BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(3)    ANY ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES UNDER THIS
SECTION MAY BE BROUGHT BY SUIT SEPARATE FROM THE EVICTION OR
REMOVAL PROCEEDING OR IN THE SAME ACTION AND IN ANY COURT
HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE AMOUNT IN ISSUE.

(4)    NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN IS INTENDED TO
LIMIT ANY OTHER REMEDIES WHICH A LANDLORD MAY HAVE AGAINST A
HOLDOVER TENANT UNDER THE LEASE OR UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 335

(House Bill 380)

AN ACT concerning

Minors — Accommodations and Treatment in
Mental Health Facilities

FOR the purpose of providing that unless an individualized
treatment plan indicates otherwise, a child under the
jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court may not be committed
or transferred to facilities or institutions unless
they are placed in accommodations separate from adults;
imposing certain restrictions and requirements on the
accommodations for minors in mental health facilities;
placing certain limitations on the age of persons in a
treatment group with whom minors may be treated;
providing the courts shall provide certain relief or

remedies to assure the provisions of this Act are

complied with; providing that under certain

circumstances, the State shall bear certain costs of

maintaining minors in private mental health facilities;

and requiring the Governor to place an amount in the

State budget to meet the costs of the provisions of

this Act and providing that a petition may be filed

with the court to require compliance with the

provisions of this Act.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-823(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY adding to