HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(II) MUST INCLUDE A CONTINUUM OF
DETOXIFICATION, INPATIENT, AND OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS AND
SUPPORTIVE HEALTH, WELFARE, AND REHABILITATION SERVICES THAT
IS INTEGRATED INTO THE STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLAN;

(6)  A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO CONTROL
INTOXICATION AND PREVENT AND TREAT ALCOHOLISM SHOULD BE
MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS STATE;

(7)  A CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC SHOULD BE TREATED AS
SICK AND GIVEN ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE MEDICAL,
PSYCHIATRIC, AND OTHER HUMANE REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT
SERVICES FOR THE ILLNESS,-

(8)  A PUBLICLY INTOXICATED INDIVIDUAL WHO
NEITHER CAUSES A DISTURBANCE NOR DIRECTLY ENDANGERS THE
SAFETY OR PROPERTY OF ANOTHER SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY BY THE POLICE OR OTHER AUTHORIZED
PERSONNEL TO BE TAKEN OR SENT HOME OR TO A HEALTH FACILITY
FOR DETOXIFICATION AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT;

(9)  SINCE VOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM IS
MORE APPROPRIATE THAN INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT, CIVIL
COMMITMENT SHOULD BE USED ONLY IF AN ALCOHOLIC IS IN
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF SERIOUS HARM OR PRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL
DANGER TO ANOTHER; AND

(10)  BECAUSE OF THE NATURE AND SERIOUSNESS OF
THE DISEASE, A CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC IS LIKELY TO BECOME
INTOXICATED AT LEAST ONCE AFTER BEGINNING THERAPY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
2C, § 102(a) through (h) and the first sentence
of (i) and the first sentence of § 305(a)(2).

Items (6), (7), and (8) of this section are
revised to clarify that those items are
legislative findings, rather than substantive
requirements. Similar requirements appear in §§
8-402, 8-503, and 8-501 of this title.

In items (1) and (8) of this section, references
to "publicly intoxicated individual{s}" are
substituted for the references to "public
inebriates" and a "person who is intoxicated", to
standardize the references throughout this title.

Similarly, in item (2) of this section, the
reference to "intoxicated individuals" is
substituted for "inebriates".

In item (2)(iv) of this section, the reference to
"alcoholism" is substituted for "excessive
drinking", for clarity.