930                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 407

Code, shall, upon release, be deemed as if released on parole until
the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was
sentenced. Said released prisoner shall be subject to all laws, rules,
regulations and conditions applicable to parolees and shall remain
under the supervision of the State Department of Parole and Pro-
bation until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which
he was sentenced.

This Section shall not prevent delivery of a prisoner to any State
or Federal Authority otherwise entitled to his custody.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT SEC-
TION 700(A) OF ARTICLE 27 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF
MARYLAND (1967 REPLACEMENT VOLUME) TITLE "CRIMES
AND PUNISHMENTS," SUBTITLE "III PLACES OF REFOR-
MATION AND PUNISHMENT," SUBHEADING "DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTION," SUB-SUBHEADING "PRISONERS," BE
AND IT IS REPEALED AND RE-ENACTED, WITH AMEND-
MENTS, TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

#700.

(A) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 127A
OF ARTICLE 27 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND,
[Each] EACH PRISONER IN ANY OF SAID INSTITUTIONS IS
ENTITLED TO A DIMINUTION OF THE PERIOD OF HIS CON-
FINEMENT UNDER THE FOLLOWING RULES AND REGULA-
TIONS:

Sec. 2 3. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That this Act shall take effect July 1, 1970.

Approved April 28, 1970

CHAPTER 407
(Senate Bill 210)

AN ACT to repeal Section IE of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume, 1969 Supple-
ment), title "Health," subtitle "Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene," and to repeal, in its entirety, Article 59 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1968 Replacement Volume,
1969 Supplement), title "Lunatics and Insane" and to enact a new
Article 59 to stand in the place of the Article so repealed and to be
under the new title "Mental Hygiene," providing for the enactment
of new statutory provisions for the policy of the State of Maryland
for mental health, defining terms, organization and administration
of the Department of Mental Health, The Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene, the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and
their respective rights, powers and duties, rules and regulations,
the admission, transfer and release of mentally ill persons,
patients' records, the defense of insanity in criminal cases, or-
ganization and administration of public facilities, their employees,
their rights, powers and duties, the licensing of private facilities,