HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(3)  The responsible official may set the
conditions for release that the responsible official
considers reasonable. The conditions may relate to:

(i) The duration of the release; or

(ii) Treatment Care or treatment during
release.

(4)  [A local Department of Social Services that
receives notice of a release of an individual from a State
facility shall arrange, in cooperation with the responsible
official, for housing and aftercare services for the
individual, as provided in aftercare plan of the individual]
AS RESOURCES ALLOW, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED
TO INDIVIDUALS RELEASED FROM A STATE FACILITY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE DISCHARGE AFTERCARE PLAN REQUIRED BY § 10-809 OF
THIS ARTICLE SUBTITLE, AS FOLLOWS:

(I)  THE MENTAL HYGIENE ADMINISTRATION
SHALL PROVIDE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE
SUITABLE TO THE NEEDS OF THE PERSON INDIVIDUAL;

(II)  THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL
REHABILITATION SHALL PROVIDE, TO INDIVIDUALS DETERMINED TO
BE ELIGIBLE, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES AND
OCCUPATIONAL PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THE
PERSON'S ASSESSED NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL; AND

(III)  THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
SHALL PROVIDE NEEDED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND SHALL MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOUSING SUITABLE TO THE NEEDS OF THE PERSON
INDIVIDUAL.

(5)  For purposes of annual examination and
execution of new admission documents, an individual released
conditionally is considered to be held by the facility or
Veterans' Administration Hospital from which the individual
was released.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

CHAPTER 349
(House Bill 406)
AN ACT concerning