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Ch. 588
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1920
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 588
(House Bill 1035)
AN ACT concerning
Mentally Retarded and Other Nonretarded Developmentally
Disabled Individuals - Placements
FOR the purpose of requiring that certain mentally retarded and
other nonretarded developmentally disabled individuals be
placed in a certain manner; providing that the Director of
the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Administration prepare certain placement plans by certain
dates; providing that certain placements be equally
apportioned to certain individuals in State facilities and
on community waiting lists; altering certain requirements
regarding the placement of certain mentally retarded and
other nonretarded developmentally disabled individuals by
the Director of the Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities Administration; providing for the payment of
certain costs after a certain date; and generally relating
to placements for mentally retarded and other nonretarded
developmentally disabled individuals.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Chapter 722 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1982
Section 2
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Chapter 722 of the Acts of 1982
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions
of this section requiring placement are subject to the following
conditions:
(a) Mentally retarded individuals certified under a court
order as inappropriately placed in facilities for the mentally
ill shall be appropriately placed in facilities consistent with
their service needs.
(b) In addition to the mentally retarded individuals
provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection, by June 30,
[1983] 1984, the director shall prepare a plan for residential
and day activity placements, and shall [seek to] place AT
LEAST 250 mentally retarded and other NONRETARDED developmentally
disabled individuals in community-based residential programs and
AT LEAST 250 mentally retarded and other NONRETARDED
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