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the admitted facility [under Part IV of this subtitle], the
Department shall pay the appropriate party at the usual and
customary rate.

10-701.

(a) (1) Subject to any reasonable limitation that a
facility or Veterans' Administration hospital imposes, each
individual in the facility or hospital shall have
[available] ACCESS, at all reasonable hours, TO writing
instruments, stationery, and postage and may use them to
write to anyone.

12-101.

(f) (1) "Mental disorder" means [: ] A BEHAVIORAL OR
EMOTIONAL ILLNESS THAT RESULTS FROM A PSYCHIATRIC OR
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER.                                   "

[(i) A] (2) "MENTAL DISORDER" INCLUDES A
mental illness that so substantially impairs the mental or
emotional functioning of an individual as to make care or
treatment necessary or advisable for the welfare of the
Individual or for the safety of the person or property of
another[; or

(ii) Any other form of behavioral or
emotional illness that results from a psychiatric . or
neurological disorder],

[(2)] (3) "Mental disorder" does not include:

(i) Mental retardation; or

(ii) In determining whether a defendant is
insane, an abnormality that is manifested only by repeated
criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct.

19-343.

(a)  In this section and §§ 19-344 and 19-345 of this
subtitle, "facility" means a related institution that, under
the rules and regulations of the Department, is a
comprehensive care facility or an extended care facility.

(b) (1) The General Assembly intends to promote the
interests and well-being of each resident of a facility.

(2) It is the policy of this State that, in
addition to any other rights, each resident of a facility
has the following basic rights:

(i) The right to be treated with
consideration, respect, and full recognition of human
dignity and individuality;