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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 688

hearings on these initial permits licenses; specifying
the method of judicial review of the department's
action; and providing that private group homes shall be
deemed residential uses of property for zoning
purposes.

BY adding to

Article 59 - Mental Hygiene

Section 58 through 66 69, inclusive, to be under the

new subtitle "Private Group Homes"
Annotated Code of Maryland
{1972 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 59 — Mental Hygiene

PRIVATE GROUP HOMES

58.

(A)    THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED:

(B)    "PRIVATE GROUP HOME" MEANS A RESIDENCE WHICH
ADMITS AT LEAST FOUR BUT NO MORE THAN 12 8 PERSONS WHO HAVE
BEEN OR PRESENTLY ARE UNDER TREATMENT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CARE OR TREATMENT FOR THOSE
PERSONS IN A HOMELIKE ENVIRONMENT. A PRIVATE GROUP HOME
DOES NOT INCLUDE:

(1)    ANY FACILITY OWNED BY OR LEASED TO THE
STATE OR ANY PUBLIC AGENCY;

(2)    A FACILITY WHICH IS ORGANIZED, IN WHOLE OR
IN PART, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A PROFIT;

(3)    ANY FACILITY LICENSED OR REGULATED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES OR THE MENTAL RETARDATION
ADMINISTRATION; OR

(4)    A FOSTER HOME WHICH IS THE PRINCIPAL
DOMICILE OF THE FOSTER PARENT.

(C)    "LARGE PRIVATE GROUP      HOME" MEANS A RESIDENCE
WHICH MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A   PRIVATE GROUP HOME IN EVERY

OTHER RESPECT, BUT WHICH SERVES FROM 13 TO 24 8 TO 16

RESIDENTS.

(D)    "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

59.