HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(f)  Whenever an emergency admittee is released from an
emergency facility and desires transportation he must be
transported to the place at which he was taken into custody.
Arrangements for this prompt transportation shall be made by
the emergency facility or if transportation by the emergency
facility is not available then by a peace officer.

(g)  Any petition for emergency admission under this
section shall be valid for the purpose of taking custody of
the emergency admittee under the procedures of this section
for a period of 10 days after the petition is endorsed by a
judge.

(h) At least once every 12 months the Department shall
publish and make available a list of emergency facilities
and their addresses. These lists shall be distributed to
every health department, District Court, circuit court,
District Court judge, circuit court judge, sheriff's
office, and police station in the State.

(i) The cost of emergency vehicle transportation of a
patient to an emergency facility, pursuant to § 22 or to an
appropriate facility pursuant to § 12 of this article, shall
be billed to the medical insurance carrier of the patient.
If the patient is not covered by insurance the cost of
transportation shall be paid by the State Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department shall reimburse
the appropriate party promptly for the total cost.]

22.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(1)  "COURT" MEANS ANY DISTRICT COURT OR CIRCUIT
COURT OF THIS STATE.

(2)  "EMERGENCY EVALUEE" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS
PROPOSED FOR EVALUATION, TRANSPORTED, EXAMINED, DETAINED,
RELEASED, OR PLACED UNDER THIS SECTION.

(3)  (I) "EMERGENCY FACILITY" MEANS ANY FACILITY
DESIGNATED IN WRITING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE AS AN EMERGENCY FACILITY.

(II) "EMERGENCY FACILITY" INCLUDES ALL
GENERAL HOSPITALS WITH LICENSED EMERGENCY ROOMS UNLESS
EXEMPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LOCAL
HEALTH OFFICER.

(4)  (I) "MENTAL DISORDER" MEANS THE BEHAVIORAL
AND OTHER SYMPTOMS WHICH TO A LAY PETITIONER SUBMITTING THE
EMERGENCY PETITION INDICATE A CLEAR DISTURBANCE IN THE
MENTAL FUNCTIONING OF ANOTHER PERSON, AND TO A PHYSICIAN OR
CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST CONDUCTING AN EXAMINATION INDICATE
ONE OR MORE OF THE MENTAL DISORDERS DESCRIBED IN THE
"DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL - MENTAL DISORDERS"