1. A. SCC Membership and Organization.

   1. (1) The members of the SCC are the following State officials, or their designees:

      1. (a) The Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health;
      2. (b) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services;
      3. (c) The Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services;
      4. (d) The Executive Director of the Governor’s Office for Children; and
      5. (e) The State Superintendent of Schools.
   2. (2) The Secretary of Budget and Management, or a designee, shall serve as a non-voting, ex officio member of the SCC.
   3. (3) The Secretary of the Department of Disabilities, or a designee, shall serve as a non-voting, ex officio member of the SCC.

   4. (4) The Children’s Cabinet shall designate up to 3 individuals to serve on the SCC on a rotating basis to represent:

      1. (a) Family members or family advocates; and
      2. (b) Youth or youth advocates.
   5. (5) The Governor’s Office for Children shall provide staff support for the SCC.

   6. (6) The SCC shall be chaired by a voting member as follows:

      1. (a) The chairman shall serve a term of 12 months; and
      2. (b) The chairmanship shall rotate among all voting members.

   7. (7) The SCC shall establish and develop procedures to:

      1. (a) Review notifications for state funding for the out-of-State placement of individual children with intensive needs;
      2. (b) Make recommendations regarding the review of such notifications to the SCC; and
      3. (c) Perform other functions as identified by the Children’s Cabinet or the SCC.

2. B. LCT Membership and Organization.

   1. (1) Each LCT shall consist of at least one designee of each of the following bodies:

      1. (a) The Alcohol and Drug Administration;
      2. (b) The Department of Juvenile Services;
      3. (c) The Developmental Disabilities Administration;
      4. (d) The local school system;
      5. (e) The Mental Hygiene Administration or the local core service agency;
      6. (f) The local department of social services;
      7. (g) The local health department; and
      8. (h) The local management board.
   2. (2) 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.
   3. (3) 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.
   4. (4) 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.

   5. (5) For all matters decided by a vote of the LCT:

      1. (a) Each member agency listed in §B(1) of this regulation has a single vote; and
      2. (b) The parent and parent advocate member represented on the LCT each have a single vote.

   6. (6) The LCT shall select its chair by:

      1. (a) Rotating the chairmanship among the members of the agencies represented on the LCT; or
      2. (b) Appointing the LMB’s designee to the LCT as its chair.

   7. (7) Each LCT:

      1. (a) Shall determine which of its members will have responsibility for its administrative functions; and
      2. (b) If 2 or more members will share the responsibility, shall determine the rotation of the administrative functions.

Authority: Education Article, §§8-103—8-303 and 8-401—8-417; Health-General Article, §§2-102, 2-104, 2-105, 4-305—4-307, 7-1007, 10-204, 10-712, 10-1203, and 15-102.1; Human Services Article, §§2-202, 2-203, 2-209, 4-204, 4-205, 4-207, 9-202, 9-204, and 9-221; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 3, 2001 (28:17 Md. R. 1552)

Chapter revised effective April 12, 2004 (31:7 Md. R. 581)

COMAR 01.04.01 revised and recodified to COMAR 14.31.01 as an emergency provision effective June 30, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); revised and recodified permanently effective November 28, 2005 (32:23 Md. R. 1828)

Regulations .01—.04 and .06—.14, Local and State Coordinating Councils, repealed and new Regulations .01—.04 and .06—.09, Local Care Teams and State Coordinating Council, adopted effective March 31, 2014 (41:6 Md. R. 381)

Regulation .05 repealed and new Regulation .05 adopted effective October 13, 2014 (41:20 Md. R. 1113)