1198                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 551

16.

Upon the application of any authorized representative of the
Department of Correctional Services DIVISION OF CORRECTION,
and payment of appropriate expenses by the Department, any person
confined in a penal institution under the jurisdiction of the Depart
ment of Correctional Services DIVISION OF CORRECTION may
be admitted to a facility in accordance with Section 12. The Commis-
sioner may designate the appropriate facility for such admission.
Any release by a facility prior to the expiration of the penal term
being served by the patient shall be made to the custody of the
Department of Correctional Services DIVISION OF CORRECTION.
Upon admission to a facility, such THE patient shall be entitled to
all rights and subject to all obligations afforded other involuntarily
admitted patients by this subtitle. Periods of confinement in such
THE facilities shall be considered in diminishing total confinement
pursuant to Article 27, subtitle: "Department of Correctional Services
DIVISION OF CORRECTION," subheading: "Prisoners."

20.

Within 10 days after admission to a facility, the Department shall
be notified of the admission, whether involuntary or voluntary, for-
mal or informal, of each patient, in such detail as may be required by
the Department. Thereafter, at least once every year or more fre-
quently, if requested by the Department; or upon the change of
admission status and/or upon release of a patient, a status report as
to each such patient shall be submitted to the Department by each
facility having any patients admitted pursuant to this [section]
article. All such reports shall be in such THE form and shall supply
such details as the Department may require.

28.

If the Department of Mental Hygiene is of the view that a person
committed pursuant to Sections 24 or 27 of this article (except dur-
ing the first ninety (90) days of commitment following a finding of
not guilty by reason of insanity) not otherwise subject to release
without condition, may be released on condition without danger to
himself or to the safety of the person or property of others, it shall
make application for the release of such THE person in a report to the
court by which such THE person was committed and shall present a
copy of such THE application to the State's Attorney and the clerk
of the court of the county from which the defendant was committed.
The clerk of the court shall send a copy of such THE application to the
last counsel for each such person. If the court is satisfied that the com-
mitted person may be released on condition without danger to him-
self or to the safety of the person or property of others, the court shall
order his release on such reasonable conditions as the court determines
to be necessary. If within five (5) years after the conditional release
of a committed person the court shall determine, after hearing evi-
dence, that the conditions of release have not been fulfilled and THAT
his continued release on conditions constitutes by reason of mental
disorder a danger to himself or to the safety of the person [of] or
property of others, the court shall forthwith order him to be recom-
mitted.