Organization.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each LCT shall consist of at least one designee of each of the following bodies:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Alcohol and Drug Administration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Department of Juvenile Services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The Developmental Disabilities Administration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The local school system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The Mental Hygiene Administration or the local core service agency;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>The local department of social services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>The local health department; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>The local management board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The LCT membership shall include a parent of a child with intensive needs from the community, or parent advocate, or both, appointed by the chairman of the LCT in consultation with the local child advocacy community.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The LCT membership shall include a non-voting representative of the local office of the Division of Rehabilitative Services to represent individuals who are 16 years old and older.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Although each LCT member agency may designate staff to represent it on the LCT, all designees shall possess authority to the extent permitted by federal and State law to commit the resources of the agency that they represent.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>For all matters decided by a vote of the LCT:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Each member agency listed in §B(1) of this regulation has a single vote; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The parent and parent advocate member represented on the LCT each have a single vote.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The LCT shall select its chair by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Rotating the chairmanship among the members of the agencies represented on the LCT; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Appointing the LMB’s designee to the LCT as its chair.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Each LCT:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Shall determine which of its members will have responsibility for its administrative functions; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If 2 or more members will share the responsibility, shall determine the rotation of the administrative functions.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>