HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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12-106. REPORT ON DEFENDANTS COMMITTED AS INCOMPETENT.

(A)  REPORT TO COURT.

(1)  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REPORT REQUIRED
UNDER THIS TITLE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT ANNUALLY TO
EACH COURT THAT HAS ORDERED COMMITMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL
UNDER § 12-104 OF THIS TITLE.

(2)  THE REPORT SHALL CONTAIN:

(I)  A LIST OF THE INDIVIDUALS HELD UNDER
COMMITMENT ORDERS; AND

(II)  ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE.

(B)  DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT.

(1)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SEND A COPY OF THE
REPORT TO THE CLERK OF COURT AND EACH STATE'S ATTORNEY WHO
BROUGHT CHARGES AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE REPORT.

(2)  THE CLERK OF COURT SHALL GIVE THE LAST
COUNSEL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL, AS SHOWN BY THE COURT RECORDS,
NOTICE THAT THE CLIENT IS LISTED IN THE REPORT AND A COPY OF
ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT RELATES TO THE CLIENT.

(C)  RECOMMENDATIONS OF STATE'S ATTORNEY.

(1)  WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER A STATE'S ATTORNEY
RECEIVES THE REPORT, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL SEND A
RECOMMENDATION ON DISPOSITION OF CHARGES AGAINST EACH
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN HELD LONG ENOUGH TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR
RELEASE UNDER § 12-105 OF THIS TITLE.

(2)  THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL SEND THE
RECOMMENDATION ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL:

(I)  TO THE COURT THAT ORDERED COMMITMENT
OF THE INDIVIDUAL; AND

(II)  TO THE LAST COUNSEL FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new    language derived

without substantive change    from the second

through the fifth sentences of  former Article 59,
§ 24(b).

The introductory clause of subsection (a)(1) of
this section, "{i}n addition to any other
report required under this title," is new
language added as a general reference to the
reports required under § 12-116 of this title.