Section 7.5-201 – Established

    There is a Behavioral Health Administration in the Department.

Section 7.5-202 – Director

    (a)    The head of the Administration is the Director and shall be appointed by the Secretary.     (b)    The Director serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.     (c)    The Director is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget.

Section 7.5-203 – Powers and Duties — in General

    (a)    (1)    The Director exercises the powers, duties, and responsibilities of office subject to the authority of the Secretary.         (2)    The Director shall report to the Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health.     (b)    The Secretary may exercise any power or perform any duty of the Administration.

Section 7.5-204 – Powers and Duties of Director — Enumerated

    (a)    The Director is responsible for carrying out the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Administration.     (b)    In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this title, the Director may:         (1)    Within the amounts made available by appropriation or grant, make any agreement or joint financial arrangement to do or have done anything necessary, desirable, or proper […]

Section 7.5-205 – Powers and Duties of Secretary and Administration

    (a)    The Secretary shall provide facilities for the care and treatment of individuals who have mental disorders.     (b)    The Administration shall:         (1)    Supervise the custody, care, and treatment of individuals in State facilities who have mental disorders;         (2)    Provide oversight of community–based services for persons with behavioral health disorders; and         (3)    Establish programs for research and development of care and […]

Section 7.5-205.1 – Outpatient Civil Commitment Pilot Program

    (a)    The Administration may establish an outpatient civil commitment pilot program to allow for the release of an individual who is involuntarily admitted for inpatient treatment under § 10–632 of this article on condition of the individual’s admission into the pilot program.     (b)    If the Administration establishes a pilot program under subsection (a) of this section, the […]

Section 7.5-206 – Discrimination Prohibited

    No otherwise–qualified individual with a behavioral health disorder, solely by reason of the individual’s status as an individual with a behavioral health disorder, shall be denied the services of, or be subjected to discrimination by, any public or private hospital or community–based treatment program.

Section 7.5-207 – Establishment of Crisis Treatment Centers

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Administration shall establish crisis treatment centers that provide individuals who are in a mental health or substance use disorder crisis with access to clinical staff who:         (1)    Perform assessments and level of care determinations 24 hours a day and 7 days a week; and         (2)    Connect the individuals to […]

Section 7.5-208 – Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant Program

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    “Mobile crisis team” has the meaning stated in § 10–1401 of this article.         (3)    “Program” means the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant Program.     (b)    (1)    There is a Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant Program in the Department.         (2)    The purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local […]

Section 7.5-209 – Annual Report on Behavioral Health Services for Children and Young Adults

    (a)    In consultation with interested stakeholders, the Director shall prepare an annual report on behavioral health services for children and young adults in the State.     (b)    The report shall include:         (1)    The number and the percentage of children and young adults who, during the reported year:             (i)    Were eligible for public behavioral health services;             (ii)    Used a public behavioral health […]

Section 7.5-210 – Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program — Competitive Matching Grants — Eligibility — Statewide System of Outcome Measurement — Annual Budget Appropriation

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    “Eligible individual” means:             (i)    A service member;             (ii)    A veteran;             (iii)    The spouse of a service member or veteran;             (iv)    A child of a service member or veteran; or             (v)    A stepchild of a service member or veteran.         (3)    “Program” means the Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program […]