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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 14.31.03.05" title_num="14" subtitle_num="31" chapter_num="03" heading="Transitional Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Transitional services include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Therapeutic;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Educational;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Interim residential;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Social; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Recreational.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The lead agency shall provide transitional services when the treating physician, in consultation with the hospital treatment team and the lead agency, determines that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The hospitalized child is ready for discharge and remains in the hospital; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Transitional services are necessary to prevent specific clinical deterioration of the hospitalized child.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The lead agency, in consultation with the treating physician and the hospital treatment team, other departments, the child, and the child's parents if the parents are available, shall determine the specific transitional services provided to the child.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The lead agency may provide transitional services if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The lead agency determines that transitional services are necessary to assist with a hospitalized child's adjustment to an aftercare placement; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Resources are available.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>