Section 10-921 – Duties of Director
The Director shall: (1) Supervise the care and residential treatment of and the programs for children and adolescents that have mental disorders; and (2) Provide or encourage, by consultation, cooperation, or contract, all programs needed to ensure that children and adolescents are evaluated appropriately and provided community-based residential care.
Section 10-806 – Administrative Release
(a) In this section, “responsible official” means: (1) If the individual is held in a Veterans’ Administration hospital, the chief officer of the Veterans’ Administration hospital; or (2) If the individual is held in any other facility, the Director or the administrative head of the facility. (b) At the direction of the responsible official, an individual who has been […]
Section 10-922 – Rules and Regulations
The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations that: (1) Ensure that a private therapeutic group home provides mental health care and treatment in accordance with this part; and (2) Require a private therapeutic group home: (i) To provide treatment for each child and adolescent in the home; (ii) To coordinate the treatment in the home with the appropriate public […]
Section 10-807 – Transfers Between Facilities
(a) In this section, “public facility” means a facility under § 10–406 of this title maintained under the direction of the Administration. (b) The Director may transfer an individual, who is admitted under Subtitle 6 of this title or committed under Title 3 of the Criminal Procedure Article, from a public facility to the Clifton T. Perkins […]
Section 10-923 – Placement of Child or Adolescent in Private Therapeutic Group Home
(a) Application for placement of a child or adolescent in a private therapeutic group home may be made under this section by: (1) An individual who is 16 years old or older; (2) A parent or guardian on behalf of the child or adolescent; (3) With the consent of the parent or guardian of the child or adolescent, a […]
Section 10-808 – Transfers and Commitments to Federal Agencies
(a) In this section, “federal agency” means the Department of Veterans Affairs or any other agency of the United States government. (b) Whenever the transfer of an individual to a federal agency is planned under this section, the Director or administrative head of a facility, with the consent of the individual, shall notify the parent or next […]
Section 10-924 – Individual Treatment Plan
(a) Each private therapeutic group home shall make and periodically update a written plan of treatment for each individual in the home, in accordance with rules and regulations that the Director adopts. (b) (1) The Director shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the intent of this section in accordance with current professional practices. (2) The rules […]
Section 10-809 – Aftercare Plan
(a) Whenever a release of an individual from a facility is planned, the administrative head of the facility or a designee of the administrative head, with the consent of the individual, shall notify the parent or next of kin about the proposed release. In the case of a minor child or an individual who is assigned […]
Section 10-810 – Time
A release under this subtitle shall be made between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Section 10-811 – Inmates
An individual who was admitted to a facility from an institution under the Division of Correction or from the Patuxent Institution and who is to be released before the expiration of the sentence to that institution shall be released to the custody of the Division or the Patuxent Institution, as the case may be.