1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “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.
   2. (2) “Departments” means the Maryland Departments of Health, Human Services, Education, and Juvenile Services.
   3. (3) “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.
   4. (4) “Hospitalized child” means both State-hospitalized children and privately hospitalized children.
   5. (5) “Lead agency” means the Department designated by the multi-agency review team to implement the hospitalized child's discharge plan.
   6. (6) “Multi-agency review team” means a committee of senior officials from the Departments and the Office for Children.
   7. (7) “Private psychiatric hospital” means Brooklane Hospital, Gundry Glass Hospital, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, and Taylor Manor Hospital.
   8. (8) “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.
   9. (9) “State-hospitalized child” means an individual 18 years old admitted to the Mental Hygiene Administration's inpatient hospital-level care.

Authority: Article 41, §§6-101 and 6-104; Article 83C, §§2-102, 2-104, and 2-113; Article 88A, §3; Education Article, §§8-301—8-303 and 8-401—8-417; Health-General Article, §§2-102, 2-104, 2-105, 4-305, 4-307, 7-401, 7-1007, 10-204, 10-207, 10-712, 10-1203, and 15-102.1; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 31, 1995 (22:15 Md. R. 1117)

COMAR 01.04.03 revised and recodified to COMAR 14.31.03 as an emergency provision effective June 30, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); recodified permanently effective November 28, 2005 (32:23 Md. R. 1828)

Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective June 30, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); amended permanently effective November 24, 2005 (32:23 Md. R. 1828)