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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 518

30, 1981, submitted to the

General Assembly by the

Governor. The approval of

the General Assembly of the

appropriations of the

Division of Correction —

Headquarters and the several

correctional institutions

shall not be construed as an

approval by the General

Assembly of proposals by the

Secretary of Public Safety

and Correctional Services

that the State's

Correctional institutions
should be accredited by and

subject to any standards

adopted, promulgated and/or

proposed by the American

Correctional Association

and/or the Commission on

Accreditation for

Corrections. It is the

expressed intent of the

General Assembly that

accreditation standards as

promulgated and/or proposed

by the American Correctional

Association and/or the

Commission on Accreditation

for Corrections for the

State's several correctional

institutions shall be

reviewed and approved by the
General Assembly prior to

implementation in the

several correctional

institutions. It is the

further intent of the

General Assembly that no

funds provided herein for

the Department of Public

Safety and Correctional

Services the Division of

Correction - Headquarters,

and/or the several

correctional institutions

are to be expended for the

study, proposal and/or

implementation of standards

of accreditation as

promulgated and or proposed

by the American Correctional

Association and/or the

Commission on Accreditation

for Corrections for the

State's correctional