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Session Laws, 1984
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2597

CHAPTER 481

(House Bill 1373)

AN ACT concerning

Mentally Ill Individuals - Rights In Facilities

FOR the purpose of clarifying language relating to the rights of
mentally ill individuals within facilities; requiring that
facilities notify certain individuals of their rights in a
certain manner; making technical changes; requiring
facilities to implement a certain complaint procedure; and
generally relating to the rights of mentally ill individuals
in facilities.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 10-701(c), 10-703, 10-706, 10-707, and 10-1003(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General
Section 10-701(e) and (f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

10-701.

(c) Each individual in a facility shall:

(1)  Receive appropriate humane treatment and services
in a manner that restricts the individual's personal liberty [in]
WITHIN a facility only to the extent necessary and consistent
with the individual's treatment needs and applicable legal
requirements;

(2)  Receive treatment in accordance with the
APPLICABLE INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN OF REHABILITATION OR THE
individualized treatment plan provided for in [§ 10-707] § 10-706
of this subtitle;

(3) Be free from restraints or seclusions except for
restraints or seclusions that are:

 

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