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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 348

under certain conditions; repealing certain
requirements that local departments of social services
provide certain services; and generally relating to
providing certain services for certain patients of
State mental health facilities.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 10-806(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 200) of the Acts

of the General Assembly of 1982)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland

(as enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 200) of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1982) read(s) as follows:

Article - Health - General

10-806.

(c) (1) At the direction of the responsible official,
any individual who has been admitted under this title shall
be released conditionally from a State facility within 2
weeks after the responsible official, with the written
consent of the individual:

(i) Certifies that the individual:

1.   Would not endanger the individual
or the person or property of others another; and

2.   Could live in the community with
appropriate assistance under the protective services program
provided for in Article 88A, § 108 of the Code; and

(ii) Notifies the provider of the
protective services and the local Department of Social
Services in the county where the individual would live.

(2) At the direction of the responsible
official, any individual who has been admitted under this
title may be released conditionally from a facility other
than a State facility or from a Veterans' Administration
Hospital, if, in the judgment of the responsible official
official, the individual:

(i) Would be cared for properly by the
individual or by a responsible person who is able and
willing to care for the individual; and

(ii) Would not endanger the individual or
the person or property of others another.