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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 3247
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
4-305.
(a) If any person charged with the commission of a
criminal offense is shown, to the satisfaction of a District
Court judge, to be suffering from chronic alcoholism, or to
be habitually addicted to the use of narcotic drugs as that
term is defined in § 277(q) of Article 27 of this Code, the
judge may commit him to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene for evaluation, treatment, and observation. THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL ACCEPT CUSTODY OF THE PERSON SO COMMITTED.
THE COMMITTING COURT SHALL BE NOTIFIED BY THE SECRETARY OR
HIS DESIGNEE OF THE PROPOSED RELEASE DATE AND THE TIME OF
RELEASE PRIOR TO THAT RELEASE.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.
Approved May 27, 1980.
CHAPTER 883
(House Bill 967)
AN ACT concerning
Drug Abuse
FOR the purpose of amending the Comprehensive Drug Abuse
Control and Rehabilitation Act to extend certain
provisions to all drug abusers; amending and adding
certain definitions; changing the composition of the
Advisory Council on Drug Abuse; enabling the Drug Abuse
Administration to contract for establishment and
operation of certain facilities; extending civil
commitment procedures to alleged drug abusers, on their
own petition; decreasing the maximum period for
commitments and certifications of nonrehabilitation;
enabling courts to order examination of certain
convicted individuals and providing certain procedures;
prohibiting certification of certain individuals as
rehabilitated before a certain time; amending the
conditions for certification as rehabilitated;
requiring certification as a drug abuse center and
certain inspection and evaluation of certain treatment
units; providing for hearings on certain applications
for certification; increasing penalties for divulging
certain data; deleting certain provisions for a Drug
Addiction Rehabilitation Center and for department
organization; correcting certain terms; and generally
relating to drug abuse.
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