The Role of Government in Policy Making
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Assignment: The Role of Government in Policy-Making
HSM 240 Public Policy Development in Human Services
Axia College
Instructor: Amy Randle
Student: Marlo Palmer
July 23, 2010
Assignment: The Role of Government in Policy-Making
Human service organizations are governed by a legislative and judiciary system. The judiciary system decides what policy is legal and illegal, and can require the executive or legislative branch to fix it, in some cases the judiciary can impose a remedy. The legislature system shapes public policy by passing laws, and approving budgets.
The Maryland Department of Human Resources is the state's social services provider. The Maryland Department of Human Resources consists of the following programs: Foster Care/Adoption, Child Protective Services, Food Assistance, Energy Assistance, Child Support, Medical Assistance, Health Assistance, and Purchase of Care. (The Maryland Department of Human Resources, 2010)
Each Program under the Maryland Department of Human Resources has policies, procedures, rules, and regulations to follow that has been developed through legislation, state and federal guidelines, house of representative and senate bills, and other legal mandates that set the programs’ functions.
There are two Maryland laws (Health General Article 4-306, and the Family Law Article 5-711) pertaining to the disclosure of medical records, including mental health records to local departments of social services. (Health General Article, 4-306 went in effect July 1, 1991. The Family Law Article 5-711 went in effect July 1, 1987).
Health General Article 4-306. (The Maryland Department of Human Resources, 2010)
Mandates that health care providers disclose information from medical records, concerning any person (child or adult) who is being assessed as part of a protective services investigation or to whom services are being provided. Information is to be shared upon request to a local...
HSM 240 Public Policy Development in Human Services
Axia College
Instructor: Amy Randle
Student: Marlo Palmer
July 23, 2010
Assignment: The Role of Government in Policy-Making
Human service organizations are governed by a legislative and judiciary system. The judiciary system decides what policy is legal and illegal, and can require the executive or legislative branch to fix it, in some cases the judiciary can impose a remedy. The legislature system shapes public policy by passing laws, and approving budgets.
The Maryland Department of Human Resources is the state's social services provider. The Maryland Department of Human Resources consists of the following programs: Foster Care/Adoption, Child Protective Services, Food Assistance, Energy Assistance, Child Support, Medical Assistance, Health Assistance, and Purchase of Care. (The Maryland Department of Human Resources, 2010)
Each Program under the Maryland Department of Human Resources has policies, procedures, rules, and regulations to follow that has been developed through legislation, state and federal guidelines, house of representative and senate bills, and other legal mandates that set the programs’ functions.
There are two Maryland laws (Health General Article 4-306, and the Family Law Article 5-711) pertaining to the disclosure of medical records, including mental health records to local departments of social services. (Health General Article, 4-306 went in effect July 1, 1991. The Family Law Article 5-711 went in effect July 1, 1987).
Health General Article 4-306. (The Maryland Department of Human Resources, 2010)
Mandates that health care providers disclose information from medical records, concerning any person (child or adult) who is being assessed as part of a protective services investigation or to whom services are being provided. Information is to be shared upon request to a local...