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.
Section 10-812 – Transfers to Developmental Disabilities Administration
(a) The Behavioral Health Administration may ask the Developmental Disabilities Administration to accept primary responsibility for an individual in or eligible for admission to a mental health residential facility, if the Behavioral Health Administration finds that the individual would be provided for more appropriately in a program for individuals with developmental disability. (b) The Developmental Disabilities Administration […]
Section 10-813 – Compensation for Initial Assessment
The Administration shall compensate case managers or other appropriate community mental health providers for conducting initial assessments of inmates who are: (1) Identified by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as having a serious mental illness; and (2) Expected to be within 3 months of release.
Section 10-901.1 – Financial Statements and Salary Information
(a) A community mental health services program shall submit annually financial statements and salary information in accordance with the Department’s regulations. (b) The Administration may impose a penalty not exceeding $500 per day per violation for each day a violation occurs on a licensee that fails to comply with subsection (a) of this section.
Section 10-902 – Use of Funds
(a) (1) In accordance with the State budget and the rules and regulations that the Secretary adopts, the Secretary may make grants from or agreements for the use of State and federal funds to help public agencies or nonprofit organizations establish and operate local mental health programs to provide the following: (i) Inpatient services. (ii) Outpatient services. (iii) Partial care […]
Section 10-902.1 – Transition Funding Option
(a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, the Secretary shall continue from July 1, 1998 until June 30, 1999, the transition funding option that was in effect for participating outpatient mental health clinics on July 1, 1997, as specified in the Code of Maryland Regulations 10.21.25.01F. (b) This section may not be construed to prohibit the Secretary […]
Section 10-903 – Community Programs
(a) (1) The governing body of any county may apply for assistance to establish a mental health program under this part. (2) A county shall apply by submitting annually to the Director, for approval by the Secretary, a plan and budget for the next fiscal year. (b) The governing bodies of two or more counties may apply for assistance […]