HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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of the General Assembly of 1982)

BY adding to

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Section 10-618 and 10-633 10-632(a) through (e)

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:

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10-617.

(a) A facility or Veterans' Administration hospital
may not admit the individual under Part III of this subtitle
unless:

(1)  The individual has a mental disorder;

(2)  The individual needs [in residence medical]
IN-PATIENT inpatient [medical] care or treatment [for the
protection of the individual or another];

(3)  THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTS A DANGER TO THE LIFE
OR SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR OF OTHERS;

[(3)] (4) The individual is unable or unwilling
to be admitted voluntarily; and

[(4)] (5) There is no available, less
restrictive form of intervention that is consistent with the
welfare and safety of the individual.

10-618.

WITHIN 6 HOURS OF AFTER WITHIN 12 HOURS OF NOTIFICATION
BY A PHYSICIAN OR LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST WHO HAS CERTIFIED AN
INDIVIDUAL UNDER PART III OF THIS SUBTITLE, A FACILITY
OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
SHALL RECEIVE AND CONFINE THE INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED FOR
INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION PROVIDE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE
PATIENT IN AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY IN A REASONABLE TIME
PERIOD IF: RECEIVE AND EVALUATE THE INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED FOR
INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION IF:

(1) THE INDIVIDUAL'S INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION IS
NOT LIMITED BY § 10-617 OF THIS TITLE;