Ch. 73 LAWS OF MARYLAND

FOR the purpose of clarifying altering the number of days from the date of an initial
confinement that a hearing for an involuntary psychiatric admission shall be
conducted and a decision made within a certain period of time, subject to certain
exceptions; providing for a postponement for a certain number of days under
certain circumstances; altering the time period for making a decision on an
involuntary admission; and providing that the reasons for a postponement shall be
on the record.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 10-632(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 10 632(c) 10-632(b) and (e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 1990 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Health - General

10-632.

fa) Any individual proposed for involuntary admission under Part III of this
subtitle shall be afforded a hearing to determine whether the individual is to be
admitted to a facility or a Veterans' Administration hospital as an involuntary patient or
released without being admitted.

(b) The hearing shall be conducted within [5 working] 10 days of the date of the
initial confinement of the individual.

(c) (1) The hearing may be postponed for good cause, but in any event, the
hearing shall be conducted and a decision made within 10 WORKING days after the
date- of the individual's initial confinement CAUSE FOR NO MORE THAN 7 DAYS,
AND THE REASONS FOR THE POSTPONEMENT SHALL BE ON THE RECORD.

(2) A DECISION SHALL BE MADE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD
PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 24, 1990.

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