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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law § 5-1204

Known as the Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Act

The act spans §§ 5–5 (9 sections).

Subject to the availability of funds, the Governor shall include in the State budget for fiscal year 2002 and all succeeding fiscal years sufficient funds to ensure that:

(1) each at-risk parent receives substance abuse treatment when the at-risk parent indicates a desire to enter substance abuse treatment or as soon thereafter as possible; and

(2) each child of an at-risk parent receives necessary treatment to remediate the harm caused by the parent’s substance abuse.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.