WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 651
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

10-809.

(c) (1) In this subsection "aftercare services" means services [for]:

(I) FOR individuals who no longer receive inpatient services for a
mental disorder; AND

(II) THAT ARE NECESSARY ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MAINTAIN A MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMUNITY AND
TO PREVENT ASSIST IN THE PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS.

(2) "Aftercare services" include:
(i) Medical care;
(ii) Psychiatric care;
(iii) Vocational and social rehabilitation;
(iv) Supportive housing; (or)
(v) Case management services; AND

(VI) INFORMATION———ON———AVAILABLE———FINANCIAL
RESOURCES. INCLUDING ALL FEDERAL AND STATE BENEFITS FOR
WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL MAY BE ELIGIBLE.

(3) The aftercare plan shall be prepared in collaboration with [the]
community [program that provides] PROGRAMS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
THAT ARE TO PROVIDE aftercare services to [the area where] the individual [will
reside] after release.

(4) The aftercare plan shall include:

(i) Diagnoses, including existing psychiatric, somatic, and dental
diagnoses;

(ii) Treatment initiated;

(iii) Medications prescribed, their dosage schedules, [and] the
amount of each medication given to the individual on release, AND A PLAN TO
ENSURE THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL CONTINUE TO—RECEIVE THE
PRESCRIBED MEDICATION INFORM, AND TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE
ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE PRESCRIBED MEDICATION IN THE
COMMUNITY THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL TO
OBTAIN THE PRESCRIBED MEDICATION IN THE COMMUNITY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE AFTERCARE PLAN;

(iv) Date of release;

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