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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 14.31.03.02" title_num="14" subtitle_num="31" chapter_num="03" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Case service coordinator” means a State employee, assigned to the Office for Children, who is responsible for tracking the status of hospitalized children and coordinating interagency efforts to secure the timely and appropriate placement of these children.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Departments” means the Maryland Departments of Health, Human Services, Education, and Juvenile Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Discharge plan” means the written plan, developed by the hospital treatment team and qualified professionals from the Departments providing services to the child, which describes the services, treatment, and training appropriate for the child outside the hospital setting.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Hospitalized child” means both State-hospitalized children and privately hospitalized children.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Lead agency” means the Department designated by the multi-agency review team to implement the hospitalized child's discharge plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Multi-agency review team” means a committee of senior officials from the Departments and the Office for Children.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Private psychiatric hospital” means Brooklane Hospital, Gundry Glass Hospital, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, and Taylor Manor Hospital.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Privately hospitalized child” means an individual under 18 years old, committed by juvenile court order to State custody and who is admitted to a private psychiatric hospital.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“State-hospitalized child” means an individual 18 years old admitted to the Mental Hygiene Administration's inpatient hospital-level care.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>